Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. A Home Battery Revolution Is Reshaping the Power Grid

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Home and commercial solar arrays provide nearly a fifth of Australia’s electricity generation, with panels atop one in every three homes. To extend …
  2. What Every Collapsing Civilization Has in Common

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:18:40 -0000

    Below, Sarah Wilson shares five key insights from her new book, I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World. Sarah is a …
  3. I’d Seen It From The Ground, But Wait Until You See It From The Sky

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:11:49 -0000

    On a hot, sunny day in California, I crawled into the tiny cockpit of a small Cessna aircraft to fly around one of the state’s most active volcanoes, …
  4. World’s oceans experience hottest June ever, scientists say more heat ahead

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:38:43 -0000

    European Union monitors say the first half of 2026 was ‘marked by sustained and exceptional ocean warmth’ and forecast more to come. The world’s oceans experienced their “warmest June ever observed” and could see further record-breaking highs in the months ahead as El Niño and climate change push …
  5. Spain heat wave kills over 1,000 in second-hottest June ever

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:21:00 -0000

    At least 1,028 people died during Spain's recent heat wave as the country endured its hottest January-to-June period on record. Scientists said the …
  6. America’s housing was built for a world we no longer live in

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:59:10 -0000

    The United States is turning 250. Everything we want for the next 50 years starts with fixing housing. America’s housing supply was built for a world we no longer live in. But what will replace it? As the nation turns 250, that is one of the most important questions we face in the coming decades. …
  7. Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    New research shows major lenders are accelerating their investment in Big Oil as the industry turns toward plastics, pesticides, and other …
  8. Californians, pay attention: The Colorado River is drying up at its headwaters

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    Your morning catch-up: The Colorado River is in big trouble, Lebron James is leaving the Lakers and more big stories The mighty Colorado River — that carved the Grand Canyon and was dammed by the epic Hoover Dam — is in big trouble. The long-overused river, a major water source for millions of people …
  9. Vermont has long treated air conditioning as optional. A warming climate could be changing that.

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:13:41 -0000

    For generations, air conditioning in Vermont has been treated less as a necessity and more like a luxury.That might be changing.“They don’t even look …
  10. Fourth of July heat wave is just another climate change hoax | Opinion

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:09:02 -0000

    Mother Nature is a radical leftist personification, possibly stemming from some meteorological wing of antifa, and now she’s threatening to ruin America’s 250th anniversary. The brutal heat wave searing much of the United States on this Fourth of July week is further proof Mother Nature is hell-bent …
  11. Trump administration seeks to stomp out all fires quickly, reviving policy that has been discredited

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:31:20 -0000

    The deaths of three U.S. government firefighters in a Colorado wildfire are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire service and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly. One of the killed firefighters worked for the …
  12. A sweaty Fourth of July ahead for the US as extreme heat descends on 20 states

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:02:48 -0000

    WASHINGTON — As outdoor celebrations and events marking the nation’s 250th anniversary and the World Cup reach their peak, local officials across the …
  13. Ocean surface temperatures hit record high as world enters ‘uncharted territory,’ scientists warn

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:01:56 -0000

    “The planet is warming because we’re emitting vast quantities of greenhouse gases, primarily from fossil fuel burning,” one expert said. Temperatures on the ocean surface hit a record high in June, European scientists warned Wednesday, fueling fears of more dangerous heat waves this summer and …
  14. The weed killer America can’t afford to lose

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:01 -0000

    A 7-2 Supreme Court decision protects Bayer from costly litigation over Roundup. Thank goodness. Zachary Karabell, an author and investor, writes “The Edgy Optimist” on Substack. His next book, “Fields of Invention: How We Made Corn and Corn Made Us,” will be published in 2027. Bayer and the ordinary …
  15. Record-high ocean heat could fuel sea level rise and extreme weather on land

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:01:55 -0000

    New Copernicus data reveals that daily global sea surface temperatures have broken records for the time of year. Global sea surface temperatures have …
  16. Stabbing pain sent her to the doctor. The underlying cause is getting more common everywhere.

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:54:57 -0000

    Medical researchers have documented similar problems among outdoor workers in North Carolina, Guatemala, India, and elsewhere. Sharp abdominal pain …
  17. 'This Is the PFAS Presidency': Trump EPA Approves Another Forever Chemical Pesticide

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:56:16 -0000

    Environmental and public health advocates on Wednesday ripped the US Environmental Protection Agency's fifth approval of a "forever chemical" …
  18. Urban trees aren't just nice, scientists say — they're mandatory

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems. They tower overhead and sway in …
  19. ‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:37:34 -0000

    Extreme temperatures threaten to strain the grid as data centers are increasing energy demand. What could go wrong? Data Center Alley is facing a climate test. Searing temperatures this week could push energy demand to record levels on the mid-Atlantic’s electric grid, which fuels the country’s data …
  20. Predators always need prey — and now the psychopaths in charge have turned on Americans

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:18:15 -0000

    Hundreds of people died last week across Europe from the heat; they’re a symptom of a larger problem that governments around the world have failed to …
  21. Space Lasers Show How Venezuela’s Earthquakes Reshaped the Earth’s Crust

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    New satellite imagery reveals how much terrain has shifted in the wake of the twin quakes. The European Space Agency released a satellite image that …
  22. Ocean temperatures hit record highs as El Niño looms

    Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:57:32 -0000

    The world’s oceans are under heat stress, with average sea surface temperatures hitting 21°C. The world’s oceans are under heat stress, with average sea surface temperatures hitting 21°C, surpassing the record highs of 2023 and 2024. They’re expected to rise further as El Niño, a natural climate …
  23. We Need to Retrofit the Planet. The Heat Wave Proves It.

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:03:35 -0000

    In Europe the next heat dome is already building. Another wave of hundred-degree days will soon sweep across Britain and the mainland as 200 million Americans mark the United States’ birthday by sweltering under our own extreme temperatures. And the one last week? There are three big things to know, …
  24. Spain records second-hottest June on record with nearly 900 heat-related deaths

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:40:23 -0000

    Spain's meteorological agency Aemet has branded June "extremely hot", the second-warmest since 1961. The heat is estimated to have caused about 900 …
  25. Extreme Weather Will Upend U.S.-China Competition

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    The cost of falling behind on climate adaptation.
  26. Ancient Greeks Figured Out How to Turn Seawater Into Fresh Water 2,400 Years Ago

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:01:56 -0000

    The next time you twist open a bottle of water, consider that desalination, the science behind separating salt from seawater, is roughly 2,400 years …
  27. Paris Deputy Mayor Blames Americans For Europe’s Climate Crisis As Heat Wave Casualty Toll Reaches 1,300

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:15:06 -0000

    Paris deputy mayor blamed Americans for Europe’s heat wave, igniting a fierce climate responsibility debate.
  28. It snowed in Yellowstone this week

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:36:15 -0000

    The higher the elevation, the cooler the temperature. A massive heat dome blanketing more than half of the United States is subjecting millions of people to some of the hottest summer temperatures in over a decade. Thick humidity is making matters even worse, with “feels like” conditions in many …
  29. Global ocean temperatures are entering “uncharted territory,” climate scientists say

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:44:00 -0000

    The world’s average ocean temperature shattered records in June, according to two European Union Earth monitoring systems, the Copernicus Climate …
  30. This Is the Week for Democrats to Start Saying “Climate Change” Again

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The party has gone quiet on the issue. As a heat wave sends temperatures soaring past 100, they can’t remain mum any longer. The United States is …