The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job NYT | Top Stories Maxine Joselow 31 October 2025 at 21:43 Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced. © Mark Makela for The New York TimesForrest Smith oversaw efforts to plug abandoned oil wells.
At a Times Event, Opposing Views on Climate Change Collide NYT | China 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.