In Coronavirus, Industry Sees Chance to Undo Plastic Bag Bans
They are “petri dishes for bacteria and carriers of harmful pathogens,” read one warning from a plastics industry group. They are “virus-laden.” The group’s target?...
How a Trump insider embeds climate denial in scientific research
Interior Department emails, dating from 2017 through last year and obtained under public-records laws, provide the latest evidence of the Trump administration’s widespread attacks on...
Japan races to build new coal-burning power plants, despite the climate risks
Together the power plants would emit almost as much carbon dioxide annually as all the passenger cars sold each year in the United States. The...
Doomed jets lacked 2 key safety features that Boeing sold only as extras
In the wake of the two deadly crashes involving the same jet model, Boeing will make one of those safety features standard as part of...
As waters rise, world’s runways face crisis
Extreme weather and rising sea levels pose one of the most urgent threats to many of the world’s busiest airports, which often weren’t designed with...
Many major airports are near sea level. A disaster in Japan shows what can go wrong.
Extreme weather and rising sea levels today pose one of the most urgent threats to many of the world’s busiest airports, which often weren’t designed...
California strikes back against the Trump administration’s auto-pollution rollback
At stake is what could be President Donald Trump’s biggest climate-policy rollback, a move that could, by 2035, increase U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by an amount...
Scott Pruitt before the EPA: Fancy homes, a shell company and friends with money
At the EPA, Scott Pruitt is under investigation for allegations of unchecked spending, ethics lapses and other issues, including his interactions with lobbyists.
Extreme weather a big test for Tokyo’s elaborate defense against flooding
Across Japan, rainfall measuring more than 2 inches an hour has increased 30 percent over the past three decades, the Japan Meteorological Agency estimates. The...