Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’

   Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:00:01 -0000

   In short: the agency will no longer be able to regulate carbon pollution or greenhouse gases—though a couple of scenarios might prevent President …

2. Can you really survive on Mars? What science fiction gets wrong about off-world living

   Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future. In science fiction movies and shows …

3. Stop Tyrant Trump's Lawless Attack on the Regulations Keeping Us Safe | Common Dreams

   Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:03:05 -0000

   Trump deserves Impeachment and Removal from Office. Congress should act now, before more Americans die, get sick, or are injured from the destruction …

4. How safe is glyphosate chemical backed by Trump? What the science says

   Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:15:01 -0000

   On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would push for a greater supply of glyphosate-based herbicides, leaving …

5. Tunnels and fake ‘forests’: How to survive in the world’s harshest climates

   Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:00:35 -0000

   In our roundup of CNN Travel stories this week: five-star luxury in Turkey, a fairytale castle with an underground Nazi complex, plus a bikini problem on an Australian bus. Extreme climates Canadian winters are not for the unprepared. Temperatures can drop as low as -4 F (-20 C) in Toronto and …

6. Why the western US is running out of water, in one chart

   Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:27:26 -0000

   Cows are draining the Colorado River. More than one in 10 Americans rely on the Colorado River to take showers and drink clean water. But with no end in sight to the decades-long drought in the western US and rapidly decreasing river levels, this essential resource is fueling bitter disputes over …

7. Heaviest outback rain in decades forecast to reach SA, NSW and Victorian farmers

   Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:49:08 -0000

   The driest belt of Australia is in the middle of its wettest month in decades, and weather modelling is tipping the outback rain will reach southern …

8. The One Thing Humans Must Do To Avoid Extinction, According To Stephen Hawking

   Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:25:00 -0000

   Stephen Hawking was one of the brightest scientific minds in history, but he wasn't the best guy to hang out with if you were looking for levity. The …

9. He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking.

   Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:06 -0000

   As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted. On a recent frosty February morning, 200 miles north of New York City, a middle-aged man had just had his tea and toast and opened his laptop. …

10. ‘Irreversible on any human timescale’: Scientist reveals best and worst-case scenario for Antarctica

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:00:54 -0000

    Despite being far away from civilisation, a melting Antarctic’s "disastrous" consequences will ripple across the world, researchers warn. Scientists …

11. At the World’s Largest General Science Meeting, Surviving Trump Is the Topic

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:00:56 -0000

    “This is really a turning point and we’re in a historical transition at present.” Welcome back to the Abstract! This week, we have a very special …

12. Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxins

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:30:16 -0000

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration’s latest effort to boost the fossil fuel industry by paring back clean air and water rules. Toxic emissions from coal- and …

13. Does the US risk being left behind by abandoning green energy?

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:54:45 -0000

    Are wind and solar farms a rural windfall or a blight on the landscape? Communities are grappling with questions of land use.

14. America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:52:37 -0000

    Detroit badly bungled the EV transition. Then Trump wiped out emission rules. For decades, America’s auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit’s Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and ’60s. Then, through a series of blunders and …

15. Sending Rockets Into Space Causes Air Pollution

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:52:12 -0000

    As Inside Climate News points out, what goes up must come down. Rockets cause air pollution. Douglas A McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, …

16. Companies Are Choosing Efficiency Over Bold Climate Goals

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:52:09 -0000

    It was hard to go even a few minutes at this year’s GreenBiz conference without hearing about the business case for sustainability. Over and over, executives repeated that efforts to cut emissions were also reducing waste, cutting costs, and delivering durable efficiency gains. It’s a perfectly …

17. ‘Zero percent chance’: Energy Sec. Wright unloads on European climate alarmists in fiery Paris speech

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:58:33 -0000

    Energy Secretary Chris Wright blasted European leaders in Paris on Tuesday, accusing the International Energy Agency of pushing "net zero" policies divorced from reality and warning the continent to abandon its green agenda or face economic catastrophe. Wright’s comments before the 31-member global …

18. Scientists worry about lasting damage from Potomac sewage spill

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:16:00 -0000

    In January, part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed by the Potomac River. Over the following days, the broken pipe dumped more than 200 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac near Washington, D.C. Since then, the utility that manages the line, DC Water, has been setting up a …

19. Melting Glaciers Reveal Mummified Animals

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:30:49 -0000

    Across the globe, ancient ice is telling remarkable stories. Melting glaciers and thawing permafrost are giving up their frozen treasures, revealing …

20. Through the lens: the beauty of the Congo Basin and its fragile future

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:30:06 -0000

    The Congo Basin rainforest is the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing more carbon dioxide than the Amazon. Often described as Africa’s “green lung”, it helps regulate the global climate, with peatlands that lock away huge amounts of carbon. But the region is under pressure from deforestation, …

21. Trump’s rollback of this key EPA finding will hit poor and minority Americans the hardest

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:49:08 -0000

    The Environmental Protection Agency recently revoked the ‘endangerment finding,’ which is key in protecting the public from pollutants. In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted …

22. The Soil Additive That’s Quietly Killing Seedlings in Southern States

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:02:21 -0000

    Image source: Unsplash.com A bag of soil can decide whether a seedling thrives or collapses before it ever stretches toward the sun. Across Southern states, gardeners nurture trays of tomatoes, peppers, zinnias, and herbs with care, only to watch them stall, yellow, and fold over without warning. …

23. Here’s what a 372 MPH tire does to a parked car

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:29:22 -0000

    And more incredible car visuals caught on camera.

24. EPA rollbacks on pollution limits could drive up health care costs, advocates warn

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:30:42 -0000

    The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to scale back limits on toxic emissions from coal-burning power plants, clearing the way for them to …

25. Crocuses are blooming early – here’s what this means for nature

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:57:33 -0000

    Amid the wet and grey gloom of February, gardeners across the UK are reporting that crocuses are pushing through their lawns and borders weeks ahead …

26. Did climate change factor into the Lake Tahoe avalanche? Turns out it's complicated

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:54:02 -0000

    As the climate warms, scientists are trying to better understand avalanche risks. The say risks for major avalanches at high elevation could be growing while the risk is decreasing at low elevations.

27. This Extreme Radiation-Resistant Organism Evolved a Remarkable Ability

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:00:10 -0000

    In places like Chernobyl and Fukushima, where nuclear disasters have flooded the environment with dangerous radiation, it makes sense that life might …

28. MIT Says Energy-Storing Concrete Improves 10-fold by Switching to Organic Electrolyte

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:12 -0000

    MIT researchers have developed a new type of concrete that doubles as an energy storage device, as explained by Ziroth. This material, known as …

29. Oil Prices Jump as Trump Threatens to Attack Iran

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:46:05 -0000

    On geothermal’s heat, Exxon Mobil’s CCS push, and Maine’s solar Current conditions: More than a foot of snow is blanketing the California mountains • …

30. Trump administration slashes mercury regulations from coal plants

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:30:00 -0000

    On Friday the Trump administration officially rolled back a series of Biden-era environmental regulations on coal plants, including some intended to …