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  1. The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:10:58 -0000

    US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”. Yet he is …
  2. 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 …
  3. ‘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 …
  4. 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 …
  5. Sen. Ed Markey talks frustrations with Trump administration’s health care approach

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:29:16 -0000

  6. Solar power surge leads to decline in fossil fuel generation

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:24:37 -0000

    Global clean power production outpaced electricity demand last year, leading to a decline in fossil fuel generation for the first time since the …
  7. Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:59:00 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug …
  8. 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 …
  9. Trump criticizes them, but renewable energies are thriving in some US states

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:23:14 -0000

    Despite the White House's largely hostile stance prioritizing fossil fuels over solar and wind power, renewable energies are continuing to expand in …
  10. Papunya residents living in extreme heat sue NT government over unsafe housing

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:49:51 -0000

    In an outback Northern Territory community where temperatures regularly hit 40 degrees in the summer, residents say they're not just feeling the …
  11. Some US farmers say federal rural energy grants cut by Trump were ‘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 …
  12. Who Will Next Lead the United Nations?

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:34:33 -0000

    Four candidates hope to reshape the U.N.’s future amid global fragmentation and anti-multilateral sentiment. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re …
  13. 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 …
  14. 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 …
  15. '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 …
  16. 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 …
  17. Trump’s $1 Billion TotalEnergies Deal Is ‘Worthless’

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:55:47 -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 …
  18. 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.
  19. 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 …
  20. Data centers are dealing hidden damage to environmental and public health—costing the economy $25 billion every year

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:09 -0000

    Data centers carry a hidden cost that dwarfs their price tag, according to new research. It’s not money. It’s the health of Americans living near …
  21. 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 …
  22. A record marine heat wave simmers off California's coast right now

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Hottest. Earliest. Most extreme. California’s meteorologists and oceanographers keep dropping new superlatives about the temperatures in 2026. In the first months of the year, a record-smashing heat wave set a new high for the hottest California day in March and prompted a premature spring. Now, …
  23. Leaked memos reveal how Supreme Court steamrolled Obama climate plan in 2016 showdown

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:26:35 -0000

    The Supreme Court’s emergency order blocking former President Barack Obama’s signature clean energy initiative in 2016 came after a series of leaked internal memos among the justices that revealed a fight along ideological lines about whether to intervene. The rare glimpse at the high court’s …
  24. 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 …
  25. 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 …
  26. 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 …
  27. 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 …
  28. Stunning millionaires’ mansions hang off massive cliff edge at terrifying ‘pinch’ point as coastal commission refuses to help

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:40:13 -0000

    Luxury blufftop homes near the University of California, Santa Barbara are teetering on the edge — quite literally — as California’s coastline …
  29. 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 …
  30. 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 …