Energy

U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change

U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focu...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless i...

Data Centers and Your Power Bill

Data Centers and Your Power Bill

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions.

Cleaning Up Carnival, Bead by Plantable Bead

Cleaning Up Carnival, Bead by Plantable Bead

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

Mardi Gras in New Orleans can generate more than 1,000 tons of trash every year....

Uber Taking Steps to Expand Number of EV Chargers Near Its Drivers

Uber Taking Steps to Expand Number of EV Chargers Near ...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

The company said it would encourage companies that operated chargers to install ...

E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show

E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, D...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce...

It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This Year, the Party Might Be a Bit Greener.

It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This Year, the Party Mi...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

Carnival can generate more than 1,000 tons of trash every year. A coalition of n...

Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands

Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 16, 2026 - 15:53

In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former presiden...

Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits.

Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the La...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 17:55

The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservativ...

Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s Power to Fight Climate Change

Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:55

The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that...

Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market

Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large...

What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate R...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpin...

Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources

Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From C...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 11, 2026 - 18:23

Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House...

States Weigh Bills to Allow You to Make Your Own Electricity

States Weigh Bills to Allow You to Make Your Own Electr...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 11, 2026 - 17:52

Twenty four states are now considering legislation to allow small, plug-in solar...

Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Fin...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight gl...

Grids Are Surviving the Storm. But the Next 5 Years Could Be Rough.

Grids Are Surviving the Storm. But the Next 5 Years Cou...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is...

A Chevron Refinery May Take in More Venezuelan Oil. Its Neighbors Are Concerned.

A Chevron Refinery May Take in More Venezuelan Oil. It...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

The American claim on Venezuela’s oil means even more of it could come to a huge...

Trump Administration Is Delaying Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects

Trump Administration Is Delaying Hundreds of Wind and S...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both fe...

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fos...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

The court ruled that it was unconstitutional to bar state agencies from investin...

Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Legal Battles

Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Le...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

The laws aim to force oil companies to help pay for damage from global warming. ...

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Of...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of Ne...

Lukoil Gas Station Franchisees Caught in a Fight Between US and Russia

Lukoil Gas Station Franchisees Caught in a Fight Betwee...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 30, 2026 - 15:55

After the United States imposed sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil producers,...

D.O.E. Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

D.O.E. Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, ...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 30, 2026 - 15:55

The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration eff...

Why a New Mexico Developer Quit Natural Gas

Why a New Mexico Developer Quit Natural Gas

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 29, 2026 - 15:26

For John Moscato, a land developer in Las Cruces, N.M., installing gas lines at ...

Pillbugs Are Getting Top Dollar Online. Poachers Have Noticed.

Pillbugs Are Getting Top Dollar Online. Poachers Have N...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 28, 2026 - 15:54

A robust, largely unregulated online trade in isopods could pose a serious threa...

Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Saying They Collude to Make Energy Costlier

Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Saying They Collude to Make E...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 27, 2026 - 18:55

The lawsuit accuses the companies of raising prices by working against solar and...

U.S Has Officially Withdrawn From the Paris Climate Accord

U.S Has Officially Withdrawn From the Paris Climate Accord

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 27, 2026 - 18:55

The United States is the only country to pull out of the global agreement among ...

A Shift for NOAA’s Surveys: From Science to Mining

A Shift for NOAA’s Surveys: From Science to Mining

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 27, 2026 - 18:55

A $20 million agency project will aid companies prospecting the sea for rare-ear...

Is Climate Change Weakening the Polar Vortex?

Is Climate Change Weakening the Polar Vortex?

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 24, 2026 - 15:53

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow...

Storm Poses Big Threats to Power Grids Across U.S.

Storm Poses Big Threats to Power Grids Across U.S.

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 23, 2026 - 15:25

Managers of electric grids say freezing temperatures and ice and snow could lead...

Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans

Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean ...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 22, 2026 - 17:54

Many of the cancellations had been known for months, but the announcement unders...

What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.

What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 21, 2026 - 15:55

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of l...

All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump Stepped In.

All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump S...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 20, 2026 - 16:57

The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out...

Democrats Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by Interior Official’s Husband

Democrats Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by In...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 20, 2026 - 16:57

Records show that Karen Budd-Falen, a top Interior Department official, didn’t d...

World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law

World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 17, 2026 - 18:24

Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to p...

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 17, 2026 - 18:24

Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate...

Supreme Court to Decide if the Pesticide Roundup Is Shielded From Lawsuits

Supreme Court to Decide if the Pesticide Roundup Is Shi...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 16, 2026 - 16:53

The case could affect thousands of claims that the widely used weedkiller causes...

Virginia Coastal Offshore Wind Project Can Continue, Judge Rules

Virginia Coastal Offshore Wind Project Can Continue, Ju...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 16, 2026 - 16:24

Construction can continue on an $11.2 billion project off the coast of Virginia,...

Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.

Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 16, 2026 - 16:24

Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retiremen...

How One Company, Neptune Flood, Is Pushing a Private Takeover of Flood Insurance

How One Company, Neptune Flood, Is Pushing a Private Ta...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 15, 2026 - 16:53

For half a century, a federal program has covered most at-risk properties. Now, ...

Empire Wind Project Can Resume Construction, Judge Rules

Empire Wind Project Can Resume Construction, Judge Rules

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 15, 2026 - 16:53

A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irrep...

Extreme Weather Events Hit Around the World in 2025

Extreme Weather Events Hit Around the World in 2025

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 14, 2026 - 16:53

Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measur...

U.S. Refiners to Profit as Trump Asserts Control Over Venezuelan Oil

U.S. Refiners to Profit as Trump Asserts Control Over V...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 14, 2026 - 16:53

The companies that turn oil into gasoline and diesel are likely to benefit more,...

U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded

U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 13, 2026 - 16:24

The increase in planet-warming emissions came after two years of decline as dema...

E.P.A. Moves to Limit States’ Ability to Block Pipelines

E.P.A. Moves to Limit States’ Ability to Block Pipelines

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 13, 2026 - 16:24

The agency wants to curtail a section of the Clean Water Act that Democratic gov...

Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlawful, Judge Rules

Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlaw...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 12, 2026 - 18:52

The Energy Department canceled $7.5 billion in Biden-era energy spending, largel...

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 12, 2026 - 15:23

The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight aga...

Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits Against Oil Companies

Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits ...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 12, 2026 - 15:23

The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could ...

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Louisiana’s Eroding Coast

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Louisiana’s Eroding Coast

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 11, 2026 - 12:54

Local governments are suing oil companies over environmental damage. The compani...

The War Over the Weedkiller Roundup Might Be Headed to the Supreme Court

The War Over the Weedkiller Roundup Might Be Headed to ...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 9, 2026 - 14:24

Bayer has asked the justices to decide whether federal law shields the company f...

Wary of Investing in Venezuela, Big Oil Heads to the White House

Wary of Investing in Venezuela, Big Oil Heads to the Wh...

NYT > Energy & Environment, Jan 9, 2026 - 14:24

The amounts of money, time and political uncertainty trouble executives at large...