Climate and Environment

Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.

A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

Stress, ovarian cancer, buoyancy disorders: Every pet has its troubles, and needs a good doctor who makes house calls.

Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story.

The calf, named Wakan Gli, is said to fulfill a Lakota prophecy that brings hope, but its birth is also a sign that more must be done to protect the Earth, a Lakota spiritual leader says.

A new Pew Research Center survey finds Republican support for wind, solar and electric vehicles has tanked since President Biden was elected, mostly among those 65 and older.

The high temperatures blamed for the deaths of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia are taking a broad toll in countries that have spent vast sums to attract tourists and investors.

As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising new story.

A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.

President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments.

Many American dams are aging and in need of serious repairs. Climate change only makes the problem more urgent.

VW and Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to increase sales and break even, will work together on software and other technologies.

The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings.

As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.

In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common and more intense, according to a new analysis.

The number of deaths during the annual Islamic pilgrimage raised questions about Saudi Arabia’s preparations for intense heat and unregistered participants.

A sharp increase in hardware orbiting Earth could mean more harmful metals lingering in the atmosphere, according to a new study.

With the sea creatures making up a growing share of illegal animal seizures around the world, U.S. officials are working to overcome struggles to safely house them.

The heat was especially oppressive in urban areas of New Jersey, a state that climate experts say is warming at a faster rate than others in the Northeast.

A storm left about 9,000 people without power for three days.

The state agreed to take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. It’s the latest of several victories for youth-led climate lawsuits.

Previously, local council and planning groups in Britain had to weigh only the planet-warming emissions from their own operations.

In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week.

People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn’t halfway done.

Global warming has led to more extreme weather earlier and later in the year, causing New Yorkers to rethink their relationship to the seasonal calendar.

They’ll be replaced in North America with paper packing, eliminating some 15 billion pillows a year. Plastic film is a major pollutant.

Macaques, reeling from a hurricane, learned by necessity to get along, a study found. It’s one of the first to suggest that animals can adapt to environmental upheaval with social changes.

Agricultural insecticides were a key factor, according to a study focused on the Midwest, though researchers emphasized the importance of climate change and habitat loss.

The founder of the renowned Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, he also helped shape U.S. policies on controlling toxic substances like DDT.

Researchers analyzed a skull found in Montana of a plant-eating member of the ceratops family, finding distinct traits.

Extreme heat across parts of Central America and the Southern United States in May and early June was 35 times more likely because of human-caused global warming, according to a new report.

Most strategies in the U.S. for helping people stay cool are geared toward urban areas, leaving behind vulnerable rural populations.

Chris Gloninger said he was hired to talk about global warming in his forecasts. That’s when things heated up.

Portfolio managers have conflicting incentives as the economic and financial risks from climate change become more apparent but remain imprecise.

In “Adventures in Volcanoland,” the geologist Tamsin Mather takes us on a global and historical investigation of her life’s passion.

Thousands died and people slept on roofs to cope with the early heat wave, which was supercharged by agricultural practices.

With temperatures climbing this week, here’s how to be comfortable in your home — with or without air-conditioning.

A new play from the writers of “The Jungle” dramatizes the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a landmark climate agreement preceded by years of arguments over its wording.

Wet towels and body bags filled with ice water are being used to quickly cool victims, which is essential to saving lives.

A federal judge ruled that the case was moot after the investor, Arjuna Capital, withdrew the proposal with a promise not to try again.

The labor and environmental groups are pushing the change so relief funds can be used in more situations.

While trying to save large amphibians native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China.

Every little bit helps. But doing it wrong can actually make matters worse.

Stifling conditions are forecast to spread this week over the eastern half of America — and linger for days.

Europe’s climate change-minded parties performed poorly in the European Union elections. Is the once ambitious European green movement over, or could its electoral crash launch a rebirth?

The NOAA Climate Prediction Center announced an end to the El Niño climate phenomenon on Thursday, and predicted that La Niña could start as early as next month.

In earlier races for the White House, he pledged to get miners back to work. Now, political and economic realities have shifted.

Leaders from India, Brazil, the Middle East and Africa joined discussions in a nod to the changing global balance of power.

Between days of excessive heat and days of unrelenting storms, the summer rainy season is starting to feel different — and highly unpredictable.

One group in Hudson Bay might have roughly a decade left because sea ice is becoming too thin to support them as they hunt, according to new research.

The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting and other facilities, as well as urge companies to donate more food.

Nate Smith, an actor and activist, will have a role in a production organized by Theater of War Productions on the TKTS Times Square steps.

Record-breaking temperatures are pushing experts and public health officials to come up with a new vocabulary to warn the public about extreme heat.

Scientists and officials spent days at sea searching for vaquitas, shy porpoises threatened by fishing gear.

Work is starting in Wyoming coal country on a new type of reactor. Its main backer, Bill Gates, says he’s in it for the emissions-free electricity.

Tenjen Lama Sherpa was one of the most storied mountain guides of his generation. Now, he and two of his brothers are dead, and their youngest brother must keep climbing to make a living.

Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.

The Environmental Defense Fund, entering controversial territory, will spend millions of dollars examining the impact of reflecting sunlight into space as global warming worsens.

Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has stepped into the spotlight as a cheerleader for oil and former President Donald J. Trump.

The main things to know as voters in 27 countries head to the ballot box to shape the next five years of European Union policies.

Economic growth has been ecologically costly — and so a movement in favor of ‘degrowth’ is growing.

The new measure requires automakers to achieve an average of 65 miles per gallon for all the car models they sell by 2031.

In overheated Phoenix, firefighters are carrying giant plastic, ice-filled bags to quickly cool people, a technique pioneered in the military and at sporting events.

Homeowners in areas battered by climate disasters are facing dizzying insurance rate increases. But builders of housing for the homeless and other low-income families are also struggling.

Hundreds of millions of people around the world have recently voted in elections with important climate issues like extreme heat and coal dependence.

Nearly 19 million people across the Southwest were under an excessive heat warning Thursday, when several cities were expected to tie or even break heat records.

After years of political consensus on the transition to cleaner energy, a ‘greenlash’ began bubbling up as prices rose and right-wing candidates gained ground.

They build extensive burrow networks and don’t seem to mind when other woodland creatures use them as flameproof bunkers.

Officials in Oregon say they need to cut trees, including some healthy ones. The reaction shows how complex land management has become as forest health declines.

Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset.