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  1. Trump’s Vile Defense of “That Ad” Bodes Very Ill for the Last 12 Days

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:11:41 -0000

    The press is overhyping the “bipartisan” revulsion at Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad. I hope Amy Acton is ready for what may come next. It had to happen. …

  2. Scientists Put Human Poop Into Concrete And Waited 91 Days. One Result Jumped 42%

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:35:26 -0000

    Concrete is one of the most widely used materials in the world. It's strength, durability, and the ability to mold it into nearly any shape makes it …

  3. Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:17:06 -0000

    WASHINGTON — Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found. Extreme Weather From Europe to Asia, floods to heatwaves, world experiences weather shocks Researchers …

  4. Donna Arthur’s Life Has Been a Mess. Like Someone Else’s Ohio Mother.

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:29:06 -0000

    Amy Acton’s mother’s life has been … a lot like JD Vance’s mom’s life. God forbid the veep might ever acknowledge this. The long, sad American story …

  5. Ron DeSantis Statue Melts in Rising Temperatures He Spent 8 Years Denying; Climate Change Non-Profit 350 Action, Art Collective Uncommon Creative Studio, and M ss ng P eces Staged a Striking Midterm-Season Installation

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:45:41 -0000

    TALLAHASSEE, Florida — On Tuesday, a life-size statue of Ron DeSantis began melting shortly after it was unveiled in front of supporters and …

  6. Jake Gyllenhaal Stars in 2004 Sci-Fi Action Film Critics Called a ‘Thrill Ride’—Now It’s Ranked Among the Best Disaster Movies Ever

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:23:00 -0000

    The film is officially coming to Netflix. More than two decades after its premiere, a disaster thriller, recognized as one of the best in the genre, …

  7. Europe just had its deadliest summer. Which country was hit the hardest by extreme heat?

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:02:09 -0000

    Europe faced its ‘worst summer on record’ for heat deaths – with climate change responsible for two-thirds. Europe’s sweltering summer is estimated to …

  8. Something Strange Is Living in The Old Fuel Leaking From WWII Shipwrecks

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    More than 80 years ago, the world was exploding – literally and figuratively – during World War II. In the furious naval skirmishes that raged across …

  9. Severe flooding hits Four Corners region, more expected through the weekend

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:40:42 -0000

    Looking out a window on Friday afternoon, Devin Neeley saw light, puffy clouds and a blue sky in San Juan County, N.M. The county's public …

  10. Wild animals can’t vote. Here’s where they’re on the ballot anyway.

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    The midterms are packed with ballot measures that could dramatically affect natural spaces. When millions of voters fill out their ballots in November, they won’t just be choosing elected representatives. Many states are offering the chance to impact conservation and wildlife as well, through ballot …

  11. Which protein is best for the planet and your health?

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:34 -0000

    Search any grocery store for protein-rich food that’s good for both you and the planet, and you’re buffeted by certified labels claiming …

  12. Unbearable Summer Heat Linked to More than 50,000 European Deaths: Report

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:24:52 -0000

    A new report estimates more than 50,000 people died in Europe’s cities over the summer as a result of a brutal heatwave. On Friday, Oct. 23, researchers at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine released data examining the impact of “human-induced climate …

  13. 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon Spill, Deep Sea Life in The Gulf of Mexico Shows No Sign of Recovery

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:01:00 -0000

    In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig failed catastrophically, leading to the largest oil spill in the history of Earth's oceans. About 134 million …

  14. AI reveals if any of Al Gore's predictions he made in An Inconvenient Truth have come true 20 years later

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:10:00 -0000

    Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth set out a series of scientific predictions about global warming, and 20 years on, they have been …

  15. The EPA Is Quietly Killing its Web Archive

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:19:28 -0000

    In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the …

  16. Midterms, rift with moms may be 'death knell' of MAHA-Trump alliance

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:02:45 -0000

    Tiffany Cianci considers herself a MAHA mom. She was an early advocate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement, which brought together “crunchy” moms, medical freedom activists, anti-vaccine communities and environmentalists. As a TikTok personality with more than 320,000 …

  17. The California Billionaire Tax Just Scored Mark Zuckerberg a Raise

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Facebook founder figured out a way to game the system. Should we send Mark Zuckerberg a T-shirt that says “I Got My Raise From the California …

  18. Bangladesh’s climate migrants are arriving in cities unprepared to protect them

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:36:02 -0000

    In 2024, disasters displaced 2.4 million people within Bangladesh even as the International Monetary Fund predicts that rising seas could eliminate …

  19. ‘Connect The Dots’ Between Street Protests And Global Turmoil, Urges Guterres - Eurasia Review

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:06 -0000

    Key Takeaways: UN Secretary-General António Guterres linked rising public discontent in Europe and elsewhere over the cost of living to expanding …

  20. Clean Energy Has a Lot Riding on the AI Data Center Boom

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:06:36 -0000

    Recent weeks have brought red flag after red flag for investment in AI and the related data center boom. Bond yields soared for AI infrastructure giant CoreWeave, a sign that investors view the buildout as increasingly risky. And Meta’s reporting of negative free cash flow for the quarter to fund …

  21. Silicosis Kills Workers. Ashley Moody Just Worries About the Lawsuits.

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As a virulent lung condition sickens workers dealing with artificial stone, the GOP senator from Florida is sponsoring legislation to protect …

  22. A First-Of-Its-Kind State of Emergency — Over a Permitting Pause

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:57:44 -0000

    And more of the week’s top fights around development. 1. Umatilla County, Oregon – A small town in Oregon this week declared a state of emergency over …

  23. Southeast Asia's worst haze in over a decade sparks student protests

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:24:44 -0000

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of students across Indonesia have protested for days over the government’s response to toxic haze that has blanketed multiple cities and spread across Southeast Asia in recent weeks. On Friday, more than 500 protesters gathered outside the Central Kalimantan …

  24. Subtropical Storm Josephine forms in the Atlantic

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:56:20 -0000

    Damage from Josephine has closed the only highway to North Carolina’s Outer Banks; king tide flooding is predicted to bring some of the highest water …

  25. It’s 40 miles wide, contains billions of creatures and takes 20 years to form – Watch gobsmacking BBC footage of nature’s deadliest, most destructive swarm ever

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:19:13 -0000

    Across the deserts from Africa to India, when conditions are right, the desert locust will swarm in vast numbers. Their eggs, which have sometimes …

  26. A remarkable new picture is emerging of how the air around us could harm the brain

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Pollution has long been indirectly linked with dementia. Now scientists wonder whether it could be physically reshaping the brain. Last year, startled scientists reported that the average human brain they studied contained roughly the weight of a plastic spoon in microplastics and nanoplastics. Now, …

  27. California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    Large batteries are helping homeowners keep the lights on during power outages. But they're also sending juice back to the system for others to …

  28. UN sends warning to Chevron after plumes of methane found over Gorgon project

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:00:15 -0000

    Independent satellite monitoring has detected massive plumes of methane emerging from one of Australia's largest oil and gas complexes. The persistent …

  29. The case for low-carbon bamboo fuel starts at $2.75 a gallon.

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:28 -0000

    With fuel prices sky-high, the need for fuels from non-petroleum sources has taken on a new urgency. And researchers at Worchester Polytechnic …

  30. PG&E’s CEO says AI is ‘the best thing that could’ve ever happened to the grid’

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:19:08 -0000

    • In today’s CEO Daily: The CEO of a once-hated utility is looking to AI to fix the grid.• The big leadership story: The Ford Foundation’s new focus.• The …