NYTimes - Environment

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

Yes, El Niño is unusually powerful this time. But that’s not always a bad thing.

Two lawsuits seek to reverse the Trump administration’s moves to open the habitats of imperiled wildlife to commercial activities.

As British farmers confront intense heat waves tied to climate change, some are cultivating new crops rarely grown in their country.

Plus, the State Fair by the numbers.

The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.

The state is considering extending the life of its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, and allowing construction of new reactors to help meet its clean energy goals.

Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.

No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.

In an era of heavy rain, a transit system with 47,000 openings is bound to leak.

A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.

The electric automaker’s new R2 takes what works from its bigger, costlier brother and adds a host of features with the mass market in mind.

The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.

If you thought this summer felt a little bit off, you’re not alone.

A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.

Ambitious aims have given way to political anxiety over prices as many states’ 2030 emissions targets appear increasingly out of reach.

But every crisis is an opportunity.

New research links climate policies to improved early-childhood development.

Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.