NYTimes - Environment

What to know about the local backlash against the booming data center industry, the era of me-first energy and more climate news.

The Iran war is pushing countries to prioritize domestic energy in order to protect themselves from volatile oil and natural gas markets.

Every season brings a new struggle for people in Dadu District, Pakistan, an area prone to sandstorms, drought and flooding.

Every season brings a new struggle for people in Dadu District, Pakistan, an area prone to sandstorms, drought and flooding.

A decade-old treatment plant in San Diego County, Calif., could leave more water in the Colorado River for states facing severe shortages.

Severe heat waves have been hitting India since April, forcing many of the country’s essential workers to make tough decisions.

An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.

The forthcoming order echoes President Trump’s decision to repeal executive orders that have protected other public lands from vehicles for decades.

The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.

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.

Light pollution prompts plants to shed pollen longer and stronger, according to new research.

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.”

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.

The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.

Three months after the Strait of Hormuz was first closed, many countries are experiencing shortages of key goods.

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.

The regulation would have required all publicly traded companies to disclose whether they faced significant risks from climate change and its effects.

New guidance from the Energy Department would prevent people from receiving rebates after making such swaps.

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.