Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. EPA abandons the foundation of greenhouse gas rules

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:44:41 -0000

    The EPA has overturned a formal 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare, President Trump said …

  2. 'So Mortifying': Trump Was Given Yet Another Weird Award, And Critics Are Aghast

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:33:39 -0000

    The president has another trophy for his shelf. President Donald Trump was given yet another award on Wednesday ― and once again, it was an honor never bestowed before and perhaps never to be issued again. The Washington Coal Club awarded the president a trophy declaring him the “Undisputed Champion …

  3. The Oil Industry's Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:30:03 -0000

    This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. A cache of government documents dating back nearly a century …

  4. Trump directs Pentagon to purchase coal-fired electricity

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:35:00 -0000

    Feb. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to purchase coal-fired electricity to boost domestic coal production, a move that …

  5. Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:44:01 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by …

  6. FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:38:52 -0000

    The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into Extinction Rebellion NYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of activist groups. Federal …

  7. 6 GOP reps defy Trump to block Canadian tariffs. And, student loan defaults rise

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:31:21 -0000

    Today's top stories President Trump's tariff agenda is under threat after six House Republicans bucked party leaders and joined Democrats to successfully vote against Canadian tariffs. It's a rare rebuke of one of the president's favorite tools for pressuring foes and allies alike. 🎧 NPR's Franco …

  8. Giddy Trump, 79, Accepts Another Made Up Award

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:19:09 -0000

    Like the “FIFA Peace Prize,” the pro-coal award was given to him in its inaugural year. Climate change-denying President Donald Trump received a …

  9. China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:43:43 -0000

    Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs …

  10. The plan to wall off the ‘Doomsday’ glacier

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:14:46 -0000

    A group of engineers and scientists are planning to build a 50-mile underwater barrier around the melting “Doomsday glacier” in a bid to stop it …

  11. Trump’s beef trade deal is a lose-lose gamble that won't lower prices

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    There’s no two ways about it: Eating more beef is bad for the planet and the climate. Last week, President Donald Trump announced the United States …

  12. Rural America’s $23.6 billion wipeout: the drought that wouldn’t quit

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out …

  13. GOP Lawmaker Says Bill Being Crafted to Shield Big Oil From Climate Liability Lawsuits | Common Dreams

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:49:31 -0000

    "Let’s be clear: You don’t need immunity unless you are in fact responsible for the damages claimed in these lawsuits," said one climate …

  14. Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 03:06:51 -0000

    Trump’s order is the latest move by US administration to boost fossil fuel industry despite climate change concerns. United States President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal, his latest effort to boost demand for the fossil fuel amid its declining cost …

  15. Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:46:47 -0000

    US President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases. The so-called 2009 "endangerment finding" concluded that a range of greenhouse gases were a threat to public health. It's become the legal bedrock of federal …

  16. 'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:30:00 -0000

    Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it’s not an accident. The trove of documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in relation to Jeffrey Epstein have revealed just how close the convicted child sex …

  17. Who's got smellier farts: men or women? Here's what science reveals

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:22:41 -0000

    Uh, what's that smell? Plus, more science finds that will blow you away.

  18. The Legal Push to Make Plastic Producers Pay

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:40:35 -0000

    When plastic was first introduced to consumers in the early 1900s, it was considered a miracle material. Plastic is flexible, it’s waterproof, and the …

  19. Trump just killed the EPA’s ability to fight climate change. It may backfire.

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:01:38 -0000

    The EPA’s repeal of the “endangerment finding” could threaten automakers and oil companies — if it survives in court. President Donald Trump’s …

  20. The Trump administration calls its climate change policy shift the ‘largest deregulatory action’ in history—but experts say the impact will be limited

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:38:41 -0000

    The Trump administration is framing its decision to repeal the landmark legal finding that’s used for the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions—for …

  21. AI Agents Discussing the Extinction of Humanity

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:58:00 -0000

    AI agents arguing, mocking humans, and posting manifestos sounds scary – but the AI-only social network Moltbook is more hype than uprising. Here’s what is actually happening.

  22. A rapidly melting ‘Doomsday Glacier’ and a monstrous deep-sea fish: 6 of nature’s signals that could warn of the end of the world

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:15:44 -0000

    Whether these signs are rooted in science (like the Doomsday Glacier) or simply popular myth, they have been associated with the end of the world – …

  23. No, bears don’t actually hibernate

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:09:11 -0000

    Their winter survival trick is a months-long power-save mode—and scientists think it could help humans, too. For many animals that live in cold climates, winter means low-power mode. But no creature is more tied to the image of a long, cozy winter than hibernating bears all snuggled up in their …

  24. The ‘culture war’ on net zero: Why have Brits stopped supporting climate policies?

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:07:28 -0000

    Reform UK voters are the only political group without a majority in favour of achieving net zero by 2050 or sooner, according to a new survey. The …

  25. Alabama Eyes Scrapping Utility Commission Election After Democrats’ Georgia Win

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:37:10 -0000

    On electrolyzers’ decline, Anthropic’s pledge, and Syria’s oil and gas Current conditions: Warmer air from down south is pushing the cold front in …

  26. People across the US have started to use small plug-in solar panels as an affordable way to cut electric bills

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:00:56 -0000

    Across the country, Americans are discovering that plug-in solar panels are making solar power cheaper and easier than ever. Instead of spending tens …

  27. Trump orders Pentagon to buy power from coal plants

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:25:07 -0000

    US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to purchase more electricity from coal plants in order to power military installations, the latest …

  28. Treacherous weather outlook 'likely' as Aussies warned of 'growing chance' of El Niño

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:57:54 -0000

    Updated modelling points to a possible return of El Niño — the first in three years — bringing an elevated risk of drought and intense heat. Australia …

  29. Black Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism Case

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    In a pocket of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley,” Black residents bear the generational toll of “plantation country” becoming “pollution …

  30. Sizing up Trump's military move to revive coal's fortunes

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:11:45 -0000

    The Trump administration is harnessing military purchase power in some of its most aggressive attempts to stem or even reverse coal-fired …