New climate pledges submitted to the United Nations would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by less than 1 percent, the world body announced.
The bond markets are getting fussy.
Will the crisis in Texas become the new normal? David Wallace-Wells and Leah Stokes discuss.
Jennifer M. Granholm on Thursday became the second woman to lead the Department of Energy, an agency with a key role in creating a greener economy under the Biden administration.
We need to develop an early warning system to forecast climate-induced extreme weather events.
Ms. Granholm will oversee an agency that plays a leading role in researching and developing new energy technologies.
We don’t realize how fragile the basic infrastructure of our civilization is.
Con Trump se rehizo “la realidad a través del lenguaje”, dijo una experta. La nueva gestión de la Casa Blanca está haciendo lo mismo.
Senator Joe Manchin III, who oversees the confirmation hearing, said he would support Representative Deb Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Interior Department.
What happened in Texas is a warning for the rest of America
“The president has been clear to all of us — words matter, tone matters and civility matters,” said Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary.
We used to dream big. Now we’re increasingly thinking short term.
John Kerry’s remarks stood in sharp contrast to the American stance under the previous administration, which tried to block even general mentions of global warming at the world body.
President Biden’s choice for interior secretary faces her confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Democrats see her as embodying the hopes of the new administration; Republicans object to her activism.
A missed deadline for flights to look for polar bears means the work to locate oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is effectively killed.
Many big businesses have not set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Others have weak goals.
The adventurer Blair Braverman has led a team of sled dogs over a 900-mile race in Alaska, seen her skin dissolve in the desert and overcome Covid-19. What makes it all less terrifying? Accepting the unknown.
The federal government is revising rates for flood coverage on April 1. New data suggests premiums need to increase sharply for some homes.
Continent-spanning storms triggered blackouts in Oklahoma and Mississippi, halted one-third of U.S. oil production and disrupted vaccinations in 20 states.
President Biden told leaders of the Group of 7 nations that climate change was a priority for his administration as the United States formally rejoined the Paris climate agreement on Friday.
The entire nation’s energy delivery system needs an overhaul.
Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need. Climate change is shaping their role.
A top Federal Reserve official says climate scenario analysis could be valuable in making sure that banks mind their climate-tied weak spots.
Here’s why the weather went wild, even as the globe is warming.
The state’s widespread electricity failure was largely caused by freezing natural gas pipelines. That didn’t stop advocates for fossil fuels from trying to shift blame.
The state’s widespread electricity failure was largely caused by freezing natural gas pipelines. That didn’t stop advocates for fossil fuels from trying to shift blame.
The storm that battered Texas showed the limitations of its power grid and disproportionately affected some of the state’s most vulnerable communities.
Los sistemas están diseñados para hacer frente a los picos de demanda, pero el clima salvaje e impredecible vinculado al calentamiento global muy probablemente llevará a las redes más allá de sus límites.
One of the worst winter storms in years has plunged large parts of the United States into a deadly energy crisis. It may be a glimpse of America’s future.
Regenerative grazing can store more carbon in soils in the form of roots and other plant tissues. But how much can it really help the fight against climate change?
As the freak winter storm raged, historically marginalized communities were among the first to face power outages, experts say.
Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their limits.
My daughter’s lockdown achievement is that she does not let food go to waste. It’s reminded me that humans don’t have to leave a mass of trash in their wake.
Here’s what Biden should do about the poverty, discrimination and environmental destruction.
He has billions to donate for crises from coronavirus to climate change, and more hope now that Trump is out of office.
In “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” the billionaire Microsoft founder lays out his concerns for the earth and some concrete ideas for the future.
Crisscrossing the tundra, digging dens, chasing prey: a rare look at the elusive wolverine in a rapidly changing region.
A reader says the congresswoman’s diligence and talent will prevail. Also: Treating chickens humanely; Jeff Bezos and Amazon workers; climate-friendly policies.
The region is warming much faster than much of the planet, and the consequences are already showing.
The high-level group’s first meeting focused on job creation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The shift toward cleaner cars, combined with tighter pollution rules, is pushing up demand for the precious metals in automobile antipollution gadgets. Crooks have taken note.
