Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Judge orders Trump administration to restore national park signage on climate change, slavery

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:57:46 -0000

   A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore signs related to topics such as climate change, slavery and Indigenous and LGBTQ+ history that were removed under an executive order to purge language at national parks that allegedly cast America in a negative light. The order has …

2. Scientists could dim the Sun as a quick fix for the climate crisis. Here's why it could cause global chaos

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:26:00 -0000

   We now have the ability to dim the Sun to change the climate, but should we? In Danny Boyle’s 2007 film Sunshine, a desperate crew flies towards our …

3. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Wants Us to Think He’s Building a God

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:58:34 -0000

   He acts like he has special knowledge about how best to regulate his company. But he’s a CEO like any CEO, and he wants what all CEOs want: to write …

4. Call for legislated renewable energy target as community batteries announced for Perth, Bunbury

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:55:40 -0000

   A climate advocate has called for a legislated target for renewable energy uptake as construction begins on 18 community batteries in Perth and …

5. El Nino is here. It'll be big, bad and costly, scientists fear

   Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:04:01 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, …

6. Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:01:00 -0000

   SEATTLE — Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington. So, as President Trump has already canceled or suspended about a quarter of all funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes for Health, the atmosphere on this leafy Seattle …

7. The “clean energy” mine that could put one of America’s most pristine wilderness areas at risk

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:15:00 -0000

   The climate transition needs more mining. But does it need this mine? There’s no such thing as a truly pristine landscape — humans have, over millennia, shaped every environment on Earth — but the Boundary Waters wilderness of northeastern Minnesota comes pretty darn close. Stretching across more …

8. Trump Concedes a Battle in His War Against Wind Energy

   Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:54:59 -0000

   The administration filed to dismiss an appeal of a December ruling that overturned its wind permitting freeze. Trump’s Department of Justice is giving …

9. Greece reopens country’s only surviving Byzantine palace after over 40 years of restoration work

   Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:45:04 -0000

   The palace dates back to they 14th century and served as the seat of the Despotate of Mystras, a province of the Byzantine Empire. It has been on …

10. Trump Just Gutted A Major Line of Oceanic Defense

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:45:21 -0000

    Just in time for hurricane season, the Trump administration is defunding its global ocean-monitoring system. Buxton, North Carolina IF YOU’VE WATCHED …

11. ‘This is not normal’: Trump leans on MAGA organizer to revive coal

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:29:25 -0000

    A man the Trump administration picked to be a key player at the fore of a U.S. coal renaissance is likely more familiar to QAnon circles than energy ones. TerraSpark’s project carries big promises. The proposed 1.6 gigawatt facility — touted by the Trump administration last week — would be the first …

12. Enough: Judge snatches Trump’s history erasing ‘white-out pen’ with merciless order

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:57:51 -0000

    Politico Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter Josh Gerstein reports US District Judge Angel Kelley has blocked Interior Secy. Doug Burgum's "Restoring Truth …

13. Super El Nino is coming our way. We are not ready for what’s in store

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:52:46 -0000

    There’s definitely something coming. We’re very confident about that, and it looks like it will be a big event.” Adam Scaife, head of long-range …

14. The Dead Sea Is Receding Three Feet Every Year – And What’s Emerging Along the Shore Is Archaeologically Without Precedent

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:45:00 -0000

    You probably know the Dead Sea as that surreal place where you can float without even trying. What you might not realize is that this same iconic …

15. Feedback Loop Threatens to Undermine Solar Power As a Solution to Global Warming

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:00:51 -0000

    JAISALMER, Rajasthan — Millions of photovoltaic panels stretching toward the horizon in neat rows bake under the searing Indian sun. By noon, the …

16. The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it’s a warning for our future

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:44:09 -0000

    Around 13,000 years ago, as the world was emerging from the grip of the last ice age, much of the North Atlantic region plunged back into …

17. A SpaceX Engineer Is Looking to the Ocean Floor to Power Our Future

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:48:42 -0000

    What if the answer to the world’s growing energy crisis had been hiding beneath the waves all along? One former rocket engineer believes it has, and …

18. Patagonia is suing Pattie Gonia, a drag queen performer with an environmental message

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:01:50 -0000

    DENVER (AP) — Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings stared into a camera and levied a strong accusation against a famous sustainable outdoors apparel brand: “This is a corporation trying to erase …

19. It's Official: US Declares El Niño Has Arrived

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:25:47 -0000

    There's a good chance this El Niño could become one of the strongest on record. Now is the time to prepare. After months of anticipation, the National …

20. 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic is like nothing else we've ever seen on Earth

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:05:46 -0000

    The reality of what lies within our oceans has fascinated people since time immemorial, so it’s no wonder we’ve created countless myths about the …

21. World’s first crewed solid-state flight electrifies aviation's future

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:33:00 -0000

    On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon – the first …

22. Judge orders Trump officials to re-install signs and exhibits at national parks on topics like slavery and climate change

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:23:09 -0000

    President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.” BOSTON — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate …

23. Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:04:56 -0000

    Solar and storage provided 90% of all new power added in the U.S. The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow despite …

24. UK Power Prices Turn Negative as Renewables Set to Flood Grid

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:39:07 -0000

    UK power prices turned negative for the first time since late April as strong wind and solar generation are set to flood the grid. Power prices for …

25. San Diego’s big bet on salt water

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    Drawing from the ocean will be essential to managing the West's water crisis. While cities across drought-stricken western states struggle to meet their water needs, San Diego has a surplus of the all-important resource. That’s largely thanks to the county’s investment in desalination, which other …

26. Climate Denier Lee Raymond Left the World Hotter Than He Found It

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:36:01 -0000

    Here’s how Lee Raymond’s hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, remembered him Thursday morning. The Texas paper was more direct, and more accurate, …

27. Alaska’s glaciers have a startling response to rising temperatures

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:47:46 -0000

    Alaska’s glaciers are proving to be highly sensitive to warming temperatures. Using radar satellites to monitor more than 3,000 glaciers, researchers …

28. Singapore Looks to 19th Century Tech to Ease Modern-Day Heat

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:00:02 -0000

    Singapore’s underground cooling system provides a lower-emissions solution to hot weather. Each week we bring you insights into one of Asia’s most …

29. The Salami Strategy

    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:50 -0000

    When you turn fifty, it can be a little humiliating to realize how little you’ve retained from your college years. It can also be hilarious to …

30. El Niño has formed. Forecasters expect a global weather powerhouse.

    Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:01:40 -0000

    Forecasters say this could be one of the largest El Niño events on record amid unprecedented sea temperatures in a key region. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S. and around the globe. A long-anticipated and dramatic global climate shift has arrived, federal forecasters said June 11 as …