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9 Things Musk and Trump Said About Climate Change, Annotated
2024-08-13 in The New York TimesIn a conversation on X, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk spoke for a bit about climate change. Heres what they got wrong and what they got right.
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump | Climate Change
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2024-06-27 (or before) in The New York TimesWell Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions
2024-06-21 in The New York TimesPeople all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isnt halfway done.
Tagged under: Drought
Opinion | It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires
2024-05-03 in The New York TimesBillionaires are experts at avoiding taxes. By banding together, countries can make them pay up.
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2024-04-23 (or before) in The New York TimesOpinion | The Fires Sweeping Across Texas Offer a Terrifying Warning
2024-03-02 in The New York TimesWe’re entering clima incognita.
Tagged under: Texas | Wildfires
White House Said to Delay Decision on Enormous Natural Gas Export Terminal
2024-01-24 in The New York TimesBefore deciding whether to approve it, the Energy Department will analyze the climate impacts of CP2, one of 17 proposed LNG export terminals.
Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says
2023-08-28 in The New York TimesTagged under: Women and Children | Children
‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
2023-08-16 in The New York TimesTagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals | Health
Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal, a Study Says
2023-07-13 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Methane
Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change
2023-07-11 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Housing
Opinion | In Texas, Dead Fish and Red-Faced Desperation Are Signs of Things to Come
2023-07-08 in The New York TimesCanada Offers Lesson in the Economic Toll of Climate Change
2023-07-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Economics | Climate Change | Wildfires
Opinion | Our Childrens’ Lungs Are Uniquely Vulnerable to All This Wildfire Smoke
2023-07-02 in The New York TimesTagged under: Health | Women and Children | Children
Wildfire Smoke: Smoke From Canada Fires Stretches From Midwest to East Coast
2023-06-29 in The New York TimesTagged under: Wildfires
G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election
2023-06-19 in The New York TimesTagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Judiciary | US Politics
Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says
2023-05-23 in The New York TimesOpinion | Your Homeowners’ Insurance Bill Is the Canary in the Climate Coal Mine
2023-05-07 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Housing | Insurance
Opinion | Private Equity Is Gutting America — and Getting Away With It
2023-04-28 in The New York TimesOpinion | Nuclear Waste Is Misunderstood
2023-04-28 in The New York TimesTagged under: Nuclear Power | Climate Change
Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice
2023-04-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Justice
Opinion | My Continent Is Not Your Giant Climate Laboratory
2023-04-18 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Africa | Geoengineering
Opinion | How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?
2023-03-16 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Alaska
How Biden Got From ‘No More Drilling’ to Backing a Huge Project in Alaska
2023-03-13 in The New York TimesTagged under: Joe Biden | Alaska
A Huge City Polluter? Buildings. Here’s a Surprising Fix.
2023-03-10 in The New York TimesTagged under: Housing
The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
2023-02-23 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity Grid
The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars
2023-01-11 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy
Opinion | I’m a Scientist Who Spoke Up About Climate Change. My Employer Fired Me.
2023-01-10 in The New York TimesTagged under: Activism | Climate Change
Climate Activists Find a Way to Get Germany’s Attention: Stop Traffic (Published 2023)
2023-01-02 in The New York TimesExtreme tactics have pushed the climate crisis to the top of the public discourse but also stirred debate over whether the activists are going too far.
Tagged under: Activism
The New York Times: Digital and Home Delivery Subscriptions
2022-12-30 in The New York TimesDiscover the value of independent Times journalism today.
Tagged under: US Politics
Opinion | Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help
2022-12-26 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Rivers | Saudi Arabia | Water Resources
The New York Times: Digital and Home Delivery Subscriptions
2022-10-14 in The New York TimesDiscover the value of independent Times journalism today.
