The week in climate
The price of a human life, a big shift at the E.P.A. and Wall Street walks way from climate change.
Climate Forward
January 18, 2026

Here is some of our best climate reporting from the week.

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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution →

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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change →

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Journey to Antarctica

Sailing Through a ‘Death Trap’ Once Covered by Antarctic Ice →

Three smokestacks emerge from a plateau next to a set of squat brown buildings.

Brittany Peterson/Associated Press

Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy. →

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Jakub Gojda/Alamy

World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law →

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Journey to Antarctica

The Sounds of Antarctica? Flying in the Cold? Your Questions, Answered →

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Ask NYT Climate

Is Grass-Fed Beef Really Better for the Climate? →

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Mike Belleme for The New York Times

How One Company Is Pushing a Private Takeover of Flood Insurance →

Smoke emerges from several smoke stacks in a coal-fired power plant.

Charlie Riedel/Associated Press

U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded →

CLIMATE FORWARD

This week’s newsletter editions featuring news and analysis for a warming world.

A child holds up a fan during a heat wave in Shanghai.

The Cities That Broke Heat Records Last Year

Thousands of cities around the world saw their hottest year on record in 2025 as the planet has inched closer to a key temperature threshold.

By Claire Brown

An aerial view of the Araon icebreaker ship near Thwaites.

The View From Above Antarctica’s Fastest Melting Glacier

Times journalists were able to get tantalizingly close to the Thwaites glacier, which scientists are hoping to spend weeks studying up close.

By Raymond Zhong

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