Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. America’s Surprising Energy Advantage

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0000

   How to beat China on clean power.

2. Lies Al Gore told me

   Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:00:48 -0000

   It was just another day in school in the sweltering heat of suburban South Florida. Upon our return from afternoon recess, our fifth-grade teacher …

3. 112 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This.

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:03 -0000

   This summer has unleashed a special kind of hell on France: not just several heat waves with temperatures reaching as high as 112 degrees Fahrenheit, but drought and forest fires, some right next to Paris. On my street, the leaves have already turned brown; a once lush lawn now looks like burned …

4. ‘The fire has such power’: why the wildfires gripping France and Spain are off the charts

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:28:40 -0000

   Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in southwestern France and Spain as extreme wildfires intensify. At least three people have …

5. NASA’s New 3D Model Shows the Earth Is a Lumpy Mess

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   We like to think of our home as a nice, smooth sphere. But mapping the Earth’s gravitational field provides a different view of the planet. a new …

6. Crews brace for soaring temperatures and changing winds as wildfires rage in France and Spain

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:36:05 -0000

   Temperatures were set to soar again in France and Spain on Wednesday in a fourth heat wave of the summer, increasing the threat from wildfires that have forced large-scale evacuations of people, scorched through forests and killed wildlife. In Spain, weather agency AEMET said temperatures were …

7. Colorado residents are ratting out neighbors over water use during drought

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:01 -0000

   Scofflaws violating water restrictions have sparked tension throughout Denver, turning residential streets into checkerboards of virtue and vice. In Denver these days, it’s the Brown Lawns versus the Green. As Colorado dries up in a historic drought, scofflaws violating water restrictions have …

8. Why Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average

   Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:55:00 -0000

   The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history. This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. An underappreciated surreality of …

9. Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke. Here’s what the science says

   Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:27:05 -0000

   United States President Donald Trump has accused Canada of “wilful negligence” over wildfires, blaming its forest management, threatening tariffs and …

10. Scientists Reveal The Simple Change That Could Save Millions of Insects

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    Forty percent of the world's insect species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, mainly because of habitat loss, pollution, pathogens, …

11. Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:07:59 -0000

    You’ve been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, …

12. Readers on why they are choosing not to become fathers

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 03:54:54 -0000

    An increasing number of Australian men are choosing to be childfree, and climate change, financial concerns and prioritising adventure are some of …

13. Trump administration targeted California and other blue states for clean energy cuts

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The fate of hundreds of clean energy projects hangs in the balance after court documents revealed that the Trump administration targeted California and other blue states solely for political reasons when it slashed funding for the initiatives last year. Large companies, startups, utilities, …

14. Roundup’s Surprising Connection to Industrial Meat

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:01:34 -0000

    The one thing glyphosate has in common with the screwworm outbreak, deforestation, climate change and bird flu. For years, Bayer and the biotech giant …

15. Firestorm burns out of control in Europe

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:12:00 -0000

    Wildfires are burning out of control in France and Spain as some residents returned to their communities to find incinerated homes. Ramy Inocencio …

16. It’s so hot in France that a wildfire created a never-before-seen lightning cloud that ignited even more fires

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:43:09 -0000

    PARIS (AP) — A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground …

17. India Wasted 11% of Solar Power During Record Summer Demand

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:41:23 -0000

    India’s national grid wasted about 11% of its solar power during the hottest months of the year, even as air-conditioning use sent electricity demand …

18. Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    In remaking USAID’s Feed the Future innovation labs, Trump is abandoning an agricultural research effort built to benefit the world. Bassirou Sani …

19. Photos Show the Destruction in France and Spain From Ferocious European Wildfires

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:16:45 -0000

    Firefighters in France and Spain are battling ferocious wildfires in an effort to control the blazes before the next heat wave arrives later this week. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday described the "completely unprecedented" crisis as the "toughest since the Second World War." He urged …

20. 'No matter what you do, you can’t put it out': Spanish firefighters describe record blaze

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:33:22 -0000

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish firefighter Javier García has never faced anything like the record blaze raging near Madrid in his two decades protecting woodlands and rural communities. “This doesn’t have a precedent,” García told The Associated Press by phone before another long day ahead. The …

21. This Volcano in Antarctica Is Spewing out $6,000 Worth of Gold Dust Per Day — But You Can't Go Get It

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:16:22 -0000

    Even if you could get there, you're not getting that gold. Antarctica’s Mount Erebus has been erupting for more than half a century, churning a …

22. Strait of Hormuz ship bottleneck could fuel invasive species nightmare

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:01:00 -0000

    Hundreds of ships currently sitting in the Strait have untold organisms in their hulls. The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the United States’ war with Iran may not only be causing problems for the global economy. Marine scientists now warn that the thousands of vessels stuck in the …

23. How beavers are quietly tackling Europe’s raging wildfires and helping burnt landscapes recover

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:12 -0000

    Beavers’ penchant for dam building has created natural fire breaks across Europe, which could help tackle deadly blazes. Blistering heatwaves and …

24. After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:44:24 -0000

    Near-extinct oryx are returning. Farms are prospering as irrigation water reaches fields for the first time in decades. Farmers are even nurturing …

25. The Earth is on Fire

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:38:25 -0000

    Wildfires are advancing on cities, emptying towns and sending smoke across borders, as parts of Europe and North America face another summer of …

26. Why is Uganda experiencing a food crisis?

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:04:25 -0000

    At least 19 people have died of starvation in the country and 1.5 million are at risk of malnutrition, experts warn. A hunger crisis is brewing in Uganda as the country battles its worst drought in decades. Crops across the country have failed, and families are losing loved ones as the crisis deepens …

27. Meet the new energy minister who believes lower growth is "good news"

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:56:00 -0000

    Before becoming an MP, Katie White, the new energy minister advocated for GPs to treat “climate grief” and councils to pay for “guided mindfulness …

28. France expands mass evacuations as Spain battles wildfires

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:32:37 -0000

    Over 20 aircraft have been deployed to fight new fires west of Bordeaux, and Spanish firefighters fear two fires could merge west of Madrid. …

29. Blazes burning with the intensity of ‘atomic bombs’: Europe enters a new era of mega fires

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:25 -0000

    The vast blazes ripping through southwestern France burned so intensely they created a powerful, fire-generated thunderstorm. This rare phenomenon is …

30. The Tesla Diner Is a Runaway Success. But Not for the Reason You’d Think.

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:16:29 -0000

    Strip away the restaurant and the hype, and Tesla Diner is an 80-plug fast-charging station plunked right in the middle of a former charging …