Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:58:30 -0000

    In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the …
  2. El Niño Forecast Is ‘Off the Charts.’ What Could This Mean for Ski Season?

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Forecasters say prepare for a wet — but potentially warm — winter. With ski season right around the corner, all eyes are on this year’s “super” El …
  3. ‘If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’: Italy is turning its hated invasive crab into a multimillion-dollar business

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:20:11 -0000

    Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had …
  4. What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage Over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding are the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist …
  5. Trump takes aim at American science as China pulls ahead

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:33:55 -0000

    For US President Donald Trump, science is plagued by 'woke ideology.' His administration announced that, starting in October, research projects …
  6. Iran Accuses U.S. Military of a War Crime

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:20:39 -0000

    Renewed fighting has taken a deadly turn after a month without major military action. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at renewed …
  7. The US Forest Service Moves to Cancel Its “Best Idea”: the Roadless Rule

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Joel Jackson never forgot the last time the Tongass was in danger. It was the 1990s. Logging roads crisscrossed slopes around Kake, Alaska, a remote …
  8. Damselfish-assisted repair of wounded corals surprises scientists

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:36:01 -0000

    Corals share a close bond with the fish dwelling among them and the algae living within them. According to a new study, that relationship could be …
  9. Trump Has No Plan for Fixing His Iran Debacle. The Democrats Need One.

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    There’s a political opportunity here, if the Democrats care to seize it. The Iran war is not going well. That has been true more or less since the end …
  10. Heathrow expansion would make UK ‘overshoot’ climate targets, report suggests

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:00 -0000

    Allowing a third runway to be built at Heathrow would “overshoot” the UK’s legally binding climate targets, according to a report. The plans to expand …
  11. Nobody is preparing for the worst day in history

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    There are multiple Black Swan events that could create a global famine with little to no warning. Governments must start preparing for them now — the …
  12. Far-left writer ripped in viral debate over 'absurd' claim that capitalism is tied to White supremacy

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:56:43 -0000

    Liberal Atlantic writer Jemele Hill doubled down after suggesting that capitalism was linked to White supremacy, during a heated clash with another panelist on CNN on Tuesday. "It's one thing to not think capitalism isn't working ideally. It's another thing entirely to insist that it is oppressive, …
  13. James Talarico links capitalism to white supremacy, says oil ‘not gonna last’

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:21:21 -0000

    James Talarico has to answer for comments he made in 2020 at the height of peak wokeness. The Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas has been …
  14. How Jeff Bezos’s Surrender to Trump Freed Him to Dodge Labor Laws

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:41:45 -0000

    Those drivers in Amazon uniforms who drive Amazon trucks? Amazon says they don’t work for Amazon, and Trump’s NLRB no longer disputes that. One of the …
  15. The Supreme Court Brought This on Themselves

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn now in favor of expanding the high court, Democrats seem to have accepted that changing the status quo is …
  16. Trump’s Next War Is Already Underway in Latin America

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The administration has long targeted alleged drug-trafficking groups. Now it’s laying out its framework for direct military action across the …
  17. Solar Power Leaps Key Cost Barrier As Coal And Gas Sidelined (Shocker!)

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:39:30 -0000

    A new report on the cost of solar power indicates that clean power can beat coal and gas for the 74 members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, with …
  18. Here’s Why We’ve Been Seeing So Much Food-Borne Illness

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    Summer is supposed to be the best time for fresh produce. Corn on the cob at the cookout. Berries plucked right from the vine. Salads on the cafe …
  19. Nepal’s Deadly Floods Put China and India on Edge

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:37:35 -0000

    Geopolitical conflict will only get worse with climate change. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Deadly floods on the …
  20. A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:03:34 -0000

    For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We …
  21. Mexico: Former Colombian president Petro delivers climate crisis lecture at UNAM.

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:00:43 -0000

    SHOTLIST: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (SEPT. 2, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO DELIVERING SPEECH (Spanish)MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - SEPT. 2: Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a keynote lecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City on Sept. 2. The presentation, titled “Capital in the 21st Century: Political Economy of the Climate Crisis,” focused on the global economic and political challenges posed by climate change. The event marked Petro’s first visit to Mexico since leaving office.
  22. People started building artificial beaver dams in California. Now something "mind blowing" is happening

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:50:41 -0000

    Following the construction of the dams, one river saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates soar from 8% to 60%. It’s well known that beaver dams …
  23. The shifting ties in Australia's backyard as 'deep pockets' beckon

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:56:09 -0000

    in brief Geopolitical tensions over Taiwan are hanging over the annual Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. • However, island leaders insist local climate …
  24. The future of architecture education according to 25 deans and directors

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Interviews with architecture academic leadership revealed themes of adaptation, public engagement and climate resilience. With the 2026 school year …
  25. A Solar Superstorm Caused a GPS Glitch Bad Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:40:33 -0000

    The massive eruption threw GPS readings off by more than 33 feet (10 meters). On November 11, 2025, the Sun unleashed a series of solar flares that …
  26. USDA approves bioengineered American chestnut tree that could bring them back from near-extinction

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:30:35 -0000

    It sets a precedent for releasing other bioengineered organisms into the wild to repair ecological damage. The United States Department of Agriculture …
  27. Trump Commerce Secretary Once Said Data Centers ‘Suck Water,’ Now Scoffs That Such Concerns Are Just ‘Propaganda’

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:17:53 -0000

    President Donald Trump's commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, told a brazen lie on Wednesday while trying to defend the administration's support for …
  28. As family farms decline, more Michigan farmers try to preserve their land

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:47:43 -0000

    John Boyer grew up on his family’s 131 acres of rolling fields of corn, oats and wheat in East Jordan.The farm changed ownership outside the family …
  29. U.S. bombs Iranian wedding; Netanyahu visits Gaza, vows no withdrawal; UN admits global warming will exceed 1.5 C

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:14:23 -0000

    Wednesday, September 2, 2026 – U.S. launches strikes on southern Iran, killing 18. Iran launches retaliatory attacks. IRGC says two oil tankers hit …
  30. Duffy thanks Zeldin for getting rid of ‘stop-start’ feature in cars: ‘I hate it’

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:24 -0000

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday commended Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for targeting his “pet peeve” …