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Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas
As Americans have flocked south and west, more people have been exposed to the risk of hazards like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and dangerous heat.
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U.S. Ramps Up Hunt for Uranium to End Reliance on Russia
Miners aim to meet a growing demand for emissions-free energy, though a failure to clean up old sites haunts the industry.
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Britain Is the First Major Economy to Stop Using Coal. It’s a Risky Experiment.
Few in Britain will mourn the passing of coal, but it’s hard not to feel a little nervous about what, at its heart, is an experiment, one fraught with danger.
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Nepal Flooding and Landslides Kill at Least 170 People
The mountainous country is experiencing more extreme weather driven by climate change, including melting glaciers that add to the frequency and severity of flooding.
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At Least 66 Die as Persistent Monsoon Rains Inundate Nepal
Disasters in the small Himalayan nation have become more frequent as the effects of climate change increase.
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Power Outages Hamper Assessment of Landslides From Helene
With communication lines down in the mountains amid Helene, early reports were unclear about how many landslides had occurred and the extent of damage from the storm.
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Hurricane Helene: Storm Decision Fatigue Is Getting to Me
More than the sheer repetition of extreme weather, the stakes have grown — for our homes, our communities and our lives.
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Hurricanes and Wildfires Are Taxing Utilities. Can A.I. Help?
From hurricanes to wildfires, a new generation of technologies could help utilities better plan for the risk of extreme weather to their electric grid.
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Just Stop Oil Activists Sentenced for Attack on Van Gogh Painting
A judge said he hoped to deter protests when he handed down lengthy terms for the two activists, who dumped soup on the painting in 2022. Later that day, activists did it again.
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Nuclear Power Is the New A.I. Trade. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Artificial intelligence’s hunger for energy has set off a boom in utility stocks and may lead to the reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, our columnist says.
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Helene Could Expose Deeper Flaws in Florida’s Insurance Market
Catastrophic storms have crippled the state’s home insurance market in the past, and some researchers say it is dangerously vulnerable.
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Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Target Geoengineering
Around the country, people with a deep distrust of government want to preemptively ban the use of aerosols to reduce heat from the sun.
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Parts of Appalachia are under landslide warnings as Helene brings flooding.
Catastrophic flooding is forecast in mountain areas and significant landslides are possible through Friday in parts of the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia.
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An Oil C.E.O. Answers Our Questions
The Times hosted leaders and policymakers to talk about growing threats of climate change, and spoke with the C.E.O. of Occidental Petroleum.
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Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Target Geoengineering
Around the country, people with a deep distrust of government want to preemptively ban the use of aerosols to reduce heat from the sun.
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‘I Knew I Should Leave. I Couldn’t Leave.’
Terry Tempest Williams shares her experience surviving the terror and beauty of a flash flood.
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Silicon Valley Renegades Pollute the Sky to Save the Planet
Some restless entrepreneurs are releasing pollutants in the sky to try to cool the planet.
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A Remote Alaskan Island Is on High Alert for a Rat
Wildlife experts fear that a rat could disrupt the island’s delicate balance, so they are pulling out all the stops.
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Project 2025 Architect Dismisses Climate Change at Times Climate Forward Event
At a New York Times Climate Forward event, Kevin D. Roberts said climate change amounted to a “hot year.”
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Senegal’s Young President Wants a New World Order
In his first interview with Western media since becoming president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said the United Nations has to change to reflect changing world demographics.
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