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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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NYT ClimateAs 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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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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NYT ClimatePresidentTrump 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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NYT Climate“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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NYT ClimateThe 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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A group of Staten Island residents concerned about climate change is challenging the project.
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NYT Climate“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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The storm, which was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to make landfall on Wednesday.
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NYT ClimateHurricane 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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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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NYT ClimateRobert 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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The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
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NYT ClimateNOAA 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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NYT ClimateAn inside look at the Trump administration's 11th-hour effort to reshape NOAA.
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NYT ClimateThe 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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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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NYT ClimateThe 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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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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NYT Climate“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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Climate change is shifting the habitats of endangered species and requiring conservation scientists to think outside traditional park boundaries.
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NYT ClimateLong 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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NYT ClimateAcross 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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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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NYT ClimateEven 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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NYT ClimateWhen 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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NYT ClimateA 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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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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NYT ClimateNobody 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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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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NYT ClimateThe plan to hunt for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was just restarted.
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NYT ClimateThe 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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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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NYT ClimateIf 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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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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NYT ClimateGaffe 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, 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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NYT Climate“We want to personify these fires. We want to blame somebody. But lightning doesn’t have a face.”
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NYT Climate“The fires that have been getting bigger tend, more often than not, to be lightning-induced.”
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NYT ClimateHumans 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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NYT ClimateOut 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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NYT ClimateOut 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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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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NYT ClimateJames 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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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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NYT ClimateOne 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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