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This Week’s Top Headlines

A roundup of the most compelling current and/or timeless news stories about climate change this week, pulled from the most significant sources— newspapers, scientific studies, magazines, books, films, available video and audio streams, universities and organizations. Here find the best climate change stories from the New York Times in 2019.

Jul12020

HuffPost

As Democrats Unveil Ambitious Climate Goals, House Lawmakers Press For Green Stimulus

By Alexander C. Kaufman

At least 59 congressional Democrats are calling on party leaders to add green provisions to a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill. …

Jun302020

New York Times

With Much of the World’s Economy Slowed Down, Green Energy Powers On

By Stanley Reed Photo: Charlotte de la Fuente for The New York Times

All of the 102 turbines are now installed in an area about 25 miles off the coastline. The nearly 250-foot blades on top of these…

Jun292020

Washington Post

Climate change is also a racial justice problem

By Sarah Kaplan Illustration: Michael Parkin for the Washington Post

Normally, I use this column to respond to questions from readers about climate change. But — amid our ongoing national reckoning with racism prompted by…

Jun252020

New York Times

Pandemic’s Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere

By Coral Davenport Photo: Rosem Morton/The New York Times

In the crystalline air of the pandemic economy, climate change researchers have been flying a small plane over Route I-95, from Boston to Washington, measuring…

Jun232020

Fast Company

Latino Voters Are Going To Be Key In 2020—And They Care Deeply About The Climate

By Jeremy Deaton

Compared to other groups, Latino voters are more worried about the crisis, more willing to take action, and more likely to say they will vote…

Jun232020

Washington Post

Most Americans believe the government should do more to combat climate change, poll finds

By Brady Dennis Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the federal government should act more aggressively to combat climate change, and almost as many say the problem is already…

Jun212020

EcoWatch

Race and the Climate Movement: What Our Black Colleagues Want the Rest of Us to Know

By The Climate Reality Project Photo: Lev Radin / Pacific Press / LightRocket / Getty Images

Climate movement, we have a problem.We’ve been marching and speaking out demanding justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and countless other victims of…

Jun192020

New York Times

PG&E’s Plan to Resolve Bankruptcy Wins Court Approval

By Ivan Penn and Peter Eavis Photo: Ben Margot/Associated Press

A federal judge decided Saturday that the California utility can put itself back together in time to take part in a crucial wildfire liability fund.

Jun192020

HuffPost

If We Don’t Solve Racial Injustice, We’ll Never Solve The Climate Crisis

By Nylah Burton Photo: David Dee Delgado via Getty

Making the connection between racism, inequality and the environment is the only way we will preserve human life on this planet. …

Jun192020

New York Times

Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage

By Christopher Flavelle Photo: Steve Helber/Associated Press

Up and down the coastline, rising seas and climate change are transforming a fixture of American homeownership that dates back generations: the classic 30-year mortgage.

Jun172020

New York Times

Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen

By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich Illustration: Nature Climate Change and Global Carbon Project

As the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.

Jun162020

Washington Post

New Jersey aims to lead nation in offshore wind. So it’s building the biggest turbine port in the country.

By Dino Grandoni Photo: Wayne Parry/AP

Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said his state will build the country’s first port dedicated to assembling the turbines that will go up not just in…

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Oct292019

The New York Times

Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows

By Denise Lu and Christopher Flavelle

Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the…

Aug162019

July 2019 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded, NOAA Confirms

Humanity faced its hottest month in at least 140 years in July, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. The finding…

Aug142019

Five takeaways from The Post’s analysis of warming climates in the United States

The analysis, based on data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, examines annual temperature data for the Lower 48 U.S. states and more than…

Aug142019

21 states sue Trump administration over new coal rules

A coalition of 21 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to ease restrictions on coal-fired power plants, with California’s governor saying…

Aug102019

Alaska’s hottest month on record: melting sea ice, wildfires and unexpected die-offs

Arctic sea ice is at a record low for this time of year, and the usual buffer that helps keep Alaska cool is gone….

