Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Six thousand year old data reveals Europe could face 42 extra days of summer by 2100

    Sat, 22 Nov 2025 07:00:44 -0000

    Summers on the continent could be getting a lot longer, new study shows. European summers have been getting longer and hotter. However, there’s been a …

  2. Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:50:00 -0000

    Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. The …

  3. Will Trump's no-show eclipse South Africa's G20 moment?

    Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:09:48 -0000

    When it assumed the presidency of the G20 last year, South Africa hoped that as the first African country to host the gathering of world leaders, it could champion issues that mattered the most to developing nations. For instance, it wanted the 20 heads of state from the world's biggest economies to …

  4. The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000

    Janos Pasztor was conflicted. Sitting in his home office in a village just outside Geneva, he stared into the screen of his computer, where a bizarre Zoom call was taking place. It was Jan. 31, 2024. The chief executive of an Israeli-U.S. startup, to whom Pasztor had only just been introduced, was …

  5. Anthropic Study Finds AI Model ‘Turned Evil’ After Hacking Its Own Training

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0000

    AI models can do scary things. There are signs that they could deceive and blackmail users. Still, a common critique is that these misbehaviors are contrived and wouldn’t happen in reality—but a new paper from Anthropic, released today, suggests that they really could. The researchers trained an AI …

  6. Trump administration announces plan for new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida

    Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:57:00 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced on Thursday new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil …

  7. Deadly Crises Push Iran to the Brink

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:26:18 -0000

    Tehran was engulfed in thick smog on Friday as stagnant weather trapped pollution over the capital, intensifying a nationwide environmental emergency …

  8. 'A lot of fighting': Fossil fuel row breaks out at UN climate summit

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:54:21 -0000

    A bitter row over fossil fuels has broken out at the COP30 UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, as the meeting formally runs over time. At the heart of the row is a disagreement over how strong a deal should be on working to reduce the world's use of fossil fuels, whose emissions are by far the …

  9. White House dubs Dem a scam victim after he fumes Rubio wouldn’t fund climate trip

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:06:24 -0000

    The White House dubbed Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse a scam victim after he publicly complained the Trump administration would not fund or support his junket to the COP30 climate change conference in Belém, Brazil this week. The Trump administration largely ignored the confab of global climate change …

  10. Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:25:00 -0000

    Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it …

  11. COP30’s biofuel gamble could cost the global food supply — and the planet

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:09:11 -0000

    What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway. First the plant stalk is harvested, …

  12. Sea-level rise accelerates in New Jersey, raising coastal flooding risk, study says

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:07:02 -0000

    Landmark report forecasts water levels and temperature gain but avoids policy prescriptions. New Jersey is likely to see between 2.2 and 3.8 feet of …

  13. Polluters Have Their Claws in These Democratic Governors

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Two new reports highlight New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s ties to polluting industries. But she’s not the only one with that problem. Last week The New …

  14. G20 summit opens in South Africa without Trump

    Sat, 22 Nov 2025 01:51:17 -0000

    Johannesburg (AFP) – A US-European rift over the future of Ukraine is set to overshadow a G20 summit starting in South Africa on Saturday further marked by Donald Trump's pointed absence. The Johannesburg gathering is being attended by a host of world leaders including French President Emmanuel …

  15. China makes crucial breakthroughs in pursuit of limitless energy source: 'Moving very, very fast'

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:15:00 -0000

    China is rapidly cornering the market on nuclear power, building reactors at a pace that is stunning Western nations while leaving the U.S. looking …

  16. GLP-1 Drugs: Will No One Think of the Planet?

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:24:14 -0000

    The development of GLP-1 agonists, (“fatbusters” and much more) such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro is one of the wonders of the modern age. I …

  17. How China cleaned up its air pollution – and what that meant for the climate

    Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:32:48 -0000

    Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19. As Pakistanis …

  18. 'Crisis of identity': Why state Liberals aren't following Sussan Ley on net zero

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:40:13 -0000

    Liberal Party leadership spills in NSW and Victoria have seen two moderate women leaders emerge. Following the federal Liberal Party's decision to …

  19. Scientists achieve stunning breakthrough that could unlock limitless energy source: 'A landmark achievement'

    Sat, 22 Nov 2025 05:15:00 -0000

    Scientists in the U.K. have achieved a major breakthrough — a key step in unlocking greener, nearly limitless energy. The Times reported that …

  20. International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

    Methane emissions continue to climb despite a pledge by countries to curb climate pollution.Despite the efforts of more than half of all countries …

  21. Huge blaze engulfs Cop30 conference venue: Video

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:11:28 -0000

    A huge fire broke out at the Cop30 venue on Thursday (20 November) in Brazil, forcing evacuations of several buildings and leaving 13 people requiring treatment for smoke inhalation. Video shows the blaze filling the conference pavilion with thick smoke as staff run towards the flames with fire extinguishers. The local fire department said the cause is being investigated, but suggested it was likely sparked by electrical equipment, such as a microwave. "The fire department and UN security officers responded swiftly, and the fire was controlled in approximately six minutes", organisers said in a statement.

  22. It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary)

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:43:30 -0000

    At COP30 in Belém, the first climate summit held in the Amazon, something rare has happened. For years, the risks and failures of carbon offsetting …

  23. Are induction stoves better? These chefs think so.

    Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:00:00 -0000

    They're faster, more efficient, cheaper, and better for you and your family. Ask someone in the United States about “electric cooking” and they’ll probably describe one of those awful coil stoves, the ones that take forever to heat up and then burn your dinner to a crisp the moment you take your …

  24. China’s Trucks Are The New EVs

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:38:00 -0000

    China’s trucks are being built to run on electricity. The US fleet is still almost 100% fossil fuels. The US bet is that oil has a long life left. …

  25. Divisive fossil fuel road map scrapped in latest COP30 text

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:33:00 -0000

    In the final hours of UN climate talks in Brazil, negotiators are pushing to bridge divides on key issues including finance and moving away from …

  26. G20 envoys agree on draft leaders’ declaration despite U.S. boycott, sources say

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:34:43 -0000

    G20 envoys have agreed on a draft leaders’ declaration ahead of this weekend’s summit in Johannesburg without U.S. input, four sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that it will boycott the November 22-23 summit over …

  27. The Climate Crisis Needs a New Catchphrase

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0000

    “Two degrees” isn’t cutting it. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox …

  28. The Dirty Secret of Biodegradable Plastic

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:01:33 -0000

    In recent years, at least a half-dozen countries have embraced plastics made with an additive intended to break them down into carbon dioxide, water …

  29. NYC restaurateur cancels expansion plans after Mamdani win: 'Too dangerous of a climate'

    Sat, 22 Nov 2025 02:04:06 -0000

    NYC restaurateur Stratis Morfogen joins 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street' to discuss why he canceled expansion plans for New York City and the impact of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policies.

  30. Economics expert pinpoints the exact moment in 2012 when 'America went to hell'

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:39:53 -0000

    Geography was more important than we thought. America has never been a perfect place, but since the Civil War, it has been one where most people …