Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper
The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor.
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CreditYuichi Yamazaki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Suspect Accused of Hacking Climate Activists Appears in Court
Amit Forlit is accused of running a hacking operation that aimed to thwart climate litigation at the behest of a lobbying firm working for an oil giant.
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CreditJefferson Siegel for The New York Times Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits
The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.
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How Can I Protect My Car When the Weather Is Scorching?
Extreme heat is extremely hard on your vehicle, but a few simple precautions can help a lot.
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We Asked for Environmental Fixes in Your State. You Sent In Thousands.
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.
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CreditSkateport; Susan Szeszol; The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District; Anne Little A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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CreditThe New York Times There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
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Microsoft is pulling back from efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere. But the nascent industry’s proponents say they are thinking in decades, not years.
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CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times The Treasury Secretary vs. Climate Science
In comments on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the scientific consensus on the causes of climate change.
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A conference of climate change deniers, a warning about the world’s largest penguin species, record low snowpack in the West, plus more climate news.
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CreditCaroline Gutman for The New York Times Why Electric Trucks Haven’t Taken Off in the U.S.
The vast majority of commercial trucks in the U.S. run on diesel, but that may be changing as fuel prices rise and Tesla ramps up production.
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CreditMark Abramson for The New York Times Trump Said Gas Prices Would Fall Quickly. World Leaders Are Not So Sure.
The president said this week the recent increases would be “short-term.” But other leaders are preparing for a longer crisis.
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CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times An attempt to study Thwaites Glacier from below meets an icy end.
Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath.
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.
By Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak
The Shadow PapersA Breakdown of Five Days of Secret Supreme Court Memos
The New York Times obtained a trove of documents illuminating the inner workings of the court as it embraced a secretive track for making major decisions.
By Adam Liptak and Jodi Kantor
Western States Need Water. San Diego Has Extra. Will They Make A Deal?
San Diego County is shopping a surplus of desalinated seawater to Western states that are facing increasingly urgent drought and short supplies.
By Scott Dance
Court Rejects Trump Administration Climate Lawsuit Against Hawaii
In a setback for federal efforts to thwart climate litigation, the judge ruled that the suit, which tried to block the state from suing oil companies, was too speculative.
By Karen Zraick
Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Minnesota Wilderness
The move was a victory for a Chilean company that wants to build a copper and nickel mine, which environmentalists say could devastate fragile lakes and forests.
By Maxine Joselow
Carbon Removal Industry Reels as Microsoft Retreats
Once held up as a key solution to climate change, a field that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere is struggling to catch on.
By David Gelles
Executive Who Led Ford’s Electric Car Push Is Leaving
Doug Field, a former Tesla and Apple executive, had returned to Ford Motor in 2021 to help develop new electric models and software.
By Neal E. Boudette
Trump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security
The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.
By Maxine Joselow and Devlin Barrett
Trump Officials Pledge Swift Completion of Controversial Gas Pipeline
The $1 billion project will run for about 23 miles under Raritan Bay in New Jersey and New York Harbor. Environmental groups oppose it.
By Hilary Howard
Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll
The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”
By Alan Rappeport and Lisa Friedman
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