California’s Excessive Heat Challenges Inland Homeowners

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/mountain-house-california-housing-heat.html

On the Kenya-Tanzania Border, an Elephant Hunting Ban Has Collapsed

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Five bulls from the area around a Kenyan wildlife reserve have been shot and killed in Tanzania in recent months. The countries have very different conservation strategies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/climate/elephant-hunting-amboseli-kenya-tanzania.html

Alaska’s Juneau Ice Field Is Melting at an ‘Incredibly Worrying’ Pace, Scientists Say

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The speed of decline in the Juneau Ice Field, an expanse of 1,050 interconnected glaciers, has doubled in recent decades, scientists discovered. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/climate/alaska-juneau-icefield-melting.html

Debris Flows After Wildfires in New Mexico Threaten Towns

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., over the weekend showed how wildfire damage, worsening under climate change, can put people at even greater risk than the fires themselves. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/climate/new-mexico-fire-floods.html

Judge Orders Biden Administration to Resume Permits for Gas Exports

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/climate/federal-judge-biden-gas-exports.html

Supreme Court’s Chevron Ruling Limits Power of Federal Agencies

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/supreme-court-chevron-ruling.html

A Rare White Buffalo Calf Arrives in Yellowstone With a Message

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The calf, named Wakan Gli, is said to fulfill a Lakota prophecy that brings hope, but its birth is also a sign that more must be done to protect the Earth, a Lakota spiritual leader says. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/white-buffalo-yellowstone-lakota-prophecy.html

Biden Administration Denies Mining and Drilling Access to Alaskan Wilderness

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Interior Department rejected a proposed industrial road through pristine land in Alaska that was needed to reach an estimated $7.5 billion copper deposit. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/climate/biden-ambler-road-mining-alaska.html

Study Finds Small Streams, Recently Stripped of Protections, Are a Big Deal

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Half of the water flowing through regional river basins starts in so-called ephemeral streams. Last year, the Supreme Court curtailed federal protections for these waterways. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/climate/small-streams-pollution-supreme-court.html

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