The week in climate


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For subscribers	June 22, 2025

The Sunday edition of the Climate Forward newsletter highlights some of our best climate reporting from the week and is open to all readers.

The sun hangs low in an orange-tinged sky behind rows of black transmission towers carrying power lines.

Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press

Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn →

Two people wearing head-to-toe white protective gear shovel through the remains of a burned building.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos →

Two people wearing hard hats walk on a grassy strip between two long lines of solar panels set up in a field.

Tim Gruber for The New York Times

Many Hoped Senate Republicans Would Save Clean Energy. They Mostly Didn’t. →

A brown pangolin, which resembles an pine tree acorn but with a rounded nose, black eyes and claws.

Themba Hadebe/Associated Press

Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say →

A red-and-white harvesting machine rolling through a wheat field.

Florence Lo/Reuters

War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies →

A construction worker guides a crane lowering machinery as the sun glares above.

Eric Gay/Associated Press

Will Trump End the First Federal Heat Protections for Workers? →

A man in a corridor between rows of computer servers with pink wires.

Cayce Clifford for The New York Times

Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less? →

A person wearing green gloves unrolls a length of artificial grass.

Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg

Is Fake Grass Safe? A Manufacturer Sues to Stop a Discussion. →

Rob Bonta, wearing a dark suit and a tie, speaks while holding a microphone in one hand and a plastic water bottle and a plastic spoon in the other.

Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech →

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Why Higher Oil Prices May Not Change U.S. Energy Policy

The energy crisis of the 1970s suggests that higher oil prices are unlikely to significantly shift U.S. energy policy away from fossil fuels.

By Claire Brown

Senate Republicans Decline to Save Clean Energy Tax Credits

If enacted, Republicans’ draft legislation would mean that President Biden’s signature climate legislation would effectively be neutered.

By David Gelles

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