It is. This week there are multiple front page stories:
The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A world of fire https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/climate/fire-amazon-africa-siberia-worldwide.html
EPA to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html
Trump pushes to allow new logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trump-pushes-to-allow-new-logging-in-alaskas-tongass-national-forest/2019/08/27/b4ca78d6-c832-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html