Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The world’s richest man unveiled a fund to help climate scientists and activists, an escalation of his philanthropic efforts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/technology/jeff-bezos-climate-change-earth-fund.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Americans looking to cut back on meat are following a movement forged by a groundbreaking book, ‘Diet for a Small Planet.’ Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/us/plant-based-meat-has-roots-in-the-1970s.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/australia/fires-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A proposal to build two huge barriers — one that would connect Norway to Scotland, the other France to England — was described as a warning about the urgency of the climate crisis. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/world/europe/north-sea-dams.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Thailand funded the first dam on the river in Laos, and it is Thai towns, farms and fisheries that are suffering. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/asia/mekong-river-dams-thailand.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A sweeping overhaul aims to make commercial garbage pickup safer for pedestrians, workers and the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/nyregion/nyc-garbage.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Sharing the prize with Al Gore, his U.N. organization was recognized for its work on global warming, but his career was undone by harassment accusations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/science/rajendra-pachauri-dead.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The storm’s effects were uneven: About 30 percent of the country’s coral was destroyed, but some reefs appeared to be undamaged. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/climate/hurricane-dorian-reefs-coral.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Canada Letter speaks with a Times reporter who has looked into large investors who have turned away from the oil sands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/world/canada/alberta-oil-sands-divestment.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, February 14, 2020 (ENS) – Forty indigenous land and water protectors and non-indigenous activists were arrested in British Columbia and across Canada on Monday, while they were protesting a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline that would run through the unceded tribal lands of the Wet’suwet’en First […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump’s long-promised rollback of Obama-era fuel economy standards may not be completed until this summer, and may not be tenable even then. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/climate/trump-fuel-economy-rollback.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 13, 2020 (ENS) – More than half of all early deaths in the United States due to poor air quality are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, report researchers with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT. Read the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new generation of autonomous robots is helping plant breeders shape the crops of tomorrow. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/science/farm-agriculture-robots.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A tech billionaire’s PowerPoint brought the Trillion Trees climate plan to the president, a textbook case of ad hoc policymaking in the Trump era. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/trump-trees-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment It is the first oil giant to make a zero-emissions climate pledge that covers the burning of fuel it extracts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/bp-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment About half of the premature deaths caused by poor air quality are linked to pollutants that blow in from other states, a new study found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/air-pollution-health.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Murdoch, now divorced from the day-to-day operations of News Corp, plans to announce investments in sustainable packaging and a venture organized by BlackRock. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/business/dealbook/james-murdoch-environment.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, the path to 100% renewable energy Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/nyt-newsletter-antarctic-weddell-sea.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Lenders and investors, under pressure to act on climate change, have stopped funding Alberta’s vast oil-sands developments, and the province is fighting back. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/blackrock-oil-sands-alberta-financing.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment According to a new report, the New York shows are the biggest carbon culprit when it comes to travel, buyers, and brands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/fashion/figuring-out-fashion-weeks-carbon-problem.html?emc=rss&partner=rss