Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    Large batteries are helping homeowners keep the lights on during power outages. But they're also sending juice back to the system for others to …

  2. A remarkable new picture is emerging of how the air around us could harm the brain

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Pollution has long been indirectly linked with dementia. Now scientists wonder whether it could be physically reshaping the brain. Last year, startled scientists reported that the average human brain they studied contained roughly the weight of a plastic spoon in microplastics and nanoplastics. Now, …

  3. The case for low-carbon bamboo fuel starts at $2.75 a gallon.

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:28 -0000

    With fuel prices sky-high, the need for fuels from non-petroleum sources has taken on a new urgency. And researchers at Worchester Polytechnic …

  4. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Vile Attack Ad Is Trumpism in a Nutshell

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate’s ad against Amy Acton is disqualifying. It’s also precisely what you would expect from a MAGA regime …

  5. ‘This used to be paradise’: How intensive farming is destroying Europeans’ favourite swimming spots

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:37 -0000

    'Green sludge' is appearing on Europe's shorelines as warming waters, sewage and agricultural runoff fuel the growth of toxic algae. “I remember our …

  6. Subtropical Storm Josephine forms in the Atlantic

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:56:20 -0000

    Damage from Josephine has closed the only highway to North Carolina’s Outer Banks; king tide flooding is predicted to bring some of the highest water …

  7. Google just cut down 250,000 trees for AI data centers — and now it's facing a major backlash

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:36:22 -0000

    Google's massive AI expansion in Finland has come at a startling environmental cost. Approximately 250,000 trees have been cut down at one planned …

  8. Trump Has Found a New Part of the Constitution to Abuse

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:19:14 -0000

    The administration’s attempts to grab power through its novel reading of the supremacy clause have, thus far, been consistently thwarted. But it’s …

  9. We must prepare entire cities for extreme heat. Our new study reveals how

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:11:07 -0000

    In Australia, the days are growing longer and summer is fast approaching. But a very strong El Niño – a natural weather phenomenon that drives …

  10. California’s oceans have become shockingly warm. And strange things are happening

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Ocean temperatures off the California coast are surging to shockingly high levels as a historic El Niño grows even stronger. On Monday, a sea surface …

  11. Surprising Factor Could Increase Lung Cancer Risk by Nearly 50 Percent

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:58:00 -0000

    Many dangers to our health are invisible. Often, they lurk in the air. Researchers have now discovered that a naturally occurring gas could increase …

  12. Here’s What’s Getting Lost in Headlines About the Amy Acton Attack Ad

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:35:52 -0000

    Personal attacks have dominated the Ohio governor’s race, even before the Ramaswamy campaign ran an ad featuring Acton’s estranged mom. Voters, on …

  13. Experts sound the alarm as EU moves to loosen rules on pesticide use

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:07:26 -0000

    The European Union wants to relax rules for pesticides, saying it will be easier for farmers to adopt more environmentally friendly options. But …

  14. Solar pavilion concept turns sunbeams into a giant yellow canopy

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:20:22 -0000

    Solar power plants aren’t usually designed around the people who might stop by to understand them. The Solar Electric Visitors Pavilion concept gives …

  15. West Virginia investigates environmental groups over ‘deceptive’ climate change advocacy

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:27:38 -0000

    The state's Republican attorney general has urged federal authorities to investigate climate advocacy organizations, prioritizing the protection of …

  16. What JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy Don’t Get About Trump’s Success

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    They keep going lower, but voters can see right through their unconvincing imitations of the president. Let’s just get this out of the way: The ad …

  17. Colorado Wildlife Overpass Cut Vehicle-Animal Collisions by 91%

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:30:59 -0000

    Colorado Wildlife Overpass Cut Vehicle-Animal Collisions by 91% (Maria)The author writes, “Colorado officials have tracked herds of elk, bears, …

  18. United Nations report highlights significant increase in U.S. climate pollution

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Countries are not doing enough to cut emissions that cause climate change, according to a new report from United Nations scientists. And the United States is a big part of the problem. The U.S. sticks out as the only major economy where planet-warming pollution increased dramatically last year, the …

  19. Crows may make lightning-fast decisions, sometimes twice as fast as humans, study hints

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:34:26 -0000

    Carrion crows made decisions about their visual environments significantly faster than humans and primates tend to, according to a comparison in a …

  20. Big Basin’s Return Has Been Slow and Measured. It’s Also an Opportunity

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Most of the park’s famed redwoods survived the devastating 2020 fire, but the way visitors can appreciate them has changed. So has the park’s vision …

  21. The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a …

  22. Meet the people moving north to escape increasingly hot summers

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    LONDON – Mike Coe never thought he would leave his dream home in rural Worcestershire, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. That was until Coe started researching the warming temperatures in the region. Coe had a job making videos for environmental activists, and ten years …

  23. World on Track for 2.8 Degrees Celsius of Warming

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:59:05 -0000

    Current climate policies put the world on a course for 2.8 degrees C of warming this century, well beyond international climate targets, according to …

  24. Podcast: Data center emissions, a Project Jupiter tour and Oracle's proposed household electric bill credits

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:51:40 -0000

    Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the El Paso Matters Podcast on YouTube, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. This episode was recorded Oct. 20, 2026. Read the …

  25. If humans went extinct, this is what would happen to life on Earth, according to scientists

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:06:21 -0000

    While there's a chance our species can survive the effects of climate change, it looks increasingly likely that we and many other living things will …

  26. Why US Voters of All Political Stripes Loath the Big Tech Billionaires | Common Dreams

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:51:50 -0000

    One of few silver linings of these dark Trump times is that much of what had been hidden has now been exposed. I’m referring specifically to where the …

  27. Renewables records tumble

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:20:57 -0000

    Global investment in low-carbon energy technology surged to a record level of $1.1 trillion in 2022, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. The …

  28. ISSB proposes nature-related disclosures

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:23:43 -0000

    The International Sustainability Standards Board issued a set of proposals on nature-related disclosures in conjunction with a UN climate change …

  29. Where are California’s dead trees going? A forest advocate turned detective to find out

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:52:46 -0000

    By Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A white SUV drives past fields of grapes and nut trees and pulls to a stop on the dirt shoulder across …