Category: Global Warming

The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

The administration is not only allowing more greenhouse gases. It is undermining the nation’s ability to understand and respond to a hotter planet.
Federal Reserve Plans to Cut 10% of Its Staff

In an internal memo to staff on Friday, Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, said the institution would offer a voluntary deferred resignation program.
Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills

Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.
A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era

Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than conventional cars?
How Trump May Unintentionally Cut Carbon Emissions

Despite his administration’s lack of concern about climate change, a recession would give the atmosphere a break. At least in the short term.
New Study Could Bolster Climate Laws to Make Polluters Pay

Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific responsibility.
Global Economic Leaders Gathering in U.S. Confront Trump’s New World Order

The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy.
Why Japan Counts 72 Microseasons

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for eating, gathering and celebrating.
The Legacy of Pope Francis’s Business Diplomacy

As pontiff, Francis sought to build bridges with global corporate leaders, who sought audiences with him — but also to remind them about the need to look out for the poor.
A Reporter Gets a Buzz From Thousands of Bees

The plight of American honeybees drew a journalist away from his usual beat covering energy.
In Argentina, a Boom in Antarctic Cruises Is Straining the ‘End of the World’

Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also squeezing locals and stressing the environment.
Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.

Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that President Trump will struggle to do away with.