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1. National Parks Are in Chaos. Trump Is Making It Worse

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:22 -0000

   With its ancient sequoias, towering waterfalls and glacier-carved granite cliffs, California’s Yosemite National Park has long been one of the most visited destinations in the national park system, helping to inspire its very creation. The vistas, which span more than 1,100 square miles along the …

2. ‘Total Bulls—t’: White House Erupts as Leaked Footage Exposes Trump’s $14 Million D.C. Fountain Looking Murky Brown Days After Celebration

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:31:58 -0000

   President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term trying to leave a visible mark on the nation’s capital.He has promised to make Washington …

3. Not Concrete Pavers: The Stylish Stone That's A Great Eco-Friendly Patio Alternative

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:30:00 -0000

   If you're looking to create a DIY paver project to elevate your yard, there's simply no more affordable material than concrete. However, concrete has …

4. The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:12:19 -0000

   New climate evidence adds context to these long voyages. The same question drives both the plot of Moana and decades of archaeological research: Why, …

5. When Lindsey Graham was a moderate —before he went full MAGA

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:09:29 -0000

   The late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who unexpectedly died of a brief and sudden illness on Saturday, once took pride in standing up to extremism …

6. EV Batteries Are Lasting Longer Than Expected. Readers Share Their Experiences.

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -0000

   Electric vehicle batteries are proving to be surprisingly durable after years and hundreds of thousands of miles on the road—and readers have a lot to say about it. More than 1,600 readers wrote back with their own stories of successful EV ownership, their reasons for avoiding electric cars …

7. European Homes Don’t Have Window Screens: The Fly Question Americans Can’t Stop Asking

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:58:45 -0000

   An American rents an apartment in Madrid or Rome or Berlin, throws open the window on the first warm evening, and stops short. There is nothing there. …

8. Heatwave forces Tour de France to shorten stage for first time

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:01 -0000

   Tour de France organisers have shortened Sunday's stage by 30km due to extreme heat, the first time in the history of the cycling race that high temperatures have forced a change to the route. Riders will be spared a hilly loop at the beginning of the stage due to a red alert in the central Corrèze …

9. My battered hope for America

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:15:03 -0000

   I don’t believe that our decline is inevitable. But much depends on whether we have the wisdom to revert to our proven strategy of investing in human …

10. Earth may be hotter today than at any time in the last 540 million years

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:51:00 -0000

    A new look at Earth’s deep past is reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s climate, and it carries a quiet warning about the future. …

11. Greta Thunberg’s sister is a risqué pop singer who’s got nothing to say about climate change

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:23:27 -0000

    Two sisters — two different goals. The little sister of clean-cut Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is making a name for herself one dramatic ballad and …

12. Researchers Confirm Cause Of Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:46:15 -0000

    A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet’s biggest mass extinction while most animals did …

13. The Rise and Fall of the Fracking Phenomenon

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:21:34 -0000

    The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, losers and lasting political fights. Marty Whiteman had enough natural gas under his hayfield to make him quite rich when the fracking boom swept through his rugged corner of …

14. Trump's ambitious energy bet could be a winning hand as the world burns more oil, gas than ever

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:42 -0000

    The world consumed more energy than ever before in 2025, with fossil fuels still supplying the vast majority of global energy despite record growth in renewable power, according to a new report. The findings come as President Donald Trump pushes to expand U.S. oil and gas production, arguing …

15. UNIGRID's sodium-ion home battery debuts in Europe, US is next

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:50:13 -0000

    Lithium-ion has long dominated home battery storage, but sodium-ion is starting to make its move. Sodium-ion battery startup UNIGRID has shipped the first units of its Na+Casa residential battery, with the first systems now installed in homes across Europe. The California-based company says US …

16. 40 million under alerts as heat dome peaks across western U.S.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:29:09 -0000

    Severe weather alerts were in place for roughly 40 million people across the western United States on Sunday, as a heat dome scorching the region …

17. America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:45:32 -0000

    Scientists don’t know why cyclosporiasis, a tropical diarrheal disease, is spreading more and more from domestic sources. The other night, I found myself in the unenviable position of trying to cook a salad. And I mean cook a salad: I spread fresh, delicious-looking gem lettuce in a pan and watched …

18. Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:22:49 -0000

    PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act and eliminates a key protection for imperiled wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities. The administration narrowed the definition of “harm” under the …

19. A promising tale from Senegal of fish, rice .... and dangerous worms

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:49:40 -0000

    Momy Seck Ndao has been planning for this day for months. The environmental engineer is standing beside two swimming-pool sized ponds, each lined with a black tarp and full of hundreds of tilapia. Two of her colleagues trudge through the pond in waders, trying to corral the fish with a net. "For this …

20. Southie’s Oldest Housing Project Gets $2 Billion Climate Fix And 3,300 New Homes

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:13:48 -0000

    Boston’s oldest public housing project is about to look a lot less like a 1930s time capsule and a lot more like the city’s climate future. The Mary …

21. Pauline Vilain-Carlotti, geographer: 'The intensity of wildfires, which seems unprecedented, could become the new norm'

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:30:11 -0000

    In an interview with Le Monde, the environmental management specialist says wildfire risks, until now mainly limited to the Mediterranean region, are …

22. Vegas Streets Sizzle as Pavement Burn Cases Explode at UMC

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:41:15 -0000

    June’s heat did more than crank up the power bills in Las Vegas. University Medical Center’s burn team says pavement-burn hospitalizations more than …

23. France temporarily shuts down three nuclear reactors over heatwave

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:22:51 -0000

    France's main energy provider on Sunday said that three nuclear reactors have been temporarily shut down, while eight others are operating at reduced power. The measure is an environmental protection requirement to avoid discharging too much hot water into rivers already warming from the …

24. Residents of Spanish Towns Caught in Fierce Blazes Recount Harrowing Escapes

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:31:34 -0000

    Many say communication was chaotic and even nonexistent as flames tore through the area, taking 12 lives in one of the deadliest wildfires on record in Spain. Lucinda Curtois was cooling off in the pool of her vacation home outside Bédar, a green oasis in the desert of southern Spain popular with …

25. Man who built solar-powered yacht that can run forever ran it to 0% battery to see what happened

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:49:00 -0000

    The man behind the solar-powered yacht that could run forever has conducted an interesting experiment. Lukas Sjoman has invested a lot of time in …

26. Global population at 8.3 billion: What does that mean for anyone under 30?

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:48:57 -0000

    With the world population surpassing 8.3 billion today, can we truly realize the hopes and dreams of the largest generation of young people ever? On World Population Day 2026, the spotlight is on empowering youth to shape their futures through education, health, and opportunity. From family …

27. How to Invest When the Global Crises Never Stop

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:00:00 -0000

    In a world of wars, trade wars and crop failures, bond yields need to be higher than they were because they offer so much less protection than they used to More war. More political conflict. More weather disasters. The future looks grim, and for investors there’s worse: The standard ways to protect …

28. The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Kids are supposed to be uniquely vulnerable to heat, but the data tell a different story. You know it’s hot when summer camps have to cancel bonfires and doctors warn that playgrounds could be dangerous. Last week, when a heat dome was descending on New York City, I grew a bit concerned myself. My …

29. Climate shocks are hitting South Africa’s food businesses – study shows what they need to adapt

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:00:04 -0000

    Climate change discussions in southern Africa often focus on farming, where the effects of environmental shocks are most visible. The debate …

30. Missing link? Why experts believe monkeys and apes are key to preventing a sixth mass extinction

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:48:07 -0000

    Monkeys are more than just the tricksters of the animal kingdom — they could be the key to its overall survival. Scientists fear that the world is …