Opinion www.nytimes.com Michael Patrick F. Smith: What working in the oil industry taught me What my time working on a North Dakota oil patch taught me about America’s fossil fuel addiction — and how to curb it.
Top Story www.nytimes.com Heat, smoke and COVID are battering the workers who feed America Climate change is piling on to the hazards already faced by California farm laborers, some of the country's poorest, most neglected workers.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com ‘There’s no more water’: Climate change on a drying island A delicate ecosystem was disrupted in the Comoros, off East Africa, when forests were cleared to make way for farmland. The consequences offer lessons for other parts of the developing world.
Opinion www.nytimes.com The peaches are sweet, but growing them isn’t An annual picking trip to a California farm has become a window into our daunting climate and work challenges.
Impacts www.nytimes.com More victims of the California wildfires: Avocados and lemons The largest of the fires has damaged a portion of the harvest in the country’s most productive region for both crops.
In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, new poll finds 90% of respondents support stricter fracking regulations
