Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Fact check: Trump’s false claims to the United Nations

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:23:47 -0000

    President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, though he largely stuck to a prepared text. Here is a fact check of some of his assertions. Trump and wars Trump, repeating a frequent false claim, said, “Since I took office, it has …

  2. El Niño goes wild: Pacific Ocean under siege from tropical cyclones

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:14:06 -0000

    The wild and woolly Pacific basin – fueled by a powerful El Niño – continues to spew forth tropical cyclones of all shapes and sizes. As of the afternoon of Sept. 22, a dangerous Category 5 180-mph hurricane (Hurricane Polo) was threatening the west coast of Mexico and pushing a swath of moisture …

  3. 9/22: CBS Evening News

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:30:00 -0000

    Monster Category 5 hurricane threatens the Pacific Coast; President Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran. Monster Category 5 hurricane threatens the …

  4. This year's El Nino-driven heat could cause nearly half a million more deaths, group says

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:10:25 -0000

    BENGALURU, India (AP) — This year’s powerful El Nino and the record global heat it’s driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, according to a research report released Wednesday. The …

  5. We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:12:33 -0000

    Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed. Iowa is the U.S. state with the most factory farms: 10,830 of them, to be exact. …

  6. U.N. Leader Uses Final Speech to Issue Stark Warning

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:26:29 -0000

    António Guterres, the departing secretary general, said a divided world will struggle in the face of wars, inequality, climate change and the rise of A.I. António Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations, delivered his final address to the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday …

  7. Climate change has created a meta-crisis in food security, energy and the economy, says Greek expert

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:00:41 -0000

    Emmanuella Doussis is the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy and Professor of International Institutions at the University of Athens. Climate change is …

  8. UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:35:00 -0000

    UNITED NATIONS — In a no-nonsense farewell speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders Tuesday to respond to the defining …

  9. WATCH: Trump addresses 2026 United Nations General Assembly

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:26:55 -0000

    Editor's Note: This feed of the president's speech comes from the United Nations, which is an independent source separate from the White House or the …

  10. Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:36:22 -0000

    California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality. This story is part …

  11. Fact-checking Trump's speech to the 2026 United Nations General Assembly

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:37:21 -0000

    This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United …

  12. California Declares State of Emergency as State Braces for El Niño Snow

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:46:02 -0000

    Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide state of emergency on Monday to prepare California for a strengthening El Niño that …

  13. Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses. “If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein once …

  14. Trump orders AI rebrand as "super intelligence"

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:09:30 -0000

    President Trump said Tuesday he is directing "all United States documents" to refer to AI as "super intelligence." Why it matters: Trump used his …

  15. Trump Moves to Strip Pollution Limits from Power Plants Near Black Communities

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Black neighborhoods will feel the brunt of the Trump administration’s recent move to end federal limits on carbon pollution from America’s power …

  16. Tropical Sea Turtle Lays Eggs on Southern California Beach

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:25:55 -0000

    It’s the first time in recorded history that a sea turtle has nested on the West Coast. Scientists say it is the latest sign of warming ocean waters. With a determined kick of her back flippers, a sea turtle made history on a California beach this month. For the first time since recordkeeping began, …

  17. Climate scientists fired by Trump step in to fill U.S. report gap

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The future of national climate assessments remains murky after the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists. More than a year after the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists working on the National Climate Assessment, clouding the landmark publication’s future, many of …

  18. 8 Best Countries for Expats Who Want Comfortable, Mild Weather Year-Round

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:30:00 -0000

    Key Takeaways For many expats, the appeal of living abroad isn’t just about lower costs or better health care—it’s about finding a place where daily life feels comfortable. Weather plays a bigger role than many people expect, shaping everything from how often you go outside to how much you rely on …

  19. Trump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:01:10 -0000

    The president claims the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake. In a speech Tuesday morning at the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump railed against Iran, “globalists,” climate change, and transgender people while also claiming that the US is now “officially” renaming artificial intelligence to …

  20. A ‘super’ El Niño is about to crash into California: 9 essential ways to prepare

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With California virtually certain to see a “super” El Niño, residents and business owners are being asked to brace for a wet and potentially punishing winter later this year. But the time for preparation is now. Officials across Southern California are busy working to shore up hillsides and get flood …

  21. A Blow-by-Blow Account of What Would Happen if the Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupted

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:10:32 -0000

    Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to …

  22. Colossal hurricane blooms into ‘truly historic’ behemoth as it threatens flash floods, mudslides

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:03:53 -0000

    Hurricane Polo has exploded into a monstrous Category 5 storm with 180-mph winds, becoming the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the …

  23. Alarming Study Finds New Evidence That the Sun Can Produce Catastrophic ‘Superflares’

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:45:21 -0000

    These explosive events can be more powerful than trillions of hydrogen bombs. The star that gives Earth life is also incredibly violent. The Sun …

  24. Trump at the U.N. today, on Iran, AI, Climate and only Cthulhu knows what else

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:58:50 -0000

    Via the N.Y. Times: …Mr. Trump, the second world leader to speak at the gathering, also celebrated his military operation in Venezuela this year but …

  25. 9 ‘boundaries’ keep Earth livable. We’ve breached 7 of them

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:05:00 -0000

    Humans are continuing to push Earth beyond livable levels of heat, pollution and other conditions—both for us and for millions of species. That’s the …

  26. Guterres Hailed for Fiery Outgoing Speech Demanding Polluters Pay for Climate Crisis

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:49:41 -0000

    With United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres set to leave his post at the end of this year, he used his final address to the UN General …

  27. Is it ‘killer robots’ or ‘super intelligence’? At the UN, leaders see both

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:39:32 -0000

    “One turns it into a science-fiction movie; the other turns it into a nonissue,” University of Chicago computer science department chairman Henry …

  28. Trump Says No Need to Regulate AI, Since That Strategy Is Working Fine for Climate Change

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:12:17 -0000

    "Welcome to the new world of super intelligence." If you’ve even so much as glanced at the news recently, you may have picked up on the raging debate …

  29. Hurricane Polo’s rapid intensification is historic

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:18:03 -0000

    Polo strengthened from a tropical depression into a Category 5 hurricane in just 42 hours. Polo strengthened from a tropical depression into a Category 5 hurricane in just 42 hours. France’s wine regulators have loosened rules around champagne after a series of heat waves struck this summer. El Niño …

  30. To Wary Working People, AI Preemption Is the New Nafta

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What I’m hearing on the campaign trail suggests a deep divide between how the people and the powerful are thinking about AI. For years, I have looked …