Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Why Trump wants Greenland

   Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:09:52 -0000

   Location, location, location: Greenland's position above the Arctic Circle makes the world's largest island a key part of security …

2. Iran’s environmental catastrophe has also wrecked its economy

   Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:59:56 -0000

   For several decades, Iran has devoted substantial financial, institutional and political resources to military expansion. It has invested heavily in …

3. Trump has burned through more than $100 billion on Iran war

   Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:10:46 -0000

   ALBAWABA - One's mind can only imagine the kinds of human achievements that can be made with $100 billion: curing world hunger, stopping climate …

4. Western Europe records its hottest June on record, says EU climate monitor

   Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:47:11 -0000

   EU's climate monitor said Thursday that Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across the world's fastest-warming continent. June was particularly brutal for Europe as a "heat dome" – a high-pressure system acting like a lid on a boiling pot – …

5. World’s First: Extreme Athletes "Death Dive" From 65-Foot Greenland Glacier (Video)

   Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:31:30 -0000

   A pair of extreme athletes has executed a “world’s first” – death diving (aka dødsing) off a staggering 65-foot glacier in the freezing wilds of …

6. 99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this Wednesday

   Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:23:58 -0000

   On July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same time. Because of Earth’s tilt and the timing of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, about 99 percent of the world’s population – some 8.2 billion people – will experience daylight or twilight simultaneously …

7. This startup is turning roofs of New York rent-stabilized buildings into an enormous, distributed power plant

   Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -0000

   Fieldston Power helps apartment buildings install solar panels that they otherwise couldn’t afford—and helps lower electric bills for New Yorkers. At an aging seven-story apartment building in the South Bronx, the landlord recently faced an expensive problem: a leaking roof. The repairs were pricey …

8. Can the United States Hold On?

   Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:00:06 -0000

   Our 250th birthday party seemed to me as divisive, troubled and angst-ridden as America itself. The evacuation of crowds from the Washington Mall because of extreme weather captured the moment: President Trump tries to defy and deny natural forces of climate change even as they shape our lives. …

9. Barcelona sets new heat record of 40.5C, weather agencies say

   Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:16:25 -0000

   Scientists say human-driven climate change is increasing the intensity, length and frequency of extreme weather events such as heatwaves. Barcelona …

10. Why oil prices could go up faster than when Iran war first broke out if renewed fighting lasts long

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:23:00 -0000

    Oil prices rose more than 7% to a two-week high after President Trump declared the Iran ceasefire over. Joseph Majkut, director of the Energy …

11. How snow machines have become the key ingredient for ski seasons

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:49:02 -0000

    Perisher's Front Valley snow cam captures conditions from June 27 to July 7. Five years ago the ski lifts at Tasmania's Ben Lomond resort operated for …

12. Solar-mad Germans turn to battery storage to shield themselves against fossil fuel price shocks

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:00:42 -0000

    “Consumers have recognised how useful and profitable batteries are, especially in combination with solar systems, heat pumps and EVs.” German …

13. The Australian tree reshaping the world's wildfires

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:13:00 -0000

    As Europe experiences another summer of extreme heat and wildfire warnings, one tree imported from Australia is coming under renewed scrutiny across …

14. Electric Vehicles Are a Defense Technology

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:07:04 -0000

    Two former defense officials argue that Rivian may be as important to America’s national security as SpaceX. For years, policymakers have debated …

15. More countries move to tighten borders as U.S. cracks down on immigration

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:24:30 -0000

    Deportations are ramping up in countries beyond the U.S. as right-wing movements grow and issues from war and persecution to climate change drive up migration. NBC News’ Julia Ainsley reports.July 8, 2026

16. Scientists get clearest view yet of a spreading seafloor

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:30:00 -0000

    Kilometers below the ocean’s surface, Earth’s seafloors are on the move. Across a massive network of underwater mountain chains known as mid-ocean …

17. The world is seeing a record-breaking marine heatwave – and its about to get worse

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:05:50 -0000

    The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023–24 El Niño years. Right now, the average sea surface …

18. What to know about U.S. oil production and consumption in 6 charts

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:03:10 -0000

    The military conflict in Iran led to higher gasoline prices in the United States and around the world. In a Pew Research Center survey conducted in …

19. In Massachusetts, the season's first blueberries help scientist track climate change

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:52:07 -0000

    The nation's oldest continuously operated weather observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, keeps track of a surprising climate indicator: the date the first blueberry ripens. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Climate change shows up in unexpected places, like blueberries. Weather observers in Massachusetts have been …

20. The Arctic Ocean May Have Passed a Crucial Tipping Point That Could Harm Food Webs and Worsen Climate Change

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:36:06 -0000

    The Arctic Ocean is losing sea ice at an unprecedented rate, mainly because of human-caused climate change. While the amount rises and falls with the …

21. Researchers tore down a Tesla and BYD battery to see which one's better

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:58:50 -0000

    The two companies have different approaches, but is one better? Over the past decade, electric vehicle batteries have changed faster than pretty much …

22. June 2026 was Western Europe's hottest on record, second hottest globally, report finds

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:00:10 -0000

    Western Europe saw its hottest June on record this year as temperatures skyrocketed around the world last month, with blistering heat stoking …

23. ‘They’re not freak occurrences’: Farmers grapple with protecting crops as heat waves and extreme weather become more frequent

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:25:37 -0000

    Even as the sun started to set, the day’s heat was still hanging in the air as Annie Woods walked back out to harvest squash and zucchini on her …

24. From sewers to swimming sites: how Europe's cities reclaim their rivers

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:41:37 -0000

    As Europe braces for hotter summers, cities are reopening rivers once written off as polluted waterways. From Paris to Copenhagen, local authorities …

25. WA gold project Warrawoona fined $118,000 over threatened bat

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:19:10 -0000

    A mid-tier gold project in Western Australia's Pilbara region has been hit with a record $118,000 fine for environmental breaches amounting to a …

26. Trump’s Top Air Pollution Regulator to Resign

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:37:38 -0000

    Aaron Szabo will step down as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office this month, he told employees, after overseeing rollbacks of a range of pollution limits. The top air pollution regulator at the Environmental Protection Agency told employees on Tuesday that he is leaving the …

27. How raising freezer temperatures by 3 degrees could avoid millions of tons of emissions

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Maersk and IKEA are among the members of a growing coalition of companies building industry confidence for the shift. Momentum is building behind a …

28. Mamdani’s AC warning revealed that NY’s power grid is in big trouble — and it’s a problem he helped cause

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:30:00 -0000

    As temperatures hit 100 degrees last week, New York City’s unconventional mayor did something pretty conventional: He urged people to use less …

29. Sunrun wants to pay you to turn your home into an AI data center

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:27:36 -0000

    Sunrun wants to turn thousands of solar-powered homes into a giant distributed AI data center – and pay homeowners to help power the AI boom. The residential solar and storage company today launched a pilot program that installs AI compute nodes – that’s a server in a distributed system like the one …

30. Experts slash hurricane forecast—here's what it means for Texas

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:07:56 -0000

    A strengthening El Niño is driving a major hurricane forecast downgrade. Houston received some welcome news ahead of the peak of hurricane …