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January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Raymond Zhong
Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which typically bring cooler temperatures.

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Looking west on the Pacific Ocean from Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9.
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E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Lisa Friedman
A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was “common 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.
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Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Lisa Friedman
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective 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.
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