Climate and Environment

The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. It’s not clear how quickly other companies will fill the gap.

Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.

Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land.

Mayor Eric Adams is resurrecting a budget gimmick and charging rent to the city’s Water Board, which will pass on the costs to ratepayers.

The Federal Trade Commission will bar Pioneer’s chief executive, Scott Sheffield, from joining Exxon’s board, saying he colluded with OPEC to reduce oil production.

As part of his plan to conserve the nation’s land and waters, Mr. Biden is enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.

Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach.

The scene ends badly, as you might imagine.

The heavy rains that pounded East Africa for weeks, killing hundreds, have spilled into the Masai Mara, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife national reserves.

Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks.

Would cloudy weather ruin a visit to the first-ever resort to receive certification from DarkSky International? A stargazer in Utah holds on to her optimism.

The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.

Producers of biofuels like ethanol, which could help create a new generation of jet fuel, would have to overhaul their practices to receive tax credits.

The carmaker dismissed 500 employees in a unit that was critical to its success and seen as important to the future of electric vehicle sales in the United States.

The Biden administration is tightening efficiency rules for water heaters, stoves and other appliances, and conservative politicians are dialing up their criticisms.

A decade-long battle between a wealthy industrialist and a band of activists led to a surprising $63 million transaction.

The White House wants federal agencies to keep climate change in mind as they decide whether to approve major projects.

Slippers supplied by hotels — flimsy models usually made of plastic and fabric — are the next single-use item in the cross hairs of sustainability activists.

A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s venerable steel producer, is landing major deals for a device that makes the clean-burning gas from water.

Around the world, grass-roots organizers and Indigenous communities are taking proposed coal, oil and gas projects to court — and winning.

An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years.

College students started a venture that has diverted glass bottles from landfills and crushed them into sand for coastal restoration efforts.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is rolling out two new exhibition halls and making its scientists more accessible. And don’t forget the dinosaurs.

Profits for the two oil giants, which are locked in a standoff over drilling off the coast of Guyana, were squeezed by lower profitability for refining crude and falling natural gas prices.

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The polarization of politics means that rules are imposed, gutted and restored with each election. Experts say that’s bad for the economy.

He has called for increased oil production and said that electric vehicles will result in an ‘assassination’ of jobs.

The power-sharing agreement between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Green Party ended abruptly on Thursday, marking a fresh period of turmoil for the S.N.P.

REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.

The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario.

The administration issued a major climate regulation aimed at virtually eliminating carbon emissions from coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels and a driver of global warming.

The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded.

New regulations could spell the end for plants that burn coal, the fossil fuel that powered the country for more than a century.

The deal would create one of the largest copper miners at a time when demand is soaring for the metal used in many green technologies.

The rapper, producer, actor and vegan talks about the connections between meat and masculinity, animal welfare and the environment.

Lisa Friedman, who covers climate change, discussed the fight to regulate toxic chemicals found in nearly half of America’s tap water.

New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity.

Paris is becoming a city of bikes. Across China, people are snapping up $5,000 electric cars. On Earth Day, a look at a few bright spots for emission reductions.

April is typically hot in South and Southeast Asia, but temperatures this month have been unusually high.

In theory, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store. But you may still want to think before you add to cart.

President Biden announced $7 billion more for solar power projects and pointed to a new a climate work force as he tries to galvanize young voters.

Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward?

There’s 50 percent more carbon dioxide in the air than before the Industrial Revolution.

Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were.

Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said.

The decision by a Massachusetts solar company to abandon plans to build a $1.4 billion U.S. factory highlights the risks amid a flood of Chinese clean energy exports.

The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.

Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”

The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope.

As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.

An international team of researchers found that heavy rains had intensified in the region, though they couldn’t say for sure how much climate change was responsible.

Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.

The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.

Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.

The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.

Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s playing his games in the open air in Manhattan.

Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help turn the tide against climate change.

A mining company wants to build a 211-mile industrial road through Alaskan wilderness to reach a large copper deposit. The Interior Department says it would harm wildlife and communities.

And what would that mean for the climate?

Feral cats take a heavy toll on the world’s wildlife, especially Down Under. The solution? Smarter traps, sharpshooters, survival camp for prey species, and the “Felixer.”

Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization.

Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.

First, fish off the Florida Keys started swimming in spirals or upside down. Then, endangered sawfish started dying. Scientists are racing to figure out why.

To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags.

The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why.

When traditional conservation fails, science is using “assisted evolution” to give vulnerable wildlife a chance.

From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.

The fossil fuel industry says higher rates will harm the economy. The administration says they will pay for the environmental costs of drilling and mining.

For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.

Mr. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has turned off many people with polarizing remarks on social media, and it may be affecting the automaker’s sales.