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There Is Only One Existential Threat. Let’s Talk About It.
Our political culture isn’t ready to deal with climate change.
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In @NYTopinion: "Why can’t we abide an honest discussion about climate change?" asks @fmanjoo
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As Climate Disasters Pile Up, a Radical Proposal Gains Traction
The idea of modifying Earth’s atmosphere to cool the planet, once seen as too risky to seriously consider, is attracting new money and attention.
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As climate change get worse, the idea of cooling the earth by bouncing sunlight back into space is gaining new attention. But is it safe?
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How Does Your State Make Electricity?
America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago. Now the future of the nation’s energy mix has become a major election issue.
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PresidentTrump pushed to weaken regulations on industry, but more coal power plants closed during his first term than in the last four years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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“We’re going to continue to see coal plants retire,” said Kate Konschnik of Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. “The big question now is whether those plants get replaced with gas or cleaner energy.”
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The future of the nation’s energy mix has become a major election issue. But America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago.
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These Wetlands Helped Stop Flooding From Sandy. Now a BJ’s May Move In.
A group of Staten Island residents concerned about climate change is challenging the project.
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“We’re acting at cross purposes: preparing for sea-level rise and trying to slow climate change with one set of policies, and taking actions elsewhere that undercut those efforts."
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Hurricane Zeta Live Updates: Louisiana Again in Path of a Powerful Storm
The storm, which was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to make landfall on Wednesday.
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Hurricane Zeta, now headed towards the New Orleans area, is forecast to brings life-threatening storm surge and strong winds to southeastern Louisiana by midday Wednesday.
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Robert Murray, Coal Baron With Clout, Dies at 80
The son of a coal miner, he built a sprawling company, fought government regulations and wielded considerable political influence as a Trump ally.
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Robert Murray, the son of a coal miner who built the nation's largest privately owned coal producer, dies at 80. He was an ally of President Trump and opposed environmental regulations, and funded organizations that try to undercut climate science.
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As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
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NOAA has been a bastion of independent climate research in the federal government. Now, that independence appears to be under threat from the Trump administration.
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The Trump administration has so far taken a mostly hands-off approach at NOAA, the nation's premiere climate research agency. That's changing.
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Thousands Forced to Evacuate From California Fires
Two firefighters were injured and about 90,800 people ordered to evacuate near Irvine, Calif., the authorities said, as strong winds fanned new blazes.
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The evacuations came as hundreds of thousands of people in California lost power on Sunday because of what CalFire called "extreme fire weather conditions."
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Zeta Turns Into Hurricane and Threatens to Dump Torrential Rains
Zeta could dump up to a foot of rain on some parts of the Yucatán by Tuesday before its projected landfall in the Gulf States.
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“You get more water vapor in the sky” with warmer air, one scientist said. “And that water has to go somewhere.”
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Japan’s New Leader Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050
The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
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“Taking an aggressive approach to global warming will bring about a transformation in our industrial structure and economic system that will lead to big growth” in the economy, said prime minister Yoshihide Suga.
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In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge
Climate change is shifting the habitats of endangered species and requiring conservation scientists to think outside traditional park boundaries.
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Long after the pandemic is done, climate change will continue to threaten endangered species, and places like Madagascar will need small private parks, created by local people, to support the bigger public ones.
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Across the world, warming temperatures threaten to push wildlife out of the conservation areas created to protect it. The land that was set aside yesterday might not be right for tomorrow, requiring scientists to think outside traditional park borders.
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Exports of Used Cars Are a Pollution Problem, U.N. Warns
Rich countries are sending millions of older, dirtier vehicles abroad, in a trade that’s largely unregulated, even as they mandate cleaner cars at home.
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Even as rich countries mandate cleaner cars at home, they are paying far less attention to the older, dirtier cars they export overseas — which, the UN warns, is creating a major pollution problem
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When cars in the U.S. or Europe get very old, they're often shipped abroad to other countries. In theory, this trade can be beneficial. But a new UN report warns that major health and environmental problems are lurking
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A new UN report warns that the largely unregulated global trade in older used cars could pose major health and climate change hazards in the years ahead:
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Biden Pledges Ambitious Climate Action. Here’s What He Could Actually Do.
If elected, Joe Biden and his allies are preparing to pass climate change legislation, piece by piece — knowing full well that the candidate’s $2 trillion plan would be a tough sell.
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Nobody knows better than Joe Biden that he's not going to be able to quickly enact all of his $2 trillion climate plan. But he and Democratic allies are preparing to pass ambitious climate legislation, piece by piece.
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White House Releases New Plan for Seismic Tests in Arctic Refuge
The survey would bring heavy trucks looking for signs of oil reserves into one of the most remote and pristine parts of the United States.
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The Trump administration has relaunched long-delayed plans to conduct a seismic survey in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a prelude to drilling for oil there.
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Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground
Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further along.
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If Americans would extend the life of their cellphones by one year, for instance, it would be the climate-saving equivalent of taking 636,000 cars off the road, or about the amount of passenger vehicles registered in the state of New Mexico.
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A Debate Pledge to ‘Transition’ from Oil Puts Climate at Center of Campaign Finale
Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s debate statement that he would "transition" the country away from oil gave President Trump an opening and thrust climate change center stage.
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Gaffe or truth-telling, Joe Biden's acknowledgment at Thursday's debate that his climate plan would "transition" the country away from oil gave President Trump an opening and moved the warming planet to center stage in the campaign's final days.
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In the West, Lightning Grows as a Cause of Damaging Fires
In the West, wildfires caused by lightning have been growing bigger and occurring more frequently. With climate change, other parts of the country may feel the effects, too.
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“We want to personify these fires. We want to blame somebody. But lightning doesn’t have a face.”
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“The fires that have been getting bigger tend, more often than not, to be lightning-induced.”
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Humans cause most wildfires, but some of this year’s most destructive blazes were sparked by lightning. Here's how climate change could bring even more wildfires — and maybe more lightning, as well.
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Under pressure to take a stand on court packing, Biden says he’ll take cues from scholars.
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Out of the range of television cameras, Mr. Trump readily agreed with Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom that climate change in fact did exacerbate the wildfire season, calling its responsibility “probably like 50-50,” along with poor forest management.
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Out of the range of television cameras, Mr. Trump readily agreed with Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom that climate change in fact did exacerbate the wildfire season, calling its responsibility “probably like 50-50,” along with poor forest management.
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James Redford, Documentarian and Environmentalist, Dies at 58
After two liver transplants, he founded an institute to increase awareness. He and his father, Robert Redford, also championed environmental films.
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James Redford drew on his own experience as a transplant recipient to create an institute devoted to educating people about such operations. With his father, the actor Robert Redford, he promoted films on environmental issues. He has died at 58.
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Trump and Biden’s Final Debate: What to Watch For
Does the president dial back his aggression? How will Joe Biden lay out his closing argument? Here’s what we’ll be looking for as the candidates face off in Nashville on Thursday night.
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One of the topics that’s supposed to come up in tonight’s presidential debate is climate change. And at @NYTClimate, we’ve got you covered. THREAD
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