Christopher Flavelle
The New York Times
Washington, DC, United States
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America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
Unchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower. → Read More
Here’s the First-Ever Map Showing Wildfire Risk to American Homes
New data was used to calculate fire risk to residential and other properties throughout the lower 48 United States. The threats are rising. → Read More
Here’s what’s in the infrastructure bill that Biden signed today.
In total, the measure contains $550 billion in new funds to be spread around different areas of need. → Read More
What Is a ‘Carbon Footprint’? And 12 Other Climate Buzzwords
As climate change discussions take center stage in Glasgow, here’s a primer on some of the jargon you’re likely to hear a lot. → Read More
Biden Announces Record Amount of Climate Resilience Funding
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will give states $3.5 billion to prepare for disasters, as wildfires and other calamities pummel the country. → Read More
In the Infrastructure Bill, a Recognition: Climate Change Is a Crisis
For the first time, both parties have acknowledged — by their actions, if not their words — that the United States is unprepared for global warming and will need huge amounts of cash to cope. → Read More
Get Ready for Financial Shocks From Climate Change, Biden Tells Officials
A warming planet holds potential risks for home prices, investments, banking and other aspects of the global economy, the government said. → Read More
Biden Promises to ‘Build Back Better.’ Some Climate Experts See Trouble.
Critics say the administration hasn’t defined a clear climate resilience strategy and has been slow to fill key jobs to coordinate that work. → Read More
Climate Change Could Cut World Economy by $23 Trillion in 2050, Insurance Giant Warns
Poor nations would be particularly hard hit, but few would escape, Swiss Re said. The findings could influence how the industry prices insurance and invests its mammoth portfolios. → Read More
Climate Change Could Cut World Economy by $23 Trillion in 2050, Insurance Giant Warns
Poor nations would be particularly hard hit, but few would escape, Swiss Re said. The findings could influence how the industry prices insurance and invests its mammoth portfolios. → Read More
Test Flight for Sunlight-Blocking Research Is Canceled
The Swedish Space Corporation said it had canceled the flight — part of research to better understand the controversial idea of blocking the sun to fight climate change — after an outcry from environmentalists and others. → Read More
Biden’s Climate Plan Means Tough Choices: Which Homes Get Saved?
The proposal represents an enormous effort to fight climate change, but it sidesteps the question of who will be forced to move because of rising water. → Read More
Scientists Support an Idea Long Thought Outlandish: Reflecting the Sun’s Rays
The National Academies said the United States must study technologies that would artificially cool the planet by blocking sunlight, citing the lack of progress fighting global warming. → Read More
Senate Leader Stalls Climate Overhaul of Flood Insurance Program
Senator Chuck Schumer is objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate risks. → Read More
Biden to Free Up Billions in Delayed Puerto Rico Storm Aid
The administration plans to release $1.3 billion that was meant to help Puerto Rico rebuild after Hurricane Maria in 2017, and will remove restrictions on another $4.9 billion. → Read More
A Late Burst of Climate Denial Extends the Era of Trump Disinformation
Two Trump administration officials have been reassigned over the posting of debunked papers, with the imprimatur of the White House, that questioned the scientific consensus on climate change. → Read More
Wealthier, Whiter Areas Are More Likely to Get Help After Fires, Data Show
New research offers further signs that racial and economic inequality leave some Americans more exposed to the worsening effects of climate change. → Read More
Trump Administration Removes Scientist in Charge of Assessing Climate Change
Michael Kuperberg was told he would no longer oversee the National Climate Assessment. The job is expected to go to a climate-change skeptic, according to people familiar with the changes. → Read More
As Climate Disasters Pile Up, a Radical Proposal Gains Traction
The idea of modifying Earth’s atmosphere to cool the planet, once seen as too risky to seriously consider, is attracting new money and attention. → Read More
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming. → Read More