Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Money

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:46:58 -0000

    In theory, contractors are legally barred from political giving because that smacks of bribery. In practice, Musk gets a 2,200 percent return on his …

  2. I tried plug-in solar and loved it—but there’s a catch

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    As new laws roll out across the U.S. enabling plug-in solar panels, I tested one kit to see how it works. Getting solar installed on your roof typically involves weeks of planning and red tape and hiring an installation crew to do the work. I tried a very different option: a plug-in solar panel. …

  3. Something Ancient Is Waking up Under Earth’s Surface—and It’s Turning Water Orange and Toxic

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Soil frozen for millennia is thawing, and its chemical payload is traveling downstream. No place on Earth is insulated from the impacts of climate change, and that includes the remote Alaskan wilderness. Here, pristine streams criss-cross the landscape and support a diverse ecosystem of fish, …

  4. Super El Niño, Polar Vortex Collapse Could Hit US At Same Time

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:14:42 -0000

    Two major atmospheric phenomena could influence U.S. weather in the coming weeks as a super El Niño continues to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean, …

  5. A Democratic Wave In the Midterms Could Change How Companies Talk About Climate

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:39:41 -0000

    For the last year, I’ve been asking corporate executives how they might expect anticipated Democratic victories in the midterm elections to shape the future of the U.S. climate and energy agenda. I was surprised how often they gave the same answer: investigations. Democratic control of congressional …

  6. Melting Himalayan Glaciers With Western Greed - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:08:53 -0000

    Key Takeaways: The article argues that Nepal’s 26 August glacial collapse and flash floods, which killed 1,455 people and left about 5,300 missing, …

  7. JD Vance Has Become Trumpier Than Trump. What a Disgusting Human.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:09:11 -0000

    Vivek Ramaswamy is the hands-down winning monster of this election cycle, but the vice president is a close second—and is certainly doing more damage …

  8. Melting glaciers expose hundreds of unexploded World War I bombs

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:59:00 -0000

    Melting glaciers in the Italian mountains are revealing hundreds of unexploded bombs from the First World War. More than 200 of the munitions have …

  9. How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Carbon Captured How the fossil fuel industry influenced climate researchAn investigative series by ProPublica and Drilled In the spring of 2005, the …

  10. ‘Setting the planet on fire’: Richest 0.1% emit more carbon than poorest 3.5 billion, Oxfam says

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:46:12 -0000

    Things like skipping the flight, taking the train, and eating less meat can help reduce one’s carbon footprint. But even with all that personal …

  11. Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology …

  12. Inside Trump’s Dark Plot to Keep Senate in GOP Hands Even If Dems Win

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:01:38 -0000

    Senate control could come down to Alaska. Can Republicans really refuse to certify or seat Mary Peltola if she wins? Probably not. But they sure can …

  13. Strange, catastrophic landslides are kicking off across the far north

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    When frozen ground known as permafrost degrades, it can fail catastrophically. That could spell serious trouble for the whole planet. Nearly a decade …

  14. Wild Animals Can’t Vote. Here’s Where They’re on the Ballot Anyway.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    When millions of voters fill out their ballots in November, they won’t just be choosing elected representatives. Many states are offering the chance …

  15. UN nature summit approves two key agreements after marathon negotiations

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:52:22 -0000

    Almost 200 nations approved two agreements on Friday to halt biodiversity loss by 2030, following almost two weeks of negotiations that ran into extra time on the final day. Nearly 200 nations on Friday adopted hard-fought agreements at a UN biodiversity summit aimed at putting the world back on …

  16. The polar bear capital of the world has multibillion-dollar megaproject ambition

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:12:45 -0000

    Churchill, Manitoba, has seen its share of boom and bust. Now it wants to be an energy and transport powerhouse

  17. King tides flood NC’s coastal roads, signaling dangers of sea level rise

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:28:55 -0000

    North Carolina’s embattled coast was once again awash with floodwaters this week — not from a hurricane or a nor’easter, but from a king tide, a …

  18. This plastic will destroy itself in the ocean within weeks

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:36 -0000

    Compostable plastics are touted as a greener alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics that can linger in the environment for centuries. …

  19. Flying-foxes are turning up starving. Why are we still responding one crisis at a time?

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:12:29 -0000

    Once again, Australia’s flying-foxes are in trouble. Wildlife carers have been overwhelmed by large numbers of distressed animals needing care. Banana …

  20. Massive sinkholes open up across Turkey as it struggles with drought and climate change

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:13:12 -0000

    Turkey’s central Anatolian plateau is one of the country’s most important agricultural regions, producing wheat, maize, sugar beet and other crops. …

  21. The Trump Administration Is Buoying Nearly Half of All U.S. Coal Plants

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:43:14 -0000

    Between taxpayer-funded payments, regulation exemptions and mandates to remain open, the government has ramped up its support for coal. Subscribe for …

  22. Ian McEwan speculates on 'What We Can Know' in the 22nd century

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:29:20 -0000

    Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan sits down with Olivia Salazar-Winspear to discuss the 22nd century society he created in "What We Can Know", as his latest novel is translated into French. While his characters grapple with the aftermath of the great "derangement", in a world where many of the …

  23. Cities across the world are sinking because of groundwater depletion. But the process can be reversed

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:20:00 -0000

    Replenishing depleted groundwater could slow or even reverse land subsidence in coastal cities – but fault lines can determine where and how quickly …

  24. Leaders grapple with finance and harmful subsidies at UN’s COP17 biodiversity conference

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:07:34 -0000

    YEREVAN, Armenia — Visitors entering the main hallway of the 2026 U.N. biodiversity conference (COP17) encounter a mural of a herd of elephants. The …

  25. 'Why would we want to leave?': Fiji islanders work on climate resilience to avoid relocation

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:02:33 -0000

    Residents of Fiji's tiny Serua Island have rejected calls to relocate, instead opting to renovate flimsy coastal homes. As the sun sets over Fiji's …

  26. A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never Neutral

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:55:00 -0000

    Nearly 450 years ago, an unnamed Ñudzahui painter mapped his community’s history and land claims for a Spanish king — on his own terms. Listen to this …

  27. Was El Niño to blame for the 1991 Halloween Blizzard?

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:17:54 -0000

    It’s been 35 years since Minnesota was hit by one of the most memorable weather events in state history.The Halloween Blizzard of 1991 blanketed …

  28. Scientists Crack Solar Panels' 33% Efficiency Ceiling

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:47:00 -0000

    The vast majority of commercial solar panels in use today rely on single-junction solar cells to absorb and convert sunlight into energy we can use …

  29. Democrats can do something about energy prices — without winning the midterms

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    But to do so, they’ll need to make gas pipelines easier to build. A great deal is at stake in next week’s midterm elections. The partisan makeup of the new Congress will shape future spending bills, congressional investigations, and judicial nominations, among other things. And yet, the most …

  30. No frigid air coming to US in November despite polar vortex being on the move

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:13:37 -0000

    Despite a major disruption in the polar vortex that typically releases Arctic air, no frigid air outbreaks are coming to the United States in …