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  1. Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    It was before dawn on a Friday in January when a Gulfstream G600 with the burnt-orange Texas Longhorns logo on its tail landed at Dulles airport …

  2. Did Jared Kushner Inadvertently Touch Off an Albanian Revolution?

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Protesters in the Balkan nation aren’t worried just about the environmental impact of a luxury development connected to Kushner. They’re worried …

  3. Australia warns El Nino weather pattern set to be strongest in decades

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:35:32 -0000

    The Bureau of Meteorology says forecasts point towards a ‘very strong El Nino event’. Australia’s weather bureau has warned that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of the year, becoming one of the strongest in seven decades. The Bureau …

  4. El Niño declared by BOM and it could become the strongest on record

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:32:33 -0000

    The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has officially declared El Niño active and modelling tips it could become the strongest event in the modern era. El …

  5. The Nuclear Reactors Coming to a Small Town Near You

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As a disruptive new nuclear power project embeds itself in Parsons, Kansas, residents are divided on whether it’s worth the potential risk. Parsons, …

  6. Arctic Ocean reaches tipping point that could be dire for marine life

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:06:16 -0000

    As sea ice melts, more light will infiltrate the Arctic Ocean, allowing phytoplankton and other marine life to flourish – or so we thought. In fact, …

  7. Korean Scientists Created an “Artificial Sun” That Ran for 102 Seconds

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:15:07 -0000

    Scientists consider fusion energy the “holy grail” of clean power sources. It can provide limitless electricity without the carbon emissions or radioactive waste associated with traditional nuclear reactors. Now, scientists in South Korea have taken a step towards making commercial fusion power a …

  8. Traditional Home Insurance Is Collapsing. Here’s What Could Fill the Gap

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the answer to climate …

  9. The climate myth Democrats can’t quit

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:49:17 -0000

    Why staying quiet isn’t helping. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the midterm elections approach, something strange has happened: Democratic politicians who once talked about climate change as the defining crisis of our …

  10. New Mexico is in a historic drought. Oracle and OpenAI designed their newest data center with that in mind

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:55:50 -0000

    New Mexico’s forests are dying faster than at any time on record. In 2025, the state mapped 209,000 acres of trees killed by bark beetles and other …

  11. Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:44:16 -0000

    Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere in the background, is the ever-present hum of a road. More than 4.2 million …

  12. No, Rolling Back These Environmental Rules Won’t Lower Your Grocery Bill

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a piece of bipartisan legislation introduced to phase …

  13. Risk of nuclear catastrophe is worse than ever. We can change that

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:30:52 -0000

    Half a lifetime ago, I had a crappy copyediting job that meant I had to drive for 90 minutes through traffic across the sprawling concrete wasteland of Phoenix. The job itself was boring and soulless, and after spending another 90 minutes getting home in my AC-free beater, I would slam several …

  14. Mysterious 'cold blob' discovered in Atlantic. Does it mean trouble?

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:36:39 -0000

    Scientists have linked an unusual "cold blob" in the North Atlantic — one eerily similar to the one featured in the film "The Day After Tomorrow," that has a major impact on global weather. While the findings weren't that extreme, a recent study showed the area has cooled by up to 1 degree Celsius …

  15. G.O.P. Stokes Opposition to Solar Power in Fight Against Data Centers

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:56:17 -0000

    Tuesday’s runoff for a slot on the Alabama Public Service Commission has a familiar ring to it, with talk of data centers and electricity costs. But in a southern twist, solar power has joined the list of villains. As a college student in the early 1970s, Jim Zeigler organized young voters to …

  16. Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:49:18 -0000

    SEATTLE (AP) — A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network, with House lawmakers going further and …

  17. Experts probe 'shock' arrival of mosquito virus in Scotland

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:01 -0000

    It was something infectious disease expert Heather Ferguson never expected to see in her lifetime: a mosquito-borne virus originally from Africa …

  18. Earth’s Hidden Fungal Superhighways Stretch 110 Quadrillion Kilometers Underground, Far Enough to Leave the Solar System

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:52:34 -0000

    This is a monumental biological network. A teaspoon of soil can hold up to 10 meters of living fungal thread. That bit of trivia can lead to some …

  19. Australia braces for strongest El Niño weather event in 124 years

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:00:09 -0000

    This year's event has arrived earlier than usual, meaning it has about six months to intensify. An El Niño event is officially underway in Australia, …

  20. How Tourism Saved the Elusive Ghost Leopard From Extinction

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:49 -0000

    Morup Namgail was 4 or 5 when he first saw a snow leopard. It was in the corral, hunting the animals his family depended on to survive the Himalayan …

  21. France braces for another heatwave as temperatures soar

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:39:04 -0000

    France is bracing for another heatwave with temperatures set to soar to 40 degrees celsius in parts of the country in the coming days. This heatwave is promising to be even more challenging than the last one in May.

  22. As lone star ticks move north, red meat allergies are on the rise

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Its bites can trigger an immune response to red meat. Over the past decade, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. have developed an allergy to red meat …

  23. Three Teenagers From India Just Won the World’s Largest Youth Environmental Prize

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:56:17 -0000

    When young people direct their creativity toward solving the most pressing problems facing our planet, extraordinary things happen. That truth has …

  24. Delhi's temperature showed 43.5C. Why did it feel hotter?

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:04:29 -0000

    For several weeks now, the Indian capital, Delhi, has been battling a severe heatwave, with temperatures routinely rising above 40C. The real feel, the weather apps helpfully tell us, is always a few degrees higher. But how hot do you feel when you hit the streets? On Tuesday, the Indian …

  25. Millions To Stay Inside Over ‘Dangerously Hot’ Weather in 4 Western States

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:47:27 -0000

    Millions of people across the Western United States are under heat advisories this week as forecasters warn that dangerously high temperatures could …

  26. Six forces shaping the future of the regenerative blue economy

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:23:11 -0000

    The ocean is our most powerful and most undervalued ally in the fight against climate change. It has also never been more politically contested. …

  27. Amid a climate rollback, these 19 projects are keeping the earth's future in focus

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    From crop monitoring to sustainable development and more, these World Changing Ideas honorees center earth stewardship. In 2026, it can feel like we are at an inflection point in the fight against climate change—and not necessarily in a positive way. In the U.S., the government is focused on …

  28. More than 8.8 million children in Afghanistan exposed to at least three climate hazards, UNICEF report warns

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:50:24 -0000

    KABUL, 16 June 2026 - More than 8.8 million children in Afghanistan are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards, according to UNICEF’s …

  29. Global map reveals one-third of coral reefs may resist climate shocks

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:09:35 -0000

    In the crystalline waters off Kenya's coast, coral reefs are thriving—evidence of a rare good-news story in the battle to protect oceans from the …

  30. What the SEC’s Rollback of Climate Disclosure Rules Means for the Planet and Investors

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:30:41 -0000

    When a powerful financial regulator quietly moves to undo rules designed to bring corporate climate accountability into the open, it matters far …