NYT > Climate and Environment

by Abdi Latif Dahir on 2020-02-21 in desert locust, Insects, Kenya, Horn of Africa, East Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agriculture and Farming, Global Warming, Pesticides

At first, villagers thought the dark, dense blot in the sky was a harmless cloud. Then came the terrifying realization that the locusts had arrived.

by Henry Fountain on 2020-02-20 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Temperature, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Global average temperatures for the month were 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit above average and slightly higher than in January 2016, the previous record-holder.

by Lisa Friedman and Miranda Green on 2020-02-20 in Global Warming, Alcoholic Beverages, Republican Party

Also this week, booze and global warming

by Marion Renault on 2020-02-20 in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Rats, Rodents, Genetics and Heredity, Paleontology, Fossils, Biology and Biochemistry, Idaho, Harbert, Robert, Tessler, Michael, Ecology and Evolution (Journal), Research, your-feed-science

Scientists worked out what lived in part of the Western United States tens of thousands of years ago by studying DNA found in pack rat middens.

by Charles Homans on 2020-02-20 in Wildfires, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Disasters and Emergencies, Global Warming, Australia

The world is indifferent to our fate.

by Hiroko Tabuchi on 2020-02-19 in Global Warming, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Methane, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Natural Gas, Nature (Journal), University of Rochester, Hmiel, Benjamin

The findings add urgency of efforts to cut emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas routinely leaked or intentionally released into the atmosphere.

by Alyson Krueger on 2020-02-19 in Flowers and Plants, Valentine’s Day, Waste Materials and Disposal, Recycling of Waste Materials, Compost, Sustainable Living, New York City

The sharing economy has come for the flower industry.

by Karen Weise on 2020-02-17 in Philanthropy, Global Warming, Amazon.com Inc, Bezos, Jeffrey P, Bezos Earth Fund

The world’s richest man unveiled a fund to help climate scientists and activists, an escalation of his philanthropic efforts.

by Clyde Haberman on 2020-02-16 in Meat, Vegetarianism, Diet and Nutrition, Lappe, Frances Moore, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Livestock, Agriculture and Farming, Diet for a Small Planet (Book)

Americans looking to cut back on meat are following a movement forged by a groundbreaking book, ‘Diet for a Small Planet.’

by Anne Barnard on 2020-02-16 in Waste Materials and Disposal, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Deaths (Fatalities), Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Labor and Jobs, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sanitation Department (NYC), New York City, de Blasio, Bill

A sweeping overhaul aims to make commercial garbage pickup safer for pedestrians, workers and the environment.

by Damien Cave and Matthew Abbott on 2020-02-15 in Australia, Wildfires, Fires and Firefighters, Global Warming, Politics and Government

What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow?

by Claire Moses on 2020-02-15 in Levees and Dams, Global Warming, Engineering and Engineers, Europe, London (England), Netherlands, North Sea

A proposal to build two huge barriers — one that would connect Norway to Scotland, the other France to England — was described as a warning about the urgency of the climate crisis.

by Hannah Beech and Adam Dean on 2020-02-15 in Thailand, Mekong River, Levees and Dams, Global Warming, Rivers, Fish and Other Marine Life, Hydroelectric Power, Agriculture and Farming, Drought, Laos

Thailand funded the first dam on the river in Laos, and it is Thai towns, farms and fisheries that are suffering.

by John Schwartz on 2020-02-15 in Pachauri, Rajendra K, Deaths (Obituaries), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Science and Technology, Global Warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Energy and Resources Institute, United Nations

Sharing the prize with Al Gore, his U.N. organization was recognized for its work on global warming, but his career was undone by harassment accusations.

by Shola Lawal on 2020-02-14 in Hurricane Dorian (2019), Bahama Islands, Reefs, Coral, Environment, Oceans and Seas

The storm’s effects were uneven: About 30 percent of the country’s coral was destroyed, but some reefs appeared to be undamaged.

by Ian Austen on 2020-02-14 in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil Sands, Global Warming, Canada, Auchter, Christopher (Filmmaker), Kenney, Jason (1968- ), Poly, Christophe, HSBC Holdings PLC., Indigenous People, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Foreign Investments, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

The Canada Letter speaks with a Times reporter who has looked into large investors who have turned away from the oil sands.

by Coral Davenport on 2020-02-13 in Automobiles, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Emissions (Transportation), Global Warming, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Environmental Protection Agency, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2020

President Trump’s long-promised rollback of Obama-era fuel economy standards may not be completed until this summer, and may not be tenable even then.

by Knvul Sheikh on 2020-02-13 in Agriculture and Farming, Robots and Robotics, Computers and the Internet, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Corn, Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Illinois, your-feed-science, Vegetables

A new generation of autonomous robots is helping plant breeders shape the crops of tomorrow.

by Michael J. de la Merced on 2020-02-13 in Murdoch, James R, Venture Capital, News Corporation, Environment, BlackRock Inc, Global Warming, Start-ups, Containers and Packaging

Mr. Murdoch, now divorced from the day-to-day operations of News Corp, plans to announce investments in sustainable packaging and a venture organized by BlackRock.

by Christopher Flavelle on 2020-02-13 in Oil Sands, Alberta (Canada), Global Warming, Banking and Financial Institutions, Stocks and Bonds, BlackRock Inc, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc, HSBC Holdings PLC., Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Canada, Boycotts

Lenders and investors, under pressure to act on climate change, have stopped funding Alberta’s vast oil-sands developments, and the province is fighting back.

by Lisa Friedman on 2020-02-13 in Trees and Shrubs, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Benioff, Marc, Salesforce.com Inc, Kushner, Jared, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2020

A tech billionaire’s PowerPoint brought the Trillion Trees climate plan to the president, a textbook case of ad hoc policymaking in the Trump era.

by Brad Plumer on 2020-02-12 in Global Warming, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Carbon Dioxide, Air Pollution, BP Plc

It is the first oil giant to make a zero-emissions climate pledge that covers the burning of fuel it extracts.

by Elizabeth Paton on 2020-02-12 in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fashion and Apparel, Carbon Caps and Emissions Trading Programs, Shopping and Retail, New York Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, Council of Fashion Designers of America, London (England), Milan (Italy), New York City, St Kitts and Nevis, your-feed-fashion

According to a new report, the New York shows are the biggest carbon culprit when it comes to travel, buyers, and brands.

by Henry Fountain on 2020-02-12 in Global Warming, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Nature (Journal), Medicine and Health

About half of the premature deaths caused by poor air quality are linked to pollutants that blow in from other states, a new study found.

by Henry Fountain and Tatiana Schlossberg on 2020-02-12 in Global Warming, Oceans and Seas, Environment, Antarctic Regions, Alternative and Renewable Energy

Also this week, the path to 100% renewable energy