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  1. When a Television Meteorologist Breaks Down on Air and Admits Fear Climate, Today

    John Morales, who has forecast weather for decades, went viral after choking up on air while discussing Hurricane Milton.

  2. Our Planet’s Twin Crises Climate, Today

    In her last newsletter for the Times, a Climate Forward reporter reflects on the intertwined problems of climate change and biodiversity loss.

  3. Record Hot Water Is Fueling Hurricane Milton Climate, Today

    Milton grew into a Category 5 hurricane in less than a day as it crossed warm oceans across the Gulf of Mexico.

  4. Does My Home Have Lead Pipes? And What Can I Do About Them? Climate, Today

    New rules will require utilities to replace lead pipes nationwide. That will take time, but you can protect yourself by taking these steps.

  5. Asheville, Tampa and Lessons From Hurricane Helene Letters, Today

    Readers reflect on the devastation, the recovery and climate havens. Also: An ex-hostage’s plea; the women who accuse Donald Trump; a Trump rally.

  6. As Major Hurricane Approaches Florida, FEMA Faces Severe Staffing Shortage Climate, Yesterday

    Fewer than 10 percent of the agency’s disaster workers are available to respond to Hurricane Milton and other calamities.

  7. El cambio climático está secando el Amazonas, el mayor río del mundo En español, Yesterday

    A medida que una sequía seca tramos del río Amazonas, Brasil recurre al dragado para tratar de mantener el flujo de alimentos, medicinas y personas a lo largo de la superautopista acuática.

  8. Are Today’s Tax Credits the Best Way to Get Americans to Buy E.V.s? Business, Yesterday

    The Inflation Reduction Act was a compromise between competing priorities. Evaluating the law on the effectiveness of the $7,500 tax credit for E.V.s is tricky.

  9. There Is No Climate Haven. We All Live in Florida Now. Op Ed, Yesterday

    Hurricane Helene has reminded us. Climate change has stacked the deck against all of us.

  10. Anthony Fauci: A Mosquito in My Backyard Made Me the Sickest I’ve Ever Been Op Ed, Yesterday

    What it’s like to get the neglected disease.

  11. How Can I Get ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out of My Life? Climate, Yesterday

    They’re almost everywhere. And they’re bad. But there are some things you can do to avoid them.

  12. An Artist Rethinks Climate Change in Words and Pictures Op Ed, October 6

    We need to act as a single unified force to find ways to strike a lasting balance with our natural world.

  13. A Changing Climate Is Scorching the World’s Biggest River Foreign, October 6

    As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway.

  14. Cement Is a Big Polluter. A Plant in Norway Hopes to Clean It Up. Business, October 6

    Heidelberg Materials is betting it can profit from an expensive process that will reduce the carbon dioxide emitted from one of the world’s most polluting industries.

  15. ¿Afectado por Helene? Estos 9 consejos te ayudarán a conseguir las indemnizaciones de las aseguradoras o FEMA En español, October 5

    Los expertos ofrecen varias recomendaciones para que el proceso de recuperación sea exitoso. Esto es lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar.

  16. The Problem With the Hurricane Category Rating Upshot, October 5

    After Helene, it may be time to rethink how to communicate the risks posed by storms, especially extreme rain.

  17. Hit by Disaster? How to Get What You Deserve From Insurers or FEMA Climate, October 5

    Experts offered plenty of advice about ways to make the disaster-recovery process work. Here’s what to do and what to avoid.

  18. A Deluge of Rain Poured Out of the Heavens. But There’s Still No Drinking Water. National, October 5

    City officials have refused to provide estimates of when the devastated water system in Asheville, N.C., will be back in operation.

  19. Supreme Court Lets Biden Plans on Mercury and Methane Move Forward Washington, October 4

    Republican-led states and industry groups argued that the Environmental Protection Agency had moved too fast and imposed onerous regulations.

  20. At Least 16 Die as Floods Sweep Through Bosnia Foreign, October 4

    A severe overnight rainstorm in the Balkans left several towns and villages flooded. Record summer temperatures had caused a drought that hampered the absorption of floodwaters.

  21. The October 4 Jobs Report September Economy live blog included one standalone post:
  22. Chasing Down a Trail of Climate Conspiracies Insider, October 4

    Who was behind a national campaign to ban geoengineering? One reporter went down a few rabbit holes to find out.

