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Portland Lawsuit Alleges Tear Gas Use by ICE Is a Health Threat

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 21:52
A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys.
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Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 17:11
Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”
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States Weigh Bills to Allow You to Make Your Own Electricity

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 15:08
Twenty four states are now considering legislation to allow small, plug-in solar power systems that connect directly into a wall socket.
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‘Finding Harmony’ Documentary on King Charles Shows His Longtime Concern for Environment

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 08:34
Environmentalism may have gone out of fashion on Wall Street and in the White House, but the British monarch says he remains deeply committed to the cause in a new documentary, ‘Finding Harmony’.
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What’s Behind the Weird Weather That’s Dominated 2026

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 17:05
While iguanas were stunned by freezing cold in Florida, would-be skiers were looking at dirt on Utah’s slopes. Here’s what’s going on, and when it will finally end.
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The Conservative Activists Behind One of Trump’s Biggest Climate Moves

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 15:20
Four Trump allies have been a driving force behind the administration’s efforts to rollback a key climate regulation.
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Climate Change Is Erased From Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence for Judges

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 15:11
After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.
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Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 14:17
The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.
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A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 10:55
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
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Seals Are Recruited to Study the Ocean Under Antarctic Glaciers

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 08:13
The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could never reach.
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Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In? California Is Trying to Find a Way.

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 05:53
A giant freeway crossing for wildlife is due to open outside Los Angeles this year. Here’s the story of one young cat hemmed in near the city.
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The Artist Nick Cave Couches His Critique in Dazzle

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 04:02
For “Mammoth,” a new show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, he takes up contentious issues of race and climate change in beads, sequins and Lite-Brite colors.
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The Latest Victim of a Snowless West: Dog Sledding

NYTimes - Environment - Mon, 02/09/2026 - 17:45
Organizers of the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge said they would no longer hold a major competition after snow conditions forced its cancellation for a third straight year.
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Students had Antarctica questions. We answered them.

NYTimes - Environment - Mon, 02/09/2026 - 08:25
Students sent in questions about our reporter’s journey to Antarctica, covering data recovery, clothing and more.
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A First Look Below Antarctica’s Most Menacing Glacier

NYTimes - Environment - Sun, 02/08/2026 - 10:20
Scientists on the Thwaites Glacier attempted to install equipment beneath the ice to better understand how it is melting. Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong walks us through their landmark experiment and the bittersweet outcome.
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War Came to Ukraine and Its Dogs Are Not the Same

NYTimes - Environment - Sun, 02/08/2026 - 04:01
Researchers discovered surprising changes to former pets along the front line of combat with Russia.
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Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud

NYTimes - Environment - Sat, 02/07/2026 - 13:17
It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable resources.
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Contentious Weedkiller Gets a Green Light, in a Blow to the MAHA Agenda

NYTimes - Environment - Sat, 02/07/2026 - 07:18
The chemical, dicamba, is used to control weeds on genetically engineered crops. Courts previously had restricted its use.
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What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link

NYTimes - Environment - Sat, 02/07/2026 - 04:03
A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.
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Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/06/2026 - 19:34
Off the coast of Cape Cod, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a unique stretch of ocean that had been protected for a decade.
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