Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/climate/climate-seas-30-year-mortgage.html

PG&E Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million Fine for Causing Deadly Fire

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A judge approved an agreement between the California utility and a prosecutor after hearing from survivors whose loved ones were among the 84 people killed in the Camp Fire. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/business/energy-environment/pge-camp-fire-sentenced.html

E.P.A. Won’t Regulate Toxic Compound Linked to Fetal Brain Damage

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The move was widely expected after The New York Times reported last month that the agency’s administrator had decided to effectively defy a court order. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/climate/trump-epa-perchlorate.html

Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have premature, underweight or stillborn babies, a look at 32 million U.S. births found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/climate/climate-change-pregnancy-study.html

PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Counts of Manslaughter in Camp Fire Case

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The California utility’s transmission line started the 2018 fire that killed dozens and destroyed the town of Paradise. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/business/energy-environment/pge-camp-fire-california-wildfires.html

NOAA Chief Violated Ethics Code in Furor Over Trump Tweet, Agency Says

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Neil Jacobs violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy with a statement last year backing the president’s inaccurate claim that a hurricane was headed for Alabama, a panel found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/climate/noaa-sharpiegate-ethics-violation.html

A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington’s Rank and File

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Efforts to block research on climate change don’t just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/climate/climate-science-trump.html

Mining Firm Plans to Destroy Indigenous Australian Sites, Despite Outcry

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Just weeks after another company was criticized for razing ancient caves in the Pilbara desert, BHP said it would expand an iron ore mine on land that contains rock shelters some 15,000 years old. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/world/australia/indigenous-caves-BHP-mining.html

As Energy Prices Tumble, Developing Countries Trim Subsidies

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Trying to cut spending as the pandemic reduces tax revenue, governments are finding it easier to lift restraints on what consumers pay for fuel. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/business/energy-environment/countries-slash-energy-subsidies-coronavirus.html

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