Climate

Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.

Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 19, 2025 - 15:05

A panel convened by President Trump is said to have rejected the president’s ide...

Houses Collapsing Into the Sea? It’s Not as Baffling as It Looks.

Houses Collapsing Into the Sea? It’s Not as Baffling as...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 19, 2025 - 06:38

Viewers seem baffled by viral videos of homes left to tumble into the ocean. But...

‘Climate-Friendly’ Beef Now Has to Prove It

‘Climate-Friendly’ Beef Now Has to Prove It

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 18, 2025 - 16:43

Two new settlements could change how the beef industry markets its products and ...

E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands

E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 17, 2025 - 15:35

The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of wh...

David Richardson, Acting FEMA Administration, Resigns

David Richardson, Acting FEMA Administration, Resigns

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 17, 2025 - 15:35

David Richardson had been on the job for six months. FEMA employees questioned h...

The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.

The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore I...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 7, 2025 - 05:47

The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broad...

Trump Can Reconsider Permit for Offshore Wind Farm, Judge Rules

Trump Can Reconsider Permit for Offshore Wind Farm, Jud...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 4, 2025 - 16:23

The decision dealt a setback to the developers of SouthCoast Wind, a 141-turbine...

Climate Activist Who Vandalized Degas Case Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Climate Activist Who Vandalized Degas Case Sentenced to...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 3, 2025 - 16:57

In a high-profile act of eco-activism, Tim Martin and a partner had smeared blac...

A Broadway Tradition Is Fluttering Into History

A Broadway Tradition Is Fluttering Into History

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 31, 2025 - 13:14

Broadway plans to replace the cast-change slips that are stuffed into Playbills ...

The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job

The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil W...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 31, 2025 - 10:42

Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s ...

‘The White House Effect’ and the Value of Letting Footage Speak for Itself

‘The White House Effect’ and the Value of Letting Foota...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 31, 2025 - 05:08

This film uses archival clips and documents to examine the way climate change ev...

A Meteorologist Explains Hurricane Melissa

A Meteorologist Explains Hurricane Melissa

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 30, 2025 - 16:30

The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly i...

Art Gallery Shows to See in November

Art Gallery Shows to See in November

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 30, 2025 - 16:30

This week in Newly Reviewed, Jillian Steinhauer covers E.E. Ikeler’s cosmic diag...

The Two Big Questions Surrounding Bill Gates’s Climate Memo

The Two Big Questions Surrounding Bill Gates’s Climate ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 28, 2025 - 17:32

The Microsoft co-founder wrote a lengthy memo warning against climate alarmism. ...

Memo From Bill Gates Warns Against Climate Alarmism

Memo From Bill Gates Warns Against Climate Alarmism

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 28, 2025 - 12:31

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against climate alarmism and appears ...

MacKenzie Scott Backs Disaster Recovery in Marginalized Communities

MacKenzie Scott Backs Disaster Recovery in Marginalized...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 28, 2025 - 12:31

The billionaire’s $60 million donation to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy c...

How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified to Category 5

How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified to Category 5

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 28, 2025 - 12:31

By Tuesday, its winds were sustained at 185 miles per hour, which is just 5 mile...

To Get the Story, a Land-Loving Journalist Had to Dive Deep

To Get the Story, a Land-Loving Journalist Had to Dive ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 28, 2025 - 06:36

A climate reporter wanted to follow scientists into the Mediterranean Sea. First...

The storm’s strength grew out of warmer-than-usual Caribbean waters.

The storm’s strength grew out of warmer-than-usual Cari...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 27, 2025 - 19:03

Climate Factors Make Jamaica Especially Vulnerable to Hurricane Melissa

Climate Factors Make Jamaica Especially Vulnerable to H...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 27, 2025 - 14:37

More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled b...

How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified

How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 26, 2025 - 15:05

Melissa grew from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in a matter of hours.

New Yorkers on Their Hopes for the Future of the City

New Yorkers on Their Hopes for the Future of the City

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 23, 2025 - 17:05

Readers share their wishes, predictions and wildest dreams for what’s to come in...

How Long Will it Take to Build a Nuclear Power ‘Renaissance’ in the U.S.?

How Long Will it Take to Build a Nuclear Power ‘Renaiss...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 23, 2025 - 17:05

The Trump administration wants to sharply speed up the construction of nuclear p...

The Former Lobbyists Making Key Decisions at the E.P.A.

The Former Lobbyists Making Key Decisions at the E.P.A.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 21, 2025 - 16:04

The Environmental Protection Agency has hired numerous former lobbyists and indu...

Three Women in Alaska Collaborate on an Exhibit About Climate Change

Three Women in Alaska Collaborate on an Exhibit About C...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 19, 2025 - 05:56

Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairba...

What Will Winter Bring? NOAA Outlook May Offer Some Clues.

