As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

16 February 2025 at 13:47

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.

Sudip Parikh, who leads the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in Washington in 2023.

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Catrin Einhorn

10 February 2025 at 14:37

The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

Most of the 12 chapters in the report were written by teams of a dozen or so specialists.

Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose.

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman · Brad Plumer and Harry Stevens

11 February 2025 at 10:49

About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.

As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Raymond Zhong

16 February 2025 at 09:57

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.

Forest Service Layoffs and Frozen Funds Increase the Risk From Wildfires

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Christopher Flavelle and Austyn Gaffney

15 February 2025 at 04:03

The Trump administration’s decision to fire 3,400 workers and pause funds used for wildfire prevention comes as wildfires are growing more dangerous and frequent.

David Needham, a U.S. Forest Service ranger, monitored a prescribed burn, which is intended to clear out vegetation that could feed a wildfire, in Colorado in 2022.

Will There Be Enough Power to Remove Carbon From the Sky?

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Allison Prang

14 February 2025 at 13:34

The direct air capture industry has ambitious plans to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but it’s vying for limited renewable power resources.

Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Brad Plumer and Nicholas Nehamas

14 February 2025 at 08:48

Companies that get federal grants or loans usually sign a legally binding agreement and depend on getting reimbursed. The new administration has upended that expectation.

Energy Department officials have ordered an internal review of potentially billions of dollars worth of climate and infrastructure spending that was awarded by the Biden administration after the Nov. 5 election.

FEMA Quietly Eases Rules Meant to Protect Buildings in Flood Zones

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Christopher Flavelle

14 February 2025 at 15:20

The agency issued an internal memo saying it would “pause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public facilities damaged by disasters be rebuilt safely.

Trump Nominates Oil and Gas Advocate to Run Bureau of Land Management

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Coral Davenport

12 February 2025 at 12:48

The nominee, Kathleen Sgamma, has worked for nearly two decades on behalf of oil and gas companies in Western states.

Kathleen Sgamma is president of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, which has worked to strip away government protections and rules on extracting fossil fuels on public lands.

Environmentalists Gear Up to Fight Trump in Court

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Karen Zraick

12 February 2025 at 12:29

As Trump pledges regulatory rollbacks, environmental groups say the administration’s aggressive cost-cutting tactics could make it easier for them to win some long-term battles.

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, right, visiting fire-ravaged Altadena, Calif., earlier this month.

Why Coal Has Been So Hard to Quit in the U.S.

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Austyn Gaffney

6 February 2025 at 10:58

What the economics of coal-rich states like Wyoming tells us about the transition away from the dirtiest fossil fuel.

How Chablis Winemakers Are Fighting Back Against Climate Change

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Eric Asimov

6 February 2025 at 10:41

Producers are struggling to stave off environmental threats to Chablis’s distinctive character.

Didier Séguier, director of Domaine William Fèvre, believes Chablis’s terroir is strong enough to withstand the effects of climate change.

January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Raymond Zhong

5 February 2025 at 21:00

Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which typically bring cooler temperatures.