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1. Judge orders Trump administration to restore national park signage on climate change, slavery

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:57:46 -0000

   A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore signs related to topics such as climate change, slavery and Indigenous and LGBTQ+ history that were removed under an executive order to purge language at national parks that allegedly cast America in a negative light. The order has …

2. ‘A huge anomaly’: Antarctica records winter temperatures 20C warmer than normal

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:27 -0000

   The new heat record comes amid a prolonged heatwave that has seen maximum daily temperatures above zero degrees for three consecutive weeks. The …

3. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Wants Us to Think He’s Building a God

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:58:34 -0000

   He acts like he has special knowledge about how best to regulate his company. But he’s a CEO like any CEO, and he wants what all CEOs want: to write …

4. Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:04:56 -0000

   Solar and storage provided 90% of all new power added in the U.S. The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow despite …

5. El Nino is here. It'll be big, bad and costly, scientists fear

   Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:04:01 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, …

6. Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:01:00 -0000

   SEATTLE — Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington. So, as President Trump has already canceled or suspended about a quarter of all funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes for Health, the atmosphere on this leafy Seattle …

7. The “clean energy” mine that could put one of America’s most pristine wilderness areas at risk

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:15:00 -0000

   The climate transition needs more mining. But does it need this mine? There’s no such thing as a truly pristine landscape — humans have, over millennia, shaped every environment on Earth — but the Boundary Waters wilderness of northeastern Minnesota comes pretty darn close. Stretching across more …

8. Greece reopens country’s only surviving Byzantine palace after over 40 years of restoration work

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:45:04 -0000

   The palace dates back to they 14th century and served as the seat of the Despotate of Mystras, a province of the Byzantine Empire. It has been on …

9. Trump Concedes a Battle in His War Against Wind Energy

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:54:59 -0000

   The administration filed to dismiss an appeal of a December ruling that overturned its wind permitting freeze. Trump’s Department of Justice is giving …

10. Enough: Judge snatches Trump’s history erasing ‘white-out pen’ with merciless order

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:57:51 -0000

    Politico Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter Josh Gerstein reports US District Judge Angel Kelley has blocked Interior Secy. Doug Burgum's "Restoring Truth …

11. Trump Just Gutted A Major Line of Oceanic Defense

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:45:21 -0000

    Just in time for hurricane season, the Trump administration is defunding its global ocean-monitoring system. Buxton, North Carolina IF YOU’VE WATCHED …

12. ‘This is not normal’: Trump leans on MAGA organizer to revive coal

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:00:34 -0000

    A man the Trump administration picked to be a key player at the fore of a U.S. coal renaissance is likely more familiar to QAnon circles than energy ones. TerraSpark’s project carries big promises. The proposed 1.6 gigawatt facility — touted by the Trump administration last week — would be the first …

13. The Dead Sea Is Receding Three Feet Every Year – And What’s Emerging Along the Shore Is Archaeologically Without Precedent

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:45:00 -0000

    You probably know the Dead Sea as that surreal place where you can float without even trying. What you might not realize is that this same iconic …

14. Judge orders Trump officials to re-install signs and exhibits at national parks on topics like slavery and climate change

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:23:09 -0000

    President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.” BOSTON — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate …

15. Super El Nino is coming our way. We are not ready for what’s in store

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:52:46 -0000

    There’s definitely something coming. We’re very confident about that, and it looks like it will be a big event.” Adam Scaife, head of long-range …

16. The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it’s a warning for our future

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:44:09 -0000

    Around 13,000 years ago, as the world was emerging from the grip of the last ice age, much of the North Atlantic region plunged back into …

17. 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic is like nothing else we've ever seen on Earth

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:05:46 -0000

    The reality of what lies within our oceans has fascinated people since time immemorial, so it’s no wonder we’ve created countless myths about the …

18. World’s first crewed solid-state flight electrifies aviation's future

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:33:00 -0000

    On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon – the first …

19. Patagonia is suing Pattie Gonia, a drag queen performer with an environmental message

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:01:50 -0000

    DENVER (AP) — Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings stared into a camera and levied a strong accusation against a famous sustainable outdoors apparel brand: “This is a corporation trying to erase …

20. A SpaceX Engineer Is Looking to the Ocean Floor to Power Our Future

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:48:42 -0000

    What if the answer to the world’s growing energy crisis had been hiding beneath the waves all along? One former rocket engineer believes it has, and …

21. Plant-Based Diets, Ultra-Processed Foods, and Risks of Mortality and Major Chronic Diseases: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:23:59 -0000

    Download Full Issue Download started Crippa, M. ∙ Solazzo, E. ∙ Guizzardi, D. ∙ et al. Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic …

22. Climate Denier Lee Raymond Left the World Hotter Than He Found It

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:36:01 -0000

    Here’s how Lee Raymond’s hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, remembered him Thursday morning. The Texas paper was more direct, and more accurate, …

23. El Niño Armageddon Qiyamah Has Officially Begun – OpEd

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:04:12 -0000

    El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and …

24. San Diego’s big bet on salt water

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    Drawing from the ocean will be essential to managing the West's water crisis. While cities across drought-stricken western states struggle to meet their water needs, San Diego has a surplus of the all-important resource. That’s largely thanks to the county’s investment in desalination, which other …

25. It's Official: US Declares El Niño Has Arrived

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:25:47 -0000

    There's a good chance this El Niño could become one of the strongest on record. Now is the time to prepare. After months of anticipation, the National …

26. Hungary’s third-largest lake is disappearing. Can experts save it before it’s too late?

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:42 -0000

    The dire situation has arisen from prolonged droughts, lack of rainfall and decades of water mismanagement. At Lake Velence, around 40 kilometres west …

27. El Niño has formed. Forecasters expect a global weather powerhouse.

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:01:40 -0000

    Forecasters say this could be one of the largest El Niño events on record amid unprecedented sea temperatures in a key region. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S. and around the globe. A long-anticipated and dramatic global climate shift has arrived, federal forecasters said June 11 as …

28. How much heat does an AI data centre produce, and where are they located?

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:31:27 -0000

    Data centres don’t just use large amounts of water and electricity, they’re heating the environment too, study finds. Tech giants are racing to build the infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence. But a growing body of evidence suggests that AI hyperscalers – large-scale cloud service …

29. The Salami Strategy

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:50 -0000

    When you turn fifty, it can be a little humiliating to realize how little you’ve retained from your college years. It can also be hilarious to …

30. Locations released for 18 community batteries to be installed across Perth, Bunbury, WA

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:55:40 -0000

    A climate advocate has called for a legislated target for renewable energy uptake as construction begins on 18 community batteries in Perth and …