What Will Winter Bring? NOAA Outlook May Offer Some Clues.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 18, 2025 - 06:30

Federal forecasters broke down the most likely scenarios around the United State...

Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks

Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 17, 2025 - 19:31

Financial regulators said the Biden-era policy was superfluous. Democrats said i...

N.Y. Democrats Urge Hochul to Reject Pipeline Over Climate Concerns

N.Y. Democrats Urge Hochul to Reject Pipeline Over Clim...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 17, 2025 - 09:20

Ten members of Congress wrote in a letter to the governor that a gas pipeline pr...

FEMA Cuts Disaster Aid, Leaving States Fending for Themselves

FEMA Cuts Disaster Aid, Leaving States Fending for Them...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 16, 2025 - 13:36

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster rel...

A Coal-Processing Plant Closed. Local E.R. Visits Dropped Sharply.

A Coal-Processing Plant Closed. Local E.R. Visits Dropp...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 14, 2025 - 18:05

As President Trump tries to revive the United States coal industry, research has...

What Can Be Done to Save the Ailing Wine Industry? Our Critic Has Thoughts.

What Can Be Done to Save the Ailing Wine Industry? Our ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 14, 2025 - 05:05

With declining consumption and many challenges, wine must emphasize its environm...

Solar for All Program Cuts Hit G.O.P and Democrat Voters Alike

Solar for All Program Cuts Hit G.O.P and Democrat Voter...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 11, 2025 - 05:04

The Trump administration canceled a $7 billion program intended to help low- and...

Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth

Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 10, 2025 - 05:36

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international tea...

A Crushing Year for Science in America

A Crushing Year for Science in America

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 9, 2025 - 16:04

The Trump administration has sharply cut funding for scientific research and eli...

New York City Is Full of Green Space. You Just Have to Find It.

New York City Is Full of Green Space. You Just Have to ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 8, 2025 - 16:36

The city’s millions of residents are crammed together, competing for space to li...

Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal

Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 7, 2025 - 16:06

The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the fir...

Undersea Bacteria Feast on Methane. Can They Help Cool the Planet?

Undersea Bacteria Feast on Methane. Can They Help Cool ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 6, 2025 - 06:35

They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their app...

FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Acco...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 3, 2025 - 16:35

The agency is demanding certification that population counts, used to determine ...

Audio Clips of Sounds of Climate Changes

Audio Clips of Sounds of Climate Changes

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 3, 2025 - 14:06

For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier,...

Actor Rainn Wilson on How to Connect Climate Change and Spirituality

Actor Rainn Wilson on How to Connect Climate Change and...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 2, 2025 - 19:52

At a Climate Forward live event, the star of “The Office” shared his philosophy ...

How the Government Shutdown Could Affect Environmental Agencies

How the Government Shutdown Could Affect Environmental ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 2, 2025 - 15:01

If a shutdown continues, it could interrupt the Environmental Protection Agency’...

Has the World Given Up on Fighting Climate Change?

Has the World Given Up on Fighting Climate Change?

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 2, 2025 - 05:12

At a Climate Forward event, David Wallace-Wells explores why global momentum on ...

Senator Schatz on How Democrats Should Talk About Climate Change

Senator Schatz on How Democrats Should Talk About Clima...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 2, 2025 - 05:12

At a Climate Forward live event, Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, said ...

Australia on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Australia on the Front Lines of Climate Change

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 2, 2025 - 05:12

At a Climate Forward live event, Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Austral...

The High Stakes of the U.N. Climate Talks

The High Stakes of the U.N. Climate Talks

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 2, 2025 - 05:12

At a Climate Forward Live event, André Corrêa do Lago, the head of the United Na...

What’s a Good Skin Care Routine for Me, and the Planet, Too?

What’s a Good Skin Care Routine for Me, and the Planet,...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Oct 1, 2025 - 11:45

We asked doctors, chemists and beauty industry insiders what’s good for your ski...

Why Trump Wants to Revive the Coal Industry

Why Trump Wants to Revive the Coal Industry

NYT > Climate and Environment, Sep 30, 2025 - 17:01

The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But ...

How Shutdown Gridlock Could Impede Disaster Preparedness

How Shutdown Gridlock Could Impede Disaster Preparedness

NYT > Climate and Environment, Sep 30, 2025 - 10:35

Turmoil in Washington is distracting from efforts to fix a flood insurance gap a...

The Future of Climate Activism

The Future of Climate Activism

NYT > Climate and Environment, Sep 29, 2025 - 11:06

At the Climate Forward live event, Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resour...

I Witnessed A.I. Collide with Climate

I Witnessed A.I. Collide with Climate

NYT > Climate and Environment, Sep 26, 2025 - 11:07

This town’s minerals make A.I. possible. Then came Hurricane Helene. Kate Crawfo...