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  1. Fact check: Trump’s false claims to the United Nations

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:23:47 -0000

    President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, though he largely stuck to a prepared text. Here is a fact check of some of his assertions. Trump and wars Trump, repeating a frequent false claim, said, “Since I took office, it has …

  2. We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:12:33 -0000

    Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed. Iowa is the U.S. state with the most factory farms: 10,830 of them, to be exact. …

  3. U.N. Leader Uses Final Speech to Issue Stark Warning

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:07:29 -0000

    António Guterres, the departing secretary general, said a divided world will struggle in the face of wars, inequality, climate change and the rise of A.I. António Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations, delivered his final address to the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday …

  4. WATCH: Trump addresses 2026 United Nations General Assembly

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:26:55 -0000

    Editor's Note: This feed of the president's speech comes from the United Nations, which is an independent source separate from the White House or the …

  5. Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:36:22 -0000

    California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality. This story is part …

  6. Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses. “If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein once …

  7. Trump at the U.N. today, on Iran, AI, Climate and only Cthulhu knows what else

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:58:50 -0000

    Via the N.Y. Times: …Mr. Trump, the second world leader to speak at the gathering, also celebrated his military operation in Venezuela this year but …

  8. Climate change has created a meta-crisis in food security, energy and the economy, says Greek expert

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:28:36 -0000

    Emmanuella Doussis is the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy and Professor of International Institutions at the University of Athens. Climate change is …

  9. Alarming Study Finds New Evidence That the Sun Can Produce Catastrophic ‘Superflares’

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:45:21 -0000

    These explosive events can be more powerful than trillions of hydrogen bombs. The star that gives Earth life is also incredibly violent. The Sun …

  10. A ‘super’ El Niño is about to crash into California: 9 essential ways to prepare

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With California virtually certain to see a “super” El Niño, residents and business owners are being asked to brace for a wet and potentially punishing winter later this year. But the time for preparation is now. Officials across Southern California are busy working to shore up hillsides and get flood …

  11. Fact-checking Trump’s UN speech on Iran, AI

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:01:41 -0000

    In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ robust use of military force in Iran, …

  12. Climate scientists fired by Trump step in to fill U.S. report gap

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The future of national climate assessments remains murky after the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists. More than a year after the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists working on the National Climate Assessment, clouding the landmark publication’s future, many of …

  13. Nothing ‘to be ashamed of:’ EU’s center-right clashes with Socialists over far-right votes

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:47:22 -0000

    “On some issues, I think that they are relatively sane,” says top center-right Finnish lawmaker of far-right parties. The center-right European …

  14. Pennsylvania’s AI boom is repeating old patterns of exploitation

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:49:53 -0000

    This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. …

  15. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s new book is out. Here are 5 things we learned.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:31:28 -0000

    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s book “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” went on sale Tuesday as the governor takes his book tour across …

  16. End of humanity? Blow-by-blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:19:57 -0000

    Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to …

  17. New York, California sue to block Trump administration deals canceling offshore wind projects

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:55:51 -0000

    Democratic attorneys general from California and New York sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as …

  18. 9 ‘boundaries’ keep Earth livable. We’ve breached 7 of them

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:05:00 -0000

    Humans are continuing to push Earth beyond livable levels of heat, pollution and other conditions—both for us and for millions of species. That’s the …

  19. Trump Moves to Strip Pollution Limits from Power Plants Near Black Communities

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Black neighborhoods will feel the brunt of the Trump administration’s recent move to end federal limits on carbon pollution from America’s power …

  20. To Wary Working People, AI Preemption Is the New Nafta

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What I’m hearing on the campaign trail suggests a deep divide between how the people and the powerful are thinking about AI. For years, I have looked …

  21. Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the West’s worsening water shortages

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the region. As the Western United States grapples with severe drought, leading …

  22. Trump openly told the UN he's cornered — and a deranged attack is imminent

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:30:25 -0000

    Today Donald Trump asked a seemingly rhetorical question to the UN General Assembly: Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic of Iran? Do I drive them …

  23. UN chief calls for AI curbs and end to wars in his last assembly address

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:44:36 -0000

    Antonio Guterres called on leaders to “advance the conditions for the responsible pacing of AI".

  24. Guterres Hailed for Fiery Outgoing Speech Demanding Polluters Pay for Climate Crisis

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:49:41 -0000

    With United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres set to leave his post at the end of this year, he used his final address to the UN General …

  25. US, Trump posts photo of globe showing Arctic Ocean and Greenland: “Your hemisphere”

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:12:26 -0000

    Washington (USA), September 21 (LaPresse) – US President Donald Trump posted a black-and-white photo on Truth Social showing himself looking at a …

  26. Bear encounters are rising across the United States. Here’s why.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:01 -0000

    They climb through bedroom windows and open car doors. They sneak into restaurants, fire stations and vacation rentals. Across the country, black bears are foraging for food. Human-bear encounters are on the rise this year in at least 15 states. Across the West, Northeast and Southeast, agencies …

  27. Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:22:04 -0000

    Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

  28. How turning electricity directly into food could help save the planet

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:40:00 -0000

    What breakthroughs are you most looking forward to in the next 70 years? That’s the question we’ve been asking here at New Scientist as our 70th …

  29. It’s Trump’s world, and he’s accelerating its chaos

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:01:29 -0000

    The world feels like it’s spinning out of control. The planet’s two major wars, in Iran and Ukraine, are no longer contained. Experts warn of doomsday scenarios in which AI could wipe out humanity. Soaring energy prices rock industrialized economies blighted by inequality. Floods, fires and …

  30. Researchers Find Beavers in Unexpected Places

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Greg Hood wants you to know that, despite their reputation as freshwater critters, beavers can live in—and engineer—areas where rivers meet the sea. …