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Tracking Trump’s Biggest Climate Moves

Tracking Trump’s climate movesLess than a month into President Trump’s second term, a flurry of executive actions, abrupt policy changes and legal challenges have begun to significantly reshape the federal government. The moves have also resulted in an upheaval...

Southern California Braces for Storm Damage in Wildfire Areas

A large swath of California was bracing Thursday for an intense bout of rain that could lead to flooding and cause debris flows in areas recently burned by wildfires.The Southern California regions scorched by flames last month were of...

FEMA Can Freeze Money for Migrant Shelter Program in New York, Judge Says

The Federal Emergency Management Agency can halt payments to New York City for a program designed to shelter migrants, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday.But the judge, John J. McConnell Jr. of U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, made...

California’s Scary Product Warning Labels Might Be Working, Study Says

The warnings, on thousands of products sold in California, are stark.“Use of the following products,” one label says, “will expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.”Now, new...

Chevron to Lay Off Up to 20% of Staff

Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, said on Wednesday that it would lay off as much as 20 percent of its work force, or up to around 9,000 people, as part of a cost-cutting effort.While the cuts...

S.E.C. Moves to Kill Climate Disclosure Rule

The acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Uyeda, took the first step on Tuesday to rolling back a rule that would require thousands of publicly traded companies to provide investors with detailed information about the impact...

California’s FAIR Plan Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires

California’s home insurance plan of last resort, designed for people who can’t get coverage on the private market, does not have enough money to pay claims from the Los Angeles wildfires and is getting an infusion of cash from...

Helen Hays, Who Helped Bring Terns Back to Long Island Sound, Dies at 94

Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for nearly 50 years led scores of volunteers to Great Gull Island, a postage-stamp islet in Long Island Sound, where they endured dive-bombing birds and fierce ocean storms to help revitalize it...

BP Vows ‘Fundamental Reset’ in Strategy as Profit Plunges

Murray Auchincloss, the chief executive of the struggling energy giant BP, promised “a fundamental reset” of the company’s strategy on Tuesday while reporting disappointing earnings.The shift comes after a long period of lackluster share performance compared with its industry...

NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s leading climate science agencies, has been ordered to identify grants related to global warming and other topics targeted by President Trump’s executive orders, raising fears that those grants are...
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Chernobyl reactor shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says

A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter over the damaged reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,...
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