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1. California Lawmakers Greenlight Solar Panels You Can Plug Into the Wall

   Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:47:45 -0000

   Legislation to make it easy for Californians to install plug-in solar panels is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. California is transitioning to …

2. Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say

   Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:47:12 -0000

   Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause of the flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice, scientists have told the BBC. Initial reports of an earthquake led many to believe that a tremor had caused a landslide, …

3. When a colossal iceberg broke free in Antarctica, scientists found something astounding beneath it

   Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:42:49 -0000

   With the help of a remotely operated vehicle, the researchers discovered a breathtaking world hidden under the ice for centuries. In March 2025, a …

4. UK government urges public to stockpile food

   Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:51:42 -0000

   Britain is readying a national campaign urging people to stockpile canned food and better prepare for national emergencies, the latest European …

5. The Supreme Court Joins Trump’s Insidious War on Voting Rights

   Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:33:37 -0000

   The high court’s shadow-docket decision isn’t the final word on mail-in ballots, but it reveals the conservative bloc’s comfort with the …

6. Gender equity, DEI, climate action: How the Smithsonian’s woke push ‘infiltrated’ America's most beloved Zoo

   Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:49 -0000

   FIRST ON FOX: As the Trump administration continues to crack down on far-left messaging and agenda items within the Smithsonian Institution, a Fox News Digital review found that the Smithsonian National Zoo has been adopting "woke" messaging and programming of its own over the past several …

7. Nepal flash floods surge through villages as Trishuli River destroys homes

   Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:36:59 -0000

   Nepal's Trishuli River surges through mountain villages, killing at least eight people as flash floods destroy homes and trigger emergencies

8. A ‘leading’ Chinese miner of Mozambique’s heavy sands linked to environmental destruction

   Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:35:43 -0000

   A sand mining operation along the coast of central Mozambique’s Zambezia Province decimated hundreds of hectares of mangroves in just a few years, a …

9. No Place on Earth Is Safe if All Hell Breaks Loose, But One Place Is Safest

   Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:30:06 -0000

   If all hell really does break loose and some kind of unprecedented global disaster strikes, where would you go? What would be the safest place to seek shelter, to lie low and ride out the storm, and hopefully survive to see a brighter day? Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for news that sparks your curiosity.

10. Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:39:33 -0000

    Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system. Many are heavily eroded …

11. 'Mini jungle': Alaska is getting greener as the climate warms – with cascading effects

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:54:48 -0000

    A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse. With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska's North …

12. Nepal–Tibet floods in maps, photos and videos

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 01:00:29 -0000

    As a mass of glacial water crashed through the mountains and valleys of the Nepalese and Tibetan border, extraordinary videos were captured by …

13. Canada to hit U.S. with retaliatory tariffs. And, remembering music legend Dolly Parton

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:05:46 -0000

    Today's top stories Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., saying that it will match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar." Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the country would apply tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on a variety of U.S. exports starting Sept. 8. The …

14. Around the world, people desperately search for news of missing loved ones after Nepal-China floods

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:52:01 -0000

    When floodwaters cascaded down deep mountain gorges and swept into a Nepali valley on Wednesday, it devastated already-vulnerable communities that sat along the swollen river, home to many ethnic groups and farmers. But it also sent shockwaves across the world, with hundreds of foreign nationals …

15. Meningitis Is a Horrible Way to Die. Trump Will Make It More Common.

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Mothers who have lost children to the disease are sharing their stories to warn the public about Trump’s recent anti-vaccine executive order. It might …

16. The great American road trip is in peril

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Along my family's 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises. My husband, friends, and I sat huddled …

17. A Defunct Nuclear Site Had a Meltdown in 1959. A New Study Shows It's Still Causing Health Problems

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:18 -0000

    Researchers found elevated reports of autoimmune and endocrine disorders among people living within 5 miles (8 kilometers) of the Santa Susana field …

18. France relaxes rules for three famous cheeses after summer drought

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:16:03 -0000

    The drought in France is forcing farmers who produce milk for some of the country's most famous cheeses to feed their cows differently, as scorched pastures make it increasingly difficult to stick to strict rules on protected regional foods, known as AOP. Temporary exemptions on fodder sources will …

19. Trump demands ‘lies’ in West Point climate curriculum, professor claims in new lawsuit

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:10:17 -0000

    A tenured professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point claims he was fired after pushing back on a presidential directive to “defy science” …

20. Australia is being urged to join a $41 trillion fight playing out in its backyard

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:26:05 -0000

    In Brief China and the United States are in a race to start deep-sea mining critical minerals in the Pacific Ocean. • The issue has starkly divided …

21. Trump and Vance Just Gave Maine Democrat Troy Jackson Two Big Gifts

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:10:00 -0000

    Republican Senator Susan Collins must be pulling her hair out. You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside …

22. Thredbo alpine resort owner issues climate warning as resort's value halved

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:05:17 -0000

    The value of one of Australia's largest ski resorts has been slashed by nearly $150 million, with its owner partly blaming this year's disappointing …

23. A scorching French Open hints at how heat is remaking Europe's summer

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:10:00 -0000

    Extreme heat in Paris turned a tennis match into a physical breakdown at the French Open. Here's what to knowThe 2026 tennis tournament in May was …

24. Heat-fueled wildfires tear through U.S., consuming thousands of acres

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:03:00 -0000

    More than 60 million people are under heat alerts from the Gulf Coast to the Pacific. The dangerous heat is fueling a wave of more than 90 wildfires …

25. Nepal Flood Update: Over 160 Killed, Americans Among Hundreds Missing

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:25:47 -0000

    More than 160 people have been killed after a glacial collapse triggered catastrophic flash floods across northern Nepal and Tibet, with rescue teams …

26. Tsunami of dirt: what caused Nepal’s deadly glacial flood?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:56:08 -0000

    More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres down the …

27. Scottish Highlands benefiting from 'coolcation' trend

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:08:06 -0000

    "People used to come to the Highlands and say, 'it's beautiful – shame about the weather'. Now they're coming for the weather." James MacLeod, concierge at the Glencoe House Hotel, in the Scottish Highlands, is talking about how he has noticed a big shift in visitors' perceptions. "They don't seem to …

28. Radical Overhaul to Milk Production Would Use Up to 96% Less Land Than Cows, Study Suggests

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:00:00 -0000

    Almost half of all habitable land on Earth is used for agriculture, and most of that is dominated by livestock farming, which not only monopolizes …

29. Bill Gates Warns Humanity About AI: ‘We Do Not Have the Luxury of Moving Slowly’

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:53:19 -0000

    The risks posed by AI—like climate change and nuclear proliferation—are global problems in need of global solutions. And according to Bill Gates, humanity can no longer afford to wait on that front. In an essay published early Wednesday morning, the Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist …

30. She got an electric bill for $1,373. She's not alone

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    TULSA, Okla. — Raelynn McMurchy was shocked when she opened her most recent electric bill. After some late payments in the past, the utility had tacked on a deposit of nearly $600, pushing the total to $1,373. "Our electric bill is literally more than our rent this month," McMurchy said in a TikTok …