  23. The Climate Fix: Solutions for a Warming World Climate, October 3

    In a new weekly feature of our Climate Forward newsletter, we’re covering the vast amount of investment, ingenuity and scientific expertise that are going toward stopping climate change.

  24. Trump, Vance and the Jan. 6 Case Letters, October 3

    Readers respond to the special counsel Jack Smith’s filing. Also: The pain of IUD insertions; food and the environment; A.I. and the patient.

  25. Helene Knocked Out a Key Facility for Monitoring the Global Climate Climate, October 3

    The National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, N.C., sweep together data from around the world to help track Earth’s warming.

  26. How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene Climate, October 3

    Under pressure to control housing costs, Republican lawmakers rejected standards meant to protect against disasters, experts say.

  27. Una idea ‘elegante’ para financiar la protección de árboles En español, October 3

    El objetivo del Tropical Forests Forever Facility es pagar a los países con bajos índices de deforestación 4 dólares por cada hectárea de selva en pie que pueda identificarse mediante imágenes satelitales cada año.

  28. An ‘Elegant’ Idea Could Pay Billions to Protect Trees Foreign, October 3

    Brazil is proposing a fund that would pay countries to protect tropical forests that are crucial to curbing climate change. It would generate returns, too.

  29. Hidden in Midwestern Cornfields, Tiny Edens Bloom Climate, October 3

    Farmers in the heartland are restoring swaths of the prairie with government help. The aim is to reduce nutrient runoff from cropland, and help birds and bees.

  30. A Shift Among Democrats: Embrace Record Levels of Oil and Gas Climate, October 2

    Tim Walz said climate change is real, but boasted about high U.S. levels of oil and gas production. JD Vance called climate change “weird science.”

  31. Sleeping Through Hurricane Helene Op Ed, October 2

    Extreme climate was supposed to shock us into action. What happened?

  32. London’s Once-Tidy Green Spaces Are Going Wild, On Purpose Special Sections, October 2

    In response to concerns over climate change and plummeting biodiversity, a shift is afoot in the city’s parks. Manicured is out; rugged is in.

  33. After Helene, Lawyers Gear Up for Battles Over Who Should Pay Climate, October 2

    As storms intensify, so do the legal clashes with insurers, aid agencies and others over compensation, rebuilding and even scams.

  34. Hurricane Helene Deaths Will Continue for Years, Study Suggests Business, October 2

    Research on hundreds of tropical storms finds that mortality keeps rising for more than a decade afterward, for reasons you might not expect.

  35. The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South Op Ed, October 2

    The exodus of the young means high-risk towns could enter a population death spiral.

  36. Exchange Between Vance and Walz Shows Gulf on Climate Change Views Politics, October 2

    As Hurricane Helene made climate change an early focus of the vice-presidential debate, the running mates quickly demonstrated the stark differences between the parties on the issue.

  37. ‘Climate Havens’ Don’t Exist Climate, October 1

    The worst damage from Hurricane Helene came in areas that were expected to be relatively immune to the effects of climate change.

  38. Why Restoring Power After Helene Is Complicated Climate, October 1

    Damage went beyond downed power lines. Hundreds of substations went out after the storm. Getting them back online is difficult.

  39. Por qué Helene causó tanto daño, incluso lejos de la costa En español, October 1

    Los huracanes suelen debilitarse en tierra. Pero si el suelo ya está húmedo por lluvias anteriores, los ciclones pueden recibir un impulso adicional.

  40. Biden to Sign Bill Allowing Chip Projects to Skirt Key Environmental Review Washington, October 1

    The legislation, which would weaken federal environmental reviews for certain semiconductor manufacturing projects, has divided Democrats.

  41. How Helene Wrought So Much Havoc, So Far From the Coasts Climate, September 30

    Hurricanes typically weaken over land. But if the ground is already wet from earlier rains, storms can receive an extra jolt that keeps them churning.

  42. Britain Shuts Down Last Coal Plant, ‘Turning Its Back on Coal Forever’ Climate, September 30

    The Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last surviving coal-burning power station in a country that birthed the Industrial Revolution and fed it with coal.

  43. Around the World, Diplomats Gird for a Trump Assault on Climate Action Climate, September 30

    Some leaders insist that the global clean energy transition will happen with or without the United States.

  44. Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas Interactive, September 30

    As Americans have flocked south and west, more people have been exposed to the risk of hazards like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and dangerous heat.

  45. U.S. Approves Billions in Aid to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant Climate, September 30

    No one has ever restarted an American nuclear reactor that was seemingly closed for good. But with electricity demand spiking, interest is growing.

