President Trump took the oath of office at noon Monday, and within hours he had signed dozens of executive orders and issued nearly 1,600 pardons as he quickly sought to remake the federal government and test the limits of his authority. His actions touched on some of the biggest policy issues in American life, from…
DARK LABORATORY: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis, by Tao Leigh Goffe The slow-motion disaster that is climate change started with our unearthing long-buried organic matter and lighting it aflame, which released particles into the atmosphere that hold warmth. This is the story we tell ourselves about a central cause…
President Trump said at his inauguration on Monday that he would sign a barrage of executive orders to grant his administration new powers to promote fossil fuels and to withdraw support for renewable energy, signaling that the United States government would no longer fight climate change. Mr. Trump also intends to withdraw the United States…
The White House on Monday said that President Trump would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact among almost all nations to fight climate change. By withdrawing, the United States would join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only four countries not party to the agreement, under which nations work together to…
At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements obtained by The New York Times. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average. The spiking levels underscore…
As the second presidency of Donald J. Trump begins, America’s largest banks and asset managers have abandoned one of the most overt symbols of their commitment to reaching green goals: climate action networks. In the month leading up to Mr. Trump’s inauguration on Monday, the six largest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, left…
Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster. Source link
If your home was damaged or destroyed by the fires in Los Angeles, the most daunting challenge may still be ahead: Getting your insurance company, or the federal government, to give you the money you’re entitled to receive. That process can be infuriating and baffling, and it comes during what is already an incredibly stressful…
The Federal Reserve said on Friday that it had withdrawn from a network of global financial regulators focused on climate change risks just days before President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to power. The central bank formally joined the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System in December 2020, shortly after President…
During the first Trump administration, Virginia Burkett, a senior government scientist, felt like she had a target on her back. She fought attempts by Trump officials to eliminate climate research programs while also rejecting their requests that she alter the nation’s premiere report on how global warming affects every region of the country. But Dr….
