Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. 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 …

2. 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 if it may 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, a …

3. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Vile Attack Ad Is Trumpism in a Nutshell

   Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate’s ad against Amy Acton is disqualifying. It’s also precisely what you would expect from a MAGA regime …

4. ‘This used to be paradise’: How intensive farming is destroying Europeans’ favourite swimming spots

   Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:37 -0000

   'Green sludge' is appearing on Europe's shorelines as warming waters, sewage and agricultural runoff fuel the growth of toxic algae. “I remember our …

5. What Is Driving the Global Resurgence of Mangrove Forests?

   Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:27:56 -0000

   After decades of losses, mangrove trees are gaining ground on coastlines around the world, often in places they have never grown before. …

6. 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 …

7. California’s oceans have become shockingly warm. And strange things are happening

   Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   Ocean temperatures off the California coast are surging to shockingly high levels as a historic El Niño grows even stronger. On Monday, a sea surface …

8. Why US Voters of All Political Stripes Loath the Big Tech Billionaires | Common Dreams

   Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:51:50 -0000

   One of few silver linings of these dark Trump times is that much of what had been hidden has now been exposed. I’m referring specifically to where the …

9. Trump Has Found a New Part of the Constitution to Abuse

   Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:22:25 -0000

   The administration’s attempts to grab power through its novel reading of the supremacy clause have, thus far, been consistently thwarted. But it’s …

10. Surprising Factor Could Increase Lung Cancer Risk by Nearly 50 Percent

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:58:00 -0000

    Many dangers to our health are invisible. Often, they lurk in the air. Researchers have now discovered that a naturally occurring gas could increase …

11. We must prepare entire cities for extreme heat. Our new study reveals how

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:11:07 -0000

    In Australia, the days are growing longer and summer is fast approaching. But a very strong El Niño – a natural weather phenomenon that drives …

12. Throwback: The day a South African town recorded a scorching 48.4°C

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:42:09 -0000

    On 27 October 2015, temperatures in Vredendal, Western Cape, soared to 48.4°C, marking one of the hottest days in South Africa’s recorded …

13. 96% of coral reefs 'critically endangered,' at risk of collapse in 50 years

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:30:46 -0000

    The International Union for Conservation of Nature said climate change was directly responsible for destroying these ecosystems in the first global …

14. United Nations report highlights significant increase in U.S. climate pollution

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Countries are not doing enough to cut emissions that cause climate change, according to a new report from United Nations scientists. And the United States is a big part of the problem. The U.S. sticks out as the only major economy where planet-warming pollution increased dramatically last year, the …

15. Oil Executive Sick Of Being Accused Of Making Money

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:43:53 -0000

    Executives at huge oil companies want the government, media, Congress, and the public to leave them alone. Their profits are up by billions of …

16. New York Climate Week: What it means for responsible investment & key takeaways | United Nations

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:30 -0000

    Each September, New York Climate Week brings together policymakers, investors, corporate leaders, regulators and civil society leaders to advance …

17. Experts sound the alarm as EU moves to loosen rules on pesticide use

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:07:26 -0000

    The European Union wants to relax rules for pesticides, saying it will be easier for farmers to adopt more environmentally friendly options. But …

18. Meet the people moving north to escape increasingly hot summers

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    LONDON – Mike Coe never thought he would leave his dream home in rural Worcestershire, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. That was until Coe started researching the warming temperatures in the region. Coe had a job making videos for environmental activists, and ten years …

19. Daisy Ridley Cast in TV Reboot of Iconic 1960s Sci-Fi Franchise

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:11:43 -0000

    In 1961, a terrifying sci-fi movie depicted a future in which global warming was going to kill us all. The polar ice caps were melting, temperatures …

20. EPP teams up with far right to win Parliament vote delaying EU methane law

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:33:15 -0000

    The group of Ursula von der Leyen breached the cordon sanitaire to demand a three-year halt to the new climate law. BRUSSELS — The center-right …

21. What JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy Don’t Get About Trump’s Success

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    They keep going lower, but voters can see right through their unconvincing imitations of the president. Let’s just get this out of the way: The ad …

22. The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a …

23. World on Track for 2.8 Degrees Celsius of Warming

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:59:05 -0000

    Current climate policies put the world on a course for 2.8 degrees C of warming this century, well beyond international climate targets, according to …

24. Weather Experts Issue Warning About Snow and Ice as El Nino Winter Approaches

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:01:00 -0000

    Just because an El Nino winter is supposed to be warmer, that doesn’t mean the country won’t have severe snow and ice. A seasonal pattern that often …

25. Watch: Monstrous 58-Foot Rogue Wave Dubbed “Most Extreme” Ever Recorded

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:32:28 -0000

    A lonely buoy off Vancouver Island captured data from a 58-foot rogue wave. Now a chilling simulation shows how this once-in-a-millennium wall of …

26. Trump’s Vile Tirade About Sen. Elissa Slotkin Exposes Sleazy MAGA Scam

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:45:20 -0000

    The Michigan senator said nothing remotely alarming, but MAGA-world ginned it into a “controversy.” Democrats need to learn how to stand up to this …

27. El Niño Stirs Storms in Chile, Threatening Copper and Crops

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    A rare “super” El Niño is helping drive an unusually stormy spring in central Chile, raising the risk of further disruptions to the world’s biggest …

28. Zapping Baby Plant Roots With Electricity Boosts Growth by 50%

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:23:20 -0000

    Just like human nerve cells, plants are alive with electrical signals. Although we can't usually see or feel them, these pulses of electrical …

29. UN warns El Nino could be strongest on record as it urges world to prepare

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:53:37 -0000

    The UN's aid chief says the humanitarian system cannot cope alone, as $50 million is released for 11 frontline countries including Chad and …

30. Melting Ron DeSantis Statue Makes a Point About Climate Change in Florida

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:41:04 -0000

    Among Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s favorite activities since he took office is pooh-poohing climate change initiatives while, almost …