Opinion | Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests?
Still, there’s plenty of space for those panels, even in a future in which most or all of our electricity comes from clean sources, and in which widespread deployment of…
Opinion | Can Republicans Tax the Rich?
And a self-limiting tendency, while understandable, points to a plausible future in which national conservatism allows itself to be effectively reabsorbed into the G.O.P. mainstream without having achieved its revolution.…
In New Film, Former Employee Says Mario Batali Sexually Assaulted Her
Last month, when the celebrity chef Mario Batali settled two lawsuits brought by women in Boston who said he had groped them in public in 2017, it seemed as if…
Opinion | We’re Losing the Luxury of a Summer Spent Outdoors
On Labor Day, my husband and I stood at the sliding glass door to our hotel room balcony, staring out at smoky skies. We were at Lake Chelan in Washington,…
Opinion | My Teachers Made Me Who I Am
As a youth, school let me test my mettle against the history and literature books I carried to and from the rundown house I called home. My body may have…
Opinion | Inside the Completely Legal G.O.P. Plot to Destroy American Democracy
For the past two years, Americans have been overwhelmed by a deluge of headlines suggesting democracy in the United States is under threat: Voter suppression. A shortage of drop boxes.…
On a Grim Anniversary, 230 Pilot Whales Are Stranded in Tasmania
MELBOURNE, Australia — It was a sobering scene: a phalanx of pilot whales, each up to 13 feet long and weighing a little under a ton, lining a remote beach…
U.S. Gas Prices End Streak of Declines Just Short of 100 Days
A 99-day stretch of declines in the average U.S. national gasoline price came to an end on Wednesday, a sign that the effect of falling fuel costs, which have recently…
German Government Nationalizes Uniper in Move to Secure Energy Supply
BERLIN — The German government on Wednesday announced that it was taking over Uniper, previously the country’s largest importer of Russian gas, to ensure the supply of energy to homes…
German Government Nationalizes Uniper in Move to Secure Energy Supply
BERLIN — The German government on Wednesday announced that it was taking over Uniper, previously the country’s largest importer of Russian gas, to ensure the supply of energy to homes…