  46. U.S. Ramps Up Hunt for Uranium to End Reliance on Russia Business, September 30

    Miners aim to meet a growing demand for emissions-free energy, though a failure to clean up old sites haunts the industry.

  47. Britain Is the First Major Economy to Stop Using Coal. It’s a Risky Experiment. Op Ed, September 30

    Few in Britain will mourn the passing of coal, but it’s hard not to feel a little nervous about what, at its heart, is an experiment, one fraught with danger.

  48. N.Y.C. Tap Water May Taste Different During Upcoming Tunnel Shutdown Metro, September 30

    The city has famously delicious drinking water. Forced repairs to the Delaware Aqueduct may lessen its quality.

  49. Nepal Flooding and Landslides Kill at Least 190 People Foreign, September 29

    The mountainous country is experiencing more extreme weather driven by climate change, including melting glaciers that add to the frequency and severity of flooding.

  50. At Least 104 Die as Monsoon Rains Inundate Nepal Foreign, September 28

    Disasters in the small Himalayan nation have become more frequent as the effects of climate change intensify.

  51. Power and Communication Outages Hamper Assessment of Landslides Climate, September 28

    With communication lines down in the mountains amid Helene, early reports were unclear about how many landslides had occurred and the extent of damage from the storm.

  52. Extreme Weather Is Taxing Utilities More Often. Can A.I. Help? Climate, September 27

    From hurricanes to wildfires, a new generation of technologies could help utilities better plan for the risk of extreme weather to their electric grid.

  53. I’ve Lived With Hurricanes for Years. The Decisions Keep Getting Harder. Op Ed, September 27

    More than the sheer repetition of extreme weather, the stakes have grown — for our homes, our communities and our lives.

  54. Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again as Protesters Are Sentenced to Jail Culture, September 27

    A judge said he hoped to deter protests when he handed down lengthy terms for the two activists, who dumped soup on the painting in 2022. Later that day, activists did it again.

  55. Nuclear Power Is the New A.I. Trade. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Sunday Business, September 27

    Artificial intelligence’s hunger for energy has set off a boom in utility stocks and may lead to the reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, our columnist says.

  56. Helene Could Expose Deeper Flaws in Florida’s Insurance Market Climate, September 26

    Catastrophic storms have crippled the state’s home insurance market in the past, and some researchers say it is dangerously vulnerable.

  57. An Oil C.E.O. Answers Our Questions Climate, September 26

    The Times hosted leaders and policymakers to talk about growing threats of climate change, and spoke with the C.E.O. of Occidental Petroleum.

  58. Parts of Appalachia are under landslide warnings as Helene brings flooding. Climate, September 26

    Catastrophic flooding is forecast in mountain areas and significant landslides are possible through Friday in parts of the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia.

  59. Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Have a New Target: Geoengineering Climate, September 26

    Around the country, people with a deep distrust of government want to preemptively ban the use of aerosols to reduce heat from the sun.

  60. A Remote Alaskan Island Is on High Alert for a Rat Express, September 25

    Wildlife experts fear that a rat could disrupt the island’s delicate balance, so they are pulling out all the stops.

  61. At Climate Forward Event, an Architect of Project 2025 Dismisses Global Warming Climate, September 25

    At a New York Times Climate Forward event, Kevin D. Roberts said climate change amounted to a “hot year.”

  62. Silicon Valley Renegades Pollute the Sky to Save the Planet Climate, September 25

    Some restless entrepreneurs are releasing pollutants in the sky to try to cool the planet.

  63. Africa’s Youngest Elected Leader Wants a New World Order Foreign, September 25

    In his first interview with Western media since becoming president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said the United Nations has to change to reflect changing world demographics.

  64. ‘I Knew I Should Leave. I Couldn’t Leave.’ Op Ed, September 25

    Terry Tempest Williams shares her experience surviving the terror and beauty of a flash flood.

  65. I’m a Chef. This Grain Should Be the Next Quinoa. Op Ed, September 25

    As climate change threatens the availability of food, we must diversify what’s on our plates.

  66. Taking on Food Emissions at Their Origin and Consumption Climate, September 25

    Andy Jarvis, Bruce Friedrich, Will Harris and Katie Cantrell are part of a group focused on food who are leading conversations at the Times’s Climate Forward Changemaker Lunch.