Aug92019

Ocean Heat Waves Kill Coral Instantly, Study Finds

Marine heat waves are increasing in frequency, duration and intensity, which spell trouble for corals, according to new research from scientists working at the Great…

Aug72019

Navy quietly shut down climate change task force

The Navy has quietly stood down its Task Force Climate Change, created in 2009 to plan and develop “future public, strategic, and policy discussions” on…

Aug52019

Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘30 years earlier’ than previously thought

Global sea level rise began to accelerate in the 1960s, 30 years earlier than suggested by previous assessments, a new study finds. The study, published…

May282019

The Washington Post

The Trump administration takes climate denial to new heights

By Paul Waldman

Fifty or 100 years from now, we may well say that President Trump’s concerted effort to exacerbate climate change — and that’s precisely what it…

May222019

Global electricity access grows—but we’re not on track for 2030 sustainable energy goals

More people on the planet have access to electricity than ever before, however, the world is on pace to fall short on the goal of…

May202019

The New York Times

E.P.A. Plans to Get Thousands of Pollution Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math

By Lisa Friedman Photo by Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to change the way it calculates the health risks of air pollution, a shift that would make it easier to roll back…

May162019

Time

‘Now I Am Speaking to the Whole World.’ How Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Got Everyone to Listen

By Suyin Haynes

The world is listening. Organizers estimate that on March 15, a remarkable 1.6 million people in 133 countries participated in a climate strike inspired by Thunberg’s solo…

May152019

Bloomberg

These Are the Cities Doing the Most to Combat Global Warming

By Jeremy Hodges

Cities, which are home to more than half the world’s population, are stepping up efforts to slash pollution, often wresting the fight against climate change…

May152019

From making it to managing it, plastic is a major contributor to climate change

Plastic is polluting oceans, freshwater lakes and rivers, food and us — but it’s also a major contributor to global climate change, warns a new…

May62019

The Washington Post

One million species face extinction, U.N. report says. And humans will suffer as a result.

By Darryl Fears Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

One million plant and animal species are on the verge of extinction, with alarming implications for human survival, according to a United Nations report released…

May22019

Quartz

Renewables generated more electricity than coal for the first time in US history

By Michael J. Coren REUTERS/Phil Noble

In April, renewables eclipsed coal generation in the US for the first time. The Energy Information Administration estimates renewables outperformed coal by 16% in April…

Apr252019

Antarctica’s Effect on Sea Level Rise in Coming Centuries

There are two primary causes of global mean sea level rise – added water from melting ice sheets and glaciers, and the expansion of sea…

Mar202019

Africa is running out of water as cities see populations boom

Africa has been plagued by water shortages in recent months, manifestations of a global supply squeeze brought on by drought, population growth, urbanization and insufficient…

Jan262019

Los Angeles Times

Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy

By Erik Kirschbaum Photo: Patrick Pleul / AP

Germany, one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to…

Jan232019

Resilience

Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns Say Top Researchers

By Graham Readfern

Climate action advocates have underestimated the strength and sophistication of decades-long fossil fuel-funded misinformation campaigns and need a coordinated set of strategies to fight back,…

Jan232019

Analysis warns of lack of progress on 2020 global emissions target

Removing coal from the global energy mix is taking too long, too many forests are still being destroyed, and fossil fuel subsidies are ongoing despite…

Jan72019

Vox

The Green New Deal, explained

By David Roberts

An insurgent movement is pushing Democrats to back an ambitious climate change solution.

Oct232018

Canada adopts carbon fee and dividend to rein in climate change

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canada adopts carbon fee and dividend to rein in climate change WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 23, 2018 — Carbon fee and dividend, the…

Aug282018

Environmental Health News

Rising CO2 will leave crops—and millions of humans—less healthy

By Brian Bienkowski Photo by Dương Trí/Unsplash

On excessively hot days, there are more likely to be fatal car accidents and food safety problems, and police officers and government food inspectors tend…

May292018

NEW YORK TIMES

Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not

By Livia Albeck-Ripka Photo by Wiqan Ang

Plastics and papers from dozens of American cities and towns are being dumped in landfills after China stopped recycling most “foreign garbage.”