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Judge Blocks E.P.A. From Using Civil Rights Law in Pollution Case

August 23, 2024 - 16:37
The decision is a setback for a Biden administration strategy for protecting minority communities with numerous polluting industries nearby.
Categories: Climate

Drinking Water Is at Risk in Parts of Long Island, Study Finds

August 23, 2024 - 13:40
Decades of pumping have allowed saltwater to threaten the aquifers that supply many communities, including Long Beach and Great Neck.
Categories: Climate

At D.N.C., Kamala Harris Equated Fighting Climate Change With ‘Freedom’

August 23, 2024 - 12:55
The Harris campaign isn’t offering details on climate policy but is framing the fight to protect the environment as one of patriotism.
Categories: Climate

Why Are Extreme Heat-Related Deaths So Hard to Track?

August 23, 2024 - 05:01
As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities.
Categories: Climate

Peter Dykstra, Pioneering CNN Climate Journalist, Dies at 67

August 22, 2024 - 16:37
A former Greenpeace official, he drew on his command of environmental subjects to persuade his bosses at the cable channel to cover climate issues.
Categories: Climate

Climate Workers Wanted

August 22, 2024 - 15:07
A group of federal programs is aimed at helping America’s work force adapt to climate change.
Categories: Climate

Are Researchers Overcounting the Number of Fish in the World’s Oceans?

August 22, 2024 - 14:44
A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic.
Categories: Climate

Many Climate Policies Struggle to Cut Emissions, Study Finds

August 22, 2024 - 14:22
The most effective ones tend to combine several emissions-cutting strategies, not a stand-alone approach, according to an examination of 1,500 policies globally.
Categories: Climate

New Study Re-Evaluates ‘Worst Case’ Scenario for Thwaites Glacier

August 21, 2024 - 14:00
Global warming is putting the continent’s ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found.
Categories: Climate

Climate Change Is Not a Key Talking Point for Harris Campaign

August 21, 2024 - 12:07
President Biden made climate change a cornerstone of his agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to detail her own plan.
Categories: Climate

Under a Frozen Army Base, He Found Incredible Fossils

August 21, 2024 - 05:02
In a new book, geologist Paul Bierman recounts the moment he found astonishing evidence that Greenland’s ice sheet had melted in the ancient past.
Categories: Climate

For Historic Gardens, Climate Change Offers Particular Challenges

August 21, 2024 - 05:01
At Wethersfield Estate, in upstate New York, restoring the formal gardens involves dealing with emboldened pests and pathogens — but carefully, so visitors don’t see.
Categories: Climate

Can Democrats Make the Case to Climate Voters?

August 20, 2024 - 14:37
In another year of record-breaking temperatures, Democrats are faced with the challenge of making climate change resonate with voters.
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Greenpeace Tries a Novel Tactic in Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline

August 20, 2024 - 12:43
The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.
Categories: Climate

NO2 Emissions in Can Undo Some Benefits of City Trees, Study Finds

August 20, 2024 - 05:03
A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it.
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Climate Groups Begin $55 Million Ad Campaign for Kamala Harris

August 19, 2024 - 09:00
Three of the ads frame Biden-Harris policies in terms of their economic, rather than environmental, benefits.
Categories: Climate

Los menonitas buscan un hogar en la Amazonía

August 19, 2024 - 05:15
En busca de tierras baratas lejos de la vida moderna, muchos menonitas están creando colonias en la selva amazónica. A los ecologistas les preocupa que estén deforestando una zona tan importante.
Categories: Climate

Acres of Solar Panels Are Replacing One of the Nation’s Largest Coal Plants

August 19, 2024 - 05:02
One of the nation’s largest coal-fueled electric plants is being replaced with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries.
Categories: Climate

The Mennonites Making the Amazon Their Home

August 19, 2024 - 05:00
Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation of the vital jungle.
Categories: Climate

Europe’s Crackdown on Environmental Defense Is Silencing a Message the World Needs to Hear

August 18, 2024 - 09:00
The tough approach has come as more Europeans sour on the green energy transition.
Categories: Climate