  67. Pontevedra, a Spanish City That Picked Pedestrians Over Cars Special Sections, September 25

    For over two decades the city’s mayor has reclaimed public space for people and limited vehicles in the city center, which reduced traffic and improved air quality.

  68. When Electrification has Power Beyond Its Climate Benefits Climate, September 25

    Jamal Lewis and Aloja Airewele are part of a group focused on electrification. They are leading conversations at the Times’s Climate Forward Changemaker Lunch.

  69. As Global Temperatures Rise, Nigeria Faces a Cooling Crisis Special Sections, September 25

    With electricity scarce, Africa’s most populated country struggles to provide lifesaving cooling without worsening the very crisis causing the heat.

  70. What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change? Climate, September 25

    Researchers are looking at the impact that individuals’ actions can have on reducing carbon emissions — and the best ways to get people to adopt them.

  71. Confronting Our New Reality Climate, September 25

    Solutions to the problem of climate change have never been more clear. But the scale of the problem keeps getting bigger.

  72. Study Finds Climate Change Doubled Likelihood of Recent European Floods Climate, September 25

    Storm Boris dumped record amounts of rain over Central and Eastern Europe this month. A new study found climate change made the deluge more likely.

  73. Biden Boasts of Climate Wins and Warns of Reversals Under Trump Climate, September 24

    At an event in New York, the president said federal investments in climate action would be at risk if former President Donald J. Trump retook the White House.

  74. Send Us Your Questions About Climate Change Climate, September 24

    What should The Times ask change experts, world leaders and policymakers at its Climate Forward conference on Sept. 25?

  75. California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired National, September 23

    The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste.

  76. The U.S. Lost the Battery Race to China. Can It Make a Comeback? Op Ed, September 23

    The cutting edge of American battery technology is rusty.

  77. California Sues Exxon Over Plastics Pollution and Recycling ‘Myth’ Climate, September 23

    The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.

  78. Was It Really a Hot Zone Summer? Science, September 23

    From Covid to dengue, viral outbreaks seemed to be popping up all over. But maybe Americans are just more attuned to threats now.

  79. The World Is a Mess. That Makes the Climate Crisis Harder to Solve. Climate, September 23

    A transformed China, conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere, and intractable clashes over money have pushed the prospects of progress to a new low.

  80. Tourism’s Next Battlefront: Water Travel, September 23

    As climate change brings water shortages to vacation hot spots, we look at Greece’s tourism-dependent islands, where residents sometimes compete with visitors for a dwindling supply.

  81. They’ve Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans. Climate, September 23

    By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom.

  82. The Secret Weapon to Fight Flooding Is Hidden in Plain Sight Metro, September 23

    It looks like and feels like a regular street. But beneath the surface, six layers are working to keep rainwater from overwhelming New York City neighborhoods.

  83. Want to End Poverty? Focus on One Thing. Op Ed, September 22

    Electrifying the world could produce the largest development gains since the 1990s.

  84. What We Know (and Don’t Know) About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Food Climate, September 21

    There’s a growing understanding of the health threats of PFAS chemicals in what we eat and drink.

  85. Our Taste for Flesh Has Exhausted the Earth Climate, September 21

    Are we ready for the future of meat?

  86. Her Children Were Sick. Was It ‘Forever Chemicals’ on the Family Farm? Climate, September 21

    Pastures were fertilized with toxic sewage decades ago. Nobody knew, until the cows’ milk was tested.

  87. Environmentalists Fear Subsidies for Carbon Capture Won’t Be Checked Washington, September 20

    Some activists are questioning whether the federal government can accurately verify a tax program for facilities that store planet-warming gases.

  88. Three Mile Island Plans to Reopen as Demand for Nuclear Power Grows Climate, September 20

    The infamous plant, closed since 2019, is getting a new lease on life after Microsoft agreed to buy its electricity to supply a growing fleet of data centers.

  89. Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth. Climate, September 19

    At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a new reconstruction of Earth’s deep past.

  90. What’s the True Price of a School Lunch? Climate, September 19

    An emerging body of research aims to put dollar figures on the environmental costs of foods we eat every day.

  91. Asphalt Schoolyards Get a Shady Makeover Climate, September 19

    Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar.

  92. Backlash Erupts Over Europe’s Anti-Deforestation Law Business, September 19

    Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.

  93. ‘Red Flags’ on Climate: U.S. Methane Emissions Keep Climbing Climate, September 19

    Satellite data shows the U.S. releasing more and more of the potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, researchers said, despite pledges to cut back.

