New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee NYT > Science By:Somini Sengupta 11 April 2025 at 13:14 A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions. ยฉ Alana Paterson for The New York TimesThe industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.
New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee NYT > Climate and Environment By:Somini Sengupta 11 April 2025 at 13:14 A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions. ยฉ Alana Paterson for The New York TimesThe industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.
How Tariffs Could Upend the Transition to Cleaner Energy NYT > Climate and Environment By:Max Bearak ยท Brad Plumer and Somini Sengupta 4 April 2025 at 10:26 The levies are expected to drive up costs for U.S. companies that rely on renewable energy technology from abroad and scramble supply chains worldwide. ยฉ George Etheredge for The New York Times
7 Steps L.A. Could Take to Gird Against Future Wildfires NYT > Science By:Somini Sengupta 1 February 2025 at 04:01 Around the world, other communities are experimenting with ideas that Los Angeles could borrow as it rebuilds from disastrous wildfires.
Trumpโs Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World NYT > Climate and Environment By:Somini Sengupta 23 January 2025 at 04:02 Most major economies are investing in ever-cheaper solar and wind power. The United States risks further ceding a global market to China.
The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger NYT > Climate and Environment By:Somini Sengupta and Bryan Anselm 20 January 2025 at 08:03 A Times climate reporter reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster.