A landmark report from the International Energy Agency says countries need to move faster and more aggressively to cut planet-warming pollution.
But in the case, filed by the city of Baltimore, the high court gave the fossil fuel industry far less than it had asked for.
A reader says too little attention has been paid to the industry's impact on the environment. Also: The problem with foster care.
Los cambios en la atmósfera causados por las emisiones de dióxido de carbono podrían aumentar la cantidad de escombros que permanece en órbita.
Any infrastructure bill should include money to protect communities from flooding, storms, drought and wildfires.
Climate change threatens Las Vegas and every other desert oasis town.
The cost-benefit rule limited the way the E.P.A. could justify clean air regulations. Its repeal will take effect in 30 days.
New York City's sanitation department unveiled a fully electric street sweeper last week.
Energy infrastructure has increasingly come under assault, and analysts said the attack that cut off fuel supplies this week should be a “wake-up call.”
New data compiled by the E.P.A. shows how global warming is making life harder for Americans in myriad ways that threaten their health, safety and homes.
Changes to the atmosphere caused by carbon dioxide emissions could increase the amount of debris that stays in orbit.
After long delays, the nation’s first big offshore project has won approval
Health care systems are trying to answer the central question of how to care for patients when climate change threatens their ability to remain open.
New baseline data for temperature, rain, snow and other weather events reveal how the climate has changed in the United States.
President Biden says slowing climate change will create jobs. Tension between unions and environmentalists shows it’s not so simple.
The Vineyard Wind project, off the coast of Massachusetts, would generate enough electricity to power 400,000 homes.
A new report offers a detailed picture of flaring around the world, with steep declines in some areas and surprising increases in others.
Algunas personas dijeron que empezaron a bañarse menos durante la pandemia. Mientras nadie se queje, dicen que planean mantener el nuevo hábito.
A plan aimed at the nation’s largest cluster of warehouses is designed to spur electrification of pollution-spewing diesel trucks and could set a template for restrictions elsewhere.
Artifacts from the White War — a battle between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops that took place in the forbidding heights of the Alps — are on their way to a museum.
When Vanessa Nakate, 24, was cropped out of a wire photo featuring her and four white activists, it drew attention that she now uses to expand her work in Uganda and beyond.
Critics say the administration hasn’t defined a clear climate resilience strategy and has been slow to fill key jobs to coordinate that work.
Some people said they started bathing less during the pandemic. As long as no one complains, they say they plan to keep the new habit.
Congress and the Biden administration are taking action aimed at sharply restricting a pair of potent greenhouse gases.
A new study said that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce sea level rise from melting ice sheets from about 10 inches to about five by 2100.
From recycling to carbon emissions, we asked 10 people from around the world what they thought of America’s approach to the environment. It didn’t go well.
We asked 10 people from around the world what they thought of America’s approach to the environment. It didn’t go well.
The gap between rich and poor countries on vaccinations highlights the failure of richer nations to see it in their self-interest to urgently help poorer ones fight a shared crisis.
Tuesday: A conversation with state officials about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban fracking and phase out oil extraction in California.
The author of a new study said the combination of blackouts and extreme heat “may be the deadliest climate-related event we can imagine.”
The restaurant will no longer serve meat or seafood when it reopens, Daniel Humm, the chef, said. “The current food system is simply not sustainable, in so many ways,” he said.
The Biden administration is moving quickly to limit hydrofluorocarbons, the Earth-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
Firefighters in New Mexico, Arizona and California are battling springtime blazes that have been fueled by a severe drought and boosted by climate change.
Firefighters in New Mexico, Arizona and California are battling springtime blazes that have been fueled by a severe drought and boosted by climate change.
Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders are expected to follow the chairman’s lead and reject demands for more disclosures.
The government must expand its plan to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050, the country’s highest court ruled. The decision requires lawmakers to make long-term commitments.
Researchers uncovered stark disparities between white people and minorities across thousands of categories of pollution, including trucks, industry, agriculture and even restaurants.
The president set some lofty goals. Now, it’s all about money and politics.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday deployed a once-obscure law to resurrect Obama-era regulations on methane that the Trump administration had wiped away.
