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Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Oil Exploration in Remote Areas of the Arctic

✇NYT: Science
By:Karen Zraick
11 December 2025 at 19:29
A federal lawsuit argues that proposed work by ConocoPhillips could threaten delicate ecosystems in the largest tract of public land in the U.S.

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A ConocoPhillips oil drilling site on the North Slope of Alaska near the Willow site, another ConocoPhillips oil exploration project.
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U.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say

✇NYT: Science
By:Eric Niiler
11 December 2025 at 13:54
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.

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The opening session of the 7th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.

Some Mentions of Human Causes of Climate Change Removed From E.P.A. Site

✇NYT: Science
By:Lisa Friedman
9 December 2025 at 15:50
An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity.

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President Trump, who calls climate change a “hoax” is eliminating restrictions on coal, oil and gas while imposing new ones on renewable energy like wind and solar.

Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War

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By:Lisa Friedman and Steven Lee Myers
1 December 2025 at 08:27
Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.

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Oil-rich countries, including the U.S., are downplaying scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously heating the planet.

E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

✇NYT: Science
By:Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow
26 November 2025 at 17:52
Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement.

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A gas flare at an oil facility in Midland, Texas.

Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.

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By:Lisa Friedman
26 November 2025 at 05:00
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.

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Since President Trump took office, oil production is up, but largely because of improved efficiency, and it has not translated into more jobs for either the industry or the overall economy.

COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action

✇NYT: Science
By:Max Bearak and Lisa Friedman
23 November 2025 at 13:13
The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels dangerously heating Earth, was a victory for countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia, diplomats said.

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The closing session of the COP30 climate negotiations in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday.

Energy Department Reorganization Reflects Shift Away From Renewable Energy

✇NYT: Science
By:Brad Plumer
20 November 2025 at 17:38
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.

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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations no longer appear in an organizational chart posted by the Energy Department on Tuesday.

Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act

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By:Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn
19 November 2025 at 16:15
Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live.

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An endangered red wolf in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manns Harbor, N.C., in 2023.

Missing at U.N.’s Climate Meeting: American Executives

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By:Ivan Penn and David Gelles
12 November 2025 at 05:02
Many business leaders are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, or are attending events in other cities.

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Officials from around the world are attending the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, this week, but U.S. government and business leaders are not among them.

There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.

✇NYT: Science
By:Brad Plumer
12 November 2025 at 09:10
The International Energy Agency once projected that oil and gas demand could level off by 2030. Now it’s backing off, sort of.

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Pump jacks in Russia in 2023. The energy agency’s reports are influential and often cited by energy companies and investors as a basis for long-term planning.

Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling

✇NYT: Science
By:Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman
13 November 2025 at 02:57
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific, called the proposal “dead on arrival.”

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An oil rig off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif. The plan would also require new oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump’s Efforts to Slow It

✇NYT: Technology
By:Rebecca F. Elliott
14 October 2025 at 05:01
With federal subsidies ending or becoming hard to claim, companies are racing ahead with solar, wind and battery projects.

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The Little Elk solar project in Elkton, Md., is among those owned by CleanCapital, a company that develops and operates solar and battery storage projects around the country.
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