Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness NYT | Top Stories By: Lisa Friedman 14 November 2025 at 09:34 The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators. © Erin Schaff/The New York TimesCaribou near a pipeline on the north slope of Alaska in 2023.
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling NYT | Top Stories By: Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 12 November 2025 at 03:33 Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific, called the proposal “dead on arrival.” © Mike Blake/ReutersAn oil rig off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif. The plan would also require new oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
At a Times Event, Opposing Views on Climate Change Collide NYT | China By: Lisa Friedman, Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 25 September 2025 at 13:02 In a day of live journalism, California’s governor assailed President Trump, and the U.S. energy secretary called for countries to quit the Paris Agreement on global warming.