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Received β€” 9 July 2026 ⏭ NYT - Energy & Environment

Western Europe Had Its Hottest June on Record

9 July 2026 at 03:00
An unusually early heat wave smashed records across France, Britain and Spain. Temperatures in some areas are starting to soar again.

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Riding a hot train in London on June 24. Average temperatures across Western Europe last month were 3.05 degrees Celsius, or 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit, above the mean from recent decades.

U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion

3 July 2026 at 01:04
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be β€œas low as reasonably achievable.”

Β© Audra Melton for The New York Times

The proposed rule changes could make it cheaper and easier to build and operate new nuclear power plants in the United States.

Another Trump Administration Payment to Stop Offshore Wind Farm

29 June 2026 at 23:41
It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.

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Duke Energy is one of the nation’s largest utilities. Here, a Duke Energy wind farm project in Rolling Hills, Wyoming.

Gregg Phillips Leaving FEMA

Gregg Phillips was in charge of the emergency response agency’s largest division and had come under scrutiny for a series of bizarre claims.

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Gregg Phillips was appointed to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, with 1,000 employees and a budget of nearly $300 million.

Climate Change Fueling Europe’s Ferocious Heat Wave, Scientists Find

26 June 2026 at 05:01
A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would β€œnot have been possible” without global warming.

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A shady passageway on Tuesday in Bordeaux, France, where temperatures reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 42 Celsius.

Trump Administration Forms Partnership to Bank DNA From Imperiled Species

The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to store samples from at-risk animals and plants.

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The Frozen Zoo in San Diego, which has been preserving cells for over 50 years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a partnership with Colossal Biosciences for a similar effort.

Chemours to Pay $450M in First Federal PFAS Settlement

25 June 2026 at 17:45
The settlement addresses the dumping of PFAS β€œforever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and other risks, by Chemours in several states.

Β© Ed Kashi for The New York Times

A Chemours plant in Fayetteville, N.C. Under a proposed settlement, Chemours would pay fines for discharging PFAS from plants in North Carolina, New Jersey and West Virginia.

Why Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent

24 June 2026 at 18:59
The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.

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Morning commuters on the London Bridge on Wednesday, where temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest recorded June day in the United Kingdom.
Received β€” 24 June 2026 ⏭ NYT - Energy & Environment

An Influx of Climate Cash

23 June 2026 at 21:18
Many philanthropists are backing away from climate giving. But one is writing very big checks.

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Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former mayor of New York City, at a climate forum in London on Tuesday.
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