In Iraq, Burning Gas Poisons the Air
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Burning Gas and Poisoning the Air Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/world/middleeast/iraq-gas-flaring-cancer-environment.html
David Kaiser, Rockefeller Heir Who Fought Exxon Mobil, Dies at 50
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A great-great grandson of John D. Rockefeller, he steered one of his family’s philanthropies to a feisty stance on the oil giant’s role in climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/business/energy-environment/david-kaiser-dead.html
Are We Overreacting on Climate Change?
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In “False Alarm,” Bjorn Lomborg argues that the global attention on fighting climate change has been misplaced, and taken resources away from more pressing problems. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/books/review/bjorn-lomborg-false-alarm-joseph-stiglitz.html
Trump and Biden Square Off Over Environment
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Over two days, President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out wildly divergent views on environmental regulations and climate change, helping to define the stakes of the presidential race. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/trump-biden-environment.html
A Heat Wave, the Coronavirus: Double Spikes of Risk Hit Communities
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The South and Southwest hit record temperatures over the weekend and meteorologists warned that heat will rise in the East and High Plains. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/heatwave-coronavirus.html
That Siberian Heat Wave? Yes, Climate Change Was a Big Factor
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An analysis of recent record temperatures found that climate change made this year’s long hot spell 600 times more likely. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/siberia-heat-wave-climate-change.html
‘The City I Love’ and Climate Change: A Miami Story
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, who cleans up when oil and gas companies fail? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-miami.html
Scientists Accidentally Bred the Fish Version of a Liger
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment American paddlefish and Russian sturgeon were not supposed to be able to create hybrid offspring. Surprise! Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/science/hybrid-sturgeon-paddlefish.html
How Facebook Handles Climate Disinformation
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics say a company policy that exempts opinion articles from fact-checking amounts to a huge loophole for climate change deniers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/climate-facebook-fact-checking.html
Trump to Weaken Environmental Rules to Speed Infrastructure Permits
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump has used a regulatory reinterpretation to limit one of the country’s bedrock environmental laws and speed permitting of infrastructure projects. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/trump-environment-nepa.html
The White House Called a News Conference. Trump Turned It Into a Meandering Monologue.
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-news-conference.html
Global Methane Emissions Reach a Record High
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists expect emissions, driven by fossil fuels and agriculture, to continue rising rapidly. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/methane-emissions-record.html
New Data Shows an ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in U.S. Coastal Flooding
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rising seas are bringing water into communities at record rates, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/coastal-flooding-noaa.html
G.A.O.: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Government Accountability Office has found that the Trump administration is undervaluing the cost of climate change to boost its deregulatory efforts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/trump-climate-change-carbon-cost.html
Biden to Release $2 Trillion Climate Plan
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Biden’s plan links tackling climate change with economic recovery from the coronavirus and addressing racism, drawing praise from onetime critics. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/biden-climate-plan.html
A Big California Quake Just Got ‘a Little Likelier’
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new analysis puts the likelihood of an earthquake slightly higher than earlier forecasts, but researchers said there’s no reason to panic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/climate/california-san-andreas-fault-earthquake.html
Scientists Find an Earthquake’s Toll in an Organism’s DNA
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Along a coastline in New Zealand, kelp seems to contain a genetic record of the planet’s geological upheaval. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/science/earthquake-dna-genes-kelp.html
How Koalas With an S.T.D. Could Help Humanity
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When it comes to finding a vaccine for chlamydia, the world’s most common sexually transmitted infection, koalas may prove a key ally. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/science/chlamydia-koalas-vaccines.html
Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/climate/oil-fracking-bankruptcy-methane-executive-pay.html
She’s an Authority on Earth’s Past. Now, Her Focus Is the Planet’s Future.
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The climate scientist Maureen Raymo is leading the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia. She has big plans for science, and diversity, too. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/climate/lamont-doherty-maureen-raymo-climate-change.html