From “The Daily” newsletter: One big idea on the news, from the team that brings you “The Daily” podcast. You can sign up for the newsletter here. The idea that America is in decline isn’t new. For decades, academics have warned that partisan gridlock, politicized courts and unfettered lobbying were like dangerous substances — if... Continue Reading →
A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own. The official timeline of Earth’s history — from the oldest rocks to the dinosaurs to the rise of primates, from the Paleozoic to the Jurassic and all points before... Continue Reading →
For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age
Here’s what key votes around the world mean for climate action. Or inaction. Climate Forward We often hear about tipping points in the physical climate of planet Earth. There are political tipping points, too. Elections can put a heavy finger on the scales of climate action. Consider the consequences of two recent votes — the... Continue Reading →
Four high-stakes elections
The documents, subpoenaed in a House investigation of climate disinformation, show company leaders contravening industry commitments. .. Documents obtained by congressional investigators show that oil industry executives privately downplayed their companies’ own public messages about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and weakened industry-wide commitments to push for climate policies. Internal Exxon documents show that... Continue Reading →
Oil Executives Privately Contradicted Public Statements on Climate, Files Show
Rebates and tax credits can lower the cost of solar panels, energy-efficient appliances and electric vehicles. . The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President Biden in August includes about $370 billion to fight climate change, some of it in the form of tax credits and rebates to help consumers save thousands of dollars... Continue Reading →
How the New Climate Law Can Save You Thousands of Dollars
Hotter, faster, stronger: That isn’t a tagline for the next blockbuster superhero movie. This is what climate change is doing to many extreme weather events. As the planet warms, heat waves are getting hotter, wildfires are moving faster and burning larger areas, and storms and floods are becoming stronger. These effects are no longer a... Continue Reading →
RED ALERT ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE REPORT
Northeastern Siberia is a place where people take Arctic temperatures in stride. But 100-degree days are another matter entirely. MAGARAS, Russia — The call for help lit up villagers’ phones at 7:42 on a muggy and painfully smoky evening on Siberia’s fast-warming permafrost expanse. “We urgently ask all men to come to the town hall... Continue Reading →
As Frozen Land Burns, Siberia Fears: ‘If We Don’t Have the Forest, We Don’t Have Life’
Good morning. In recent weeks, dangerous heat has killed hundreds of people in Oregon and Washington, endangered workers across the region and strained California’s power grid. It has also exacerbated the slow-moving natural disaster already punishing the West: the drought. Late last week, Gov. Gavin Newson formally urged all Californians to reduce their water use by 15 percent. It’s not... Continue Reading →
How the Drought Is Affecting California’s Crops
On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden’s proposals to burn less oil. President Biden, with the bipartisan working group of senators he hopes will help pass an infrastructure deal, outside the White House last week.Credit...Pete Marovich for... Continue Reading →
In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action (NYT)
Ezra Klein and four environmental thinkers discuss the limits of politics in facing down the threat to the planet. Of late, I’ve been obsessing over a single question: What if political systems, in the United States and internationally, fail to curb climate change? It can seem an impolite question, even as it’s the path we’re... Continue Reading →
What if American Democracy Fails the Climate Crisis?
A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent climate strategy and form a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. WASHINGTON — When Representative John Curtis quietly approached fellow Republicans to invite them to discuss climate change at a clandestine meeting in his home state of Utah, he hoped a half... Continue Reading →
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