Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Trump celebrates after UN climate committee moves away from its most extreme global warming scenario

   Sun, 17 May 2026 03:54:56 -0000

   President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted Democratic climate policies after scientists moved away from one of the most extreme global warming scenarios previously used in United Nations-backed climate modeling. "GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to …

2. Green energy will have the last laugh — because of Trump

   Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:19 -0000

   Donald Trump’s war in Iran has created the biggest energy crisis in modern history that the International Energy Agency has described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” The crisis can’t be spun, no matter how hard Trump, Fox News and Energy Secretary (and …

3. The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance

   Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:35 -0000

   President Donald Trump returns from China today alongside a who’s who in his cabinet and some of the most recognizable faces in American business like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. While details were thin on any actual dealmaking to emerge from the two-day trip, Trump left with an air of positivity …

4. The Feds Are Coming After Grand-Staircase Escalante. Scientists Are Furious.

   Sat, 16 May 2026 04:46:23 -0000

   In the remote canyons of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a battle over public land protections is quietly unfolding. More than 150 researchers and scientific institutions have called on lawmakers to reject legislation that would strip Grand Staircase-Escalante of federal …

5. 20 years after ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore grapples with the (big) wrinkle of AI

   Sat, 16 May 2026 21:00:00 -0000

   Former Vice President Al Gore is knocking on wood. Seated in front of portraits of Johnny Cash and Prince inside The Pinnacle, a Nashville music …

6. How outbreaks at sea have been helping to shape the global health system since medieval times

   Sat, 16 May 2026 18:38:00 -0000

   This article is republished from The Conversation. Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world – but as …

7. Colorado River crisis could force drastic water measures across the West, experts say

   Sun, 17 May 2026 01:20:22 -0000

   Los Angeles — The Colorado River is in crisis, with a growing population taking more water from it as a hotter climate is drying up the supply. The …

8. Justice Alito pushes back on calls to sit out a major Supreme Court climate case

   Fri, 15 May 2026 15:13:47 -0000

   The conservative justice has no financial conflict that would require him to recuse himself from the case, a court spokeswoman told NBC News. WASHINGTON — Facing calls to step aside in a major upcoming case involving climate change, conservative Justice Samuel Alito is pushing back, with a Supreme …

9. What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

   Sat, 16 May 2026 08:50:00 -0000

   “I think there's a great loss for the wrong reasons. There's no good reason for dismantling this or tearing it down,” a former NASA chief scientist …

10. Trump’s FEMA Is an Unnatural Disaster

    Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The president has staffed the agency in charge of federal disaster response with a rotating cast of fools—and it’s showing. FEMA is not all right. As …

11. China Cleaning Up Its Pollution Might Have Sped Up Climate Change

    Sat, 16 May 2026 16:47:13 -0000

    You wouldn't think cleaning up pollution would have the opposite effect of making things worse, but that may well be the case with east Asia and, …

12. Activists hang Palestinian flag on the Eiffel Tower for Nakba Day

    Fri, 15 May 2026 09:38:54 -0000

    Members of Extinction Rebellion scaled the Eiffel Tower to hang a Palestinian flag for Nakba day. Members of Extinction Rebellion France, an environmental and social activism group, scaled the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, displaying a Palestinian flag in protest against …

13. Capitalism Is the Thing That Works

    Sat, 16 May 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, …

14. We fixed the ozone crisis once. These new rockets could erode it once more

    Sat, 16 May 2026 15:30:23 -0000

    The ecological impact of rocket launches has long been a concern. Some fuel systems, such as the solid rocket boosters used by NASA's Space Launch …

15. The Truth About Coal Pollution

    Sat, 16 May 2026 12:32:51 -0000

    China still uses huge amounts of coal, although it has moved aggressively toward wind and solar. India’s electricity still runs on coal. The US coal …

16. Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back

    Sun, 17 May 2026 04:14:44 -0000

    Until a century ago, almost a third of Finland was covered in pristine peatlands, which comprise one of the Earth’s largest and most important carbon …

17. Solar & Farming Can Share Land, But The Details Matter

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:29:34 -0000

    Agrivoltaics has become one of those ideas that is simple enough to fit on a social media tile and complex enough to be mangled by one. The image …

18. How One Young Kenyan’s 23,326 Trees Showed the World What Climate Action Looks Like

    Fri, 15 May 2026 16:23:07 -0000

    There is a particular kind of silence that descends on a forest at dawn when something historic is about to be completed. I felt it on the morning of …

19. Canada deepens Arctic defence ties with Nordics after Trump threats

    Sat, 16 May 2026 10:17:56 -0000

    Alliances are shifting in the Arctic as climate change makes it more accessible.

20. A closely guarded plan to cool Earth is revealed

    Fri, 15 May 2026 08:48:18 -0000

    A company that aims to make billions of dollars by cooling the Earth has lifted the veil of secrecy that until now has hidden its plans for preventing sunlight from overheating the planet. It hinges on aerosol particles that are 125 times smaller than the tiniest grains of sand. Stardust Solutions …

21. The Secret Poison in Your Laundry: Why One Inventor Is Racing to Fix Your Washing Machine’s Biggest Flaw

    Sat, 16 May 2026 13:30:39 -0000

    You probably don’t think of your laundry room as a crime scene.But every time you hit “start” on that washing machine, you’re releasing a silent …

22. 'The biggest El Niño event since the 1870s': 'Super' El Niño is now the most likely scenario by the end of this year ‪—‬ and the humanitarian cost could be huge

    Fri, 15 May 2026 11:52:29 -0000

    A "super" El Niño is now the most likely scenario from October 2026 to February 2027, according to a new forecast from the National Oceanic and …

23. Man buys $1M Navy SEAL boat but it all unravels as he tries transporting it

    Sat, 16 May 2026 15:00:03 -0000

    He needed to get it from Virginia to Michigan but it proved to be a much bigger challenge than he expected.

24. Under Trump, Chinese Firms Have Abandoned Billions in US Clean Energy Projects

    Sat, 16 May 2026 11:30:14 -0000

    Chinese firms are selling off their stake in U.S. solar power production, according to new economic reports. Remember U.S. infrastructure? Something …

25. Looking for whales—and awe—through Baja California

    Fri, 15 May 2026 13:46:02 -0000

    The Gulf of California was once known as “the aquarium of the world.” But on a recent whale watching trip—and in an era where climate change is making its mark—our writer wonders if it still delivers. When considering a trip to Baja, it’s nearly impossible to dodge the words of two famous men: …

26. First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life

    Fri, 15 May 2026 14:41:05 -0000

    The first trial to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide by adding crushed olivine to the ocean had no adverse effects on the seafloor ecosystem in its …

27. Giant lake suddenly returns 130 years after vanishing

    Fri, 15 May 2026 09:37:09 -0000

    Tulare Lake, located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, was once one of the largest bodies of freshwater in the whole of the US. But, some 130 years …

28. The Bedroom Temperature Italians Sleep At That Would Shock Most Americans

    Sat, 16 May 2026 14:16:22 -0000

    And what it reveals about climate, comfort, and a radically different idea of nighttime health.In the United States, bedtime comfort is often …

29. Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy

    Sat, 16 May 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power. As states seek out much-needed …

30. Antarctica’s sudden sea ice loss is one of the most extreme and confusing events in the modern climate record. Scientists now know why it's happening.

    Fri, 15 May 2026 12:51:41 -0000

    Antarctica's sea ice started shrinking dramatically in 2015 after resisting global warming for decades, and researchers now know why. A study …