Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. A Home Battery Revolution Is Reshaping the Power Grid

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Home and commercial solar arrays provide nearly a fifth of Australia’s electricity generation, with panels atop one in every three homes. To extend …

2. What Every Collapsing Civilization Has in Common

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:18:40 -0000

   Below, Sarah Wilson shares five key insights from her new book, I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World. Sarah is a …

3. World’s oceans experience hottest June ever, scientists say more heat ahead

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:38:43 -0000

   European Union monitors say the first half of 2026 was ‘marked by sustained and exceptional ocean warmth’ and forecast more to come. The world’s oceans experienced their “warmest June ever observed” and could see further record-breaking highs in the months ahead as El Niño and climate change push …

4. Spain heat wave kills over 1,000 in second-hottest June ever

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:21:00 -0000

   At least 1,028 people died during Spain's recent heat wave as the country endured its hottest January-to-June period on record. Scientists said the …

5. America’s housing was built for a world we no longer live in

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:59:10 -0000

   The United States is turning 250. Everything we want for the next 50 years starts with fixing housing. America’s housing supply was built for a world we no longer live in. But what will replace it? As the nation turns 250, that is one of the most important questions we face in the coming decades. …

6. Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0000

   New research shows major lenders are accelerating their investment in Big Oil as the industry turns toward plastics, pesticides, and other …

7. Fourth of July heat wave is just another climate change hoax | Opinion

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:09:02 -0000

   Mother Nature is a radical leftist personification, possibly stemming from some meteorological wing of antifa, and now she’s threatening to ruin America’s 250th anniversary. The brutal heat wave searing much of the United States on this Fourth of July week is further proof Mother Nature is hell-bent …

8. Trump administration seeks to stomp out all fires quickly, reviving policy that has been discredited

   Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:31:20 -0000

   The deaths of three U.S. government firefighters in a Colorado wildfire are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire service and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly. One of the killed firefighters worked for the …

9. Ocean surface temperatures hit record high as world enters ‘uncharted territory,’ scientists warn

   Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:01:56 -0000

   “The planet is warming because we’re emitting vast quantities of greenhouse gases, primarily from fossil fuel burning,” one expert said. Temperatures on the ocean surface hit a record high in June, European scientists warned Wednesday, fueling fears of more dangerous heat waves this summer and …

10. Predators always need prey — and now the psychopaths in charge have turned on Americans

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:21:53 -0000

    Hundreds of people died last week across Europe from the heat; they’re a symptom of a larger problem that governments around the world have failed to …

11. Californians, pay attention: The Colorado River is drying up at its headwaters

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    Your morning catch-up: The Colorado River is in big trouble, Lebron James is leaving the Lakers and more big stories The mighty Colorado River — that carved the Grand Canyon and was dammed by the epic Hoover Dam — is in big trouble. The long-overused river, a major water source for millions of people …

12. The weed killer America can’t afford to lose

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

    A 7-2 Supreme Court decision protects Bayer from costly litigation over Roundup. Thank goodness. Zachary Karabell, an author and investor, writes “The Edgy Optimist” on Substack. His next book, “Fields of Invention: How We Made Corn and Corn Made Us,” will be published in 2027. Bayer and the ordinary …

13. Record-high ocean heat could fuel sea level rise and extreme weather on land

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:01:55 -0000

    New Copernicus data reveals that daily global sea surface temperatures have broken records for the time of year. Global sea surface temperatures have …

14. Space Lasers Show How Venezuela’s Earthquakes Reshaped the Earth’s Crust

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    New satellite imagery reveals how much terrain has shifted in the wake of the twin quakes. The European Space Agency released a satellite image that …

15. Spain records second-hottest June on record with nearly 900 heat-related deaths

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:40:23 -0000

    Spain's meteorological agency Aemet has branded June "extremely hot", the second-warmest since 1961. The heat is estimated to have caused about 900 …

16. Stabbing pain sent her to the doctor. The underlying cause is getting more common everywhere.

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:54:57 -0000

    Medical researchers have documented similar problems among outdoor workers in North Carolina, Guatemala, India, and elsewhere. Sharp abdominal pain …

17. Ocean Temperatures Reach “uncharted territory”

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:34:00 -0000

    Scientists described the recent increase as “uncharted territory” according to the FT. The data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and …

18. Extreme Weather Will Upend U.S.-China Competition

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    The cost of falling behind on climate adaptation.

19. Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:14:31 -0000

    Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas. Experts warn they will emit significant pollution …

20. Earth is home to 20 million insect species—three times more than we thought

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:53:00 -0000

    Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. But a new analysis suggests there’s …

21. This Is the Week for Democrats to Start Saying “Climate Change” Again

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

    The party has gone quiet on the issue. As a heat wave sends temperatures soaring past 100, they can’t remain mum any longer. The United States is …

22. Summer Heat Is Changing. Here’s Why Experts Are Paying More Attention to the Summer Nights.

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:06:00 -0000

    Heat wave coverage usually zooms in on daytime highs, but nighttime heat is where public health experts are sounding the loudest alarm. With more …

23. We Need to Retrofit the Planet. The Heat Wave Proves It.

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:03:35 -0000

    In Europe the next heat dome is already building. Another wave of hundred-degree days will soon sweep across Britain and the mainland as 200 million Americans mark the United States’ birthday by sweltering under our own extreme temperatures. And the one last week? There are three big things to know, …

24. The Case Against Fireworks

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:04 -0000

    This year’s Fourth of July fireworks promise to be especially explosive. The White House is endeavoring to smash the Guinness World Record for the largest-ever pyrotechnic display by shooting off 50 times more fireworks than last year. As such, the nation will ring in 250 years with barbeques, …

25. News Wrap: Heat wave brings dangerous temperatures to central and eastern U.S.

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:25:34 -0000

    In our news wrap Tuesday, a record-breaking heat wave is intensifying across much of the central and eastern U.S. and pushing temperatures to what …

26. Italians are beating the scorching heat inside ingenious medieval homes

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:03:00 -0000

    The pointy ‘trullo’ is making a comeback thanks to its clever cooling attributes. Adapting to the ongoing climate crisis will require architectural innovation, but not every problem requires a cutting-edge solution. Amide deadly, record-breaking summer temperatures, some residents in southern Italy …

27. Carbon Removal Buyers Are Pumped About Industrial Waste

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:28:36 -0000

    What the heck is “surficial mineralization”? According to one of the world’s leading carbon removal buyers, the sector’s future lies in piles of …

28. A marine heat wave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:17:09 -0000

    Experts fear climate change and warming ocean temperatures are causing starvation among coastal birds By JULIE WATSON SAN DIEGO (AP) — Within minutes …

29. Scientists Relaunch Climate.gov a Year After the Trump Administration Shut It Down

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:20:08 -0000

    When the Trump administration shut down Climate.gov in June 2025, it removed one of the federal government’s most widely used climate education resources. For 15 years, the website translated complex climate science into accessible articles, interactive maps, classroom resources, and real-time data …

30. What is a heat dome? The US heatwave explained

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:13:09 -0000

    The heatwave will likely see record high temperatures, ahead of Fourth of July celebrations and World Cup matches in the US. An intense heatwave is set to blanket much of the central and eastern United States this week as a “heat dome” settles over the region, bringing days of oppressively high …