Published by The New York Times Science & Environment This virus is deadly, long-lived and highly contagious, but it doesn’t affect people or other animals. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/science/virus-outbreak-rabbits.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The vote to accept a $13.5 billion deal will help the California utility resolve its bankruptcy in time to qualify for a state wildfire fund. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/business/energy-environment/pge-bankruptcy-wildfire-victims.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A folksy but forceful “Green Cowboy,” he helped shape energy policy in the White House and at local utilities for seven decades. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/climate/s-david-freeman-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A tropical storm warning was issued for the North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the National Hurricane Center said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/us/tropical-storm-arthur-2020-path.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Nationwide, poor communities are exposed to much more air pollution than wealthier ones. Scientists are racing to understand what role this may play in Covid-19. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/climate/pollution-poverty-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Monitor lizards, believed to be invasive species on some Pacific islands, got there long before humans, a new study says. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/science/monitor-lizards-invasive-species.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A retreating glacier is increasing the risk of a catastrophic landslide and tsunami within a few decades, researchers say. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/climate/alaska-landslide-tsunami.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new E.P.A. policy on perchlorate, which is used in rocket fuel, would revoke a 2011 finding that the chemical should be regulated. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/climate/trump-drinking-water-perchlorate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The coronavirus has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html
Published by the Environmental News Service By Bob Worth, LAKE BENTON, Minnesota, May 13, 2020 (ENS) – Farm stress is certainly not a new concept. My father saw rural suicide rates spike in his farming days in the 1930s. When I was a young farmer just getting started in the ‘80s, I got super depressed. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, our reporter’s kitchen secrets revealed Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-trump-rollbacks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Home baristas have made soy, oat and almond milk hard to find in stores. You can make them in your kitchen, and cut your carbon footprint at the same time. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/make-almond-oat-soy-milk.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New York City nonprofits are using a cloud-based service from the start-up Temboo that helps monitor storm-water runoff and other environmental factors. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/environment-sensor-technology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for today, and when to tune in. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/arts/livestreaming-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plunging sales could force factories to close and lead to takeovers and mergers, but also bolster sales of electric cars. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/business/auto-industry-pandemic.html
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2020 (ENS) – Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration for taking $7.2 billion from the Department of Defense for border wall construction from the Pacific Ocean to the Rio Grande Valley without congressional approval. To date, Trump has taken more than $13 billion from […]
Published by the Environmental News Service OXFORD, England, May 12, 2020 (ENS) – Oxford University has announced its new plan to divest formally from the fossil fuel industry. The oldest university in the English-speaking world, teaching for nearly 1,000 years, Oxford has been reducing its investments in fossil fuel companies and increasing its investments […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, May 11, 2020 (ENS) – Mining for rare earth metals is about to become more environmentally and economically feasible though a process newly developed and patented at Purdue University. These new environmentally-friendly technologies promise to be game-changers in this field and could enable the United States […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Businesses in the United States, Israel and other countries were planning to invest billions in export terminals. Now, those projects are being canceled or delayed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/business/energy-environment/natural-gas-exports-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The coronavirus pandemic was already making life on the farm unpredictable, and then came an Arctic blast. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/Farms-weather-cold-May.html