  94. Floods Wreak Havoc Across Four Continents Climate, September 18

    Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?

  95. California Mountain Towns Are Too Risky for Insurers, but Residents Want to Stay National, September 18

    In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain.

  96. How Colorado Cowboys and Conservationists Joined Forces to Stop Drilling Climate, September 18

    The members of a self-described ragtag group had little in common, but their campaign could serve as model for future environmental efforts.

  97. Flooding in Europe Is a ‘Clear Reminder’ of the Threat of Extreme Weather Climate, September 18

    Climate change is influencing extreme weather events like the flooding across six countries that has led to mass evacuations of cities as the waters continue to rise.

  98. Cómo los últimos ocho años han hecho a las jóvenes más liberales En español, September 17

    Un nuevo análisis muestra que para una generación de mujeres jóvenes, la era Trump movió sus políticas hacia la izquierda.

  99. It’s Time We Start Naming America’s Deadliest Climate Disasters Op Ed, September 17

    You remember Hurricane Katrina. Why not that lethal heat wave?

  100. Get to Know the Misunderstood Canada Goose Op Ed, September 17

    There’s a natural world trapped within our cities.

  101. Mapping the Decline of Eelgrass Along Maine’s Coast Science, September 17

    Researchers are studying the role of eelgrass beds for carbon capture and the health of the habitat for a variety of species.

  102. Join the Times’s Climate Event With Jane Goodall, Al Roker and Others Climate, September 16

    Sign up to watch the livestream of the Climate Forward conference on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

  103. What Happens if China Stops Trying to Save the World? Op Ed, September 16

    Much of the good news about green energy is coming out of one country.

  104. Why Have Kids? A Liberal Case for Natalism. Op Ed, September 16

    A philosopher wants to take back the issue from conservatives.

  105. Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking. Business, September 16

    Energy businesses and farmers in western Pennsylvania are struggling because of prices, an issue that has not figured prominently in the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris.

  106. How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal Upshot, September 15

    For a generation of girls raised to believe they could be anything, the Trump era moved their politics to the left, a new analysis shows.

  107. The Climate Peril We Overlook Op Ed, September 14

    We often focus on doomsday scenarios, but we shouldn’t let them distract us from other consequences of climate change like impaired learning, crime, suicide — even slipping off ladders.

  108. Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Here’s Why Buyers Take the Risk. Metro, September 14

    New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.

  109. U.K. to Fund ‘Small-Scale’ Outdoor Geoengineering Tests Climate, September 13

    As climate change continues unabated, the goal is to examine technologies that could artificially cool the Earth “responsibly and ethically.”

  110. Climate Lawsuits Are Exploding. Are Homicide Charges Next? Climate, September 12

    The courts have become one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over planet-warming emissions. Here are prominent cases to watch.

  111. Is Inequality the Key to the Climate Change Debate? Climate, September 12

    In his new book, the economist Thomas Piketty argues that the world can’t stop climate change without addressing issues of inequality.

  112. New Look at Landslide Potential Shows 44% of U.S. Is at Risk Climate, September 12

    A new federal database helps users determine the likelihood of their community experiencing a landslide.

  113. Youth Group Asks Supreme Court to Revive a Landmark Climate Lawsuit Climate, September 12

    The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.

  114. Broken Blades, Angry Fishermen and Rising Costs Slow Offshore Wind Business, September 12

    Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals.

  115. 4 Climbers Are Found Dead on Mont Blanc in the French Alps Express, September 11

    The climbers from Italy and South Korea were found on Tuesday after they went missing three days earlier during a period of bad weather on the peak.

  116. The September 11 Hurricane Francine Louisiana live blog included one standalone post:
  117. Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged Climate, September 11

    Vice President Kamala Harris nodded to the urgency of climate change but also highlighted the country’s record levels of oil and gas production.

  118. MAGA vs. Science Is No Contest Op Ed, September 11

    A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.

  119. Trump’s Obsession With Oil Could Destroy America’s Auto Industry Op Ed, September 11

    If Donald Trump wins a second term, America would be at risk of falling even further behind China.

  120. Those Keurig Coffee Pods? They’re Not So Recyclable, the S.E.C. Says. Climate, September 10

    The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them.

  121. 5 Climate Questions for the Candidates Ahead of the Presidential Debate Climate, September 10

    Here’s what the Times climate team would ask Harris and Trump about climate change, energy policy and the environment.

