Thousands of lithium-ion batteries burned in a facility in Moss Landing, Calif., sending up a plume of smoke and heavy metals. Today, the cleanup continues. By Claire Barber MOSS LANDING, Calif.—A snarl of steel and debris still sits front and center at the Moss Landing Power Plant, after one ofContinue Reading
A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks’ teeth and found that future generations of sharks could have weaker teeth because of changing ocean chemistry.Continue Reading
Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found that only a tiny fraction reaches beaches through rivers, while direct drainage from fields to the sea sends far more plastic back onto shore. Once there, waves and tides brieflyContinue Reading
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Several Gulf Coast LNG and utility executives dismissed the importance of sustainability for LNG projects at the Reuters Energy LIVE 2025 conference in Houston, Texas, last week. “So, at the end of the day, all the sustainability stuff, I’m not going to belittle it too much,” Vivek Chandra, CEO ofContinue Reading
Several Canadian media outlets gave prominent coverage in December to a new report arguing that exporting massive amounts of natural gas from British Columbia to Asia will be good for the global fight against climate change. But stories in Canada’s national newspaper of record, The Globe & Mail, as wellContinue Reading
Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, were suspended on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering evacuations that halted negotiations between more than 190 delegations. The summit was set to conclude Friday, and the disruption came at a critical moment as countries were lockedContinue Reading
With the clock ticking on climate negotiations in Belém, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaking separately, delivered a united message: the world is watching, and compromise cannot wait.Continue Reading
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and science reporter Bob Berwyn as they discuss the latest reports on relentless human-caused global warming. By Bob Berwyn Several new climate reports released this week indicate “an unprecedented run of global heat” in 2025, especially in the oceans and atContinue Reading
Communities across the U.S. held parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But the current political climate left some feeling more fraught than festive when it came to how to honor the…Continue Reading
Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong takes a trip into the New York Times archives to see how our understanding of Antarctica has changed over the past century.Continue Reading
Southern California Edison said its equipment most likely started the Eaton fire but asserted that government agencies and other businesses shared liability for the devastation.Continue Reading
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