New research confirms that emissions from China of CFC-11, a banned gas that harms Earth’s ozone layer, have fallen sharply, reversing a dangerous spike.
The pollution-control gadgets are full of precious metals like palladium, and prices are soaring as regulators try to tame emissions. Crooks with hacksaws have noticed.
Elizabeth Kolbert and Ezra Klein discuss what options remain if our political system can’t handle the climate crisis.
Shrinking and thinning of glaciers is one of the most documented signs of global warming caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases.
Air quality is improving in one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions, researchers have found. If the trend can be sustained, it would be good news for human health and climate change.
Long before a deadly flood hit two hydroelectric dams, scientists warned repeatedly that such projects were dangerous in a fragile region made more so by global warming.
New research suggests that climate change is responsible for longer pollen seasons in the United States and more pollen in the air, as well.
New research suggests that climate change is responsible for longer pollen seasons in the United States and more pollen in the air, as well.
A broad move away from coal power was an important factor in pushing down global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said, and could help accelerate a shift toward renewable energy.
The new president has shown a welcome interest in combating climate change. But more will need to be done.
More than 100 nations have approved an accord phasing down a planet-warming coolant. The U.S. isn’t among them.
How we tried to tell the story of a warming planet. Plus, the woman behind The Daily’s crazy-busy calendar.
The future of an 18-nation group is in doubt after Palau abandoned it over a leadership dispute.
He named our age the “Anthropocene” and warned the world of threats that certain chemicals posed to the ozone layer.
Distress over global warming is increasing, but formal and informal support networks are springing up, too.
The governor of West Virginia, who supported a bigger relief bill than Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, initially did, spoke with us about government spending, Covid-19 vaccinations and climate policy.
How big automakers are abandoning resistance
A Paris court said the French state had failed to meet its commitments on greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is among a growing number of such legal actions internationally.
Two major November hurricanes slammed into the same part of Nicaraguan coast, laying waste to the Miskito village of Haulover. Faced with a future of intensifying storms, the residents must now consider whether to abandon their way of life by the ocean and move inland.
Ignoring the value of nature threatens humanity itself, according to a new British report on biodiversity and economics.
Momentum is shifting toward a clean-car future as more automakers end their legal efforts to block California’s tough fuel economy standards.
Inconsistent and flawed data is undercutting efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from American cities, according to a new study.
The president has signed several executive orders for environmental policies since taking office. But the real work of reducing America’s emissions has just begun.
President Biden's pick to lead the E.P.A. knows how to reach out to Republicans, but in a polarized Washington, some worry he doesn't know how to fight them.
The end of the gasoline-powered car will transform the economy.
The administration plans to release $1.3 billion that was meant to help Puerto Rico rebuild after Hurricane Maria in 2017, and will remove restrictions on another $4.9 billion.
Estos son cuatro asuntos clave de los esfuerzos del nuevo gobierno para atender el calentamiento global.
No matter where you live or how high your socioeconomic status, climate change can endanger your health, both physical and mental, now and in the future.
The administration has pledged to make agriculture a cornerstone of its plan to fight warming, but also to tackle a legacy of discrimination that has pushed Black farmers off the land.
The polar vortex is experiencing an unusually long disturbance this year because of a “sudden stratospheric warming.” Bundle up.
Every carmaker is trying to figure out how to make the leap before governments force it and Tesla and other start-ups lure away drivers.
GM’s decision this week to phase out gasoline vehicles is the latest in a major shift that will mean drastic new demands on electric utilities. Here are four things that will need to happen.
Former environmental officials from both parties are pressing President Biden to counter deforestation in the Amazon, especially in Brazil.
Off Georgia’s coast, the lush 26,000-acre Ossabaw Island had been in her family since 1924. She dedicated her life to keeping it out of the hands of developers.
Many scientists think his goal of zeroing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is technically possible and economically affordable. The politics are another story.
The move, one of the most ambitious in the auto industry, is a piece of a broader plan by the company to become carbon neutral by 2040.
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.
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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.