Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The First Wrongful Death Suit Against Big Oil Is Not Going Their Way

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   A judge has ruled that tort claims against the industry can proceed to trial, potentially opening the door for prosecutors to become agents of …

2. Oil companies are making billions. In the U.S., calls to tax their windfall are growing

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:01:00 -0000

   Oil prices have surged in recent days amidst renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran. Higher oil prices have meant U.S. consumers are paying more for gasoline at the pump. And oil and gas companies are profiting. The world's top 100 oil and gas firms made $30 million every hour in excess profits …

3. Interactive map predicts agricultural decline from climate change by end of century

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:06:56 -0000

   A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that uses a 10-kilometre grid to estimate how much farmland will lose productivity to climate …

4. After wildfires destroyed 95% of this California tribe’s forests, members uncovered 1,200 ancestral sites

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   CONCOW, Calif. — Until recently, when members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu pulled up a map of their ancestral land in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, only about two dozen of their historic sites appeared. Disease, violence and forced labor had separated California tribe members from their …

5. Falling Birthrates and America’s Future

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:20:25 -0000

   To the Editor: Re “The Population Forecasts Aren’t Grim Enough,” by Lyman Stone (Opinion guest essay, July 13): Dr. Stone is correct in describing the trend in the United States and the rest of the world of rapidly falling fertility rates. But a key point he misses is that rising productivity can more …

6. Canadian wildfires never caused US skies to turn orange in the past. Here’s what changed

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:09:06 -0000

   Cities across Canada, the U.S. Midwest and East Coast are currently under thick blankets of wildfire smoke. In Toronto, skies have been an apocalyptic …

7. Who are the people setting France's forests ablaze?

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:30:12 -0000

   Nearly nine out of 10 forest fires in France are started by humans. Some do so deliberately, with the perpetrators often difficult to identify. More …

8. How cities are turning their polluted rivers into swimming havens

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   Swimmable cities are making a comeback in Europe—just in time for urbanites to escape unprecedented heat waves. For most of Pauline Janbon’s life, the idea of bathing in the Seine River in Paris was unimaginable. “As kids, we were told there were corpses floating in the water,” said Janbon, a …

9. Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   Researchers identified traces of erythrulose, a monosaccharide, thousands of light-years away. For the first time in history, astronomers have …

10. Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:44:26 -0000

    A volunteer firefighter has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of starting a fire in a forest south of Paris, officials say. He is one of at least six people questioned over the Fontainebleau fire that has burned more than 2,000 hectares (some 5,000 acres) and led to about …

11. Climate extremes fuel explosive wildfires in Canada and the U.S., experts say

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:06:08 -0000

    The United States is burning faster than usual this year, while massive smoke plumes from Canadian wildfires deplete air quality on both sides of the …

12. It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:39:43 -0000

    One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue …

13. This marine biologist warned that coral loss could collapse the oceans. Then 3 men walked into his house and shot him

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:59:19 -0000

    A distinguished American marine biologist has been shot dead by three men who entered his house in the central Philippines, police said on …

14. Who pays the cost when Americans opt out of science?

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:08:01 -0000

    I had thought science denial would hit a bottom — that once people began to experience the direct consequences of being wrong, of holding fast to …

15. Californians back Becerra and reject AI data centers by big margins, poll finds

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    Democrat Xavier Becerra holds a commanding lead in the California governor’s race in a new poll, which also shows broad voter support for a ballot proposition to reform the state’s landmark environmental law to speed up housing and infrastructure. The survey by the Public Policy Institute of …

16. Solar just became Europe's biggest source of electricity – here's the milestone it hit

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:36:11 -0000

    Solar power reached a new milestone across Europe last month, generating a record 52 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity and supplying 25% of all electricity used in the European Union in June 2026, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember. That’s the first time solar has provided a …

17. Flights Are Getting Harder To Handle As Turbulence Soars 55 Per Cent, And The Hidden Reason Is Turning Heads

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:06:36 -0000

    The worst fear of any frequent flyer is becoming a reality more and more frequently in recent years, causing injuries and putting lives at risk. In the past, air turbulence — a phenomenon in which an aircraft experiences irregular drops, bumps, or jolts due to external causes — was mostly about …

18. Wildfire Smoke Turns Skies Orange Across the U.S., and Democrats Make a Big Shift on Israel

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:15 -0000

    Your morning listen, all in about 10 minutes Here’s what we’re covering: Smoke Floating Far From Canada’s Wildfires Will Darken Skies Again on Thursday, by Judson Jones Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It, by Julian E. Barnes Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End …

19. The Aral Sea isn't just an ecological nightmare – it's a carbon bomb

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Most of this inland sea is a dry lakebed the size of Ireland, and it has already released 748 million metric tons of CO2. But scientists say there's …

20. How a perfect storm turned northern Minnesota and Canada into an inferno

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:15:48 -0000

    Up until the past week, I was asked a question more than once: "Hey, where's that Canadian wildfire smoke this summer?" Each was quickly followed up …

21. This weird fish has a hedge-trimmer for a face. Scientists have just discovered something shocking about it

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:09:26 -0000

    Scientists assessed how vulnerable sharks and rays around the world are to climate threats and the largetooth sawfish came out top A new study has …

22. Mike Connor visited the same park for 40 years. His notebooks filled with birds are invaluable

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:30:00 -0000

    In 1985 Uluru was handed back to the Anangu traditional owners; Neighbours premiered; treasurer Paul Keating warned Australia risked becoming a …

23. Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Stretches into Another Month

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:06:30 -0000

    On Hungary’s BYD scandal, seawater uranium, and saving styrofoam Current conditions: Wildfire smoke tinted the skies orange across the Northeastern …

24. Map Shows How Growing Seasons Have Changed in Every State

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:13:11 -0000

    Growing seasons are becoming longer across much of the United States, and for gardeners that can have both positive and negative repercussions. The …

25. What living in one of world’s hottest towns feels like

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:39:38 -0000

    Relentless heat at all hours, even through the night, coupled with prolonged electricity outages means basic fans are often useless for residents of …

26. He sued the oil industry for $51B. Now he faces Republicans in a private grilling.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:25:21 -0000

    Roger Worthington, one of the lawyers at the center of a huge climate lawsuit against the oil and gas industry, faces congressional scrutiny. It’s a rare occurrence for a private lawyer to be hauled before a congressional committee and be deposed. But in the sharply political world of climate and …

27. 10 Earthquake Swarms That Produced No Seismic Cause – Officially Recorded and Still Without Attribution

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    You live on a planet that never really sleeps. Even when the ground feels steady under your feet, tiny fractures are slipping, fluids are moving, and …

28. It's only gotten worse. Decades of wildfire data shows drastic increase

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:43:28 -0000

    A new heat wave will bring another round of scorching temperatures as several fires in the West continue to grow in what’s already been a deadly fire season. The Babylon fire burning in Utah now covers 100,000 acres and the Aspen Acres fire in Colorado is nearing that size. This follows what had …

29. A Record-Breaking Heat Wave Is Sweeping Across the U.S. This Week. Here Are Some of the Cities It Will Hit Hardest

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:27:33 -0000

    Parts of the U.S. will be facing record-high temperatures this week, just a couple weeks after large swaths of the country sweated through a days-long heat wave over the Fourth of July holiday. The latest heat wave began over the weekend in the Southwest and Great Plains, before beginning to move …