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Algae Is Turning the Reflecting Pool Green. Again.
15 June 2026 at 22:29
Algal blooms have hit the site, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, after a $14.2 million repair project.
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Tensions Are Rising Among States That Rely on the Colorado River
16 June 2026 at 13:34
A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.
Tensions Are Rising Among States That Rely on the Colorado River
16 June 2026 at 13:34
A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.
The Upper Colorado River on the Grand Canyon last month. About 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of cropland depend on the Colorado for drinking water and irrigation.
© Nina Riggio for The New York Times
Renewable Groups Ask Courts to End Pentagon’s ‘Total Halt’ of Wind Power
12 June 2026 at 14:42
More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once seen as routine.
Renewable Groups Ask Courts to End Pentagon’s ‘Total Halt’ of Wind Power
12 June 2026 at 14:42
More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once seen as routine.
The freeze affects 41 wind projects in Texas, which produces more wind power than any other state in the U.S., as well as projects in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.
© Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times
ANWR Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
5 June 2026 at 23:52
An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
Caribou on the tundra of the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
© Christopher Miller for The New York Times
ANWR Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
5 June 2026 at 23:52
An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
New York Sues Trump Administration Over TotalEnergies Wind Farm
2 June 2026 at 20:33
The lawsuit argues that it is illegal to pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies $795 million to cancel a planned wind farm off New York.
