Enviro.News
Trump Announces $700 Million in Funds Meant to Boost Coal Industry
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:56
The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.
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How One Company Plans to Mine the Bottom of the Sea
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:30
A look at the quest to mine the bottom of the ocean for valuable minerals, the connection between light pollution and allergies and more climate news.
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Urban Light Pollution Might Be Worsening Allergies
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:12
Light pollution prompts plants to shed pollen longer and stronger, according to new research.
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E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away
NYTimes - Environment -
Wed, 06/03/2026 - 16:01
Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a “necessity.”
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Unusual Greenpeace Lawsuit May Proceed, Dutch Court Says
NYTimes - Environment -
Wed, 06/03/2026 - 14:03
Greenpeace International is arguing under Dutch law that an American pipeline company, Energy Transfer, sought to silence it with a costly lawsuit in North Dakota.
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Trump Administration to Dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative
NYTimes - Environment -
Wed, 06/03/2026 - 10:31
The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.
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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories
NYTimes - Environment -
Tue, 06/02/2026 - 18:44
The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.
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The Iran War Has Led to Months of Global Shortages
NYTimes - Environment -
Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:51
Three months after the Strait of Hormuz was first closed, many countries are experiencing shortages of key goods.
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New York Sues Trump Administration Over TotalEnergies Wind Farm
NYTimes - Environment -
Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:33
The lawsuit argues that it is illegal to pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies $795 million to cancel a planned wind farm off New York.
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S.E.C. Proposes to Kill Climate Change Disclosure Rule
NYTimes - Environment -
Tue, 06/02/2026 - 09:33
The regulation would have required all publicly traded companies to disclose whether they faced significant risks from climate change and its effects.
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I.R.A. Rebates for Appliance Swaps Could Be Phased Out
NYTimes - Environment -
Mon, 06/01/2026 - 15:33
New guidance from the Energy Department would prevent people from receiving rebates after making such swaps.
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2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say
NYTimes - Environment -
Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:28
Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.
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U.S. Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Start-Ups for Nuclear Fuel
NYTimes - Environment -
Mon, 06/01/2026 - 01:05
Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism from nonproliferation experts.
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As Climate Change Extends Europe’s Heat Season, Schools Bake
NYTimes - Environment -
Fri, 05/29/2026 - 22:00
Classrooms can be particularly vulnerable amid climate change, as the hottest times of the year increasingly overlap with the academic calendar.
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Trump Lifts Restrictions on Off-Road Vehicles on Public Lands
NYTimes - Environment -
Fri, 05/29/2026 - 18:11
The president rescinded two executive orders that led to prohibitions on the use of the vehicles in most national parks.
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A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets
NYTimes - Environment -
Fri, 05/29/2026 - 13:47
A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.
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Greenpeace’s Long War With a Pipeline Titan Enters a Strange New Phase
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 05/28/2026 - 19:09
This month, a North Dakota court barred Greenpeace from saying what it wanted in a European court, an unusual move. The environmental group says it is forging ahead.
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Europe’s Heat Wave Has the ‘Fingerprints of Climate Change All Over It’
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 05/28/2026 - 17:22
An unusually early heat wave in Europe, new technology to save whales and more climate news.
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Diesel Fuel Spilled on National Mall During 250th Event Setup
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 05/28/2026 - 14:43
The Trump administration blamed the two spills on vandalism, though the U.S. Park Police is still investigating the incidents.
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The long voyage helped a Times journalist better understand his late father.
NYTimes - Environment -
Thu, 05/28/2026 - 08:06
A chance discovery aboard the research vessel led to a kind of reconnection.
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