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February 20, 2021 at 10:13 am

Texas crisis exposes nation’s vulnerability to climate change

Even as Texas struggled to restore electricity and water over the past week, signs of the risks posed by increasingly extreme weather to America’s aging...

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January 27, 2021 at 5:12 pm

Biden, Emphasizing Job Creation, Signs Sweeping Actions to Fight Climate Change VIEW

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a sweeping series of executive actions — ranging from pausing new federal oil leases to electrifying the...

FILE – President Donald Trump observes a neighborhood that was destroyed by wildfires in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17, 2018. The White House repeatedly attempted to thwart the countryÕs premier climate science document, one meant to steer policy for years. Scientists got in the way. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

January 1, 2021 at 7:30 pm

How Trump tried, but largely failed, to derail America’s top climate report

The National Climate Assessment, America’s premier contribution to climate knowledge, stands out for a news distinction: It is one of the few major U.S. climate...

December 5, 2020 at 10:55 am

A novel experiment in a race to rescue a reef from climate change VIEW

When Hurricane Delta hit Puerto Morelos, Mexico, in October, a team known as the Brigade waited anxiously for the sea to quiet. The group, an...

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FILE — The headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in SIlver Spring, Md., on Aug. 4, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times) XNYT54 XNYT54

October 27, 2020 at 2:43 pm

Trump makes a final push against climate science as election nears

The administration has removed the chief scientist at NOAA, the nation’s premier scientific agency, installed new political staff who have questioned accepted facts about climate...

With only open windows and fans to cool the room down, students enter their non air conditioned classroom at Campbell High School, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 in Ewa, Hawaii. Many public school classrooms across the Island are not equipped with AC, making it difficult for both teachers and students when the temperatures are high. In Hawaii, which has been experiencing record high temperatures, school officials are weighing whether it makes sense to have heat days, where they cancel school because it’s simply too hot. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia) HIMG106

October 5, 2020 at 12:25 pm

Hotter days widen racial gap in U.S. schools, data shows

Looking at data from 58 countries, researchers found that higher temperatures correlated with lower standardized-test scores. In the United States, the detrimental impact of heat...

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September 4, 2020 at 11:10 am

Survey: Americans back limits on building in fire and flood zones

WASHINGTON — Americans support far more aggressive government regulation to fight the effects of climate change than elected officials have been willing to pursue so...

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July 14, 2020 at 1:37 pm

New Data Show an ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in U.S. Coastal Flooding

WASHINGTON — Parts of the United States saw record levels of high-tide flooding last year as rising seas brought water farther into coastal homes and...

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June 18, 2020 at 4:52 pm

Climate change tied to pregnancy risks, affecting Black mothers most

WASHINGTON — Pregnant women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have children who are premature, underweight or stillborn, and African...

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March 11, 2020 at 11:18 am

Trump administration presses cities to evict homeowners from flood zones VIEW

WASHINGTON — The federal government is giving local officials nationwide a painful choice: Agree to use eminent domain to force people out of flood-prone homes,...

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