A new proposal would restrict the import of hunting trophies, pelts, bone carvings and other items.
A second Trump administration could alter the lives of all sorts of animals, whether they live in laboratories, zoos, fields or forests.
Now that New York City and surrounding counties are under a drought warning, officials are asking residents to save water and help prevent more wildfires.
The New York region is unlikely to ever have as many brush fires as out West. But residents need to be ready for more droughts.
“Esta es mi última cumbre del G20”, dijo el mandatario el lunes en la cumbre del Grupo de los 20 en Brasil. Los líderes mundiales parecían estar dispuestos a seguir adelante sin él.
As he made his final appearance at global gatherings, including at the Group of 20 summit in Brazil, President Biden lobbied for his foreign policy goals even as leaders shifted attention away from him.
A handful of startups are racing to usher in an era of near-limitless fusion energy, but big questions remain.
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all.
The tourism industry will be officially recognized at COP29 on Wednesday. Industry leaders signed a climate accord in 2021 to make travel more sustainable, but the results so far are meager.
China has now passed Europe in its historical contribution to global warming. Rich nations say the country should contribute more climate aid.
A medida que los glaciares de Sudamérica retroceden, el suministro de agua dulce disminuye y su calidad empeora.
As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse.
Despite endorsing a transition away from fossil fuels last year, Saudi officials have since worked to undermine it in at least five U.N. forums, diplomats said.
Senior ministers are arriving in an effort to break a deadlock over the summit’s main goal: funding to help lower-income countries hit hard by global warming.
We are being reminded the hard way that we share this world. Smoke knows no boundaries, and neither does fire.
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our own health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.
It’s not that hard, and there’s a bonus: Portfolios without fossil fuels have generally performed just as well as the broader market.
As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.
El presidente recorrió la selva tropical y prometió a Brasil fondos para iniciativas medioambientales, a pesar de que el gobierno de Trump parece dispuesto a hacerlas retroceder.
The president toured the rainforest and promised Brazil funds for environmental initiatives, even as the incoming Trump administration appears poised to roll them back.
The U.N. climate summit in Azerbaijan has cleared the way for aid to flow when lower-income countries are hit.
Brad Plumer is reporting from Azerbaijan, where the annual U.N. climate summit got underway this week.
Chris Wright is a TV-ready evangelist for fossil fuels who lacks government experience.
American officials are seeking to assure the world that U.S. climate action won’t end with the return of Donald Trump as president.
One climate activist was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the other to two years. They said that they had meant to draw attention to climate change.
President-elect Donald J. Trump wants Congress to repeal a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit. Doing so would hurt American automakers.
The North Dakota governor, who helped strengthen ties between the oil industry and President-elect Donald J. Trump, will do double duty as Interior secretary.
El presidente Javier Milei está considerando retirar a Argentina del acuerdo climático que busca frenar las emisiones que calientan el planeta, una medida drástica que solo ha tomado otro dirigente mundial en el pasado: Donald Trump.
Readers respond to a guest essay by Josh Barro. Also: Elon Musk and America’s birthrate; a pharmacist’s view; the danger of extreme heat.
Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.
Start-ups say we’re closer than ever to near-limitless, zero-carbon energy from fusion. When will we get there?
Los ecologistas han pedido al papa que detenga la tala de un árbol destinado a la Plaza de San Pedro esta Navidad, pero la ciudad que lo suministra dice que, de todos modos, estaba condenado.
The South American nation says it is considering withdrawing from the landmark agreement, which aims to limit carbon emissions and slow global warming.
The North Dakota governor helped strengthen ties between the oil industry and President-elect Donald J. Trump.
Project 2025, the conservative playbook, calls for breaking up the federal agency that maintains weather data and collects climate change information.
The city will be the first in the U.S. to adopt a fee on driving in certain areas, with the aim of reducing traffic and pollution. For some other cities, that has long been the norm.
Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, but the town providing the tree says it was doomed anyway.
They’re up in nearly every major U.S. metro area, but homeowners in the South have seen especially large increases.
A new report forecasts global temperature increases well above the level that world leaders have pledged to avoid.
Trump’s election merely confirms a shift that’s been happening for years.
Negotiators agree that trillions are needed to help lower-income countries adapt and cope, but not on who should pay.
The U.N.’s annual climate conference has swelled over three decades, with governments, fossil fuel interests and others vying for influence.
We need more timely updates in response to the rapid changes to the climate.
Countries promised to move away from coal, oil and natural gas at last year’s climate summit. New research shows they’re burning more than ever before.
The choice of Mr. Zeldin, a former Republican congressman of New York, to be the next E.P.A. administrator caught even some of his closest allies by surprise.
