Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Hurricane Isaias just set a new record for Atlantic storms

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:25:00 -0000

   Isaias is officially the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season—marking the latest arrival of a first hurricane in the region since reliable …

2. This Is What Trump Panic Looks Like

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Rallies in blood-red districts, endless tweetstorms, and lots of dancing Is this what panic looks like? President Trump has been barnstorming the …

3. The world may never go back to how it was after this monster El Niño

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   The current El Niño is already the strongest on record and is forecast to get even stronger, peaking around November or December. Though it should be …

4. Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 storm in Gulf

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:25:19 -0000

   Hurricane Isaias strengthened to a powerful Category 2 storm Thursday on its track toward the Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center says. Why it …

5. We now know when El Niño is expected to peak

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:45:34 -0000

   in brief The UN warns El Niño will intensify before peaking in December. • Record ocean heat threatens to trigger severe global weather disruptions. El …

6. The Supreme Court Asked the Question Boulder Can’t Answer

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:02:27 -0000

   At oral argument, the justices pressed the question the climate plaintiffs spent a decade dodging. This week, Boulder County’s climate-change suit …

7. Samuel Alito’s Tortured Attempts to Explain Himself

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   In the midst of his will-he-or-won’t-he retirement tour, the justice is at great pains to make his view of originalism make a lick of sense. Supreme …

8. Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:04:22 -0000

   Climate change is worsening. There’s now no chance of holding temperature rise to 1.5°C. The future will bring worsening floods, glacial melt, …

9. Solar Panels That Plug Into Your Wall Are About to Be Everywhere

   Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   California is the latest state to pass a law making it easier to install balcony-friendly solar panels. Renewable energy experts think the new technology is about to take off. On a quiet street in suburban South Salt Lake City, Utah, the stirring of an energy revolution is taking shape. There, …

10. Trump interrupted by protesters at Texas rally

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:48:14 -0000

    President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation’s most populous red state. But Trump’s remarks were not focused solely on …

11. Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act. These 10 species show what’s at stake.

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater threats from industry and …

12. The Oil Crisis America Saw Coming

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:10:00 -0000

    In 1987, two writers predicted a path to energy independence from the Middle East. What they didn’t anticipate was what the U.S. would do to get there. In December 1987, The Atlantic had some reassuring news for readers: The next oil crisis didn’t have to happen. The United States had already endured …

13. She had unexplained blood pressure fluctuations and bouts of pneumonia. It took years to learn why

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:59:00 -0000

    Today, Tami McGraw runs a Facebook support group for others with her condition. For years, North Carolina resident Tami McGraw struggled with …

14. Jeff Bezos says AI could result in a 3-day work week

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:15:07 -0000

    While artificial intelligence is promising to bring about medical and scientific breakthroughs and help tackle things like climate change, Amazon …

15. Green transition needs more than bigger budgets

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:40:05 -0000

    For over a decade, governments globally have expanded green fiscal policy by allocating spending towards budgets, renewable energy subsidies, green …

16. How El Niño is playing a role in Hurricane Isaias

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:12:17 -0000

    The super El Niño has been a nonstop machine cranking out tropical storms that have seemingly rolled through the Pacific region like rush-hour …

17. Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:04:42 -0000

    Court filings reveal new details about Exxon’s decades of internal climate deliberations. If there was a year the world began waking up to climate …

18. What’s your apocalypse skill? Finding a future-proof hobby can bring fulfilment today

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:14:38 -0000

    In online “prepper” communities – where people discuss ways to prepare for potential emergencies and disruptions – members often jokingly refer to …

19. What is attribution science? The critical climate research that Big Oil would rather you didn't believe in

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:31:00 -0000

    How an emerging field of research is fueling a major Supreme Court case that may hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change. Climate science has been clear for decades: Since at least the 1950s, oil and gas companies have known that their fossil fuels release planet-warming carbon dioxide …

20. Trump? Diesel? ICE? Corruption? All of Those. But Mostly—Data Centers.

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s not just about our water bills. The lords of AI have failed to persuade America in a spectacular way. In short order, America’s data centers have …

21. India faces water and power shortages after weak monsoon

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:40:42 -0000

    A weak monsoon in India is hitting farmers, water supplies and the power system, while raising wider questions about increasingly erratic rainfall …

22. El Niño Snow Map Shows States Facing Biggest Winter Shift

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:33:45 -0000

    El Niño is expected to cause a major shift in snowfall patterns across the United States this winter, according to a new forecast map. Snowfall is set …

23. 12 Trillion Tons of Polar Ice Are Already Gone and What’s Left Is Melting Fast. But the Biggest Culprit Isn't Surface Melting

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:52:10 -0000

    An analysis of 50 years of satellite data reveals that faster-moving glaciers, not surface melting, drove most of the ice loss in Greenland and …

24. All gold, no clothes: Orange Plague statue brings naked Trump to EU Parliament

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The sculpture previously appeared at the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Brazil.

25. The U.S. Public Is Losing Its Say on Environmental Policy

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:35:18 -0000

    Federal agencies have long been required to seek public comment when writing new regulations or approving large projects, from highways to data …

26. Pacific people pay exorbitant prices for energy. Rich countries should back their renewable transition

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:15:18 -0000

    Across the Pacific, the changes wrought by a warming climate are visible everywhere. Surging sea levels, warming oceans and more intense cyclones and …

27. Naked statue of Donald Trump unveiled and it’s called the ‘Orange Plague’

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:27:34 -0000

    A golden statue depicting a naked, rotund Donald Trump has gone on display in Strasbourg. Visitors to the European Parliament in the French city are …

28. Godzilla-level, mammoth, supersized? Whatever the label, this El Niño could surpass even an 1877 titan.

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Every El Niño is unique. This time around, though, it’s especially concerning. Why? The eastern Pacific Ocean, where this recurring climate pattern …

29. Voters are angry about energy costs. Will that swing the midterms?

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:15:21 -0000

30. The Human Cost Of Fashion’s Heat Crisis: “It Feels Like Being Locked Inside A Pressure Cooker At High Flame”

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:26:35 -0000

    As climate change sends temperatures soaring, the women making our clothes are working in increasingly dangerous heat For garment workers in the dense …