Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The Garbage Man: Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In November 2015, world leaders descended on Paris to negotiate a historic agreement to limit global warming. But on the summit’s opening day, …

  2. In The '60s, The US Detonated A Nuke In An Underground Salt Bed. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:25:00 -0000

    The Trinity nuclear test blast ushered in the Atomic Age with a literal bang. But, by the early 1960s, the U.S. atomic weapons program began to …

  3. Days After Midterm Blowout, 22 Democrats Join GOP to Advance 'Massive Giveaway' to Big Oil

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:58:08 -0000

    The US Senate on Monday voted in bipartisan fashion to advance a fossil fuel industry-backed permitting reform bill that would weaken the Clean Water …

  4. The Global Economy Braces for Yet Another Blow

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:07 -0000

    El Niño is already unleashing economic and agricultural pain worldwide. It may get even worse. Deadly flooding sweeping the American Southwest. …

  5. The Most Open-and-Shut Impeachment Case Is Not Pete Hegseth

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:30:32 -0000

    The House may impeach the defense secretary this week. Fine. But the real enemy of the Constitution is Attorney General Todd Blanche. On Saturday, …

  6. El Niño flooding is coming. This Bay Area neighborhood may be among the most vulnerable

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Standing outside his beige bungalow near the southern tip of San Francisco Bay last month, Dick Santos pointed to a windowsill 4 feet above the …

  7. World Leaders Take Stage At COP31 But Big Names Missing

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:12:00 -0000

    World leaders will take the stage at COP31 in Turkey on Wednesday but some prominent names are missing from this year's annual UN climate summit even …

  8. As U.N. Climate Negotiations Begin, Report Warns That Warming Is Gaining Pace

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:11:12 -0000

    Heat is accumulating in Earth’s systems at an accelerating rate, the U.N.’s weather agency has reported as the COP31 climate change summit begins in …

  9. Cuts, evictions, and job losses: A view from the trenches of climate science in 2026

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:56 -0000

    Published November 10, 2026 Science in the United States is in a state of crisis, induced by a government whose hostility to it is without precedent. …

  10. AI Sharpens Hurricane Forecasts, But Humans Still Call The Shots

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:11:00 -0000

    AI is often criticized for the energy its data centers consume, which is driving more fossil fuel use and contributing to climate change. The Barron's …

  11. The AMOC ocean current could collapse. If it does, it could change Chicago's weather for 1,000 years.

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:23:21 -0000

    In the 2004 blockbuster film "The Day After Tomorrow," global warming shuts down a major ocean current, leading to abrupt climate change and …

  12. Greta Thunberg arrives at UN climate talks saying ‘everything we love is at stake’

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:17:23 -0000

    ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Prominent climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday at the U.N. climate meeting, where she emphasized the need to …

  13. The Used-Battery Gold Rush Is Coming

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -0000

    If it can power an electric vehicle, why not a data center? Like all batteries, the giant lithium-ion ones in electric cars eventually fade. Once they can muster just 70 to 80 percent of their original charge, they’re not very useful as car batteries anymore: They simply can’t get a vehicle far. But …

  14. Exclusive: Martin Heinrich on What’s Next for Permitting Reform

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:59:21 -0000

    One of the bill’s Democratic co-authors speaks about the bill’s outlook in Congress, what it means for clean energy and data centers, and why the …

  15. How China’s clean tech is reshaping the global climate fight

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:59:00 -0000

    China sent $132 billion in clean technology and investment to the developing world last year, by far the largest contribution to carbon-dioxide …

  16. A plan to save Bali’s vanishing fireflies takes root in organic farming

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:14:19 -0000

    Four decades ago, Wayan Wardika says, clouds of fireflies would illuminate the night sky above the rice fields of his native village in Bali, …

  17. Senate advances sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:47:47 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews to power data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional …

  18. Chris Bowen wants to electrify the world

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:25:48 -0000

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese begins his 11-day overseas trip in Türkiye for COP31 as his energy minister faces opposition to the electrification …

  19. The suburbs are getting a makeover. That’s a climate win.

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Across the U.S., communities are transforming aging malls, golf courses, and parking lots into walkable neighborhoods that reduce car dependency and …

  20. Leftists Weren’t the Only Ones Who Moderated In the Midterms

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Progressives reined in some of their positions, sure. But centrists dialed it back too—and that should be getting just as much attention. In the week …

  21. New Winter Forecast Reveals 36 States Could See Above-Average Snowfall This Season

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:15:00 -0000

    A newly released winter map shows 36 states facing heavier snowfall. See if your area is in the path of cold weather. Follow topic According to the …

  22. Corporations Win “Free Speech” Right To Hide Pollution

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:46:53 -0000

    A federal appeals court says forcing corporations to disclose their biggest sources of climate pollution is likely unconstitutional. A San …

  23. Oil shock from Iran war led to drop in carbon pollution, scientists say

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:05:11 -0000

    Global carbon pollution dropped this year ever so slightly, but it's more because of oil shocks reverberating from the Iran war than anything the …

  24. El Niño is just getting started. New effects expected soon

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:00:08 -0000

    A strong El Niño has already upended hurricane season and sent planetary waves to batter California. Soon its effects could steer daily U.S. weather. ORLANDO, FL — If you're confused about where the potentially record strong El Niño stands at the moment, you're not alone. While you've been hearing …

  25. Chile advances $621 million undersea cable to Antarctica project

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:16:23 -0000

    SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Chile's Undersecretariat of Telecommunications has confirmed that building an undersea fiber-optic cable stretching …

  26. At UN climate talks, 5 nations back plan to double rooftop solar panels by 2030

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:57:48 -0000

    ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030, as U.N. climate …

  27. Anthropic Just Committed a Shocking Crime Against the Environment

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:33:49 -0000

    It keeps getting worse. Claude maker Anthropic has signed an unprecedented $3.4 billion deal with a Texas-based energy company called OnePWR Solutions. …

  28. House Moderates Say Now Is the Time for Permitting Reform

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:21:57 -0000

    Members wanted to seize the moment at a post-midterms Heatmap event in Washington, D.C. Key House Democrats batted back against waiting until the next …

  29. The New Epicenter of Global Terror

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    How Africa’s weak states and rare earths drive transnational extremism.

  30. 2 years after Mexico relocated their climate-ravaged community, residents struggle to adapt

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    Lessons learned from a rushed resettlement in Mexico underscore what governments owe to climate-displaced communities — not only after homes wash …