The popular cooking website will not publish new beef recipes over concerns about climate change. “We think of this decision as not anti-beef but rather pro-planet,” an article said.
At a summit he convened, the president discovered how difficult it will be to re-establish America as an environmental leader.
Republican pundits and politicians are manufacturing red meat for their followers, regardless of truth.
Coronavirus restrictions reduced pollution that makes snow melt faster, which could help water supplies for 300 million last longer this year.
The president’s plans to cut emissions in half by 2030 relies heavily on a government effort to steer the development of new industries, but business leaders are fretting over the rapid timeline.
A major United Nations report will declare that slashing emissions of methane, the main component of natural gas, is far more vital than previously thought.
There were notable pledges of action, but several important greenhouse gas polluters were conspicuously silent. It showed the challenges that lie ahead.
To get a handle on how the president’s international climate commitments will need to jibe with his domestic policy agenda, we called Nathaniel Keohane, an economist, former Obama adviser and climate expert.
As world leaders gathered to discuss what they can do, readers urge that we acknowledge “the pain and the reality of global warming” and “take bold action now.”
A new report warns that, without a significant investment in research and development, America could become dependent on its competitors.
A new report warns that, without a significant investment in research and development, America could become dependent on its competitors.
Change is inevitable, but can we cushion the impact on communities?
If the U.S. leads on climate, will other countries follow?
Top business leaders will join world leaders, and Biden administration officials will later participate in a CNN town hall.
Addressing leaders at a virtual summit meeting he convened, the president cast the fight against global warming as an economic opportunity for the world.
A document from the United Mine Workers offers reason to hope.
President Biden said he would nominate Rick Spinrad, a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Hitting the targets could require a rapid shift to electric vehicles, the expansion of forests nationwide, development of complex new carbon-capture technology and many other changes, researchers said.
To kick off Earth Day, the Biden administration hosted an international climate summit to raise awareness of the increasing impacts of global warming. Leaders from all over the globe renewed their dedication to fighting climate change.
President Biden announced an ambitious goal at today’s climate summit: a plan to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in half.
Readers share how environmental issues are changing their lives.
The effort seeks to rally more than $1 billion for countries that can show they are lowering emissions by protecting tropical forests
The effort seeks to rally more than $1 billion for countries that can show they are lowering emissions by protecting tropical forests
The United States is history’s largest emitter. China is today’s largest emitter.
El Día de la Tierra puede ser un buen recordatorio de que todos los seres vivos importan y de que compartimos un mundo que hemos tratado de excluir por completo.
Thursday: Reducing and recycling can still go a long way. Plus, a surprising pandemic shortage.
This documentary about climate injustice feels defanged by its unfocused structure.
President Biden’s new pledge to cut emissions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 is one of the more aggressive near-term targets among advanced economies.
In “The Climate Diet,” Paul Greenberg offers some suggestions for combating climate change, from switching out your light bulbs to asking your municipality to think about where it gets its energy.
President Biden’s climate summit on Earth Day features high-profile speakers and attendees, including Pope Francis.
Poor nations would be particularly hard hit, but few would escape, Swiss Re said. The findings could influence how the industry prices insurance and invests its mammoth portfolios.
El gobierno brasileño se pone a tono con la gestión de Biden y anuncia un plan de protección al medioambiente que requiere millones de dólares en ayuda internacional.
If you’re inspired to pick up a book about climate change, here are five good options.
Canada is the only G7 nation whose greenhouse gas emissions have increased since the Paris Agreement. The main reason: its oil sands.
This year’s specials include a Greta Thunberg documentary, a David Attenborough extravaganza, James Cameron on whales and Cher rescuing an elephant.
We answer some big climate questions. Plus, this week’s news.
We answer some big climate questions. Plus, this week’s news.
The Biden era has prompted Brazil to take steps to repair its record as an environmental scoundrel — for which it’s seeking billions of dollars from the international community.
New York residents and public figures responded with surprise, elation and resignation.
New York residents and public figures responded with surprise, elation and resignation.
