Energy and Environment: 2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold

A new bat was discovered in Africa — and it's orange and black like Halloween; Trump officials reassigned by White House after publishing controversial climate papers without approval; Report: Ex-Mich. governor Rick Snyder to face criminal charges in Flint water crisis; EPA to unveil Scott Pruitt's portrait Friday; Female scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms; The carbon skyscraper: A new way of picturing rapid, human-caused climate change; United Airlines aims to suck carbon dioxide from the friendly skies; Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar's wildest legacy; A record 22 billion-dollar disasters struck the U.S. in 2020 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Limited time offer: Get one year of digital access for just $29.   View offer Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold Escalating temperatures poise the planet to breach 1.5 C for the first time, possibly later this decade. By Chris Mooney, Andrew Freedman and John Muyskens ●  Read more »   A new bat was discovered in Africa — and it's orange and black like Halloween The discovery is welcome news at a time when the United Nations warns that one million plant and animal species are facing extinction. By Darryl Fears ●  Read more »   Trump officials reassigned by White House after publishing controversial climate papers without approval David Legates and Ryan Maue were dismissed from White House positions due to unauthorized involvement in producing papers bearing the presidential seal that question climate science findings. By Andrew Freedman and Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   Report: Ex-Mich. governor Rick Snyder to face criminal charges in Flint water crisis "I've always said that I think criminal charges are important, because I think it's criminal what happened to my town," says one local lawmaker. By Kim Bellware and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   EPA to unveil Scott Pruitt's portrait Friday Family, friends and former colleagues will gather to see the artwork, which cost taxpayers $4,513. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Female scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms A new group of parent scientists is launching Science Moms, a $10 million educational campaign to engage other mothers. By Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   The carbon skyscraper: A new way of picturing rapid, human-caused climate change The speed at which carbon dioxide is building up in Earth's atmosphere is a critical factor that helps determine the damage that global warming will cause. Perspective ●  By Benjamin Strauss ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   United Airlines aims to suck carbon dioxide from the friendly skies The company becomes the first major U.S. carrier to try to remove the greenhouse gases it spews with every flight. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar's wildest legacy Efforts to castrate hippos are not as easy as you would think. By Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   A record 22 billion-dollar disasters struck the U.S. in 2020 The disasters caused a total of $95 billion in damage across the country. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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