Greta Thunberg’s Message at Davos Forum: ‘Our House Is Still on Fire’

January 21, 2020 / by Somini Sengupta / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The activist punched a hole in the promises emerging from a forum of the global political and business elite at Davos, telling the leaders to stop investing in fossil fuels immediately. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/climate/greta-thunberg-davos.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Why These Australia Fires Are Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before

January 21, 2020 / by Jamie Tarabay / Australia, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment More than 16 million acres have gone up in flames. And it has happened in populated areas, unlike most of the world’s other blazes of this scale. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/australia/fires-size-climate.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Australian Coal Company Says Bush-Fire Smoke Is Slowing Production

January 21, 2020 / by Isabella Kwai / Air Quality, Australia, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The poor air quality is making equipment harder to operate, and some workers have had to take leave to fight fires. The irony was not lost on many in Australia. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/coal-company-bhp-smoke.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster. (Just Don’t Call It Climate Change.)

January 20, 2020 / by Christopher Flavelle / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A Trump administration program to help states prepare for natural disasters has become a window into the tortured political language of talking about climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/climate/climate-change-funding-states.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

A Climate Show Was Canceled. Then Came the Finger-Pointing.

January 19, 2020 / by Michael Paulson and Cara Buckley / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment One of the nation’s most successful theaters, the Public, shortened the run of a monologue by a prominent artist-activist, Josh Fox. Now each party is blaming the other. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/theater/josh-fox-public-theater-canceled-show.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Hoping to Shape the Conversation at Davos

January 19, 2020 / by THE NEW YORK TIMES / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Members of the Global Shapers Community, a network of young people at the World Economic Forum, talk about what they’re hoping to accomplish at this year’s summit. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/business/economy/global-shapers-davos.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Donations Are Pouring Into Australia. Now What?

January 18, 2020 / by Isabella Kwai / Australia, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As people around the world respond to the fire crisis, organizations find themselves trying to efficiently distribute tens of millions of dollars. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/world/australia/fires-donations-help.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Meteorite or Volcano? New Clues to the Dinosaurs’ Demise

January 17, 2020 / by Lucas Joel / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, Species

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Twin calamities marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and scientists are presenting new evidence of which drove one of Earth’s great extinctions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/science/dinosaurs-extinction-meteorite-volcano.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

The $119 Billion Sea Wall That Could Defend New York … or Not

January 17, 2020 / by Anne Barnard / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, Oceans

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A six-mile-long barrier would help protect the city from floodwaters during fierce storms like Sandy, but critics say rising seas make the option inadequate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/nyregion/sea-wall-nyc.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Watching the Beach Town of My Childhood Burn

January 17, 2020 / by Livia Albeck-Ripka / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The beach town of Mallacoota is mythologized in my family as the place we returned to every summer. I visited again after it was ravaged by fire, to find devastation, resilience and a warning about climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/world/australia/mallacoota-beach-burn.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

How Hard Is It to Quit Coal? For Germany, 18 Years and $44 Billion

January 17, 2020 / by Somini Sengupta and Melissa Eddy / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The 18-year time frame shows how costly and politically complicated it is to leave the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel in the ground. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/climate/germany-coal-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Reducing Fire, and Cutting Carbon Emissions, the Aboriginal Way

January 16, 2020 / by Thomas Fuller and Matthew Abbott / Australia, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As blazes rage in southern Australia, Indigenous fire-prevention techniques that have sharply cut destructive bushfires in the north are drawing new attention. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/world/australia/aboriginal-fire-management.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

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