NYTimes - Environment

Some businesses in low-lying areas of New York City have developed routines to keep their goods and customers dry.

Cameron Hamilton defended the agency last year when President Trump talked about eliminating it. Emergency managers hope for more stability if he’s confirmed as administrator.

The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.

Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.

The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

On Monday, hazy skies and poor air quality continued to affect parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes region.

Hundreds of wildfires in Canada and the United States have blanketed large sections of North America in dense smoke over the past week.

Forecasters expected the worst conditions across the Great Lakes region on Sunday, with air quality alerts in effect across the area.

Wildfires are intensifying. Our climate reporter Mira Rojanasakul goes inside an unusual lab working to protect homes from the flames.

The smoke isn’t going away, but where it affects air quality will shift over the next few days. Conditions were improving Saturday for parts of the Northeast, a forecaster said.

There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfires. The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells explains that with every climate disaster, we’re not just adapting to a “new normal,” but bracing ourselves for what’s next.

The Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage estimate they’ve removed 6,000 pounds of refuse from ponds on Cape Cod. “There’s no better feeling,” one said.

Labs at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service have analyzed the effects of wildfires. The administration wants to shutter them.

A lack of sirens and flood forecasting systems made the state’s Hill Country vulnerable to deadly floods last summer. That has changed.

Wildfire smoke is linked to tens of thousands of deaths a year, a number that is rising with climate change.

Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.

The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

Until recently, France’s forest fires were mostly in the south. This week, fires are raging much farther north. France is having to rethink its firefighting strategy.

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

A towering apartment development has been approved for the waterfront, even though some residents would have preferred parkland.