NYT Global Warming Climate Change

C.E.O.s, policymakers and billionaires at the World Economic Forum’s conference have long pledged to fight climate change. Has it done any good?

Most major economies are investing in ever-cheaper solar and wind power. The United States risks further ceding a global market to China.

In this first episode of a new series, David Wallace-Wells joins Patrick Healy to examine what President Trump’s position on climate change tells us about how he plans to wield power more broadly.

From national security to home insurance, the president has quickly changed America’s climate adaptation policies in important ways.

Mr. Trump had the authority to declare two emergencies. But they also happened to advance his favorite targets: more fossil fuels and less immigration.

Hollywood’s silence reveals the contours of our escalating conflict with China; we’re digesting the war on TikTok, instead.

Cameron Hamilton does not appear to have experience coordinating responses to large-scale disasters, like the wildfires in California.

Eight years ago, Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement spurred a big time reaction that shaped the decade. Now, it’s a different time.

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The state’s senators prefer the Native name.

Una masa de aire gélido ha escapado del Ártico, provocando temperaturas bajo cero y nieve en latitudes en las que esto es inusual.

It’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.

Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.

In a sweeping order, President Trump halted federal approvals for new wind farms, in a move that could affect projects on land and in the ocean.

Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global climate change would continue with or without the United States.

Automakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges.

President Trump’s wave of executive orders yesterday sent an undeniable signal to the world about the United States’ role in fighting climate change.

El presidente de EE. UU. hizo movimientos políticos después de tomar posesión: se retiró de acuerdos internacionales, prometió aranceles e indultó a casi todos los alborotadores del 6 de enero.

President Trump made major policy moves immediately after taking office, withdrawing from major international agreements, promising steep tariffs and pardoning nearly all of the Jan. 6 rioters.

In “Dark Laboratory,” Tao Leigh Goffe traces the origins of global environmental collapse to the explorer’s conquest of the Caribbean.

The United States would be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.