Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Secrets Have Been Spilled

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The leaked memos from a 2016 EPA case expose the spurious reasoning behind one of the justices’ most consequential decisions of the past decade. The …

2. ‘Miracle tree’ removes 98% of microplastics from drinking water, outperforming chemical alternatives

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:02:01 -0000

   Moringa is thought to have been used by Ancient Egyptians to sterilise water. A millenia-old purification technique could be the cure for Europe’s …

3. A New Supreme Court Leak Shows John Roberts at His Worst

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:52:52 -0000

   Sign up for Executive Dysfunction, a weekly newsletter that surfaces under-the-radar stories about what Trump is doing to the law—and how the law is …

4. Black Gunk Found in Man's Lungs Exposes an Even Darker Side of Wildfire Smoke

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:40:51 -0000

   The strange injury was caused by hours of inhaling thick smoke, his doctors say. A case report out this month starkly illustrates the damage forest …

5. Earth Day started as a US 'teach-in' 56 years ago. Now it's a global event

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:47:05 -0000

   Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped …

6. ‘Important threshold crossed’ as renewables meet world’s energy demands and fossil power drops

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:11:11 -0000

   Countries continue to turn to renewables for national security despite Trump's attacks on wind and solar. Clean energy generation surpassed the global …

7. 'Nations need to prepare now': Key Atlantic ocean current is much closer to collapse than scientists thought

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:46:38 -0000

   An alarming study claims the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is weakening more than believed previously. But experts say its findings are …

8. The 'dumb machine' promising a clean energy breakthrough

   Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:09:41 -0000

   "I remember a few people said that the place where Proxima is today was impossible," says Francesco Sciortino, the co-founder and CEO of Proxima Fusion. Being accused of attempting the impossible is not unusual for the scientists and engineers working on nuclear fusion projects around the …

9. Nordic Countries Built so Much Renewable Energy They Literally Have to Pay People to Use It

   Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:50:05 -0000

   The Nordic power grid solved scarcity so well it created a fascinating oversupply crisis.

10. Florida is facing its most intense drought in 15 years. Here's how it got so bad and how long it will last.

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:33:37 -0000

    More than 70% of the state is under "extreme" to "exceptional" drought conditions, and other parts of the U.S. Southeast are similarly affected. But …

11. Trump’s $1 Billion TotalEnergies Deal Is ‘Worthless’

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:12:34 -0000

    On Eli Lilly’s nuclear, Sunrise Wind, and Brazil’s minerals Current conditions: Temperatures in the Northeast are swinging from last week’s record 90 …

12. Trump Humiliated as He’s Put on Blast at Own Golf Course

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:42:22 -0000

    Trump loses another round in his war on windmills. Environmental activists took a swing at Donald Trump—on his own golf club’s turf. Protesters erected …

13. 'You Dirty Orange Maniac!': The President of Ultimate Destruction | Common Dreams

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:02:05 -0000

    Sadly, as crazed as Donald Trump may be — and he clearly is a deeply disturbed (and, of course, disturbing) human being — when it comes to war and …

14. Canadian military aims to show it can go it alone in the Arctic

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:12:05 -0000

    CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut — Over the past three months, Canadian soldiers conducted a more than 5,000-kilometer snowmobile patrol in extreme Arctic …

15. Oil spills from the Iran war are visible from space

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:21:50 -0000

    Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. Satellite images are giving an insight into destruction in the region, including to the fragile biodiversity of …

16. Already under pressure, Australia’s food system could now be in big trouble

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:32:35 -0000

    Australia has long been proud of its food production. The nation produces enough to feed 75 million people and exports 70 per cent of its produce. But …

17. Some farmers: Gutted REAP grant energy program 'about freedom'

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell has been expanding his flock. Eventually, that meant he needed to build a new barn. His …

18. How the Great Salt Lake’s Collapse Could Rewrite Skiing in the West

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:09:34 -0000

    Published April 20, 2026 09:09AM The largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere—the Great Salt Lake—sits less than an hour from Utah’s most famous …

19. The Green Skills Gap: 22 Minutes with Efrem Bycer

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:25:14 -0000

    The green economy is generating millions of new jobs — but the workers trained to fill them aren’t keeping pace. According to LinkedIn data, job …

20. Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:01:15 -0000

    Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem in decline going back to 2011, when harmful algal blooms led to a severe decline in seagrass, the …

21. CATL one-ups BYD with its new LFP EV battery capable of a full recharge in just 6 minutes

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:31:47 -0000

    In just over 6 minutes, CATL’s new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery can be fully recharged, beating out BYD’s Blade Battery 2.0. CATL unveils new LFP EV battery with 6-min charging Recent battery breakthroughs, like BYD’s Blade Battery 2.0, launched last month, are enabling EVs to charge up in …

22. Interview: Christopher Borgert on an Infamous Glyphosate Paper

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    In 2000, three researchers published a peer-reviewed paper concluding that, “under present and expected conditions of use,” Roundup, a formulation of …

23. How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    Recovery from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire has been daunting. Residents are still waiting for disaster relief payments even as floods sweep …

24. CATL's new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:01:43 -0000

    The self-heating Shenxing battery still performs even in Arctic temperatures. As prophesied by more than a few analysts along the years, China’s …

25. The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East's last great forests

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station; and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago …

26. The $3 trillion maintenance gap is burning money and the planet

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:06:36 -0000

    As we enter the Intelligent Age, an era defined by the convergence of advanced hardware and Physical AI, global industrial strategy faces a …

27. An AI trained on 13,000 virtual worlds just projected our renewable energy future

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:29 -0000

    Solar and wind power are likely to grow worldwide at a pace compatible with limiting global warming to 2 °C – but not 1.5 °C, according to an …

28. Four U.N. secretary-general candidates audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:03:40 -0000

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Four candidates to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations will audition for the job this week, far fewer than …

29. Want to resist a data center? These organizers share how they did it.

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:20:26 -0000

    This article was originally published by Truthout on April 19, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.The …

30. What Lies Beneath the Desert Floors of the American Southwest?

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:12:44 -0000

    Drive across the American Southwest and what you see is largely what the land wants you to see: cracked earth, sparse scrub, rock stained rust and …