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Trump Nominates Oil and Gas Advocate to Run Bureau of Land Management 12 February 2025 at 12:48

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.

NYT > Climate and Environment
Green Energy Ambitions of European Companies Take a Beating 6 February 2025 at 07:44

Green Energy Ambitions of European Companies Take a Beating

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Stanley Reed

6 February 2025 at 07:44

Orsted of Denmark and Equinor of Norway tap the brakes on offshore wind development after setbacks and market shifts.

Workers installing guard rails on the foundation of an Orsted offshore wind turbine in New York in September.

NYT > Climate and Environment
Trump Rehires Neil Jacobs, Former NOAA Chief Involved in ‘Sharpiegate’ 4 February 2025 at 14:52

Trump Rehires Neil Jacobs, Former NOAA Chief Involved in ‘Sharpiegate’

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Christopher Flavelle

4 February 2025 at 14:52

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

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

NYT > Climate and Environment
E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More 4 February 2025 at 13:44

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

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman

4 February 2025 at 13:44

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

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

NYT > Climate and Environment
Chris Wright Is Confirmed as Secretary of Energy 4 February 2025 at 02:28

Chris Wright Is Confirmed as Secretary of Energy

NYT > Climate and Environment

4 February 2025 at 02:28

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

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

NYT > Climate and Environment
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’ 3 February 2025 at 14:53

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

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman

3 February 2025 at 14:53

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

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

NYT > Science
Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts 12 February 2025 at 13:22

Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts

By:Sheryl Gay Stolberg

12 February 2025 at 13:22

Dr. Lawrence Tabak, the No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health, did not give a reason for his departure.

Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, who resigned from the National Institutes of Health, has weathered past presidential transitions.