The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
After a flood destroyed their town, Kentucky residents faced the agonizing choice of whether to stay or to relocate to new communities built on former strip mines.
Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project βfoundational to everything.β
Oil and gas executives welcomed President Trumpβs early moves on energy policy, but many said they did not plan to increase production unless prices rose significantly.
After a tour of areas damaged by the California wildfires, the president sparred with local leaders and blamed them for a wide variety of issues affecting the disaster response.
On President Trumpβs first day in office, he pulled out of the Paris Agreement, a pact among nearly all nations to fight climate change. Reporting from Davos, Switzerland, David Gelles, a climate journalist for The New York Times, explains what this decision means for the rest of the world.
There are 206 coal-burning power plants left in the United States, which supply about 16 percent of the countryβs energy. Experts say burning more doesnβt make financial sense.
βIβd rather see the states take care of their own problems,β the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.
The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North Americaβs highest peak. The stateβs senators prefer the Native name.