NYT > Climate and Environment

by Amy Tara Koch on 2021-10-23 in Sonoma County (Calif), Eco-Tourism, Wines, Travel and Vacations, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Restaurants, Agriculture and Farming, Content Type: Service, Sustainable Living, Conservation of Resources, Local Food, Single Thread (Healdsburg, Calif, Restaurant)

Carbon sequestration, pollinator habitat restoration and simple composting: An increasing number of the region’s winegrowers are going beyond sustainability. Here’s how to see, and taste, the fruits of their labors.

by Penelope Green on 2021-10-23 in Deaths (Obituaries), Documentary Films and Programs, Global Warming, An Inconvenient Truth (Movie), Open Society Foundations, Gore, Al, Weyermann, Diane (1955-2021), Participant Media LLC

A former public interest lawyer, she oversaw this and many other documentaries that addressed urgent social issues.

by Brett Anderson on 2021-10-23 in Restaurants, Ranches, Cattle, Butchers and Butchering, Beef, Agriculture and Farming, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Global Warming, Seattle (Wash), Bateau (Seattle, Wash, Restaurant), Sustainable Living, audio-neutral-informative

Bateau aims to reinvent the steak restaurant by showing how to sidestep the waste and environmental damage caused by the meat industry.

by Coral Davenport on 2021-10-23 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Alternative and Renewable Energy, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, American Jobs Plan (2021), United States Politics and Government, Senate, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Manchin, Joe III

The new strategy could deeply cut greenhouse gases that are heating the planet but it will still face considerable political, logistical and legal hurdles.

by Henry Fountain on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, El Nino Southern Oscillation, Weather, Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

If you’re wondering why scientists and weather forecasters are talking about these phenomena, we have some answers, including how they got their names.

by Henry Fountain on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, El Nino Southern Oscillation, Drought, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southwestern States (US), Pacific Northwestern States (US)

The climate pattern may also bring some relief to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest this winter.

by Michael Barbaro, Mooj Zadie, Soraya Shockley, Clare Toeniskoetter, Dave Shaw, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Chris Wood on 2021-10-22 in United States Politics and Government, Law and Legislation, Global Warming, Electric Light and Power, Manchin, Joe III, West Virginia, audio-neutral-informative

The centerpiece of the president’s environmental agenda has fallen apart because of the objections of a single senator.

by Henry Fountain on 2021-10-22 in Deaths (Obituaries), Global Warming, Weather, Research, Heat and Heat Waves, Extreme Weather, World Weather Attribution, van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan (1961-2021)

With a colleague, he founded a group that quickly analyzes heat waves and other extreme events for signs of global warming’s influence.

by Jeff Sommer on 2021-10-22 in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Coal, International Trade and World Market, Global Warming, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Stocks and Bonds, Economics (Theory and Philosophy), Nordhaus, William D, Peabody Coal Co

As the prospects for strong government action to curb climate change grow less certain, energy shares, and especially coal mining stocks, are generating astonishing returns.

by Elizabeth Preston on 2021-10-22 in Elephants, Evolution (Biology), Teeth and Dentistry, Ivory, Genetics and Heredity, Mozambique, Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique), Wildlife Trade and Poaching, Science (Journal), Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-animals

Scientists identified the genes that played a role in many female elephants of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park being born without tusks.

by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Sarah Kessler, Stephen Gandel, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni on 2021-10-22 in Corporate Social Responsibility, Hedge Funds, Global Warming, Whistle-Blowers, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Trump, Donald J, Weinstein, Boaz R

The investor Boaz Weinstein moved to abandon a blank-check fund that announced a deal with the former president.

by Andrew E. Kramer on 2021-10-22 in Putin, Vladimir V, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, United Nations, Moscow (Russia), Glasgow (Scotland), Politics and Government, International Relations

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may make a speech by video at the United Nations summit, which is seen as pivotal in efforts to stem climate change.

by Andrew E. Kramer on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Ships and Shipping, Economic Conditions and Trends, Pevek (Russia), Arctic Ocean, Russia, Siberia, Suez Canal

Global warming may pose grave dangers around the world, but as one tiny Russian town on the Arctic Ocean shows, it can also be a ticket to prosperity.

by Christopher Flavelle, Julian E. Barnes, Eileen Sullivan and Jennifer Steinhauer on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Migrants (Environmental), Disasters and Emergencies, National Intelligence Estimates, National Security Council, Homeland Security Department, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, United States Defense and Military Forces, Biden, Joseph R Jr, United States Politics and Government, International Relations

Intelligence and defense agencies issued reports warning that the warming planet will increase strife between countries and spur migration.

by Lisa Friedman on 2021-10-22 in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States International Relations, Disasters and Emergencies, Glasgow (Scotland)

Some 20,000 people are preparing to attend climate talks hosted by the United Nations starting at the end of the month. Here are some key facts to know before they go.

on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Joe Manchin is a crucial vote and is firmly against a clean electricity program that is the muscle behind the president’s plan to battle climate change.

by Brad Plumer on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Natural Gas, Coal, Production, Mines and Mining, Alternative and Renewable Energy, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations

Countries are planning to produce more than twice as much oil, gas and coal through 2030 as would be needed if governments want to limit global warming to Paris Agreement goals.

by Anton Troianovski and Sergey Ponomarev on 2021-10-22 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Natural Gas, Coal, Wind Power, Carbon Dioxide, Forests and Forestry, Politics and Government, Putin, Vladimir V, Russia, Sakhalin Island (Russia)

President Vladimir V. Putin long dismissed the threat posed by global warming. But fires, disasters and foreign pressure have prompted him to change course.

by Damien Cave on 2021-10-22 in Politics and Government, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Coal, Australia, Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

The world, and most Australians, are increasingly disappointed by Australia’s lackluster approach to addressing climate change.

by Tara Parker-Pope on 2021-10-22 in Content Type: Service, internal-sub-only-nl, Global Warming, Goodall, Jane, Tanzania, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Book), Optimism

The 87-year-old conservationist, best known for her work with chimpanzees, has written a hopeful survival guide for Homo sapiens.

by Alan Rappeport and Christopher Flavelle on 2021-10-21 in Financial Stability Oversight Council, Yellen, Janet L, Global Warming, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Banking and Financial Institutions, United States Politics and Government, Insurance

A Financial Stability Oversight Council report could lead to more regulatory action and disclosure requirements for banks.

by Derrick Bryson Taylor on 2021-10-21 in California, Newsom, Gavin, Drought, Weather, Conservation of Resources

Gov. Gavin Newsom said it was critical for residents to step up their water-saving efforts as the state ends its second-driest year on record.

by Tess Thackara on 2021-10-21 in Wildfires, Museums, Global Warming, Nevada Museum of Art, Peabody Essex Museum, University of California, Berkeley, Krause, Bernie, Alaska, California, Greenland, Australia

From Alaska to California, museums are less interested in adding to the terror than furthering the connection to the planet.

by Damien Cave on 2021-10-21 in Forrest, Andrew, Content Type: Personal Profile, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fortescue Metals Group, Mines and Mining, Steel and Iron, Alternative and Renewable Energy, Hydrogen, Politics and Government, Perth (Australia), Australia

Andrew Forrest made a mining fortune. Now he wants to lead a climate change revolution — and beat the fossil fuel giants along the way.

by Damien Cave on 2021-10-21 in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Coal, Mines and Mining, Global Warming, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Morrison, Scott (1968- ), Australia, Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

The country has fallen behind other developed nations in its commitment to slashing carbon emissions. Neither fires nor international pressure has pushed it away from coal and other fossil fuels.