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1. JD Vance’s Biggest Problem

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Republican voters want Donald Trump. The vice president’s attempts at mimicking him always fail. What do you do when a stranger says “I love you”? …

2. You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold They’ve Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up So Much That Now We’re Due to Cross It In Just Over a Year

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:48:00 -0000

   It's "nearly a decade earlier than previous estimates." In December 2015, 195 countries at the UN Climate Change Conference signed the Paris …

3. Hochul’s GOP rival turns energy cost warnings against her

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

   New York Republicans including gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman are betting that voters will blame Albany Democrats — and Gov. Kathy Hochul — for rising utility bills. ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul battled members of her own party and environmental groups to weaken the state’s landmark …

4. El Niño winter forecast: See a map that shows which U.S. regions will get the most snow and rain

   Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:35:28 -0000

   The latest outlook from NOAA illustrates how the climate phenomenon will shift weather patterns in unexpected ways for much of the country. This year’s Super El Niño “looms large” over the winter forecast for the United States, forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …

5. How a cruise ship navigates Greenland's icebergs and extreme Arctic conditions

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:27:02 -0000

   We went aboard a cruise ship navigating some of the world’s most dangerous waters. In the Arctic, drifting icebergs, sea ice, sudden storms and fierce winds make sailing unpredictable. Yet every year, around 100,000 cruise passengers travel to Greenland to explore its remote coastline and experience one of the world’s last great wildernesses.

6. He Covered the Weeds Around His Tree With Clear Plastic: Gardeners Warned Him About the Roots

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:01:46 -0000

   Clear plastic stretched across a patch of weeds can trap enough heat to kill unwanted plants without herbicides. The method, called soil …

7. El Niño Is Coming. And The Ocean’s Doing Some Weird Stuff

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Reverse trade winds, historic turtles, big-eyed fish, and Rachael. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Martin Daly and the Indies Trader have worked the …

8. Mapped: The Happiest States in America in 2026

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:58:43 -0000

   Save to Inbox Sign me up for the free Visual Capitalist daily newsletter.Send Which U.S. States Are the Happiest in 2026? Where Americans live can shape …

9. EU Agrees To Fund Ukraine, But Not Itself - Eurasia Review

   Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:08:57 -0000

   Key Takeaways: At a summit marked by divisions over climate and migration, EU leaders pledged continued financial support for Ukraine into 2027 and …

10. I'm a real estate agent building a $480,000 backyard home for my mom. I still made these costly mistakes.

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:03:01 -0000

    After her father died in 2024, real estate agent Shalini Karnani Bonjour moved her mother from Michigan to California to be closer to her and her family. "My husband and I didn't feel comfortable having her so far away, especially when it came to her day-to-day needs," Bonjour, 50, told Business …

11. Florida homes face growing flood risk. Why are some protections off-limits?

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    When a hurricane or tropical storm threatens the coast, residents jump into action installing storm shutters to keep their homes and businesses safe …

12. New Documents Expose Exxon’s Attempt to Suppress Damning Climate Evidence

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:38:35 -0000

    “Do you believe that statement’s misleading?” “All the clauses in there are patently false. And I told them so.” So reads an exchange from the …

13. There's a fatal flaw in Congress’ plan to stop Trump

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:14:15 -0000

    The clean energy industry has learned the hard way that having the law on your side doesn’t always mean you win. This story was originally published …

14. ‘Danger zone’: These 5 US states are about to be hit hardest by El Niño, experts warn

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:38:03 -0000

    The world is entering a “danger zone of extreme weather” as the El Niño weather phenomenon starts to be felt, UN chief António Guterres recently said. …

15. Mary Robinson says ‘climate change is a man-made problem that requires a feminist solution’

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    The former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, said during a keynote speech: “Women have always worked the land, but their contribution has often …

16. Europe’s sponge cities are turning rain from waste into a valuable resource

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:08:35 -0000

    The EU is creating a ‘Sponge Facility’ to help implement nature-based projects that aim to make cities less prone to droughts and floods. Wild weather …

17. North America’s oldest human footprints tell a tale of ice age chaos

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:20:47 -0000

    Pollen shows how present-day New Mexico completely transformed within only a few decades. An extensive new analysis further confirms the oldest known human footprints in North America date back to the last ice age (about 23,500–21,700 years). To pinpoint their origins, researchers at the University …

18. Which countries waste the most food, and how to reduce waste at home

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:31:57 -0000

    This World Food Day, 645 million people are going hungry, yet more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted annually. For every five plates of food served around the world, roughly one ends up in the bin. That adds up to more than a billion tonnes of food a year. Meanwhile, 645 million people, about …

19. Election 2026: Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong might hold the balance of power in post-election negotiations. What would make her walk away?

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    Culture wars, a lack of climate action and the Treaty Principles Bill. These are the issues that the Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong lists as top …

20. Trump Just Visited a MAGA Town in Ohio. Its Voters are Turning on Him.

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:34:53 -0000

    Democrats think they have a shot at flipping hardscrabble Mahoning County, which Trump turned into a symbol of the rightward blue-collar turn. Yep, …

21. 'The Government is Trembling': Protests Erupt in France, Spreading to 140 Cities | Common Dreams

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:53:53 -0000

    "For years we've had climate, economy, and equality problems, but the government is not doing anything about it," said one protester. Protests erupted …

22. Map Reveals Where Drought To Worsen As El Niño To Shape Winter

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:42:54 -0000

    Drought conditions could develop or worsen for parts of the northwestern U.S. in the coming months, as meteorologists expect El Niño to help shape …

23. A 24-year study uncovers a surprising climate benefit beneath forests

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:04:37 -0000

    Forest soils may be quietly helping fight climate change more effectively than scientists expected. Scientists have discovered that some forest soils …

24. The Glaciers Are Collapsing. This Is What We Must Do.

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:05 -0000

    At 9:10 a.m. on Aug. 26, a school staff member burst into a classroom in the town of Nuwakot, Nepal, shouting that a wall of water was coming down the valley from the mountain above. Rajendra Dawadi, the school’s principal, ordered the roughly 900 students then on campus to run for higher ground, …

25. Oregon’s off track in reducing emissions from the transportation sector

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:27:39 -0000

    Oregon’s transportation emissions reductions projections dropped significantly from an estimated 60% to 10% between 2022 to 2025. Oregon is no longer …

26. How Trump's disaster aid delays and FEMA cuts could galvanize the 'movable middle' in the 2026 elections

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    In the past, states relied heavily on federal aid and expertise to respond quickly to disasters. But in communities across the U.S., people …

27. Biggest-ever lake contained 10 times more water than all others on Earth combined

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:38:35 -0000

    From dinosaurs to continents (or, rather, continent), things seem to have been so much bigger back in prehistoric times. It should, therefore, come as …

28. U.S. Small-Scale Solar Generation Has Quadrupled in the Last Decade

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:32:58 -0000

    We estimate that U.S. generation from small-scale or rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (smaller than 1 megawatt of capacity) has increased from …

29. Tiny Specks of Chornobyl's Nuclear Fuel Are Still Intact After 40 Years

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    We're now 40 years on from the worst nuclear disaster in history, and scientists have been analyzing radioactive particles blown out by Chornobyl to …

30. Exotic species appear off California thanks to an unusually strong El Niño

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:05:21 -0000

    By Daniel Trotta and Matt Silverstein DANA POINT, Calif., Oct 17 (Reuters) - The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in California for the first time last …