Timef 12/17/2025
- Greenpeace’s Fight With Pipeline Giant Exposes a Legal Loophole nytimes.com2025-12-17 22:00:24
A court filing by a group with deep ties to the pipeline company Energy Transfer raises questions about the growing use of amicus briefs in litigation.
- Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia nytimes.com2025-12-17 08:01:07
In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay.
- When the Bones Were Good, These Bees Buried Their Babies nytimes.com2025-12-17 08:01:06
A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests by prehistoric bees.
- Research Flights Over the Atlantic Could Help Improve Atmospheric River Forecasting nytimes.com2025-12-17 06:34:41
A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will take flight in January.
- Trump Administration Takes Aim at Another European Climate Law nytimes.com2025-12-17 03:17:43
U.S. officials told Europe that its methane law, aimed at tackling climate change, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
- Ruth Kiew Dies at 79; Botanist Made Discoveries in Remote Forests nytimes.com2025-12-17 03:11:38
Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest botanists who ever lived,” a colleague said.
- Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You nytimes.com2025-12-17 02:40:13
The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful.
- Arctic Report Card Marks Record Temperatures and Rainfall in Arctic nytimes.com2025-12-17 01:27:24
A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways.