At the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan, world leaders are gathered in a petrostate to discuss the uncertain future of global climate policy.
The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected to roll back its energy transition plans.
The Biden administration is imposing a fee on large energy companies that spew excess methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Republicans may be able to repeal it.
Darren Woods was one of only a few Western oil executives attending a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Negotiators at the summit in Azerbaijan fear that the return of Donald Trump will sap momentum for global climate action.
A lower court had ordered the company to cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030, but the oil giant argued that a single firm should not be hit with arbitrary pollution-reduction requirements.
Low-income countries need at least $1 trillion a year to manage climate change. Donald Trump’s victory just made that more difficult, but options exist.
Our nation needs an economic disaster preparedness tool kit to avoid the scourge of inflation.
The former congressman from New York is a strong supporter of Donald Trump and voted against certifying the 2020 election.
Plus, Saudi Arabia’s “sportswashing” controversy.
The economy of Azerbaijan, host of COP29, relies almost entirely on the fossil fuels that are the main driver of global warming.
The election of Donald J. Trump is sapping momentum from global climate talks as diplomats brace for his pro-fossil-fuel agenda.
John Podesta, President Biden’s clean energy adviser, said agencies were racing to deliver money from the 2022 climate law before Donald Trump arrives.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the responsibility one has to dispose of an outmoded appliance.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team for climate and the environment is considering relocating the E.P.A. out of Washington and other drastic changes.
The Tesla billionaire is a key figure in the president-elect’s orbit. One question is whether his views on climate and clean energy will have any sway.
Los demócratas atacaron los vínculos de Donald Trump con el proyecto de derecha que busca remodelar el gobierno federal. Varios de los autores del plan trabajaron en su gobierno.
As the world gathers for U.N. climate negotiations in Azerbaijan next week, here’s what we will be watching.
Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.
A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray.
The new report also says that global warming has hit a threshold, at least temporarily, that countries had pledged to avoid.
The head of the World Bank on what comes next after the U.S. election.
Democrats had attacked Donald J. Trump’s ties to the conservative policy blueprint for reshaping the federal government. Several of its authors served in his administration.
The Trump victory sets back the world’s attempt to rein in dangerous levels of warming and potentially isolates the United States in the global energy transition.
President-elect Donald J. Trump promised to delete climate policy. He could face pushback from Republicans benefiting from a boom in clean energy.
He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color barrier in science.
Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest snowless period in 130 years.
As the nation heads to the polls, here’s a guide to understanding the biggest climate and environmental issues at stake.
Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass.
Days ahead of the U.N.’s global negotiations on climate change, China and other developing countries said trade restrictions should be part of the talks.
Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.
The Trudeau government has focused on the oil and gas production industries because the large amounts of energy they use make them the country’s largest source of greenhouse gases.
Little rain has fallen since Hurricane Helene dropped huge amounts across the Southeast.
Today’s teenagers were born into the global-warming crisis, but already it’s upending their adolescence — and will define their future.
If you care about the future of this planet and the future of the human race, you cannot afford to sit out this election.
Delegates at the U.N. talks created a system that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information but failed to make headway on a broader funding commitment.
Some see the floods as an example of the effect of a changing climate that is making overwhelming downpours more common. Locals also say government warnings came too late.
A second Trump administration could stop defending the E.P.A. against lawsuits attacking its climate policies. Other effects might be more far-reaching.
Se calcula que las estufas de gas recortan aproximadamente dos años de la vida de una persona promedio.
The president’s senior climate adviser is expected to lead the American delegation at the U.N. talks in Azerbaijan.
The region is no stranger to storms like those that caused this week’s deluges. But global warming helps them pack a bigger punch, scientists said.
Readers praise an outreach program on the streets of California. Also: Election panic; the climate stakes; election fraud; questions for Trump and Vance.
Oil moguls are big donors to Donald Trump. But so are engineering firms, hedge fund managers, shipbuilders and others that profit from fossil fuels.
Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and climate.
Human rights watchdogs say Azerbaijan is in the midst of a vicious campaign of repression. But in global geopolitics, this energy-rich Caucasus country now has a lot of leverage.
Una bodega en Noruega construida para resguardar la biodiversidad de las semillas recibió poco más de 30.000 muestras nuevas mientras crece la preocupación sobre el cambio climático y la seguridad alimentaria.
Hundreds of fires are burning in New Jersey and Connecticut as the region experiences a spell of unusually warm fall weather.
As the world gathers this week for U.N. biodiversity negotiations, the U.S. hasn’t ratified a decades-old treaty to protect nature.
Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid.
The vote, in a sunny state with huge solar potential, reflects a growing nationwide fight over America’s energy transition.
More than half a million people were killed in 10 disasters that climate change worsened, according to a new report.
