Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:25:29 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, …

2. How Trump’s Case Against Revolution Wind Fell Apart (Again)

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:59:33 -0000

   A federal court has once again allowed Orsted to resume construction on its offshore wind project. A federal court struck down the Trump …

3. Maps show why Greenland is so important as the Arctic warms

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:09:00 -0000

   President Trump has said repeatedly that he wants the United States to control Greenland, refusing to take military action off the table and …

4. ‘Woke Pope’ Shades Trump Over His Foreign Power Grab

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:07:33 -0000

   The meeting with the Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner came ahead of a high-stakes trip to Washington, where Trump is eyeing her award. Pope Leo XIV …

5. China and India Both See Rare Slide in Coal Power Output, Report Finds

   Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:01:00 -0000

   The world’s two largest users of coal power both reduced generation from the polluting fossil fuel last year for the first time in more than 50 …

6. The Biggest Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Grazing on Public Lands

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Livestock grazing is allowed across 240 million acres of federal land. Our investigation revealed the subsidies propping up ranching, its impact on …

7. 5 big questions about Democrat-run states’ plans to track motorists’ car mileage

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:25:28 -0000

   Several Democratic-led states are exploring new ways to monitor vehicle mileage as they work toward climate goals and shore up road maintenance …

8. The solar boom has a dirty secret. Here’s how to avoid another mountain of waste that can’t be recycled

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:21:54 -0000

   Solar power has a dark side: panels are still built to be thrown away, and we risk creating a mountain of waste that locks away valuable minerals. The …

9. China’s Fusion Reactor Reached an ‘Unbreakable’ Limit—and Broke Right Through It

   Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:30:00 -0000

   By exceeding a long-standing density barrier, China’s EAST fusion reactor proved that tokamaks can pack way more atoms into its plasma before destabilizing. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The plasma density barrier is a mathematical limit to the density of plasma that can exist in …

10. Hawaii's Cruise Tax Will Change The Way Visitors Plan Island Vacations (Here's What To Know)

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:00:00 -0000

    As you float past tropical and volcanic landscapes, discover pristine beaches, and participate in some gorgeous island-hopping, it's no wonder that …

11. Pulling out of 66 international organizations, Trump turns his back on science, facts, reason

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:30:09 -0000

    Published January 12, 2026 Whether the president and his supporters like it or not, the United States is part of a complex, interconnected world. …

12. Wildfires scorch up to 52,000 acres in Argentina's Patagonia

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:53:11 -0000

    Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Uncontrolled wildfires have burned between 37,000 and 52,000 acres of native forest in Argentina's Patagonia, according to the …

13. Trump’s surprising win for the climate

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:01 -0000

    The plan to advance nuclear energy will help reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Ted Nordhaus is founder and president of the Breakthrough Institute, a nonprofit supporting technological solutions to environmental challenges. One of the great ironies of the first Trump administration was that amid all …

14. Himalayas bare and rocky after reduced winter snowfall, scientists warn

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:38:44 -0000

    Much less winter snow is falling on the Himalayas, leaving the mountains bare and rocky in many parts of the region in a season when they should be snow-clad, meteorologists have said. They say most winters in the last five years have seen a drop compared to average snowfall between 1980 and …

15. The Global Ocean Temperature Keeps Rising But Don't Worry It's Probably Nothing

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:09:48 -0000

    The oceans' check engine light is on and is starting to flash violently. For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking …

16. As Sea Levels Rise, What Will It Take to Protect the Bay Area From Flooding?

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:50:56 -0000

    Airdate: Tuesday, January 13 at 9 AM Marin Country rang in the New Year with the worst flooding in decades. Heavy storms combined with king tides …

17. How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty …

18. Exxon Shrugs Off Venezuela as ‘Uninvestable’

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:48:34 -0000

    On Meta’s atom, Illinois frees nuclear, and China’s fusion milestone Current conditions: Snow is heading for the Northeast later this week, with some …

19. Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:12:14 -0000

    A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a …

20. E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:47:19 -0000

    In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show. For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost …

21. New Windshield Tech Clears Ice in One Minute Without Wasting Energy

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:48:47 -0000

    Betterfrost is cutting defrost times to just 75 seconds, boosting EV efficiency and offering major benefits for everything from daily drivers to aircrafts. Key Points Betterfrost uses targeted pulses to rapidly and efficiently melt ice on windshields. • The system drastically reduces energy use versus …

22. What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:07:04 -0000

    Floods, droughts and heatwaves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia. In the past few days, hundreds of bushfires have …

23. The Arctic Is Likely Entering a “New Era”: Unusual Phenomenon Concerns Researchers

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:20:00 -0000

    Even at the North Pole, climate change isn't without consequences. Future events can be predicted with relative ease.

24. These Frogs Freeze Solid Until Their Hearts Stop For Months. Scientists Say They Could Transform How Organ Transplants Work

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:03:03 -0000

    When frogs freeze solid, medicine thaws a radical new idea.

25. Africa's megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:43:00 -0000

    LAGOS, Nigeria — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load …

26. The ocean has finally entered the global climate debate

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:38:00 -0000

    The world has started to recognise that the climate’s fate depends on what happens to the ocean. At COP30, ocean-based solutions attracted …

27. A Hidden Blob of Water Has Abruptly Reappeared in the Atlantic

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:54:00 -0000

    We've been looking everywhere for decades. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For decades, scientists have known about “equatorial waters”—masses of ocean that separate waters north and south of the equator—in both the Pacific and Indian oceans. But a similar mass in the Atlantic has …

28. Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:57:42 -0000

    Even a modest increase in Venezuelan oil production could carry climate consequences on the scale of entire countries, experts warn. Environmental …

29. No Wonder Oil Execs Are Skittish, They Know Perovskite Solar Cells Are Coming

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:33:14 -0000

    US President Donald Trump’s easy-peasy takeover of the Venezuelan oil industry is already hitting speed bumps, to the surprise of exactly no-one, …

30. After Losing a Climate Case in a Louisiana Courtroom, Chevron Wants a Change of Venue

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:59:26 -0000

    Lawyers for the oil giant argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the matter belongs in federal court. But the heavily Republican state …