Tagged under: Fish | Alaska | Sealife
Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid. (Published 2022)
2022-10-04 in The New York TimesDiscover the value of independent Times journalism today.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | US Politics | Florida
Opinion | Nuclear Power Still Doesn’t Make Much Sense
2022-09-16 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power
Pace of Climate Change Sends Economists Back to Drawing Board
2022-08-25 in The New York TimesTagged under: Economics | Climate Change
Kicking oil companies out of school
2022-08-16 in The New York TimesCongo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’
2022-07-24 in The New York TimesTagged under: Congo | Land Use | Africa | Greenpeace | Trees
How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
2022-07-15 in The New York TimesTagged under: Joe Biden | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | US Politics
Opinion | Let’s Not Pretend Planting Trees Is a Permanent Climate Solution
2022-06-04 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Trees | Carbon Capture and Storage
Opinion | We Can’t Drill Our Way to Energy Security
2022-05-14 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal
Colorado River Reservoirs Are So Low, Government Will Delay Releases
2022-05-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Rivers
Methane Leaks in New Mexico Far Exceed Current Estimates, Study Suggests
2022-03-24 in The New York TimesTagged under: Methane
Food Prices Approach Record Highs, Threatening the World’s Poorest
2022-02-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Economics
Opinion | Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet
2022-02-01 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Sustainability
Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On
2021-12-28 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Chile
Google Pledged to Remove Ads From Climate Denial Sites, but Many Still Run
2021-12-16 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Disinformation and Misinformation
Opinion | Postcards From a World on Fire
2021-12-13 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Climate Change
Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm
2021-12-13 in The New York TimesTagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Antarctic | Whales and Dolphins
How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy
2021-11-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Congo | China | Greenhouse Gases | Cobalt | Barack Obama | US Politics
Supreme Court to Hear Case on E.P.A.’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
2021-10-29 in The New York TimesTagged under: US Politics
Why This Billionaire Is Worried About Green Investing
2021-10-27 in The New York TimesKyrsten Sinema Wants to Cut $100 Billion in Proposed Climate Funds, Sources Say
2021-10-08 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Drought | Greenhouse Gases
Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers
2021-08-19 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Litigation | Alaska
Climate Crisis Turns World’s Subways Into Flood Zones
2021-07-22 in The New York TimesScorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country
2021-07-18 in The New York TimesTagged under: Wildfires | Climate Change | Insurance | California
Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country
2021-07-18 in The New York TimesTagged under: Wildfires | Coal | Climate Change | Insurance | California
What a Water Shortage Is Doing to Some of America’s Best Farmland
2021-06-30 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | California
Brazil, Besieged by Covid, Now Faces a Severe Drought
2021-06-19 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Bolsonaro | Drought | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Opinion | Why Texas Republicans Fear the Green New Deal (Published 2021)
2021-02-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Texas
A Glimpse of America’s Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids (Published 2021)
2021-02-16 in The New York TimesTagged under: Global Warming | Climate Change | Texas | Wind Power | Electricity Grid
Opinion | You Should Have Listened, New York Tells Big Oil (Published 2020)
2020-12-09 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil (Published 2020)
2020-11-11 in The New York TimesTagged under: Exxon
5 Things We Know About Climate Change and Hurricanes (Published 2020)
2020-11-10 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change
Greta Thunberg Hears Your Excuses. She Is Not Impressed. (Published 2020)
2020-11-02 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greta Thunberg
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest (Published 2020)
2020-09-29 in The New York TimesTagged under: Nuclear Power | Nuclear Fusion
A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change (Published 2020)
2020-09-12 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Methane
Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change (Published 2020)
2020-09-09 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Economics
E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants (Published 2020)
2020-08-31 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump | Coal
New Rule in California Will Require Zero-Emissions Trucks (Published 2020)
2020-06-25 in The New York TimesTagged under: California
The Stark Racial Inequity of Personal Finances in America (Published 2020)
2020-06-09 in The New York TimesTagged under: Economics | Finance
Trump, Citing Pandemic, Moves to Weaken Two Key Environmental Protections (Published 2020)
2020-06-04 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump
Coronavirus Doesn’t Slow Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks (Published 2020)
2020-03-25 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump
Climate Change Could Blow Up the Economy. Banks Aren’t Ready. (Published 2020)
2020-01-23 in The New York TimesTagged under: Economics | Climate Change
Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government (Published 2020)
2020-01-17 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government (Published 2020)
2020-01-17 in The New York TimesTwo of three judges on the panel said that climate change was an issue for lawmakers, not the courts.
Tagged under: Activism | USA | Litigation | Climate Change
BlackRock C.E.O. Larry Fink: Climate Crisis Will Reshape Finance (Published 2020)
2020-01-14 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Finance
Opinion | How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change (Published 2020)
2020-01-10 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greta Thunberg | Climate Change
Trump Rule Would Exclude Climate Change in Infrastructure Planning (Published 2020)
2020-01-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump | Climate Change
It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible. (Published 2019)
2019-12-12 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Texas
John Kerry Launches Star-Studded Climate Coalition (Published 2019)
2019-11-30 in The New York TimesTagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Sanders’s Climate Ambitions Thrill Supporters. Experts Aren’t Impressed. (Published 2019)
2019-11-14 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Carbon Capture and Storage
How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in the Pacific? (Published 2019)
2019-11-09 in The New York TimesTagged under: Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Opinion | How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong (Published 2019)
2019-11-08 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Methane | Antarctic
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows (Published 2019)
2019-10-29 in The New York TimesTagged under: Oceans
Secret Deal Helped Housing Industry Stop Tougher Rules on Climate Change (Published 2019)
2019-10-26 in The New York TimesThe arrangement, in place for years, guarantees industry representatives a bloc of seats on two powerful committees that recommend building codes.
Tagged under: USA | Housing | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases
The Return of the 'Blob': Hawaii's Reefs Threatened by Marine Heat Wave (Published 2019)
2019-10-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Oceans | Coral Reefs
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science (Published 2019)
2019-05-27 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | US Politics
Opinion | Time to Panic (Published 2019)
2019-02-16 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change
Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say (Published 2019)
2019-01-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Oceans | Tipping Points | Arctic | Ice Melting
The Insect Apocalypse Is Here (Published 2018)
2018-11-27 in The New York TimesTagged under: Insects
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 (Published 2018)
2018-10-08 in The New York TimesTagged under: IPCC
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change (Published 2018)
2018-08-01 by in The New York TimesWe knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts.
Tagged under: CO2 | US Politics | Climate Change | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Economics
Opinion | Playing Dumb on Climate Change (Published 2015)
2015-01-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him (Published 2006)
2006-01-29 in The New York TimesFeed the Elephant - email us your links and listings
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