All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump Stepped In. The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out with local leaders, environmentalists and industry. By @hclairebrown.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters by enabling conservation zones. By @sachimulkey.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

"For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean-air rules. "Not anymore." By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

For much of January and February, NYTimes climate reporter Raymond Zhong (pictured below) @zhonggg.bsky.social and photographer Chang W. Lee are sailing with a scientific expedition to Antarctica to investigate the fastest melting glacier at the bottom of the earth.

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities. By @sominisengupta.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments. By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social and Lisa Friedman in @nytimes.com

“The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions.” By Lisa Friedman, @bradplumer.bsky.social and Jack Healy in @nytimes.com

Killer Whales Find an ‘Unlikely Friend’ in Dolphins Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals. By @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social

India Is a Rising Power, but Breathing in Its Capital Is Hazardous With little being done to clean the skies over New Delhi, the huge city struggles with toxic air. By Mujib Mashal, Pragati K.B. and Hari Kumar Visuals by Anindito Mukherjee @nytimes.com

Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat. By Lisa Friedman & @stevenleemyers.bsky.social 1/5

A captivating article by @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social in @nytimes.com “Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.”

“All of this grim news has given way to a new kind of cynical resignation to this future, and a vision in which the world scales back its climate ambitions and accepts an all but permanent and prominent role for fossil fuels in the global economy.” By @peterbrannen.bsky.social

In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves. By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

An Island Seed Bank That Replenishes the Amazon as Deforestation Threats Mount Visuals by Ruth Fremson Text by Ivan Penn @nytimes.com

Women Toiling in India’s Insufferable Heat Face Mounting Toll on Health Prolonged exposure to hot weather can hinder people’s ability to lead safe and productive lives, experts say. By Anupreeta Das in @nytimes.com 1/3

The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up? By Claire Brown

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Head for Another Record in 2025 But there are signs that greenhouse gas pollution in China might be slowing, according to a new analysis. By @bradplumer.bsky.social

Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry. By @sominisengupta.bsky.social

A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics At this year’s climate summit, the United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to a glut of cheap equipment. By @sominisengupta.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure Nations were poised to approve the first fee on pollution from ships. That’s when the Trump administration began the threats. By Lisa Friedman, Max Bearak & @jeannasmialek.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

“We wanted to help you cut through the noise and show you 10 big things that have happened in the last 10 years,” writes @sominisengupta.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

Leaders at the Global Climate Summit Highlight the Rising Toll of Warming “All we have to do is look outside,” one delegate said. “The sea rises, the coral dies.” By David Gelles & @bradplumer.bsky.social

Climate Talks Begin With U.S. Allies and Rivals Alike Calling for Action The calls for action on opening day stood in sharp contrast to the position of the President Trump, who has called global warming a “con job.” By @sominisengupta.bsky.social, @bradplumer.bsky.social & David Gelles

Art and Data Team Up Against Climate Change Some artists offer a glimpse of a future that is already occurring in some climates. Others imagine a world past the point of survival. By Annabel Keenan in @nytimes.com

Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’ In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against a “doomsday outlook” and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change. By David Gelles

In abundance in Vanuatu.

Heat Has Essentially Wiped Out 2 Key Coral Species on Florida Reefs Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem. By @catrineinhorn.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

The Very Hungry Microbes That Could, Just Maybe, Cool the Planet They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change? By @zhonggg.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

Pandas, snow leopards...and bacteria. A newly formed team of scientists is setting out to conserve the world's diversity of microbes. Here's my story: nyti.ms/47vEfRC

The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels. Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits. By Lisa Friedman

Rain water, Vanuatu

“The three scientist's work could be used to tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide that could help tackle climate change or reducing plastic pollution using chemistry.”

“In the first six months of the year, renewables like solar and wind generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever, according to a report published Tuesday by Ember, an energy think tank.” By Claire Brown in @nytimes.com 1/4 🧵

@nytimes.com: Jim Adams, Alaska senior director for the National Parks Conservation Association, said in a statement that “this order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable. Our resolve is only strengthened to continue to fight the Ambler mining road, alongside partners from across the country.”

How the Government Shutdown Could Affect Environmental Agencies If a shutdown continues, it could interrupt the Environmental Protection Agency’s work and pull workers from maintaining national parks.

“In the many years that Jane Goodall observed and studied chimpanzees, she revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins. “Key to her groundbreaking discoveries were her curiosity and ability - quietly - to observe.” By @bbcvic.bsky.social

"In the year 1306, King Edward I of England issued a royal proclamation prohibiting the burning of coal in London. "Smoke from the burning of coal was leading to widespread pollution, health problems for Londoners and social unrest." By David Gelles in @nytimes.com 1/3

At The New York Times’s Climate Forward event, California’s governor called Trump’s recent comments denying climate change “an embarrassment.” The U.S. energy secretary then said other countries should follow President Trump and leave the Paris Agreement.

China for First Time Promises to Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.” By @sominisengupta.bsky.social 1/3

At Global Climate Summit This Week, U.S. Isolation Was on Full Display On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone. By Max Bearak and @sominisengupta.bsky.social

Recommended weekend reading: Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments. By @jonathanmahler.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

“The high seas, the vast waters beyond any one country’s jurisdiction, cover nearly half the planet. On Friday, a hard-fought global treaty to protect the ‘cornucopia of biodiversity’ living there cleared a final hurdle and will become international law.” By Max Bearak in @nytimes.com 1/3

Trump’s Climate Rollback Takes on a Key Scientific Finding The federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases depends on a 2009 scientific determination. The Trump administration wants to repeal it. By Claire Brown in @nytimes.com

Brazil Invited the World to the Amazon. It’s Become a Big Headache. This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire process of global diplomacy on climate change. By @sominisengupta.bsky.social & Max Bearak

An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists The cold water upwell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are trying to figure out why. By @sachimulkey.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s assault on green energy could halve pace of US decarbonisation, report finds

A recommended read: The Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can? Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever. By @c-cauterucci.bsky.social

‘China Is the Engine’ Driving Nations Away From Fossil Fuels, Report Says Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said. By Max Bearak in @nytimes.com

“These vast, seemingly timeless seascapes have become some of the world’s most vulnerable marine habitats, according to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Science that adds up and maps the ways human activity is profoundly reshaping oceans and coastlines around the world.” 1/3

🇲🇾☀️🌊🏭🔋⚡ This week, I’ve been in Kuching & Batang Ai, Malaysia. It’s been a long haul of shoots that’s taken us to a massive floating solar farm and a hydropower dam. By integrating solar and hydro, Sarawak Energy is aiming to have a reliable energy source for Malaysia and the region, rain or shine.