The president will commit the United States to deep cuts in emissions at an Earth Day summit meeting that starts on Thursday, according to people familiar with the plan.
Gina McCarthy, Barack Obama’s E.P.A. chief, could only watch as the Trump administration dismantled her climate work. Now, she’s back with another chance to build a lasting legacy.
President Biden’s vow to work with China on issues like climate change is clashing with his promise to defend human rights.
To slow down climate change, new coal projects need to end. A global forecast this week shows demand rising sharply.
To help explain to children the urgency of a warmer planet, a visual journalist created artwork with a playful approach.
Brands like North Face, Allbirds and Patagonia, as well as the Kering luxury group, are all about agriculture these days. Here’s the dirt.
After four years of “America First,” the president tries this week to reclaim U.S. leadership in the fight against climate change. Can the world trust his promises?
The display in New York’s Union Square, which reports the window to address global warming, now also measures the rising use of renewable energy.
Definitive answers to the big questions.
Definitive answers to the big questions.
The Federal Reserve is proudly politically independent. That makes key discussions around climate change and racial inequity a balancing act.
The fuel pellet industry is thriving. Supporters see it as a climate-friendly source of rural jobs. For others, it’s a polluter and destroyer of nature.
Earth Day is a reminder that we are living creatures all the same.
The future could be bad, or it could be better. You can help decide.
“Clearly, Amazon is not the only culprit in this sorry mess,” a reader writes. “But it is the largest and the one whose positive actions would have the greatest impact.”
A new car sold today can last a decade or two before retiring. This “fleet turnover” poses a major challenge for climate policy.
A warming atmosphere is causing a branch of the ocean’s powerful Gulf Stream to weaken, some scientists fear.
Here’s why the weather went wild, even as the globe is warming.
Crisscrossing the tundra, digging dens, chasing prey: a rare look at the elusive wolverine in a rapidly changing region.
Data issued Thursday by NASA confirmed that 2020 has effectively tied the hottest year on record. That means the last seven years have been the warmest since the beginning of modern record-keeping.
Here are some ideas you wonderful readers sent to us.
The very ice melt he warned would threaten the planet turned out to be his undoing.
A lot happened in 2020. Here’s how The Times’s Climate Desk covered it.
Climate change is propelling enormous human migrations, transforming global agriculture and remaking the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.
California’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test.
America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago. Now the future of the nation’s energy mix has become a major election issue.
In the West, wildfires caused by lightning have been growing bigger and occurring more frequently. With climate change, other parts of the country may feel the effects, too.
The presidential candidates sharply oppose each other on a number of environmental issues. Let’s take a closer look.
The White House has dismantled major climate and environmental policies focused on clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals. Here’s how it adds up.
The climate crisis has risen as a major concern among voters. The two candidates have profoundly different approaches on energy, public lands and environmental priorities.
Este año, alrededor de una cuarta parte del vasto humedal el Pantanal en Brasil, uno de los lugares más biodiversos del planeta, ha sucumbido bajo las llamas de los incendios forestales que el cambio climático ha empeorado.
An unusual confluence of weather conditions sent nearly 14,000 bolts of lightning into the dry, hot forests of Northern California in August. But that was only the beginning.
In the Amazon, today's environmental problems become tomorrow's catastrophe.
It sounds positive, but there are a few ways the label ‘biodegradable’ may cause more problems than it solves.
Los científicos estudian el clima extremo en una provincia de Argentina para comprender su funcionamiento y aprender algo sobre los monstruosos fenómenos climáticos del futuro.
Scientists are studying the extreme weather in northern Argentina to see how it works — and what it can tell us about the monster storms in our future.
Climate change and neglect have brought the mammoth structure at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe to the brink of calamity — a crisis prefigured in the dam’s troubling colonial history.
Nearly twice as many properties may be susceptible to flood damage than previously thought, according to a new effort to map the danger.
Our global climate reporter suggests some smart reads on how they're related.
NASA's new ICESat-2 satellite provides the most detailed look yet of where the continent is losing and gaining ice.
If the 50th anniversary of Earth Day has inspired you to finally read a book about climate change, we’re here to help you find just the right one.