Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Sixty nations agree to landmark climate accord

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:02:08 -0000

    Nearly 60 nations this week moved toward phasing out oil, gas, and coal, in a climate summit that aimed to accelerate a global shift toward …

  2. Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipeline

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:19:34 -0000

    FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — President Donald Trump granted a key approval Thursday for a major new oil pipeline from Canada into the U.S. that’s been dubbed “Keystone Light” over its similarities to a contentious project blocked by the Biden administration. The three-foot-wide (1 meter) Bridger …

  3. China dominates the world’s lithium supply. The U.S. just found 328 years’ worth in its own backyard

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:25:02 -0000

    Lithium is everywhere: It’s in the battery powering the device on which you’re reading this article. It powers electric vehicles (EVs). It’s in your …

  4. Bay Area Beaches Are Chock-Full of Mysterious Blue Creatures Again. Here’s How to See Them

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:08:01 -0000

    They’re an otherworldly sight: blue and iridescent. They have no clear eyes, mouths or body parts analogous to our own. And rising from one side — is …

  5. ‘Environmental disaster’: Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries rock Russia

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:33:36 -0000

    Ukrainian forces have hammered one of Russia’s largest sites in Tuapse, causing oil spills and black rain. When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour hung in the air and everything was coated in a layer of black grime. “I saw …

  6. Trump’s plan for ultrafast meat processing would be a disaster for workers and the environment

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    Labor organizers, environmental advocates, and economists all agree: This is a bad idea. In February, the United States Department of Agriculture …

  7. We Outlasted Neanderthals Thanks to One Key Difference, Study Suggests

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:53:09 -0000

    Humans did not outcompete Neanderthals because of our better brains, or our superior physicality, the authors of a new study argue. So what did we have that they didn't? Read on to find out more.

  8. Supreme Court considers how much states can protect consumers when federal agencies won’t

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:14:56 -0000

    Chemical giant Monsanto has argued for years that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves a pesticide label without requiring a cancer …

  9. Solar ranch in Tennessee aims to prove grazing cattle under the panels is a farmland win-win

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:03:45 -0000

    CHRISTIANA, Tenn. (AP) — From a distance, the small solar farm in central Tennessee looks like others that now dot rural America, with row upon row of black panels absorbing the sun’s rays to generate electricity. But beneath these panels is lush pasture instead of gravel, enjoyed by a small herd of …

  10. The Countries Proving That a Cleaner, Greener Future Is Possible Right Now

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:07:36 -0000

    The planet is running out of time faster than scientists once predicted. What was once projected to be a 2042 milestone — Earth crossing the 1.5 …

  11. King Charles Spends an Afternoon with Students at an Urban Farm in Harlem

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:57:26 -0000

    In the middle of a city block in Harlem, King Charles III fed chickens and watched students make mango salsa, surrounded by beds of freshly planted broccoli and cauliflower. As part of his U.S. visit, King Charles spent Wednesday afternoon visiting Harlem Grown, a New York nonprofit that has …

  12. This Ancient Civilization Disappeared Mysteriously, Leaving Behind Unexplained Structures

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:15:00 -0000

    You walk into a sun‑blasted canyon or a jungle clearing and there it is: a vast stone city, silent as the moon, with no one around to claim it. No …

  13. North Korea faces food shortages as drought threatens crops

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:17:25 -0000

    The country's state-run news has said much of the country has been hit by an unusually severe drought. The largely isolated country, with a …

  14. What could the UAE’s exit from OPEC mean for oil markets and the climate?

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:02:23 -0000

    The world's third-largest oil producer has the capacity to increase its output by almost 50 per cent, according to industry estimates. The United Arab …

  15. The World Met to Talk Climate Change. The U.S. Wasn’t Invited.

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:56:46 -0000

    Dozens of countries met this week to discuss how to end the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, a goal that the Trump administration doesn’t share. For the past week, diplomats from nearly 60 countries gathered in Colombia to discuss one of the most urgent and confounding questions of our day: how …

  16. The New Resource Curse

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    Critical minerals will scramble geopolitics.

