The week in climate
Endangered species protections rolled back, Trump changes national parks and more climate news.
Climate Forward
September 20, 2026

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

A North Atlantic right whale breaking the surface and spouting. The sea is calm and the sky is clear.

Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press, photographed under NOAA permit # 21371

Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection →

Donald Trump sits at a desk as Lee Zeldin speaks behind him, with flags and a statue of a golden eagle in the background.

Pete Marovich for The New York Times

E.P.A. Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants →

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Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Six Strangers Connected By Disaster →

A wooden park entrance station stands at the end of a bridge.

Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Gold Statues and Staff Cuts: How Trump Has Disrupted America’s Parks →

A half-dozen cone shaped structures sit underwater on a sandy seabed as a swimmer paddles by above them.

Coastal Assembly

Rising Seas Are Gobbling Up Beaches Around the World. A.I. Might Restore Them. →

Two adults and a child on a sandy beach. They are looking at flames raging on hills in the distance.

Olivier Morin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

As the Fight for a Key Climate Goal Falters, Some Begin a Fight for Survival →

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An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood.

The Racial Disparities of Flood Buyouts

Black homeowners are paid less than white homeowners under a FEMA program, new research finds.

By Claire Brown

A person sitting on a fence and spraying water from a garden hose onto smoldering wreckage. The sky is hazy.

Disaster Survivors Sticking Together

We found grace, humanity and friendship in the stories of disparate Americans hit by climate chaos.

By David Gelles

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