President Trump signs an executive order asserting the United States' right to mine the moon. 

The COVID-19 pandemic ravages New York, killing (as of April 10, 00:41 ET) 7,067 people. Nationwide, 457,963 people have tested positive and 16,399 have died. The virus disproportionately afflicts African Americans and other people of color. 

At the Bronx Zoo, a tiger tests positive for the coronavirus. 

With the COVID-19 pandemic nearing its peak, the federal government halts funding for testing. 

Saudi Arabia and Russia agree to end their price war and limit oil production. Plunging oil prices had scrambled the US oil and gas industry, the renewable energy industry less so. 

Oil companies are lobbying the Trump administration to reduce or suspend the royalties they pay for extracting oil and gas from public lands.  

Shelter-in-place orders in areas hit by the coronavirus result in vastly improved air quality. The global decline in human activity is significant enough to show up on seismometers. 

Worldwide emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane hit a record high last year, although no one is sure why.  

John Prine dies from COVID-19, two months after the coal-fired power plant he made famous at Paradise, Kentucky, shuts down. 

Two giant pandas who lived together in a Hong Kong zoo for 13 years finally get around to mating after the zoo closes because of the coronavirus pandemic.  

A paleontologist in southern Australia discovers a piece of amber 40 million or more years old containing two flies in flagrante delicto.  

Analysts expect global sales of electric vehicles to drop by 43 percent in 2020.

California approves the removal of four dams on the Klamath River, clearing the way for what would be the largest dam-removal project in US history.