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6 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Mira Rojanasakul
A new analysis of America's 28 largest population centers found that all but three are sinking overall, and in many cases significantly. Several of the most affected areas are in Texas, particularly around Fort Worth and Houston. But the problem is nationwide, affecting cities as scattered as Seattle, Detroit and Charlotte, N.C.Sinking land, also called subsidence, can worsen the effects of sea-level rise, intensify flooding and strain the very foundations of urban infrastructure.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Brad Plumer |Mira Rojanasakul
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades. President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at expanding the mining and use of coal in the United States, in an effort to revive the struggling industry.
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1 month ago | 
es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Mira Rojanasakul
Un nuevo análisis compartido con The New York Times muestra con cuánta rapidez países de todo el mundo están aumentando su capacidad solar y eólica, que ahora es más barata y fiable que nunca.
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1 month ago | 
clarin.com | Mira Rojanasakul
Un nuevo análisis compartido con The New York Times muestra cómo países de todo el mundo están añadiendo rápidamente capacidad solar y eólica, ahora más barata y fiable que nunca. Para seguir estos cambios, investigadores crearon Global Renewables Watch, que mapea toda la energía eólica terrestre y todos los parques solares a gran escala del mundo mediante inteligencia artificial e imágenes satelitales detalladas para crear un "atlas viviente".
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2 months ago | 
sltrib.com | Austyn Gaffney |Mira Rojanasakul
One of the oldest power plants in the United States, perched on the edge of the nation's largest coal mine, was scheduled to close in 2027. But the plant's operator recently canceled the retirement of the 66-year-old station, according to a draft utility plan published in late December. Now, three coal-burning units at the Dave Johnston Power Plant, near Glenrock, Wyoming, are among dozens nationwide that could keep burning coal far past scheduled retirement dates.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
miamiherald.com | Brad Plumer |Mira Rojanasakul
Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles this past month. But the growth of housing in and around the city’s fire-prone hills over the past few decades also played a major role. Most of the homes that have been damaged or destroyed so far were nestled in or near hillsides covered with highly flammable vegetation. Even dense urban neighborhoods such as Altadena were vulnerable to embers blown from the burning hills nearby.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
coalzoom.com | Mira Rojanasakul
Trump Said, ‘We Have More Coal Than Anybody.’ See Where We Burn It.
January 24, 2025 - After declaring a national energy emergency on his first day in office, President Trump said Thursday that coal could be a fuel source for new electric generating plants.
He announced a plan to issue emergency declarations to build power plants to meet a projected increase in electricity demand for artificial intelligence.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
miamiherald.com | Hiroko Tabuchi |Mira Rojanasakul
At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements obtained by The New York Times. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average. The spiking levels underscore the added danger from wildfires when cars, homes and other structures burn, researchers said.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Hiroko Tabuchi |Mira Rojanasakul
At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements obtained by The New York Times. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average. The spiking levels underscore the added danger from wildfires when cars, homes, and other structures burn, researchers said.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Christopher Flavelle |Mira Rojanasakul
Homeowners in places most exposed to climate disasters are increasingly giving up on paying their insurance premiums, leaving them exposed to financial ruin, according to sweeping new government data. The numbers show how climate change is eroding the underpinnings of American life by making home insurance costlier and harder to hang on to, even as wildfires, hurricanes and other calamities increasingly threaten what is, for many people, their most valuable asset.