  122. Where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Stand on the Issues Interactive, September 10

    Here’s what Vice President Harris and former President Donald J. Trump have done and want to do on abortion, crime, democracy, the economy, immigration, Israel and Gaza, and Social Security and Medicare.

  123. Colombia Is the Deadliest Country for Environmental Activists, Report Finds Climate, September 9

    As Colombia prepares to host a global biodiversity summit, killings of environmental defenders in the country rose again last year, according to a new report.

  124. 7 Takeaways From the Seemingly Endless Fire Season Climate, September 9

    While the Line fire burns in Southern California, what can we learn from how a changing climate has affected an expanding fire season?

  125. The Trade-Off for Mountain Tranquillity in California? Increasing Fire Risk. National, September 9

    Many Southern Californians have moved to San Bernardino County for more affordable homes and calmer lifestyles, but some also face disaster risks.

  126. Green Washing, Not Greenwashing: What’s the Best Way to Do Laundry? Climate, September 9

    The suds that go down the drain can be harmful to wildlife. We’ve got tips on how to clean clothes and support nature.

  127. Registering Voters and Certifying the Votes Letters, August 12

    Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.

  128. Where the Wild Things Went During the Pandemic Science, March 18

    A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.

  129. How to Parent in a World Under Siege? Book Review, March 12

    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.

  130. A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey: An Update The Daily, December 28

    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?

  131. Germany Cannot Shift Covid Funds to Climate Projects, Court Rules Business, November 15

    The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a greener economy.

  132. The Upside of a Population Decline Letters, October 5

    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.

  133. A Mayor Goes AWOL in the Storm Editorial, October 3

    With residents unprepared for New York City’s recent flooding, it was a day of unnecessary chaos and frustration.

  134. The Paranoid Style in American Plutocrats Op Ed, August 28

    Of climate denial, Covid denial and cryptocurrency.

  135. Por qué parece que ya no sabemos nada de la economía global En español, June 20

    Mientras prestábamos atención a la pandemia, China y Ucrania, los caminos hacia la prosperidad y los intereses comunes se han oscurecido.

  136. Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True Business, June 18

    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.

  137. Radical Rethinking at Biennale: Africa and the Future Share Pride of Place Culture, May 22

    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.

  138. ‘The Last of Us’ Is Right. Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish. Op Ed, April 2

    Fungi are a public health blind spot.

  139. As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy Business, February 27

    Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen.

  140. Your Wednesday Briefing: Shanghai’s Devastating Outbreak N Y T Now, January 10

    Also, the eight warmest years on record and a fragile political alliance in the Philippines.

  141. Cheer Up! The World Is Better Off Than You Think. Op Ed, December 31

    The year 2022 was not great. But even in the midst of overlapping calamities, progress is being made.

  142. Balancing Hope and Despair in Turbulent Times Special Sections, December 1

    As long as we do the best we can, and appreciate life’s fullness, we will leave the world a better place for our children.

  143. John Kerry Tests Positive for Covid at U.N. Climate Talks, Complicating Final Hours Climate, November 18

    Debate intensified over a contentious issue: the creation of a fund to help poor and vulnerable countries pay for loss and damage caused by climate change.

  144. What Happens When a Cascade of Crises Collide? Op Ed, November 13

    Humanity faces a complex knot of seemingly distinct but entangled crises that are causing damage greater than the sum of their individual harms.

  145. Belice recurre a su arrecife de coral para escapar de la trampa de la deuda en Español, November 8

    Algunos países en desarrollo están haciendo acuerdos financieros que podrían darles un mayor papel en la lucha contra el cambio climático.

  146. How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming Foreign, November 7

    Developing nations are reducing their debt by pledging to protect their resources in financial deals that could give them a bigger role in the fight against climate change.

  147. Your Thursday Briefing: Iran’s Protests Intensify N Y T Now, October 26

    Plus Myanmar gets closer to Russia and a dire climate report.

  148. Should Candidates Be Transparent About Their Health? Letters, October 16

    How much should candidates disclose about their health? Also: Drone rules; political fears; future pandemics; donations and climate policy.

  149. Bill Gates: ‘Estamos en una peor situación de lo que esperaba’ en Español, September 18

    El filántropo habló sobre cómo la pandemia y los efectos de la guerra en Ucrania están retrasando el progreso.

  150. Bill Gates: ‘We’re in a Worse Place Than I Expected’ Op Ed, September 13

    The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.