NYT > Environment

Climate Change Threatens Migratory Birds, Report Says 12 Mar 2010, 4:01 pm

For the first time, an Interior Department report adds climate change to other factors threatening bird populations.

Source: NYT > Environment | By JOHN M. BRODER

Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Claims 12 Mar 2010, 2:40 pm

A settlement of up to $657.5million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city, according to city officials.

Source: NYT > Environment | By MIREYA NAVARRO

Winter Games Yield Forecasting Insights 12 Mar 2010, 6:50 am

A system used at the Games is part of a program to improve the accuracy of winter storm forecasting.

Source: NYT > Environment | By IAN AUSTEN

Board Extends Deadline for Everglades Land Deal 12 Mar 2010, 5:22 am

A vote kept alive a deal to pay $536 million for land from United States Sugar, but officials said they continued to struggle with whether the agency could afford it.

Source: NYT > Environment | By DAMIEN CAVE

Talks to Address Trade in Tuna and Ivory 12 Mar 2010, 5:04 am

Negotiations on protecting endangered species will open in Qatar with tensions over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant ivory.

Source: NYT > Environment | By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

Neighbors Oppose Green Label for the Software Mogul Mitch Kapor’s Big House 11 Mar 2010, 8:50 am

When the software mogul Mitch Kapor won planning approval for his 10,000-square-foot house in Berkeley, Calif., neighbors were surprised that it will qualify as “green.”

Source: NYT > Environment | By FRED A. BERNSTEIN

Sushi Spot Is Charged With Serving Whale Meat 11 Mar 2010, 8:30 am

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal complaint accusing a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica and its chef of serving whale meat, a violation of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Source: NYT > Environment | By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Planned Electric Rate Increase in Los Angeles May Affect Solar Power 11 Mar 2010, 5:12 am

Proceeds from an electric rate increase would be earmarked for renewable energy purchases and programs.

Source: NYT > Environment | By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work 11 Mar 2010, 3:50 am

The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.

Source: NYT > Environment | By JOHN M. BRODER

China and India to Join Copenhagen Climate Change Accord 10 Mar 2010, 2:24 pm

The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.

Source: NYT > Environment | By JOHN M. BRODER

Condor Lays Egg in National Park 10 Mar 2010, 5:19 am

Biologists in central California reported finding the first such egg at Pinnacles National Monument in more than a century.

Source: NYT > Environment | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Deal to Save the Everglades Could Rescue U.S. Sugar Instead 9 Mar 2010, 6:30 pm

Florida’s plan to reclaim the wetlands is instead on track to rescue the fortunes of United States Sugar.

Source: NYT > Environment | By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and DAMIEN CAVE

Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates 9 Mar 2010, 4:16 pm

The team behind “The Cove” set up a sting operation at a restaurant that officials say served illegal whale meat.

Source: NYT > Environment | By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

After Boom and Bust, Solar Power Has a Place in the Spanish Sun 9 Mar 2010, 12:19 pm

A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.

Source: NYT > Environment | By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

Observatory: Scientists Propose a More Efficient Way to Make Ethanol 9 Mar 2010, 5:25 am

Researchers said they found a way to break down lignocellulose, the basic structural material of all plants, to make fuel from crop waste.

Source: NYT > Environment | By HENRY FOUNTAIN