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Experts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism

✇NYT > Science
By:Christina Jewett
11 April 2025 at 12:17
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his pledge to discover the reason for the increasing rates of autism during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal

✇NYT > Science
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.

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Miners made up the backdrop of the president’s “Unleashing American Energy” executive order signing event at the White House on Tuesday.

Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry

✇NYT > Science
By:Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul
8 April 2025 at 18:54
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

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President Trump signed several executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry. But a major coal revival seems unlikely, some analysts say.

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.

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Flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2023. By 2049, costs from the effects climate change could total more than $38 trillion annually.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Miners made up the backdrop of the president’s “Unleashing American Energy” executive order signing event at the White House on Tuesday.
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