Chris Wright Sells Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Vision

23 September 2026 at 08:50

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.

Chris Wright, the Energy Secretary, speaking before the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Abundance in Houston last week.

Judge Dismisses Unusual Climate Suit Claiming Oil Giants Broke Antitrust Law

NYT: Science

By: Karen Zraick

22 September 2026 at 18:23

The lawsuit, filed by Michigan, claimed oil companies colluded to obstruct solar power and to misrepresent climate risks, making energy costlier.

Dana Nessel, Michigan’s attorney general, whose lawsuit accused fossil fuel companies of creating a “cartel” and raising costs for residents.

$345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace Should Be Overturned, Lawyers Say

NYT: Science

By: Karen Zraick

22 September 2026 at 14:27

A group of civil-rights and free-speech lawyers accused the judge of bias and “general incompetence.”

Greenpeace in 2025 lost a lawsuit brought by pipeline company Energy Transfer over protests against its Dakota Access Pipeline. A protest encampment in 2016.

The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

NYT: Technology

By: Chico Harlan

22 September 2026 at 08:20

Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.

Construction of an A.I. data center in Texas last month.

Human-Caused Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Report Finds

NYT: Science

By: Raymond Zhong

16 September 2026 at 19:00

Rising temperatures contributed to the disaster by destabilizing the permafrost and ice around the collapsed rock, scientists concluded.

The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal after the flash flooding last month.

Rising Seas Are Gobbling Up Beaches Around the World. A.I. Might Restore Them.

NYT: Science

By: Quinn Glabicki

17 September 2026 at 13:07

An experiment with roots at M.I.T. used A.I. and satellite images to grow a coastline in the Maldives. More projects are planned for Boston and Miami.

Disaster Survivors Sticking Together

NYT: Science

By: David Gelles

15 September 2026 at 14:19

We found grace, humanity and friendship in the stories of disparate Americans hit by climate chaos.

Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?

NYT: Science

By: Chico Harlan

14 September 2026 at 05:02

As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.

Wildfires burning in southwestern France this summer.

Racing to Contain Invasive Green Crabs in Puget Sound

NYT: Science

By: Rebecca Dzombak and Chona Kasinger

11 September 2026 at 12:02

Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound.

A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?

NYT: Science

By: William J. Broad and Cade Metz

11 September 2026 at 08:17

The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.

Choking Global Trade

NYT: Science

By: Claire Brown

10 September 2026 at 15:15

Low rainfall and shrinking rivers are causing shipping bottlenecks, and higher prices, around the world.

The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs

NYT: Science

By: Brad Plumer

10 September 2026 at 11:10

Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.

Coal barges in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, last month.

August Ties for Hottest Month on Record

NYT: Science

By: Raymond Zhong

9 September 2026 at 22:00

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.