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

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 β€œtoo important to die.”

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

Forest Service Layoffs and Frozen Funds Increase the Risk From Wildfires

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.

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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.

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

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.

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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

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

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Environmentalists Gear Up to Fight Trump in Court

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.

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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.

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

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A coal-fired plant in Glenrock, Wyo.

January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report

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

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Looking west on the Pacific Ocean from Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9.

Trump Rehires Neil Jacobs, Former NOAA Chief Involved in β€˜Sharpiegate’

A respected atmospheric scientist, Dr. Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics in 2019.

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Neil Jacobs, speaking before a gathering of the National Weather Association in Huntsville, Ala., in 2019.

E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More

A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was β€œcommon practice.” Others said it injects partisanship into jobs that have always been neutral.

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Research on PFAS, a family of toxic compounds known as forever chemicals, at an Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati.

Chris Wright Is Confirmed as Secretary of Energy

The former fracking executive said in confirmation hearings that his top priority would be to β€œunleash” American energy production.

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Chris Wright, in his Senate hearing, also tried to reassure Democrats that he believed climate change was a β€œglobal challenge that we need to solve.”

Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired β€˜Immediately’

A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an β€œeffective and efficient” federal work force.

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The Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington. Union leaders called the move a clear attempt to gut an agency that President Trump dislikes.

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

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.

Β© Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times

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.
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