Trump’s Tariffs Give Him a New Way to Dole Out Reward and Punishment

11 hours 39 minutes ago
Just a few months ago, Americans’ optimism about the economy was on the rise. The stock market boomed after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and measures of business confidence rose. But all the positive sentiment came with an asterisk: It assumed that Trump would not follow through on his campaign promise to dramatically raise […]
Pema Levy

City Projects That Improve Biking and Walking Are on Trump’s Latest Hit List

11 hours 40 minutes ago
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Department of Transportation has ordered a review of federal funding for bike lanes and plans to target recent projects that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities or actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” The move, outlined in a department memo […]
Lois Parshley

How Ukraine’s Environment Became a Casualty of Russia’s War

17 hours 39 minutes ago
Russia’s war in Ukraine has decimated the environment, causing floods, wildfires and pollution. An extensive legal effort now underway in Ukraine is seeking justice for the long-lasting ecological harm. To capture the ecological damage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Brendan Hoffman, a New York Times photographer, visited much of the front line over four months of reporting.
Brendan Hoffman, Nikolay Nikolov and David Jouppi