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Tropical Depression Imelda Hits Houston
Nytimes.com 11h 1 tweets
The storm is expected to drop six to 12 inches of rain, and could bring “life-threatening” flooding. Some schools canceled Wednesday classes.
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NYT Climate Tropical Storm Imelda is approaching Houston and is expected to bring heavy rain and life-threatening flash flooding. 11h
Trump Will End California’s Authority to Set Stricter Auto Emissions Rules
Coral Davenport - Nytimes.com 27h 23 tweets
The move, expected Wednesday, would strip California of its special authority to set tougher rules on car emissions. 
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NYT Climate The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to revoke CA's authority to set tight vehicle pollution rules,in a move designed to strike a joint blow against both the liberal-leaning state  & the environmental legacy of President Barack Obama. 25h
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NYT Climate Revoking California's waiver on auto emission standards would have national significance. Roughly a third of the national auto market follow the tighter standards.  23h
Inside Conservative Groups’ Effort to ‘Make Dishwashers Great Again’
Hiroko Tabuchi - Nytimes.com 28h 9 tweets
Of all the efforts to persuade the Trump administration to weaken environmental rules, the Make Dishwashers Great Again lobby might be the most peculiar.
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NYT Climate Conservative groups want to "Make Dishwashers Great Again.” Their plan: roll back environmental regulations.  28h
As Amazon Smolders, Indonesia Fires Choke the Other Side of the World
Nytimes.com 31h 8 tweets
Thousands of fires, most of them set to clear land for plantations that make palm oil, created thick clouds of smoke that disrupted air travel and sickened people.
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NYT Climate Officials said most of the fires burning across Indonesia were set to clear land for plantations that produce palm oil 29h
1.1 Million Students in N.Y.C. Can Skip School for Climate Protest
Anne Barnard - Nytimes.com 44h 9 tweets
The city will not penalize those who attend global youth climate strikes on Friday. “This completely changes things,” one student said.
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NYT Climate 1.1 million students in NYC can skip school for the youth climate protest 44h
How One Photographer Captured Burning Issues Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide
Nytimes.com 3d 2 tweets
He had arrived as an American-Israeli in a Palestinian village, but identities quickly faded as mutual trust and respect transcended politics.
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NYT Climate For almost a month across 7 visits to the southern West Bank, I photographed e-waste "burns" and the Palestinian villagers who are affected by them as they grapple with a much-needed economic boon that is also a serious health hazard. 56h
Trump Administration Rolls Back Clean Water Protections
Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 6d 11 tweets
The administration is expected to complete the repeal of a major Obama-era regulation that put limits on chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies.
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NYT Climate "This is an opportunity to really drive a stake through the heart of federal water protection.” 4d
The Great Flood of 2019: A Complete Picture of a Slow-Motion Disaster
John Schwartz - Nytimes.com 6d 28 tweets
A New York Times analysis shows how far this spring’s unprecedented floods spread.
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NYT Climate In March, Edward Clark, a NOAA official, said that what lay ahead was a “potentially unprecedented” flood season, even worse than the Great Flood of 1993. In a recent interview, Mr. Clark said, with no satisfaction, “Yes, we got it right.” 5d
Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback of Clean Water Protections
Coral Davenport - Nytimes.com 6d 13 tweets
The administration is expected to complete the repeal of a major Obama-era regulation that put limits on chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies.
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NYT Climate The Trump administration is repealing a major Obama-era clean water regulation, even as President Trump regularly declares his commitment to "crystal-clean water." 6d
Extreme Weather Displaced a Record 7 Million in First Half of 2019
Somini Sengupta🥭 - Nytimes.com 6d 21 tweets
A new report puts 2019 on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in almost two decades even before the effects of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas are tallied. But there was also good news. 
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NYT Climate In the first half of 2019 alone, seven million people were displaced from their homes worldwide - and that's before Hurricane Dorian struck. 6d
T. Boone Pickens Is Dead; Oil Magnate and Corporate Raider Was 91
Nytimes.com 7d 5 tweets
He made big oil companies quake by threatening to take them over. His targets included Gulf Oil, Unocal and Phillips Petroleum.
