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CreditSanjay Baid/EPA, via Shutterstock Can Fees on Polluting Cars Clean the Air? London Has New Evidence.
The city’s expanded low-emissions zone, which was politically fraught, has cut emissions that contribute to health problems like asthma, new numbers show.
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CreditLeon Neal/Getty Images Bats Were Already Struggling. Now They’re Selling on EBay.
Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.
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CreditMerlinTuttle.org/Science Source A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal
In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
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We Mapped Heat in 3 U.S. Cities. Some Sidewalks Were Over 130 Degrees.
Air temperature is just one measure of how heat affects cities and people. See how high surface temperatures, which bring additional risks, can get.
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CreditThe New York Times Home Insurance Rates in America Are Wildly Distorted. Here’s Why.
Climate change is driving rates higher, but not always in areas with the greatest risk.
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CreditThe New York Times As Solar Power Surges, U.S. Wind Is in Trouble
A 2022 climate law was expected to set off a boom in renewable energy. So far, that’s only come partly true.
By Brad Plumer and
CreditThe New York Times The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish
Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.
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CreditCristina Quicler/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Can Kamala Harris Finish Biden’s Climate Agenda?
If elected to the White House, Vice President Harris will face the challenge of implementing President Biden’s signature climate policies.
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She played a crucial role in fixing the ozone hole, and has thoughts on climate change.
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Here’s where the party stands on global warming, energy and the environment.
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CreditHaiyun Jiang for The New York Times A.I.’s Insatiable Appetite for Energy
The soaring electricity demands of data centers and A.I. are straining the grid in some areas, pushing up emissions and slowing the energy transition.
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Artificial Intelligence Gives Weather Forecasters a New Edge
The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours.
By William J. Broad
A Radical Reboot of Nuclear Energy
A multibillion-dollar effort to build the first in a new generation of American nuclear power plants is underway outside a small town in Wyoming.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Brad Plumer, Alex Stern, Diana Nguyen, Sydney Harper, Shannon M. Lin, Lexie Diao, Brendan Klinkenberg, Rowan Niemisto, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood
Ask NYT ClimateElectric Cars Help the Climate. But Are They Good Value?
They can be, but it depends on your driving habits. We break it down for you.
By Jack Ewing
Germans Combat Climate Change From Their Balconies
Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.
By Melissa Eddy
Hollywood’s Message to Red States: Our Movies Are for You
After a period of openly using movies to display progressive values, studios seem to be heeding a message from many ticket buyers: Just entertain us.
By Brooks Barnes
How the Shock of Catastrophic Floods Is Changing Farming in Vermont
A growing cohort of young farmers is experimenting with ways to mitigate the impact of flooding and other extreme weather.
By Jenna Russell
A Canadian Wildfire Grew So Intense It Made Its Own Weather
Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.
By Austyn Gaffney
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Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Safiya Sinclair, Michael Cunningham, Tasha Sylva and more.
By Shreya Chattopadhyay
Western Wildfire Smoke Reaches the East Coast
Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.
By Austyn Gaffney
Park Fire Balloons in California as Blazes Spread Across the West
The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.
By Heather Knight, Mike Baker and Amanda Holpuch
Where Do Harris’s Potential Running Mates Stand on Climate?
Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought.
By Austyn Gaffney
The E.P.A. Moves Toward Regulating a Widely Used, Dangerous Chemical
Vinyl chloride, used to make things like PVC pipes and packaging, is also toxic and highly flammable, and was at the center of a major train disaster in Ohio last year.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
Planet Sets Record for Hottest Day Twice in a Row
Researchers with the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Sunday was Earth’s hottest day. Then it happened again on Monday.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
Looking From Space, Researchers Find Pollution Spiking Near E-Commerce Hubs
Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
Between Attacks on Electric Cars, Trump Says They’re ‘Incredible’
The former president’s comments on E.V.s have shifted since he has grown more friendly with Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla.
By Lisa Friedman
Two Landslides Kill 229 People in Ethiopia
A waterlogged hillside above a village gave way, burying several houses in mud. Neighbors and rescue workers who had rushed to help were hit by a second slide.
By Lynsey Chutel and Kumerra Gemechu
Canada Evacuates Jasper National Park as Wildfires Burn in Alberta
Large blazes in the province have led to the evacuation of thousands of people.
By Qasim Nauman
Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate
She pursued polluters as attorney general in California and later staked out bold positions as a senator, including sponsorship of the Green New Deal.
By Lisa Friedman
E.P.A. Announces $4.3 Billion in Funding for 25 Climate Projects
States, tribes, local governments and territories sent in proposals aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
By Austyn Gaffney
The Northwest Bakes Again, but Relief May Be Coming for Some Areas
After a blistering weekend, particularly in inland areas farther from the coast, cooler temperatures are expected beginning early this week.
By Isabelle Taft
Where Kamala Harris Stands on the Issues: Abortion, Immigration and More
She wants to protect the right to abortion nationally. Here’s what else to know about her positions.
By Maggie Astor
Times InsiderHow a School Bus Electrified a Reporter’s Hometown
Dionne Searcey traveled to Wymore, Neb., where she grew up, to learn about some residents’ resistance to a new battery-powered bus.
By Dionne Searcey
The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S.
The government said it would phase out its purchases of single-use plastics, a significant step because it is the biggest buyer of consumer goods in the world.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
More Gas Cars and Trucks, Fewer E.V.s as Automakers Change Plans
Ford, General Motors and other automakers are slowing investments in electric vehicles and doubling down on more profitable gasoline cars and trucks.
By Neal E. Boudette
Why the Era of China’s Soaring Carbon Emissions Might Be Ending
Analysts are seeing promising signs from the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
By Max Bearak
‘My Property, My Trees’: New Tree-Cutting Law Divides N.Y. Town
A Westchester County suburb updated its law about tree removals from yards, upsetting tree advocates, who want stricter rules, and residents who don’t want to be told what to do.
By Hilary Howard
For These Nearly Extinct Crocodiles, Life Found a Way
The largest population of the endangered Siamese crocodiles this century hatched in Cambodia, a big moment for the conservation of a wild species once on the brink of extinction.
By Austyn Gaffney
Britain Needs to Move Faster on Climate, Monitoring Group Says
A report by a government body that oversees efforts to reduce greenhouse gases will help underpin the Labour Party’s plans to accelerate renewable energy and other measures.
By Stanley Reed
Amtrak Passengers Face Record Delays From Extreme Weather
The dated U.S. rail infrastructure is struggling to stay operational as climate change accelerates and intense heat waves, downpours and high winds become more frequent.
By Minho Kim
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