The week in climate
Landing on a glacier, an animal testing ban and new rules mining the seafloor.
Climate Forward
January 25, 2026

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

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Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars →

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How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History →

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Journey to Antarctica

Skies Clear, and a New Outpost Springs Up at the Bottom of the World →

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Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times

Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans →

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E.P.A. Promises a Ban on Animal Testing by 2035 →

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Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times

New U.S. Rule Aims to Speed Up Mining of the Seafloor →

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Journey to Antarctica

Setting Foot on the Melting Thwaites Glacier →

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The New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Journey to Antarctica

From Seal Meat to Ice Sheets: A Century of Reporting From Antarctica →

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At Davos, Talk of Climate Change Retreats to the Sidelines

The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now.

By David Gelles

Smoke emerges from three smoke stacks in the middle of a low valley, with hills and pine trees.

All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump Stepped In.

The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out with local leaders, environmentalists and industry.

By Claire Brown

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