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NYT Climate Boone Pickens, an oilman and corporate raider who promoted renewable energy late in life, has died at 91. 7d
Climate Denialist to Depart White House National Security Council
Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 7d 8 tweets
William Happer, a National Security Council adviser who tried unsuccessfully to create a federal panel to attack climate science, plans to leave the White House. 
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NYT Climate William Happer, who likened attacks on fossil fuels to the "demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler" is leaving the White House. 7d
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NYT Climate William Happer, who likened attacks on fossil fuels to the "demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler" is leaving the White House. 7d
White House Pressed Agency to Repudiate Weather Forecasters Who Contradicted Trump
Lisa Friedman, Peter Baker - Nytimes.com 7d 33 tweets
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told Wilbur L. Ross Jr., the commerce secretary to have NOAA publicly disavow the forecasters’ position.
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NYT Climate The effort to rebuke National Weather Service forecasters came from the top: The White House. 7d
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NYT Climate The White House acting chief of staff pushed to repudiate federal forecasters who disputed President Trump’s claim about Hurricane Dorian’s path 7d
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NYT Climate Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, to have the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly disavow the forecasters’ position that Alabama was not at risk. 7d
E.P.A. Says It Will Drastically Reduce Animal Testing
Nytimes.com 8d 1 tweets
The move was hailed by animal rights groups, but some researchers said it pushed the agency too quickly into uncharted territory.
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NYT Climate The E.P.A. announced that it would move away from testing potentially harmful chemicals on animals. 8d
How Canadians Raised Millions to Save 2,000 Pristine Acres
Nytimes.com 8d 3 tweets
Thousands of people came up with $2.3 million to buy the land in British Columbia and protect it from loggers.
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NYT Climate Nearly 2,000 acres of land in British Columbia was for sale, so a parks foundation decided to crowdsource money to buy it and protect it from loggers. Three million dollars poured in. 8d
Australia Bushfires Arrive Early, Destroying Historic Lodge in ‘Omen’ of Future
Damien Cave - Nytimes.com 9d 6 tweets
Officials warned that climate change and drought threatened to bring Australia its worst fire season on record.
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NYT Climate “This isn’t the new normal,” one expert said. “We’re going to see much worse — the pace of the chance is going to accelerate.” 9d
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NYT Climate A bushfire destroyed one of Australia’s oldest nature resorts, drawing tears from neighbors and alarm from officials who warned that climate change and drought threatened to bring Australia its worst fire season on record 8d
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NYT Climate “This isn’t the new normal,” one expert said. “We’re going to see much worse — the pace of the chance is going to accelerate.” 7d
Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump’s Hurricane Tweets, Sources Say
Lisa Friedman, Peter Baker - Nytimes.com 9d 65 tweets
Wilbur L. Ross Jr. made the threat after the agency’s Alabama office contradicted the president’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit the state.
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NYT Climate BREAKING: The Commerce secretary threatened to fire NOAA officials in a fight over President Trump's incorrect warnings about Alabama and Hurricane Dorian. 9d
Seeing What the Fighting Is All About on Alaska’s Coastal Plain
Nytimes.com 9d 4 tweets
On a river trip in the starkly beautiful Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, rich in birds and caribou, reflections on what we’re willing to gamble for oil and money.
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NYT Climate In the largest national wildlife refuge in the United States, there are no roads or marked trails. But there is plenty of wildlife, and, oil speculators hope, oil. #ANWR 9d
The World Wastes Tons of Food. A Grocery ‘Happy Hour’ Is One Answer.
Nytimes.com 10d 5 tweets
Groceries and companies in Europe are cooperating with consumers to reduce $680 billion in food waste each year. Food near expiration turns into bargains.
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NYT Climate “There’s been a lot of focus on energy. But climate change is as much a land issue and a food issue as anything else.” 10d
For Pope Francis, a Perfect Moment for an Unsettling Warning on the Environment
Jason Horowitz - Nytimes.com 11d 5 tweets
Francis has made the case against climate change and the earth’s degradation for years. In Africa, he found a backdrop that was fitting if unnerving.
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NYT Climate The timing of his visits to Mozambique, which ended Friday, and to the islands of Madagascar and later Mauritius, seemed unsettlingly fitting. In previous weeks the Amazon burned, fires raged in Angola and Congo, and a glacier melted in Iceland. 11d