Al menos 95 personas han muerto tras el aguacero, luego de que en algunas zonas cayera el equivalente a más de un mes de lluvias en menos de 24 horas.
At least 158 people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed.
The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.
Trump has suggested he would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, which has reshaped America’s energy landscape. It won’t be easy.
A storage facility in Norway built to safeguard crop diversity recently received more than 30,000 samples as concerns grow about climate change and food insecurity.
The former president says he wants “clean air and clean water,” but he has rolled back environmental rules and dismissed the scientific consensus on climate change.
Dayenu, a nonprofit group, is mobilizing Jews around a threat that organizers warn every walk of life on earth must confront: climate change.
Renting is quickly becoming a better way for many people to enjoy high-risk places with much less financial baggage.
Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies.
“Tree islands” deep in a sea of grass once helped Native Americans elude capture by U.S. troops. A tour of these refuges reveals a rich culture and a new risk: rising water.
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They emit harmful pollutants, which makes good ventilation crucial.
They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found.
Kamala Harris calls global warming an “existential threat.” Donald Trump dismisses it as a “scam.”
A utility sends phone alerts when wind power is cheap. A builder sells “zero bill” houses. They’re among several experiments to redefine how people value electricity.
Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.
Museum and gallery shows in Seattle, New York, England and beyond are engaging visitors’ hearts and minds through all of their senses.
The body’s cooling defenses fail at lower “wet bulb” temperatures than scientists had estimated.
A third of state residents use private wells, and about four out of 10 wells tested after Hurricane Helene weren’t safe, highlighting the risks of extreme weather for millions of Americans.
Environmentalists and one of the world’s biggest oil companies support Washington State’s cap on carbon. But voters are deciding whether to repeal the law amid concerns about energy costs.
Museums, galleries and other art institutions are looking for measures to reduce their environmental footprints.
Climate change, civil conflict and growing resistance to insecticides and treatments are all contributing to an alarming spread of cases.
In recent decades, fast-growing blazes were responsible for an outsize share of fire-related devastation, scientists found using satellite data.
Altering the DNA of living organisms could be an early step in re-engineering the natural world to help curb climate change.
An annual assessment by the world body tracks the gulf between what countries have vowed to do and what they’ve actually achieved.
The measure, which echoes plans in Scotland and Wales, aims to protect young people’s health and reduce environmental damage.
Mi momento viral reveló una experiencia compartida de ansiedad climática entre generaciones. Es hora de que la canalicemos hacia la acción.
When it comes to the climate crisis, sometimes feelings are as important as facts, even for meteorologists.
Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton...
By tweaking the DNA of bacteria, scientists aim to cut the use of chemical fertilizers that are worsening global warming. Some worry about unintended consequences.
My viral moment revealed a shared experience of climate anxiety across generations. It’s time that we channel it into action.
Destruction arrives not via solemn news reports but in a barrage of digital scraps — first-person views of what it looks like when the world changes.
Cuando se inundó deliberadamente una enorme extensión de tierra en la costa de Somerset, un político local tachó el proyecto de “ridículo”. Pero los resultados han sido transformadores.
El estancamiento de la colaboración entre científicos occidentales y rusos está retrasando los esfuerzos para monitorear el Ártico, el cual se está calentando cuatro veces más rápido que el promedio mundial.
Big tech companies say A.I. can help solve climate change, even as it’s driving up their emissions and raising doubts about their climate goals.
We explain how the country is responding in three different ways to disasters.
Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating up.
Here’s how they stack up against their conventional counterparts.
Scientists in Japan are mining DNA to try to make the country’s famous Koshihikari rice resistant to heat, after a broiling summer ravaged the crop.
A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.
Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
In her elegant essay collection, “Lessons for Survival,” Emily Raboteau confronts climate collapse, societal breakdown and the Covid pandemic while trying to raise children in a responsible way.
An increasing number of migrants are trying to pass through the dangerous terrain connecting South and Central America. What forces them to take that route?
The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a greener economy.
Readers disagree with an essay expressing concern about a decline after a peak. Also: Rudy Giuliani’s drinking; book bans; masks in hospitals; wedding magic.
With residents unprepared for New York City’s recent flooding, it was a day of unnecessary chaos and frustration.
Of climate denial, Covid denial and cryptocurrency.
Mientras prestábamos atención a la pandemia, China y Ucrania, los caminos hacia la prosperidad y los intereses comunes se han oscurecido.
While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, China and the war in Ukraine, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.
Don’t be fooled by its generic title. Lesley Lokko’s “Laboratory of the Future” is the most ambitious and pointedly political Venice Architecture Biennale in years.
Fungi are a public health blind spot.
Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen.