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  1. Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:40:27 -0000

    The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments. The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, …

  2. Trump administration reveals list of civil rights, climate change materials removed from national parks

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:46:00 -0000

    The materials relate to civil rights, diverse communities and climate change. The Trump administration revealed the list of materials that the …

  3. 1,200-year-old Robin Hood oak tree in Sherwood Forest has died, group says: "Heartbreaking for everyone"

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:29:18 -0000

    A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is …

  4. Trump Hit Oil and Gas Harder Than Climate Policy Ever Could

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With his Iran war, Trump badly damaged his favorite industry. It may never recover. A fifth of the world’s oil supplies typically flow through the …

  5. Trump Administration Backtracks on Removing Ocean Sensors

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:56:04 -0000

    The U-turn comes after a plan to dismantle the monitors sparked opposition from scientists and members of Congress. The Trump administration is …

  6. A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:18:25 -0000

    A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage. Most Americans loathe data centers. Recent …

  7. The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:07:43 -0000

    Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it? LONDON — On the corner of a busy …

  8. The Major Oak, Ancient Tree of Robin Hood Legend, Has Died

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:09:39 -0000

    The Major Oak in the Sherwood Forest was between 800 and 1,200 years old. It succumbed to a combination of over-tourism, climate change and misguided efforts to save it. The Major Oak, a tree that grew to tower over Sherwood Forest as the Black Death swept England and the Wars of the Roses sundered …

  9. World's Richest 10% Are Costing Earth Trillions, Study Finds

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:15 -0000

    We've heard that the world's wealthiest 10 percent are disproportionately responsible for environmental damage. Now, scientists have estimated just …

  10. Thanks to Trump's Iran War Disaster, Fossil Fuel Industry to Enjoy $700 Billion Windfall in 2026 | Common Dreams

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:15:06 -0000

    "We witness not only a massive fossil fuel crisis but a vast upward transfer of wealth built on instability of fossil fuel markets and pain," said an …

  11. Something in the Deep Made a Sound That Echoed Through the Pacific. It Took 8 Years to Find the Source.

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    In 1997, NOAA researchers recorded a mysterious ultra-low-frequency noise so powerful it registered on sensors thousands of miles apart. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1997, NOAA researchers recorded a mysterious ultra-low-frequency sound powerful enough to cross the entire …

  12. Lawmakers Race to Save An Ocean Science Network From Being Dismantled By Trump

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:43:06 -0000

    There are moments when a decision made behind closed doors threatens something far larger than any one agency or budget line — and the push to …

  13. A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth's Core And May Have Shifted Japan

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    When the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake struck off the coast of Japan in 2011, its seismic shivers did more than ripple through the planet. At least …

  14. National Science Foundation reverses decision to dismantle oceans-monitoring network after outcry

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:17:30 -0000

    The National Science Foundation on Thursday reversed a decision to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists who rely on it to track everything from ocean circulation to extreme weather. The NSF issued a statement saying that it …

  15. Hegseth blasts Nato for not giving US access to European bases during Iran war

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:46:39 -0000

    US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at Nato allies on Thursday, announcing a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe whose …

  16. A vital California highway is sliding into the sea. A proposed $2.5B tunnel would go around it

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    Your morning catch up: Last Chance Grade, World Cup fans ‘Ride the D’ and more big stories. There’s an eroding, three-mile stretch of Highway 101 in California’s remote northwest corner that hugs fog-shrouded cliffs between the redwood forest and the Pacific Ocean. It is ominously named Last Chance …

  17. Oregon governor declares state of emergency over wildfire threat

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:12:30 -0000

    While Oregon’s first 2026 heatwave was winding down Tuesday, heat and drought are expected to worsen through the summer and will heighten wildfire …

  18. United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn Marked by ‘Sidestepping and Stalling’

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:22:51 -0000

    U.S. policies and military actions have raised anxieties, as well as hopes of a faster transition away from fossil fuels.The United States did not …

  19. The Extinction of Languages Is an Environmental Issue

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:00:29 -0000

    Environmentalists, myself included, pay close attention to gloomy topics like species extinctions and Earth’s dwindling life-support systems. It’s …

  20. Tropical Storm Arthur forms in Gulf, threatens flooding across Southeast

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:40:29 -0000

    Tropical Storm Arthur formed Wednesday in the Gulf off the coast of Texas, becoming the first named system of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Why …

  21. Oil nations on edge in the face of new climate coalition

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:42:42 -0000

    Even amid an ongoing energy crunch, major economies are dodging firm timelines to phase out coal, oil and gas. Fossil fuel-producing nations now fear …

  22. A vast wilderness the size of Turin harbours one of the world's fiercest warriors – a formidable predator with powerful jaws capable of crushing bone

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:22:53 -0000

    Sarek National Park in Northern Sweden forms part of a vast, wild landscape with glaciers, alpine peaks and deep river valleys Sarek National Park, …

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

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:08:08 -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 …

  24. The World's Largest Organism Is a Tree, and It's In Trouble

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:31:46 -0000

    To a driver passing Fish Lake on State Route 25, in Utah, an aspen grove would look just like a forest of pale trunks. But this is isn’t your average …

  25. After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:19:44 -0000

    It’s unclear whether the system is currently intact. In May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of …

  26. Wind Industry Goes for Broke Against Trump

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:56:56 -0000

    Senior executives at EDP, Apex, Pattern, and other large renewables companies did something remarkable in a recent court filing: They publicly …

  27. Execs are warning that EU overregulation is constraining business

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:05:36 -0000

    EU overregulation is constraining business, a steel magnate and a Gulf sovereign wealth chief warned. ArcelorMittal’s executive chairman wrote in the …

  28. 150 Years Ago, a Super El Niño Killed 50 Million People. The Next One Is Right Around the Corner.

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:05:39 -0000

    From 1876 to 1878, a strong El Niño wreaked havoc on the tropics. In the past 150 years, humanity has faced a plethora of calamities. The first half of the 20th century was a horror show, with two world wars alone killing upwards of 100 million people and the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919 …

  29. Why Stories of Great Floods Appear Across the Ancient World

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:15:00 -0000

    Imagine waking up to a world where the horizon is nothing but water, where familiar hills vanish under a moving, roaring sea. For countless ancient …

  30. EVs are winners in the Iran war. So is US oil.

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:34:47 -0000

    American gas guzzlers versus Chinese electric vehicles. Renewables versus oil and natural gas. The Iran war has often been portrayed as a winner-takes-all grudge match in the global contest between clean energy and fossil fuels. But history suggests that America and China could both emerge from the …