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What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

13 February 2026 at 21:03
The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.

Β© Jenny Kane/Associated Press

E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify β€œtrillions of dollars” in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

12 January 2026 at 05:02
The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight against climate change will make it hard to keep warming at safe levels, scientists said.

Β© Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times

America’s greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas, which had finally started to decline, rose 1.9 percent after Mr. Trump returned to office.

The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Counter Global Warming

11 January 2026 at 14:36
The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH β€” by mixing chemicals into the water.

Β© Alexander Coggin for The New York Times

Adam Subhas of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

Venezuela’s β€˜Dirty’ Oil and the Environment: Three Things to Know

5 January 2026 at 17:48
Most of the reserves in the country are extra-heavy oil that’s tough to extract and generates more greenhouse gases.

Β© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Flaring at the Amuay refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.
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