The new rule will restrict uses of asbestos, a carcinogen, more than initially expected, but health advocates criticized it as falling short of the protections needed.
More than 300 have been arrested as part of a global civil disobedience campaign demanding immediate government action on climate change, with more confrontations expected.
Also this week: Our reporter visits Duluth, Minn., a city that could become a climate refuge.
If centrist policies are doomed, why should Democrats pursue them?
The department's inspector general has said that she is looking into a "wide assortment" of allegations of conflict of interest and other potential violations.
While climate change affects everywhere, some areas in America will be less affected than others. And some of those fortunate places, it happens, might be looking for people.
Bill McKibben’s new book, “Falter,” takes a mostly grim view of our willingness to avert environmental disaster. But he leaves open the possibility that we may yet avoid the worst.
If extreme weather made your city unlivable, where would you move? Consider Duluth, Minn., a Harvard University climate adaptation expert says. He thinks the city’s cold temperatures, abundance of fresh water and industrial infrastructure make it an ideal climate refuge.
Although the populist party is unlikely to be part of a new government, it may now have more political influence in Finland.
The strange creatures’ adaptations to the cold of the Antarctic Ocean may also help them as their habitats heat up.
The museum said it was “deeply concerned” that the event it is hosting will honor Brazil’s president, whose environmental policies have drawn criticism.
Let’s try to do better this time.
In David Wallace-Wells’s “The Uninhabitable Earth” and Nathaniel Rich’s “Losing Earth,” we have a picture of the increasingly dire problem of global warming.
The former oil lobbyist has already played a central role in designing many of President Trump’s policies for expanding drilling and mining.
There are pro-climate policies that most voters favor.
Also this week: How our reporters solved a mystery in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The matter is increasingly urgent because the Trump administration is said to have settled on the details of its rollback plan, which would quite likely split the American auto market.
Michael R. Jackson’s original song cycle “The Kids on the Lawn,” inspired by photographs by Virgil Abloh, written for T’s Culture issue.
Temperatures soared more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the March average in many parts of Alaska, a result of disappearing sea ice and a wobbly jet stream.
Temperatures soared more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the March average in many parts of Alaska, a result of disappearing sea ice and a wobbly jet stream.
Researchers said Tuesday they had found two new species of coral in undersea canyons off New England, an area where ocean temperatures are expected to increase sharply because of global warming.
An invoice and other documents indicate that the nominee, David Bernhardt, continued to lobby after he filed official papers promising that he would no longer do so.
It’s no secret that Mr. Trump dislikes wind power. But he's stepped up his attacks lately with new false claims.
It’s no secret that Mr. Trump dislikes wind power. But he's stepped up his attacks lately with new false claims.
Also this week: How it felt to climb a 28-story ladder in pursuit of news. Our reporter was, he said, “a mess.”
More than 40 governments have adopted a price on carbon, but many of the programs are still too weak to drive truly deep cuts in emissions.
The decision has broad implications for Mr. Trump’s effort to push drilling across the American coastline and on public lands.
The decision has broad implications for Mr. Trump’s effort to push drilling across the American coastline and on public lands.
Exceptional beauty is a welcome respite in a place that has been battered by extreme climate conditions.
Plastic and paper both have downsides. Here are a few broad lessons to keep in mind.
Readers berate politicians for not taking action on climate change.
State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have agreed to ban most single-use plastic bags; counties will have the option to impose a 5-cent paper-bag fee.
Lawmakers must decide whether Mr. Bernhardt, who has faced conflict-of-interest criticisms, is the right person to oversee some 500 million acres of public land as well as the nation’s coastal waters.
Also this week: Our correspondent braves the Northern European winter on a commuter bike.
The Senate Republican leader staged a sham vote on a Democratic climate change resolution, embarrassing only himself.
The Danish capital wants to be carbon neutral six years from now. Its plan involves wind, recycling and a very innovative ski hill.
Floods are complicated. But here are simple answers to questions about flooding, climate change and staying safe when the water rises.
With flooding already reaching historic levels in parts of the United States, federal scientists warn to expect more in the coming months.
Along the Missouri, John Remus controls a network of dams that dictates the fate of millions. ‘It was not designed to handle this.’
Also this week: A student in Hawaii brings the climate protests to his hometown.
The decision could present a threat to President Trump’s agenda to quickly expand oil and gas drilling by offering opponents a roadmap to legal challenges.