Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Thomas Buberl, the chief executive of the French insurance company AXA, wants the industry to stop covering mines and plants. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/business/dealbook/insurance-companies-coal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a summer of deadly heat and uncontrolled wildfires, British Columbia was hit by record rainfalls that forced the evacuation of towns and destroyed highways and rail lines. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/canada-flooding-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Frances Moore Lappé, the author of “Diet for a Small Planet,” which was published 50 years ago and spurred a movement toward vegetarianism, looks back on her legacy. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/style/frances-moore-lappe-diet-small-planet.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In her vague assignment abroad, the vice president seems to be emphasizing that the U.S.-France relationship is about looking forward, in the wake of an embarrassing diplomatic spat. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/world/europe/france-kamala-harris-macron.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “Now is the time to get together and show the determination needed to power on through the blockages,” the British prime minister said on Wednesday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/world/boris-johnson-cop26.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In one area of France, worries about rising energy prices trump anxiety about rising temperatures, raising fears of a resurgence of the Yellow Vest social uprising. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/world/europe/france-climate-change-energy-prices.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Extreme weather has ruined grape crops throughout this small French region known for natural wine. “If it continues like this, how will we continue to make Jura wine? I really don’t know,” said one winegrower. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/travel/jura-wine-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A Swiss company is operating a device in Iceland that sucks CO2 from the air and shoots it into the ground, where it turns into rock. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/climate/is-carbon-capture-here.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Arriving in Europe with an unfinished economic and environmental spending plan, the president will confront new challenges, some self-inflicted, at two major summits. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/politics/biden-summit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Arriving in Europe with an unfinished economic and environmental spending plan, the president will confront new challenges, some self-inflicted, at two major summits. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/politics/biden-g20-summit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After battering the New York area, the storm knocked out electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers across New England on Wednesday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/cape-cod-noreaster.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The 95-year-old queen, after 70 years on the throne, is the oldest and longest-serving monarch in British history. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-cop26-summit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, government-owned energy companies are increasing oil and natural gas production as U.S. and European companies pare supply because of climate concerns. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/business/energy-environment/oil-production-state-owned-companies.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden is restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and a marine monument off the New England coast, all severely reduced by former President Donald J. Trump. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/climate/bears-ears-grand-staircase-escalante-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new generation of lawmakers is entering Germany’s Parliament. They felt ignored by the previous government, so they set out to change that by winning elections. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/world/europe/germany-elections-young-voters-greens.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Protests took place worldwide, but those in Germany had heightened urgency amid calls for the next government to do something about climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/world/europe/german-election-climate-action.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The European Central Bank put the region’s economy under a microscope to assess the impact of climate change action and inaction. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/business/europe-climate-change-cost.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Britain and the rest of Europe are watching natural gas prices and utility bills soar, and Russia is coming under pressure to provide more gas. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/business/energy-prices-europe-britain.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On the 17th of September, the Minister of Fisheries in Gabon, a country in Central Africa, issued an emergency decree suspending the Gabonese shrimp fishery indefinitely after making alarming discoveries while on fisheries patrol with the Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker. Almost one month ago, the Gabonese Fisheries Minister, the Honorable Biendi Maganga-Moussavou, […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On Sunday night, September 12th, a super-pod of 1428 Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins was driven for many hours and for around 45 km by speed boats and jet-skis into the shallow water at Skálabotnur beach in the Danish Faroe Islands, where every single one of them was killed. Photos by Sea […]