Timef 01/21/2026
- Rising Global Temperatures May Affect Choices for Winter Olympic Venues nytimes.com2026-01-21 20:00:07
Future games will need to be held at higher altitudes, and spread over multiple venues in order to adapt to a changing climate, new research suggests.
- What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars. nytimes.com2026-01-21 18:03:16
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.
- Scientists Set Up Camp on Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica nytimes.com2026-01-21 02:08:10
Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge of Antarctica.
- Democrats Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by Interior Official’s Husband nytimes.com2026-01-21 00:09:57
Records show that Karen Budd-Falen, a top Interior Department official, didn’t disclose a contract between her husband and the developers of a mine approved by the agency.
