NYTimes - Environment
Archaeologists Reveal an Ancient Factory of Purple Dye
Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:18
Archaeologists have revealed a major production site for one of history’s most luxurious, and smelliest, colorants.
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Satellite Data Gives Crisper Look at Cities at Risk of Sea Level Rise
Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:07
A new study of sinking and rising land along American coasts offers a more specific understanding of potential flooding in 32 coastal cities.
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Green Architecture Hits a Growth Spurt
Wed, 03/06/2024 - 04:03
Buildings made shaggy with vegetation or fragrant with wood are no longer novelties.
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Tumbleweeds Bury Utah’s Cars and Houses
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 17:35
Over the weekend the spiny orbs buried cars and piled up against the sides of houses as an unusual storm swept the region with dust and snow. And tumbleweeds. They’re still digging out.
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Estella Bergere Leopold Dies at 97; Found Climate Clues in Ancient Pollen
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 16:34
The last child of the pioneering ecologist Aldo Leopold, she also helped preserve her father’s legacy as a founder of the modern environmental movement.
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How a Climate Rule Got Watered Down
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 14:54
The S.E.C. was the target of intense corporate lobbying and a backlash from Republicans.
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It’s Not Officially the Anthropocene but Humans Have Changed the Planet
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 14:35
Many of our imprints on nature will be preserved in the rocks, scientists say, even if this time isn’t yet recognized as a new geologic epoch.
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He’s Accused of Smuggling, but Not Drugs or Guns: It’s Greenhouse Gases
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 12:04
In a first, a California man was charged with sneaking banned gases, used in outdated fridges and air-conditioners, into the United States.
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Global Warming Is Particularly Bad for Women-Led Families, Study Says
Tue, 03/05/2024 - 09:32
New U.N. research shows that climate change disproportionately erodes income in households led by women in poorer countries. But there are ways to fix it.
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Courts Give States New Power to Protect Groundwater
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 18:33
In the space of a few weeks, judges in Idaho, Nevada and Montana have altered the landscape for conserving dwindling aquifers.
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Canada Braces for Wildfire Season as ‘Zombie Fires’ Blaze
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 08:53
A government forecast suggests that there could be even more wildfires this season than during last year’s exceptional fire period.
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Discover Dominica’s Secret Garden of Waterfalls and Hot Springs Before Everyone Does
Sun, 03/03/2024 - 12:55
Dominica, a remote Caribbean island, enchants with its waterfalls, hot springs and hummingbirds. But a new airport and more tourists could tame its wildness.
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Climate Change and ‘Last-Chance Tourism’
Sun, 03/03/2024 - 10:36
Travelers are racing to see parts of the world that may soon vanish.
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A New Gondola Takes Visitors to a Vanishing Alpine Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?
Sun, 03/03/2024 - 04:00
“Last-chance tourists” are visiting the melting Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France, in droves. A just-opened lift should make that easier. But some worry tourism is only making the problem worse.
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Nancy Wallace, Fervent Savior of the Bronx River, Dies at 93
Sat, 03/02/2024 - 08:50
She helped transform a watery graveyard for automobiles, tires and appliances into an urban greenbelt for New York City and Westchester County.
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He Wants Oil Money Off Campus. She’s Funded by Exxon. They’re Friends.
Fri, 03/01/2024 - 18:39
The two friends, both climate researchers, recently spent hours confronting the choices that will shape their careers, and the world. Their ideas are very different.
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Inside the E.P.A. Decision to Narrow Two Big Climate Rules
Fri, 03/01/2024 - 18:26
Michael Regan, the E.P.A. administrator, said the Biden administration would meet its climate goals despite tweaking regulations on automobiles and power plants
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2 Charged After Pouring Red Powder Over Case Holding U.S. Constitution
Fri, 03/01/2024 - 18:11
Two activists poured the powder over the protective case at the National Archives Museum last month to call attention to climate change, prosecutors said.
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Nuclear Power Bill Passed by House, Support Grows in Congress
Fri, 03/01/2024 - 17:11
Measures moving through Congress to encourage new reactors are receiving broad bipartisan support, as lawmakers embrace a once-contentious technology.
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New E.P.A. Rules Aim to Minimize Damage From Chemical Facilities
Fri, 03/01/2024 - 08:29
The rules require facilities to explicitly address threats such as wildfires or flooding, including those linked to climate change.
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