How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths
The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people.
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The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people.
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Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.
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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.
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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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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.
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The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish
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Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.
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Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
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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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Solving Problems With Susan Solomon
She played a crucial role in fixing the ozone hole, and has thoughts on climate change.
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Climate and the Republican Convention
Here’s where the party stands on global warming, energy and the environment.
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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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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
They can be, but it depends on your driving habits. We break it down for you.
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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
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
A growing cohort of young farmers is experimenting with ways to mitigate the impact of flooding and other extreme weather.
By Jenna Russell
Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.
By Austyn Gaffney
Your climate change and environment questions answered by Times journalists and experts.
Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Safiya Sinclair, Michael Cunningham, Tasha Sylva and more.
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Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.
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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.
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Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought.
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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.
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Researchers with the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Sunday was Earth’s hottest day. Then it happened again on Monday.
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Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide.
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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.
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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.
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Large blazes in the province have led to the evacuation of thousands of people.
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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
States, tribes, local governments and territories sent in proposals aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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After a blistering weekend, particularly in inland areas farther from the coast, cooler temperatures are expected beginning early this week.
By Isabelle Taft
She wants to protect the right to abortion nationally. Here’s what else to know about her positions.
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Dionne Searcey traveled to Wymore, Neb., where she grew up, to learn about some residents’ resistance to a new battery-powered bus.
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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.
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Ford, General Motors and other automakers are slowing investments in electric vehicles and doubling down on more profitable gasoline cars and trucks.
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Analysts are seeing promising signs from the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Landlords have to keep tenants warm in the winter, but can leave them sweating in the summer. A city councilman wants to change that.
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It’s unclear why a blade from one of the Vineyard Wind turbines broke into pieces, which are washing up on Nantucket beaches.
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Several speakers focused on the sharp rise in gas and electricity prices under President Biden. We scrutinized their statements.
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Devastating, back-to-back power outages have led some in Houston to consider whether they want to stay in the city they love.
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If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A.
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High prices and growing demand have helped U.S. oil producers take in record profits despite global efforts to spur greater use of renewable energy and electric cars.
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The hot spell will continue until Thursday, officials predict, and the city and surrounding areas were placed under a heat advisory.
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He once said society had a climate problem but changed his position sharply while seeking Donald Trump’s endorsement in his Senate race.
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As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal development.
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At a county fair near Fargo, many residents shrugged off the heat, at least for one day.
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Conventional toilet paper has a big environmental impact. We’ve got the lowdown on alternatives, from bamboo tissue to bidets.
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Property insurers are trying to force changes in construction standards that they say are necessary to protect against wildfires.
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Rental car firms are offering temporary deals on electric cars, which they are selling after they lost value more quickly than expected.
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With Fortitude Ranch, the entrepreneur Drew Miller is betting on franchised timeshares for people who are worried about the end of the world.
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Huge blazes are spreading hundreds of miles across some of the most biodiverse parts of Brazil, with the worst of the annual fire season still weeks away.
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The company will spend $242 million to resolve allegations that it released methane, a greenhouse gas, and other pollutants in North Dakota.
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The Sunrise Movement, expressing concern about the president’s ability to win re-election, said he should “pass the torch to a new nominee.”
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Land restored by local residents in Borneo drew an array of wildlife after nonprofit groups first addressed the needs of nearby villagers.
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The burning of fossil fuels has created more frequent and more intense heat waves. Experts warn these heat waves are “the new normal.”
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A “fossil chromosome” preserves the structure of a woolly mammoth’s genome — and offers a better grasp of how it once worked.
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Amid soaring temperatures, hundreds of activists are staging boisterous blockades and solemn marches at banks and insurers that support fossil fuel projects.
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