Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. 'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:48:20 -0000

   The former vice president still believes climate change is a moral issue. The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former …

2. The weather bureau has just declared an El Niño. What could this mean for Australia?

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:09:33 -0000

   After months of anticipation, the Bureau of Meteorology officially declared an El Niño on June 16. El Niño is a naturally occurring variation in …

3. Solar-powered fridges are boosting farmers’ incomes by 50% while cutting food waste

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:52 -0000

   Renewable energy is saving crops from going to waste. When dicing vegetables, few of us pause to think about the challenges farmers had to overcome to …

4. Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump's Renovation

   Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:44:23 -0000

   Warm weather has fueled a bloom that US National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead …

5. France readies for heatwave with canal swimming allowed in Paris

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:28:46 -0000

   Temperatures were set to reach 36°C or 37°C in some areas on Wednesday, then peak at 40°C in some regions on Sunday as the country celebrates summer …

6. Did Jared Kushner Inadvertently Touch Off an Albanian Revolution?

   Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Protesters in the Balkan nation aren’t worried just about the environmental impact of a luxury development connected to Kushner. They’re worried …

7. Climate Change is Unleashing New and Deadly Microbes

   Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:02:22 -0000

   Airdate: Wednesday, June 17 at 10 AM We tend to focus on how climate change affects coral reefs, sea turtles and polar bears on melting ice. But we …

8. Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

   Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:16 -0000

   It was before dawn on a Friday in January when a Gulfstream G600 with the burnt-orange Texas Longhorns logo on its tail landed at Dulles airport …

9. ‘Elon Musk Should Have to Pay For This’: Trump Admin Says It Needs $1 Billion to Combat Screwworm

   Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:51:55 -0000

   When Elon Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" took its chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy last year, it created bottlenecks that may have …

10. No, Rolling Back These Environmental Rules Won’t Lower Your Grocery Bill

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a piece of bipartisan legislation introduced to phase …

11. Satellite images show 10 places where water is disappearing globally

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:15:34 -0000

    From lakes to rivers, freshwater is declining worldwide under rising climate and land pressure. The world is losing an estimated 324 trillion litres (85.6 trillion gallons) of freshwater each year, enough to meet the needs of 280 million people annually, according to a 2025 World Bank report. This …

12. Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson holds undisclosed shares in climate advisory firm through family trust

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:52:47 -0000

    Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson holds undisclosed shares in a climate advisory firm through his family investment trust, ASIC records show. While Mr …

13. Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:49:09 -0000

    Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power. The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to halt wind …

14. China’s Energy Transition Now Hinges on Greening Industry: Agora

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    China has reached the point where its climate goals now depend on cutting carbon emissions in some of its dirtiest industries. The country has moved …

15. Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:44:10 -0000

    SEATTLE (AP) — A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National …

16. Korean Scientists Created an “Artificial Sun” That Ran for 102 Seconds

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:15:07 -0000

    Scientists consider fusion energy the “holy grail” of clean power sources. It can provide limitless electricity without the carbon emissions or radioactive waste associated with traditional nuclear reactors. Now, scientists in South Korea have taken a step towards making commercial fusion power a …

17. The Nuclear Reactors Coming to a Small Town Near You

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As a disruptive new nuclear power project embeds itself in Parsons, Kansas, residents are divided on whether it’s worth the potential risk. Parsons, …

18. This extraordinary forest below the waves is the only one of its kind – and it’s home to one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:06:00 -0000

    Stretching along South Africa’s rugged coastline lies one of the planet’s most extraordinary yet little-known ecosystems: the Great African Sea Forest …

19. Math predicts humans could go extinct in about 17,000 years

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that's delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it …

20. The Lawyer Pushing to Protect Future Generations from the Climate Crisis

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:01:05 -0000

    As the organization’s co-executive director and chief legal counsel, Olson works with children and their guardians to bring pro-bono cases that have pioneered a new framework for protecting the climate and the rights of young people. In 2015, the nonprofit launched the first youth climate lawsuit …

21. Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Rare Public Appearance with Girlfriend Heather Milligan at Climate Summit in Vienna

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:02:55 -0000

    Arnold Schwarzenegger and his longtime girlfriend, Heather Milligan, stepped out together for a rare public appearance in Vienna on Tuesday, June 16. The actor, former bodybuilder, and climate advocate, 78, was joined by Milligan, 51, as they showed their support for his Schwarzenegger Climate …

22. Heavy rains slam the Texas coast ahead of Potential Tropical Cyclone One

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:18:41 -0000

    As it slogs northeastward, the system may become a tropical depression or tropical storm – but flooding is a real threat regardless. Tropical Storm …

23. Trump Just Lost His War on Wind Energy

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:45:11 -0000

    The administration has withdrawn its appeal of a federal court ruling that shot down Trump’s freeze on federal leasing and permitting for wind …

24. ‘Bad Day to Be a Duck’: Trump Reflecting Pool Disaster Continues With Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:25:42 -0000

    National Park Service employees on Tuesday were seen pouring a bleaching agent into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, …

25. Risk of nuclear catastrophe is worse than ever. We can change that

    Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:30:52 -0000

    Half a lifetime ago, I had a crappy copyediting job that meant I had to drive for 90 minutes through traffic across the sprawling concrete wasteland of Phoenix. The job itself was boring and soulless, and after spending another 90 minutes getting home in my AC-free beater, I would slam several …

26. Australia warns El Nino weather pattern set to be strongest in decades

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:35:32 -0000

    The Bureau of Meteorology says forecasts point towards a ‘very strong El Nino event’. Australia’s weather bureau has warned that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of the year, becoming one of the strongest in seven decades. The Bureau …

27. Rain along Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:04:27 -0000

    MIAMI — A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast could become the first named tropical storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the National …

28. There’s a Bit of Good News for Coral Reefs

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:01:55 -0000

    New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming. As spiking ocean temperatures are devastating reefs around the world, a handful of scientists have found a reason for …

29. Global map reveals one-third of coral reefs may resist climate shocks

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:09:35 -0000

    In the crystalline waters off Kenya's coast, coral reefs are thriving—evidence of a rare good-news story in the battle to protect oceans from the …

30. How to Use Microclimates to Your Garden’s Advantage

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:45:30 -0000

    Microclimates are small-scale climate variations that can occur in specific locations. These variations might be due to natural features such as …