Despite being in office for less than a month, the Trump administration has already made the United States more exposed to catastrophic wildfires in ways that will be difficult to reverse, current and former federal employees say. On Thursday, the administration fired 3,400 employees from the U.S. Forest Service, which manages 193 million acres of…
Despite being in office for less than a month, the Trump administration has already made the United States more exposed to catastrophic wildfires in ways that will be difficult to reverse, current and former federal employees say. On Thursday, the administration fired 3,400 employees from the U.S. Forest Service, which manages 193 million acres of…
(Editors note: This is the second edition of The Climate Fix, a twice-a-month look at some of the biggest and most promising solutions to climate change. Read the last version here. Got comments? Email us at Climateforward@nytimes.com.) Thanks in large part to booming data center construction and the surge in artificial intelligence, electricity demand in…
As the Trump administration continues to withhold billions of dollars for climate and clean energy spending — despite two federal judges ordering the money released — concerns are growing that the United States government could skip out on its legal commitments. Typically, when the federal government spends money through a grant or a loan program…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided to stop enforcing rules designed to prevent flood damage to schools, libraries, fire stations and other public buildings. Experts say the move, which has not been publicly announced, could endanger public safety and may be in violation of federal law. The change in policy was laid out in…
Tracking Trump’s climate moves Less than a month into President Trump’s second term, a flurry of executive actions, abrupt policy changes and legal challenges have begun to significantly reshape the federal government. The moves have also resulted in an upheaval of the country’s efforts to address climate change. Given the velocity of the changes, it…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency can halt payments to New York City for a program designed to shelter migrants, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday. But the judge, John J. McConnell Jr. of U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, made clear that his order has no bearing on the legality of the Trump administration’s broader…
President Trump has nominated Kathleen Sgamma, a professional advocate for the oil and gas industry, to run the Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the Interior Department that oversees grazing, logging, drilling and wildlife conservation on 245 million acres of public land. The nomination was received by the Senate on Tuesday and referred to…
Environmental groups that fought bruising courtroom battles with the first Trump administration are steeling themselves for another round amid a barrage of executive orders, firings and funding cuts. In interviews with more than a half-dozen of the most prominent groups, executives said that some — but not all — legal challenges could take time to…
It may be more heartbreaking than hearing your Thanksgiving dinner is wasteful or your Halloween chocolate is problematic. But yes: Those Valentine’s roses do have an environmental cost. The majority of cut flowers this time of year are flown in from Colombia and Ecuador on refrigerated airplanes, burning through fossil fuels. Commercial flower farming has…
