Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Donroe Doctrine Is a Scam

   Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:32:23 -0000

   In both Venezuela and Greenland, the Trump administration is proposing taxpayer-funded grabs of oil and rare earths so that Trump’s billionaire …

2. Here's why Trump says the U.S. 'needs' Greenland for Arctic security

   Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:44:35 -0000

   Location, location, location: Greenland's position above the Arctic Circle makes the world's largest island a key part of security strategy. But for …

3. Caught between Trump and Musk’s rockets, a Mexican village despairs

   Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:51 -0000

   The saga of Playa Bagdad, just over the border from a SpaceX launchpad, highlights the unintended environmental and social impacts of the global space race. MATAMOROS, Mexico — The first time Daniel Santiago saw one of Elon Musk’s super rockets blast off, he thought it was the most magnificent thing …

4. Solar power overtakes coal and gas in Germany, a country with little sun

   Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   Germany produced 18% of its electricity through solar power in 2025, up from 14% in 2024, a significant leap that meant solar overtook both coal and methane gas in the country’s electrical supply – despite the high latitudes the whole country sits at. Germany has been through several significant …

5. The strange new economics of negative electricity pricing

   Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:13 -0000

   Saving electricity is environmentally responsible – a fact so banal that it hardly needs stating. But one of the paradoxes of a decarbonizing grid is …

6. Trump's Assault on the Environment Has Been Even Worse Than Experts Predicted

   Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0000

   Donald Trump has been on a vendetta against “windmills” — and, really, any form of clean energy — for many years. He has close ties to the fossil …

7. Half of American Homeowners Considering Moving Over Rising Threat

   Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:57:41 -0000

   Nearly half of American homeowners (49 percent) are considering moving this year due to the rising threat of more-frequent, more-severe extreme …

8. China’s artificial Sun’s breakthrough brings us closer to limitless clean energy

   Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:53:16 -0000

   The nation’s fusion reactor’s recent advancement broke theoretical limits, doubling the potential energy of future reactors, which can now be smaller …

9. The LA Fire Recovery Nightmare

   Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:00:18 -0000

   Aerial view of Pacific Palisades. The price tag for the costliest blazes in US history is still climbing and disputes over who will pay are escalating. …

10. Rare 9ft-tall 'camel birds' released into Saudi Arabian desert

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:09:34 -0000

    The release is a milestone for an ambitious rewilding project in the country's northwest. Five red-necked ostriches or ‘camel birds’ have been …

11. Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:24:26 -0000

    Scientists at China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) program rang in the new year with a stunning accomplishment: empirical …

12. Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new …

13. MSC Industrial (MSM) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:56:39 -0000

    Image source: The Motley Fool. Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Martina McIsaac • Chief Information …

14. A Florida senator wants answers on the Palisades Fire. What’s he really after?

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    WASHINGTON — The story of the Palisades Fire may ultimately belong to the Florida man. In the year since a massive inferno consumed the coastal Los …

15. The Fires This Time

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:23:00 -0000

    To understand current mass burning events better, scientists are turning to the phenomenon known as the Medieval Climate Anomaly. In recent years, …

16. Marin County Looked Like ‘a Lagoon’ After King Tides, Heavy Rain

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:31 -0000

    A 3-foot-tall line of grey sandbags and blue tarps surrounded the entrance of Fitness SF in Corte Madera on Monday morning. This makeshift wall and a …

17. Why scientists are worried that Greenland’s Prudhoe ice dome could melt away – again

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:25:31 -0000

    An ice dome the size of Luxembourg melted around 7,000 years ago. Is history about to repeat itself? Scientists warn that it is “only a matter of …

18. Scientists just got some ancient clues about future sea-level rise — and it’s bad news

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    Rock samples collected from the Greenland ice sheet’s Prudhoe Dome show it completely melted in the past 10,000 years — and could vanish again amid climate change. When the researchers first arrived at their field camp at Prudhoe Dome, atop the Greenland ice sheet, they felt they had been swallowed …

19. A 7.5-million-ton mistake about the benefits of the Climate Commitment Act

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:21:44 -0000

    This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.comThe Washington State Commerce Department said, thanks to money raised by the Climate Commitment …

20. Greenland’s melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump is eyeing dangerous to extract

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:16:31 -0000

    Since Donald Trump regained the U.S. presidency, he has talked about taking over Greenland. He has insisted that the U.S. will control the island, …

21. A year after the LA wildfire disaster, key numbers show how it unfolded and the toll left behind

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:14:11 -0000

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A year after twin infernos tore across opposite ends of Los Angeles County, the scars are still visible. Thousands of homes were …

22. How clean energy could save us trillions

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:44:58 -0000

    As clean energy prices fall, a fast transition to renewable energy is the cheapest option on the table. Experts say it could save us trillions in …

23. The 4 Things Standing Between the U.S. and Venezuela’s Oil

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:55:04 -0000

    And that’s before we start talking about the tens of billions of dollars of investment required. Donald Trump could not have been more clear about his …

24. 7,000-year-old underwater wall raises questions about ancient engineering — and lost-city legends

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:53:12 -0000

    “This can’t be natural,” thought Yves Fouquet.The geologist was studying a newly produced undersea depth chart, generated with LIDAR technology, for …

25. What's next for LaToya Cantrell

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:15:05 -0000

    New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell leaves office Monday with a legal fight ahead of her. Why it matters: The federal corruption charges will likely be …

26. 'Everybody loses': MIT expert blasts Trump for creating a massive new 'mess'

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:22:33 -0000

    The short-term plan Donald Trump has for Venezuela has been denounced as a "mess" by a climate expert. While the president has made it clear that oil …

27. The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:38:06 -0000

    Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable …

28. The secret weapon that could finally force climate action

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:29 -0000

    Arif Pujianto couldn’t sleep. All day, he had watched the waves rising from the nearby shoreline. When dawn broke, the water had risen further, and …

29. After the LA fires, false narratives on social media impacted state policy

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    When Chad Comey's five-story condo building burned down in the Palisades Fire early last year, all that was left was the parking garage, a brick and stucco wall, and a few charred trees. Comey's street is now full of empty lots stretching up into the green hills. Comey is a musician and caretaker …

30. Breakthrough lets scientists watch plants breathe in real time

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:17:23 -0000

    A new window into plant “breathing” could pave the way for crops that grow more food with far less water. Scientists have created a new way to watch …