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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.

Dec12020

When Climate Disaster Strikes, It’s Renewable Energy That Keeps The Lights On

By Sophie Yeo

Solar and wind are more reliable in catastrophes –– and we need them to slow the worsening climate crisis.

Nov282020

NOAA

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was a record-breaker, and it’s raising more concerns about climate change

It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to be busy. Six months later, we’re looking back at a…

Nov242020

HuffPost

Janet Yellen, Biden’s Treasury Pick, Could Be Key To Confronting Climate

By Alexander C. Kaufman

The former Federal Reserve chair isn’t the candidate climate activists wanted, but her record gives them “a lot to be optimistic and hopeful about.”

Nov232020

Washington Post

The last big environmental fight of the Trump era is over drilling in Alaska’s Arctic

By Dino Grandoni

Conservation advocates and Trump officials are fighting what looks to be the last major environmental battle of this administration over oil and gas development in…

Nov232020

HuffPost

Biden Names John Kerry As Climate Envoy

By Alexander C. Kaufman

It’s not the climate “czar” job advocates want to see, but progressives are hopeful that’s coming, too.

Nov222020

Grist

The election is over. 5 climate leaders share what should happen next.

By Claire Elise Thompson Illustration: Ericka Lugo

5 leaders point the way forward for a divided nation.

Nov212020

Guardian

A destructive legacy: Trump bids for final hack at environmental protections

By Oliver Milman

Administration finishing off regulatory moves to lock in drilling, loosen wildlife protections and roll back pollution standards

Nov202020

Washington Post

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions set to drop to lowest level in three decades

By Steven Mufson

Greenhouse gases generated by the U.S. economy will slide 9.2 percent this year, tumbling to the lowest level in at least three decades, a new…

Nov192020

New York Times

These Items in Your Home Are Harming America’s Sea Animals

By Catrin Einhorn

A new report examines how plastic waste affects marine wildlife.

Nov182020

Washington Post

How climate change is complicating a Thanksgiving staple

By Tatiana Schlossberg Photo: Adam Glanzman for The Washington Post

Billy McCaffrey trawled his hands through the cold, clear water, creating a small wake in the calm. Below the surface, the flooded vines of the…

Nov162020

NASA

Study: Urban Greenery Plays a Surprising Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Pat Brennan

Burning fossil fuels in densely populated regions greatly increases the level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The largest carbon dioxide sources are cars, trucks,…

Nov132020

The Conversation

On environmental protection, Biden’s election will mean a 180-degree turn from Trump policies

By Janet McCabe Photo: Michael Quinn, NPS/Flickr, CC BY

The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as an all-out assault on the nation’s environmental laws for the past four years. Decisions at…

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARCHIVES

Quintessential articles from the archive not to be missed.

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…

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.”