  17. The diplomacy at play behind the King's speeches

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:11:33 -0000

    King Charles III's address to Congress was always going to involve walking a diplomatic tightrope. But he managed to give a speech that made a number of important political points - all delivered in a gentle, Kingly way. There were references to Nato and Ukraine, a reminder of the importance of …

  18. As Wildfire Risks Rise, Forest Service Shutters Labs That Study Them

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:01:06 -0000

    A research lab in Washington State tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered. Inside a low-slung building on the outskirts of this town in north-central Washington State, federal scientists are …

  19. Scientists know how to phase out fossil fuels. Some countries are listening

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:40:00 -0000

    Climate scientists, who have warned of the dangers of global warming for decades, have found some countries to listen. This week, representatives of …

  20. California’s ocean is breaking heat records — but we can control it

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The marine ecosystem along Southern California’s coastline is in crisis. Sea surface temperatures are hitting record highs, rivaling the devastating marine heat wave known as “the Blob” that wreaked havoc on West Coast fisheries and ecosystems a decade ago. Scientists from NOAA, Scripps Institution …

  21. Blockbuster Oil Company Profits Revive Calls for Windfall Tax

    Fri, 01 May 2026 04:00:27 -0000

    European nations imposed temporary taxes in the 2022 energy shock when Russia invaded Ukraine, but whether they can effectively help households is up for debate. For oil and gas companies, it has been a profitable war. The energy shock caused by the conflict in Iran, missile attacks on oil and gas …

  22. New York Demands a Climate Sacrifice

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:38:00 -0000

    Albany Democrats admit that imposing financial pain is what they intended with mandates. Kathy Hochul wants her Democratic Legislature to delay implementing New York’s far-reaching climate mandates because they’ll raise energy costs. The Democratic response: That is the point of the mandates so …

  23. The Cold War Panic Over a Mysterious New Kind of Water—and the Embarrassing Truth Behind It

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    At the tail end of the 1060s, the potentially deadly substance known as “polywater” gripped the scientific world. Today, it’s one of the most well known examples of “pathological science.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the 1960s, Soviet scientists “discovered” a new form of …

  24. This Summer, the American Water Crisis Becomes Real

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    Concerns over water access are poised to consume summer in the US, as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil …

  25. You're probably paying more for insurance lately. A new study suggests federal action to cut costs

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:23:04 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A new analysis suggests Americans are being overcharged by $150 billion annually to insure their homes, autos and businesses — and it proposes federal guardrails so that a public beset by affordability pressures could see savings. The analysis by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator …

  26. Nukes and AI require 1.4 million gallons of water a day at New Mexico lab

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    HIGH ATOP A PLATEAU IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, Los Alamos National Laboratory is facing its biggest expansion since the World War II-era Manhattan …

  27. WATCH: EPA's Zeldin testifies on Trump's budget request in Senate Environment hearing

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:31:23 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of abandoning the Environmental Protection Agency's mission to protect human …

  28. 'Nearly 80 times cheaper than lithium': China is working on ultra affordable iron battery that can run 16 years without degrading — using one of the most abundant elements on Earth to store power and a water-based electrolyte system that cannot explode

    Fri, 01 May 2026 00:20:00 -0000

    Researchers in China say they have made new progress on iron-based flow batteries that could reduce the cost of storing renewable energy while …

  29. The Clean Energy Front Is Expanding Nicely, Thank You — Renewables Beat Natural Gas In USA

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:30:47 -0000

    At first glance, it seems the clean energy front isn’t going as well as we’d like. The Trump administration has used every tool in its power — and …

  30. The sub-Arctic town pitching itself as Canada's gateway to Europe

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:35:30 -0000

    The Port of Churchill sits idle for most of the year, blanketed by snow and frozen by the bitter cold climate of Canada's sub-Arctic. It's only operational in the summer for four months, sometimes five. But where weather is a hindrance, it has geography on its side - the northern Manitoba port sits …