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Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:45
University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider.
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No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 10:18
Donald Trump has attacked President Biden’s climate and energy policies with gusto, but many of his criticisms are simply untrue.
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Skating on ‘Wild’ Ice in Alaska

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/21/2024 - 07:06
When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were ready.
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Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/20/2024 - 20:43
“Natural asset companies” would put a market price on improving ecosystems, rather than on destroying them.
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What’s behind Wall Street’s flip-flop on climate?

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/20/2024 - 16:47
Political and legal risks are mounting for banks and asset managers.
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Republican Attacks on Biden’s Climate Law Raise Concerns Ahead of Election

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/20/2024 - 10:19
Executives of companies with clean energy projects are facing questions about the potential for a rollback of the law and its incentives if a Republican wins.
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More Wall Street Firms Are Flip-Flopping on Climate. Here’s Why.

NYTimes - Environment - Mon, 02/19/2024 - 04:05
Financial giants were already trimming their climate pledges amid Republican attacks. Then came concerns about legal risks.
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Lab-Made Meat? Florida Lawmakers Don’t Like the Sound of It.

NYTimes - Environment - Sun, 02/18/2024 - 09:23
Legislators there and in several other states want to restrict the manufacture or sale of meat made in a laboratory, even though it barely exists. The space industry disagrees.
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Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars

NYTimes - Environment - Sat, 02/17/2024 - 09:12
The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan.
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Biden Faces More Pressure From Environmentalists to Block Steel Merger

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 16:10
Climate change joins national security and concern about jobs in a mounting pressure campaign to prevent Nippon Steel from buying U.S. Steel.
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Ross Gelbspan, Who Exposed Roots of Climate Change Deniers, Dies at 84

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 13:39
A longtime investigative journalist, he wrote books and articles that documented a campaign of disinformation intended to sow doubt about global warming.
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Is That Polar Bear Getting Enough to Eat? Try a Collar With a Camera.

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 11:33
Scientists collected video from 20 bears during ice-free months to understand whether the animals can survive longer periods on land in a warming world.
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Montana Court Restricts Use of Groundwater for New Homes

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 09:36
The scion of a political dynasty sought to build a subdivision in a water-stressed valley. A judge said no, a decision that could slow development across the state.
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Fires Are the Sum of Our Choices

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 09:29
Climate change, ecology and fire suppression have combined to bring us the return of the “urban firestorm.”
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After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 08:13
Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people.
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As Home Insurance Bills Go Up, Owners’ Coverage Is Going Down

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 07:42
Frequent natural disasters and high inflation have led insurers to raise premiums, and forced many customers to pare back their policies.
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BlackRock, JPMorgan and State Street Retreat From a Climate Group

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 06:50
BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and State Street are quitting or scaling back their ties to an influential global investment coalition.
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What Scientists Learned from the Oldest Wild Platypus Ever Found

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/15/2024 - 21:09
Studying the tiny animal, a 23-year-old found in a creek in Australia, offered hope for the threatened species and clues for how to help them survive.
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Tipping Points for the Planet

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:30
Complex environmental systems are undergoing profound upheavals as a result of human activity.
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California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work.

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:56
A ban on single-use bags included an exemption for bags meant to be reused and recycled. Except, they weren’t. New legislation aims to fix that.
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