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1. Antarctic Sea Ice Enters 'Shock' Decline as Ocean Heat Breaks Through

   Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:16 -0000

   For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat …

2. The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

   Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   The damage could be incalculable. Unprecedented extreme weather is no longer once-in-a-lifetime. We live in an era when seasonal hurricanes have the …

3. California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides

   Sun, 17 May 2026 21:00:00 -0000

   CALIFORNIA JUST GAVE plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable — the most ambitious deadline in the country. …

4. New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   It was a rare windless April day in southern Washington and Adam Lieberg was stuck in front of his computer. He was supposed to be burning acres of twigs and pine needles in the forests between the Columbia River and the Yakama Nation nearby — the sort of controlled burn of ground fuel that is one …

5. The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material

   Sun, 17 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the …

6. Trump Takes Victory Lap After UN Backtracks On Climate Change Predictions

   Sun, 17 May 2026 19:06:56 -0000

   President Donald Trump declared vindication Saturday night after the United Nations’ (UN) top climate panel quietly retreated from its most alarming …

7. Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?

   Sun, 17 May 2026 20:07:14 -0000

   Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels. The proposal includes …

8. Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Senate candidate Graham Platner’s key energy goal is to reduce costs for Mainers. He’d also like to tax the “ever-living hell out of the companies …

9. The Quest for an Elusive Clean Fuel Is Moving Underground

   Sun, 17 May 2026 21:18:46 -0000

   The dream of clean hydrogen has tantalized energy experts for years, but producing it has been tough. Many start-ups think the answer could lie beneath our feet. Outside the city of Thetford Mines, Quebec, in a region that once supplied the world with asbestos, workers are drilling underground in …

10. Climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions — and Trump takes victory lap: ‘WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!’

    Sun, 17 May 2026 12:52:26 -0000

    WASHINGTON — President Trump took a victory lap late Saturday after a prominent international climate change panel backed off using some of the most …

11. Green energy will have the last laugh — because of Trump

    Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:19 -0000

    Donald Trump’s war in Iran has created the biggest energy crisis in modern history that the International Energy Agency has described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” The crisis can’t be spun, no matter how hard Trump, Fox News and Energy Secretary (and …

12. Sprawling rock hidden in North Carolina woods began as trapped magma, experts say

    Sun, 17 May 2026 10:53:45 -0000

    Rocks cracking apart due to global warming remains an unpredictable geologic event, but one of the rare places where it can happen is at the heart of …

13. Could High Fertilizer Prices Change the Face of Farming? | Common Dreams

    Sun, 17 May 2026 13:05:04 -0000

    The development of agroecological and regenerative approaches would see a food system that is not only less vulnerable to the supply chain shocks …

14. What It Takes for NFL Stadiums to Have World Cup-Ready Natural Grass

    Sun, 17 May 2026 14:30:50 -0000

    VANCOUVER - Some of the most famous stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico are starting to look World Cup-ready, as the tournament …

15. The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance

    Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:35 -0000

    President Donald Trump returns from China today alongside a who’s who in his cabinet and some of the most recognizable faces in American business like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. While details were thin on any actual dealmaking to emerge from the two-day trip, Trump left with an air of positivity …

16. Florida homeowners pay $3,400 above the national average for home insurance as insurers flee the state

    Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Homeownership in Florida is becoming increasingly expensive — and not just because of mortgage rates or property taxes. The average homeowner in the …

17. Colorado River crisis could force drastic water measures across the West, experts say

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:20:22 -0000

    Los Angeles — The Colorado River is in crisis, with a growing population taking more water from it as a hotter climate is drying up the supply. The …

18. At a staggering 3500m below sea level, this frozen abyss is the deepest, darkest and least explored place on land...

    Sun, 17 May 2026 07:59:50 -0000

    Delve into the deepest, darkest place on continental Earth The deepest place on Earth is the Marianas Trench. Far out in the Pacific Ocean, this …

19. The Feds Are Coming After Grand-Staircase Escalante. Scientists Are Furious.

    Sat, 16 May 2026 04:46:23 -0000

    In the remote canyons of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a battle over public land protections is quietly unfolding. More than 150 researchers and scientific institutions have called on lawmakers to reject legislation that would strip Grand Staircase-Escalante of federal …

20. Justice Alito pushes back on calls to sit out a major Supreme Court climate case

    Fri, 15 May 2026 15:13:47 -0000

    The conservative justice has no financial conflict that would require him to recuse himself from the case, a court spokeswoman told NBC News. WASHINGTON — Facing calls to step aside in a major upcoming case involving climate change, conservative Justice Samuel Alito is pushing back, with a Supreme …

21. Trump’s FEMA Is an Unnatural Disaster

    Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The president has staffed the agency in charge of federal disaster response with a rotating cast of fools—and it’s showing. FEMA is not all right. As …

22. We ranked the most environmentally damaging things you can do online. AI didn't top the list

    Sun, 17 May 2026 18:30:00 -0000

    Human beings can barely move a muscle without some kind of deleterious effect on the environment around us. Our diets, our transport and our creature …

23. Solar & Farming Can Share Land, But The Details Matter

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:29:34 -0000

    Agrivoltaics has become one of those ideas that is simple enough to fit on a social media tile and complex enough to be mangled by one. The image …

24. 'We're not even fully there': New study shows EVs are already making the air cleaner

    Sun, 17 May 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    Electric vehicles are already doing more than reducing gasoline use — they may also be making the air noticeably cleaner in the places where people …

25. What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Sat, 16 May 2026 08:50:00 -0000

    “I think there's a great loss for the wrong reasons. There's no good reason for dismantling this or tearing it down,” a former NASA chief scientist …

26. Activists hang Palestinian flag on the Eiffel Tower for Nakba Day

    Fri, 15 May 2026 09:38:54 -0000

    Members of Extinction Rebellion scaled the Eiffel Tower to hang a Palestinian flag for Nakba day. Members of Extinction Rebellion France, an environmental and social activism group, scaled the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, displaying a Palestinian flag in protest against …

27. A closely guarded plan to cool Earth is revealed

    Fri, 15 May 2026 21:42:39 -0000

    A company that aims to make billions of dollars by cooling the Earth has lifted the veil of secrecy that until now has hidden its plans for preventing sunlight from overheating the planet. It hinges on aerosol particles that are 125 times smaller than the tiniest grains of sand. Stardust Solutions …

28. 'The biggest El Niño event since the 1870s': 'Super' El Niño is now the most likely scenario by the end of this year ‪—‬ and the humanitarian cost could be huge

    Fri, 15 May 2026 11:52:29 -0000

    A "super" El Niño is now the most likely scenario from October 2026 to February 2027, according to a new forecast from the National Oceanic and …

29. Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back

    Sun, 17 May 2026 04:14:44 -0000

    Until a century ago, almost a third of Finland was covered in pristine peatlands, which comprise one of the Earth’s largest and most important carbon …

30. PM Carney and Alberta's Smith have signed a pivotal energy agreement. What comes next?

    Sun, 17 May 2026 17:34:22 -0000

    Now that Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a pivotal energy agreement that could usher in a new oil pipeline, …