Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Trudeau government has focused on the oil and gas production industries because the large amounts of energy they use make them the country’s largest source of greenhouse gases. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/world/canada/canada-oil-gas-carbon-emissions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/science/fossils-colombia-terror-birds.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Delegates at the U.N. talks in Colombia created a fund that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/climate/cop16-cali-colombia-nature-biodiversity.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some see the floods as an example of the effect of a changing climate that is making overwhelming downpours more common. Locals also say government warnings came too late. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/world/europe/spain-floods-blame.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A second Trump administration could stop defending the E.P.A. against lawsuits attacking its climate policies. Other effects might be more far-reaching. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/climate/trump-climate-courts-lawsuits.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A journalist and an analyst, he was driven to hold oil companies accountable. Earlier, he was on the storied boat Greenpeace when he and others tried to halt a nuclear test. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/climate/richard-a-fineberg-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president’s senior climate adviser is expected to lead the American delegation at the U.N. talks in Azerbaijan. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/climate/biden-cop29-baku-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The region is no stranger to storms like those that caused this week’s deluges. But global warming helps them pack a bigger punch, scientists said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/climate/spain-valencia-floods.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and climate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/climate/trump-environment-election.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil moguls are big donors to Donald Trump. But so are engineering firms, hedge fund managers, shipbuilders and others that profit from fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/climate/oil-gas-donations-trump.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Human rights watchdogs say Azerbaijan is in the midst of a vicious campaign of repression. But in global geopolitics, this energy-rich Caucasus country now has a lot of leverage. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/world/europe/azerbaijan-climate-summit-arrests.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Hundreds of fires are burning in New Jersey and Connecticut as the region experiences a spell of unusually warm fall weather. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/nyregion/new-jersey-connecticut-wildfires-drought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As the world gathers this week for U.N. biodiversity negotiations, the U.S. hasn’t ratified a decades-old treaty to protect nature. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/climate/cop-biodiversity-colombia-united-states.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/business/energy-environment/elon-musk-ai-memphis-pollution.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The vote, in a sunny state with huge solar potential, reflects a growing nationwide fight over America’s energy transition. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/climate/arizona-utility-clean-energy-election.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment More than half a million people were killed in 10 disasters that climate change worsened, according to a new report. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/climate/climate-disasters-cop29-election.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Dozens of people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/world/europe/spain-flash-floods.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “Hothouse,” at Irish Arts Center, fends off despair with loopiness; “In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot,” at Playwrights Horizons, is a fuzzy world lacking depth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/theater/hothouse-in-the-amazon-warehouse-parking-lot.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/business/energy-environment/three-mile-island-nuclear-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/science/archaeology-scandinavia-plague.html