NYTimes - Environment

A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found.

A global survey found harmful levels even in water samples taken far from any obvious source of contamination.

The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why.

For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.

A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.

The fossil fuel industry says higher rates will harm the economy. The administration says they will pay for the environmental costs of drilling and mining.

Mr. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has turned off many people with polarizing remarks on social media, and it may be affecting the automaker’s sales.

The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel group linked to drugs and illegal mining.

The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.

What can fiction tell us about the apocalypse? Ayana Mathis finds unexpected hope in novels of crisis by Ling Ma, Jenny Offill and Jesmyn Ward.

The rule applies to a family of chemicals known as PFAS that are linked to serious health effects. Water utilities argue the cost is too great.

As they look to contain an increasingly aggressive China, the United States and Japan announced dozens of new agreements, including on military, economic, climate and space matters.

Department lawyers said in a brief that Enbridge, a Canadian company, “lacks any legal right” to operate its Line 5 pipeline on reservation territory.

There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.

Experts said it was the first time an international court determined that governments were legally obligated to meet their climate targets under human rights law.

Why emissions hit record levels last year.

Using European Central Bank lending data, researchers said there was not evidence that voluntary commitments were effective in reducing emissions.

The surprising carbon footprint of an Amtrak trip across America.

The new regulation is aimed at reducing the risk of cancer for people who live close to plants emitting toxic chemicals.

From dolphins with Alzheimer’s to cranky traffic judges, writes Clayton Page Aldern, the whole planet is going berserk.