Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Extreme heat will make Northern Territory unlivable within 40 years, activists warn

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:39:54 -0000

   The Climate Justice Alliance, a coalition of health, housing, environmental and social service organisations, says rising temperatures and …

2. Trump’s Fed chair pick could lead shift on climate change

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:03:04 -0000

   US President Donald Trump’s nomination for the next chair of the Federal Reserve has already had an impact on the markets, but his criticism of the …

3. NATO soldiers say they can't let their guns get too warm if they want them to work on frozen battlefields

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:35:01 -0000

   SODANKYLÄ, Finland — Among the many challenges NATO soldiers face in the harsh Arctic environment, the possibility of frozen weapons is one that risks leaving them most vulnerable. It's anything but easy to keep guns, drones, and other equipment in the right conditions far above the Arctic Circle, …

4. Historic Winter Storm Sends More North Carolina Beach Homes Crashing Into The Ocean

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:23:50 -0000

   Coastal erosion and rising sea levels are blamed for the loss of more than 30 homes, which often are left to topple due to high removal costs. Several more beach homes have crashed into the ocean along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, littering the shoreline with hazardous debris while raising the …

5. Scientists Explored an Island Cave and Found 1 Million-Year-Old Remnants of a Lost World

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:16 -0000

   Up to 50 percent of species—which included 12 bird species and 4 frog species—on Aotearoa’s North Island went extinct before humans arrived Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A New Zealand cave has revealed million-year-old fossils, including 12 ancient bird species and four frog …

6. Massive Minnesota fraud case puts AG Keith Ellison under microscope as climate ties resurface

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:30:39 -0000

   A sweeping fraud scandal is putting Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in the spotlight, reviving questions about his controversial ties to progressive environmental causes. Ellison, who has served as attorney general since 2019 after more than a decade in Congress, has long-drawn conservative …

7. Breakthrough Water Filter Removes 'Forever Chemicals' 100x Faster Than Carbon

   Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:57:39 -0000

   An international team of scientists has discovered a record-breaking method of removing a class of harmful 'forever chemicals' from contaminated …

8. Why Hospitals Are Phasing Out a Popular Operating Room Anesthetic

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:00:28 -0000

   For decades, hospitals have relied on desflurane, a popular anesthetic, to put patients to sleep on the operating table. But the chemical is a potent …

9. Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement

   Tue, 03 Feb 2026 03:55:31 -0000

   Young Kenyan environmentalist Truphena Muthoni has set a Guinness World Record (GWR), for the second time, after embracing a tree for 72 hours. She …

10. The Trump administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:09:46 -0000

    The Trump administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a …

11. Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Amid rising demand, miners are turning to biotech firms to help them squeeze more metal out of aging mines. In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper …

12. 50% of Carbon Emissions Are From Just 32 Companies

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:29:54 -0000

    We talk about Climate change like it is a vague global problem. But a new breakdown makes it feel very specific. In 2024, just 32 companies were …

13. Fusion Doesn’t Need Magnets or Beams Anymore

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:13:39 -0000

    What if the key to solving humanity’s energy crisis has been hiding in plain sight, dismissed for decades as an impossible dream? In this overview, …

14. MAHA has reshaped health policy. Now it's working on environmental rules

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:17:30 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — On New Year’s Eve, Lee Zeldin did something out of character for an Environmental Protection Agency leader who has been hacking away at regulations intended to protect Americans’ air and water. He announced new restrictions on five chemicals commonly used in building materials, …

15. George Saunders Takes on Mortality, Morality and Climate, Comically, in New Novel ‘Vigil’

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:18:06 -0000

    Airdate: Tuesday, February 3 at 9 AM George Saunders is one of America’s most celebrated writers. His worlds and characters often live in a reality …

16. Significant weather pattern change coming, and it will give you spring dreams

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:40:48 -0000

    The Arctic grip on Michigan, the Great Lakes region and the eastern U.S. is about to give up its hold. The weather pattern is going to flip-flop to …

17. Western Ski Resorts and Their Terrible, Horrible, No Snow, Very Bad Year

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:16:58 -0000

    Little snowpack, strikes by mountain staff and Trump administration policies that are keeping international visitors away have made this a difficult season in the Rockies and beyond. Bare slopes. Closed terrain. Canceled vacations. In the Western United States, the 2026 ski season is shaping up to be …

18. ‘It Seems Like China Listens to Everything I Say’: Elon Musk Says China Is Out-Executing the U.S. on Energy By Using His Playbook

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:10:40 -0000

    Elon Musk says the fastest way for the United States to dramatically increase its effective energy output isn’t by building new power plants: it’s by …

19. Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:22:35 -0000

    Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and …

20. Why the future of meat production is in vats, not farms

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    “Cultivated” offerings join a herd of alternative meats that are challenging the traditional ways of raising livestock. I recently ate a pig that’s …

21. Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not.

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:15:33 -0000

    A House hearing exposed sharp divisions over whether loosening environmental laws and expanding logging will protect communities from catastrophic …

22. Chocolate Isn’t Chocolate Anymore

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:02:44 -0000

    Chocolate isn’t chocolate in many cases. Climate change in cocoa-producing nations, the Ivory Coast and Ghana, has severely damaged crops. Supply has …

23. Was January a Mass. record-breaker for cold temps?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:02:39 -0000

    If January seemed a little colder than usual across Massachusetts, that’s because it was. And the harsh finish to the month made it feel even more …

24. Australia’s World-Leading Solar Drives Residential Battery Boom

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:59:00 -0000

    Australian households — already world leaders in the number of rooftop solar panels per capita — installed as many batteries in the second half of …

25. Trump’s Best Friend in Europe May Lose His Election

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:04:11 -0000

    BUDAPEST — An Arctic wave swept across Hungary in early January, dumping more snow than the country had seen in more than a decade. The temperature …

26. Grizzly Bears Film Their Lives in Remote Arctic

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:51:07 -0000

    On Alaska’s North Slope, some of the planet’s most isolated grizzlies are documenting their own lives. Wearing cameras attached to their collars, the …

27. It’s the oldest individual living creature in the world, survives at 400m deep underwater and uses its ‘foot’ to move along the seafloor

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:10:21 -0000

    A slower pace of life is behind the longevity of the world’s oldest ever animal, the ocean quahog Stormy seas make for good beachcombing and while …

28. Rising Temperatures Are Taking a Toll on Sleep Health

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:30:00 -0000

    As nights get hotter around the globe due to climate change, the prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to increase by as much as threefold. Living in …

29. Why America losing the global EV race hurts its own auto industry

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S. risks becoming a follower in the industry it once defined. At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, the spotlight quietly shifted. Electric vehicles, once framed as the inevitable future of the industry, were no longer the centerpiece. Instead, automakers emphasized hybrids, updated gasoline models …

30. San Antonio startup leads U.S. in carbon removal

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:20:05 -0000

    A San Antonio startup that aims to make cattle ranching more profitable and environmentally friendly is now the largest carbon removal company in the …