NYTimes - Environment

The smoke isn’t going away, but where it affects air quality will shift over the next few days. Conditions were improving Saturday for parts of the Northeast, a forecaster said.

There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfires. The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells explains that with every climate disaster, we’re not just adapting to a “new normal,” but bracing ourselves for what’s next.

The Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage estimate they’ve removed 6,000 pounds of refuse from ponds on Cape Cod. “There’s no better feeling,” one said.

Labs at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service have analyzed the effects of wildfires. The administration wants to shutter them.

A lack of sirens and flood forecasting systems made the state’s Hill Country vulnerable to deadly floods last summer. That has changed.

Wildfire smoke is linked to tens of thousands of deaths a year, a number that is rising with climate change.

Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.

The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

Until recently, France’s forest fires were mostly in the south. This week, fires are raging much farther north. France is having to rethink its firefighting strategy.

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

A towering apartment development has been approved for the waterfront, even though some residents would have preferred parkland.

As overnight temperatures climb across Canada, fires that once spread more slowly after dark are burning around the clock, straining fire crews.

Higher temperatures and drought conditions are contributing to more intense wildfires and extending the summer fire season in North America.

We visited researchers seeking ways to make homes safer. They set a lot of fires.

“Every New Yorker should take precautions,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. Gov. Kathy Hochul also issued a statewide air quality advisory.

A new book sheds light on President Trump’s affinity for fossil fuels.

Officials in Santa Clara County began knocking on doors on Monday to collect potentially infested plants sold at some Costco stores.

Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health hazards.

A power auction conducted by a giant grid operator is expected to add $6.3 billion in additional charges to consumers and businesses because of electricity needs of data centers.

Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.