Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So

11 April 2025 at 12:38

The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles.

President Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Austyn Gaffney

11 April 2025 at 15:45

A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

Weather analysis at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Md., in December.

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.

The industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.

Anti-Anxiety Drugs in Water Change Salmon Behavior, Study Finds

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Rebecca Dzombak

10 April 2025 at 13:00

Researchers studying pharmaceutical pollution tracked salmon that had been exposed to anti-anxiety medication. The fish appeared to lose their inhibitions.

“We know a lot from laboratory studies that drugs can change animal behavior, but how that plays out in natural ecosystems is very hard to forecast,” one researcher said.

Prepping for War With Russia on the Ice and Snow

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Jeffrey Gettleman and Jim Huylebroek

12 April 2025 at 07:03

President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russia inside out, but winter war games revealed that two militaries’ cooperation was unchanged.

Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Ivan Penn and Graham Dickie

12 April 2025 at 15:18

For beekeepers, the problem isn’t just climate change and extreme weather: It’s also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown.

Ann Arbor Wants to Build Its Own Renewable-Energy Grid

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Allison Prang

11 April 2025 at 13:07

Ann Arbor, Mich., moved forward with an ambitious plan to build its own utility that aims provide clean power outside the grid.

E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman

11 April 2025 at 07:02

Officials are moving to eliminate requirements that most big polluters disclose how much carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases they emit.

Gutting the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would effectively leave the federal government blind when it comes to identifying and measuring sources of pollution that are dangerously heating the planet.

Climate Change Could Become a Global Economic Disaster

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:David Gelles

10 April 2025 at 13:52

New warnings from financial firms and insurers point to a future defined by profound risks to the global economy from heat, storms and other disasters.

Kathleen Sgamma Ends Bid to Lead the B.L.M.

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman

10 April 2025 at 14:24

Kathleen Sgamma abruptly withdrew from consideration days after a memo surfaced in which she sharply criticized President Trump.

Kathleen Sgamma at a hearing of the House Committee on Natural Resources in 2023.

Trump Threatens Climate Policies in the States

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman

9 April 2025 at 17:26

After halting federal attempts to combat global warming, President Trump is now targeting efforts by states to reduce greenhouse gases, setting up a legal clash.

President Trump’s executive order appeared to be directed at state measures that limit use of fossil fuels or hold fossil fuel companies liable for environmental damage.

Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Brad Plumer

10 April 2025 at 13:13

The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.

Flooding in Frankfort, Ky., this month. The next National Climate Assessment is due in 2027 or 2028.

Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Adam Nossiter

9 April 2025 at 14:57

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.”

Trump Administration Cuts Princeton Funding to Study Climate Change

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Brad Plumer and Austyn Gaffney

10 April 2025 at 00:39

The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.

The cuts included funding for a collaborative program between NOAA and Princeton University. One of the program’s meteorologists, Syukuro Manabe, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021.

Oil Prices Tumble as China-U.S. Tariffs Weaken Economic Confidence

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Rebecca F. Elliott

9 April 2025 at 15:17

Crude prices climbed back above $60 a barrel as investors breathed a sigh of relief.

A BP refinery in Whiting, Ind., in February. A slide in crude oil prices signals deteriorating confidence in the strength of the economy.

Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer

9 April 2025 at 13:19

To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.