The New York Times, WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and groundwater, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous...
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By Chris Buckley © The New York Times Co.
BEIJING» It’s piled up in landfills. It clutters fields and rivers, dangles from trees, and forms flotillas of waste in the seas. China’s use of plastic bags, containers and cutlery has b...
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By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Tourists at Lake Conjola, a popular holiday destination in Australia, take refuge on a beach from wildfires Tuesday. This fire season has been one of the worst in Australia’s history, with at least 1...
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By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
PARADISE, CALIF.» First came the flames, a raging firestorm propelled by 50 mph wind gusts that incinerated Kelsey Norton’s house and killed 85 people in her community.
Then came the smoke — not just from the forest but also from 1...
By Nicholas Kusnetz is a reporter for InsideClimate News.
The findings of the study, published Tuesday, support those from other recent studies that found the world is continuing to rely on fossil fuels—including coal—to meet growing energy demand, even as renewable energy sees soaring g...
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“WAR ON PLASTICS”
A public hearing on the proposal is slated for Dec. 16 By Conrad Swanson
The Denver Post
Denver’s proposed fee for single-use bags is just the beginning of what City Council President Jolon Clark envisions as a “war on pla...
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RENEWABLE ENERGY LOSING OUT By Christina Larson
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON»As world leaders gathered in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight fell on China — the top emitter of greenhouse gases.
China burn...
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A startup backed by Bill Gates unveiled a breakthrough solar technology Tuesday that could free heavy industry ...
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By Ellen Knickmeyer
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» A former top government environmental health official joined health experts on Wednesday in expressing alarm as the Trump administration moves forward with a proposal that scientists sa...
Today, the last group of beluga whales from the “whale jail” in Russia have been returned to the ocean. The notorious sea pens that housed 10 orcas and 87 beluga whales who had been captured for sale to marine parks in China are now empty.
The 31 belugas aboard the vessel “Professor Kaganovsky” and...
Opinion TNYT, Nov 8, 2019 Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we’re facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios.
By Eugene Linden, Mr. Linden has written widely about climate change.
Nov. 8, 2019
For decades, most scientists saw climate change as a distant prospect. We n...
Eleven thousand scientists from across the globe wrote a letter Tuesday warning that “untold human suffering” will happen if the governments of the world don't act immediately to combat climate change.
The letter, which was published in BioScience Tuesday, says that "climate change has arrived and ...
With Rollback, Trump Administration Unleashes Toxic Water Pollution From Coal Plants Into Drinking
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A silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira looks up as he relaxes under a tree in Volcanoes National Park. Gorillas eat only plants and insects.
Biologist Jean Paul Hirwa notes her meal on his table...
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WASHINGTON» The number of people threatened by climate change-triggered flooding is about three times higher than previously thought, a new study says. But it’s not because of more water.
It’s because ...
By Cathy Bussewitz
The Associated Press
NEW YORK» New York’s attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of lying to investors about how profitable the company will remain as governments impose stricter regulations to combat global warming.
The lawsuit, which is set to go to trial Tuesday, claims the...
Climate We can't merely cut emissions to preserve a livable planet. We'll have to invent technologies to take back the carbon we've already released. By Jon Gertner Fall 2019
When one grasps the full implications of climate change, there comes a measure of grief. I first recognized ...
