Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   It was a rare windless April day in southern Washington and Adam Lieberg was stuck in front of his computer. He was supposed to be burning acres of twigs and pine needles in the forests between the Columbia River and the Yakama Nation nearby — the sort of controlled burn of ground fuel that is one …

2. It's buried under 4,000 metres of ice yet doesn't freeze even though a chilly -3 °C – Discover the 15 million year-old lake that's the weirdest on the planet...

   Sun, 17 May 2026 14:19:26 -0000

   Buried beneath nearly two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok is one of the most isolated places on Earth – a hidden, ancient world that could …

3. The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material

   Sun, 17 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the …

4. Green energy will have the last laugh — because of Trump

   Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:19 -0000

   Donald Trump’s war in Iran has created the biggest energy crisis in modern history that the International Energy Agency has described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” The crisis can’t be spun, no matter how hard Trump, Fox News and Energy Secretary (and …

5. Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Senate candidate Graham Platner’s key energy goal is to reduce costs for Mainers. He’d also like to tax the “ever-living hell out of the companies …

6. What It Takes for NFL Stadiums to Have World Cup-Ready Natural Grass

   Sun, 17 May 2026 14:30:50 -0000

   VANCOUVER - Some of the most famous stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico are starting to look World Cup-ready, as the tournament …

7. Climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions — and Trump takes victory lap: ‘WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!’

   Sun, 17 May 2026 12:52:26 -0000

   WASHINGTON — President Trump took a victory lap late Saturday after a prominent international climate change panel backed off using some of the most …

8. Sprawling rock hidden in North Carolina woods began as trapped magma, experts say

   Sun, 17 May 2026 10:53:45 -0000

   Rocks cracking apart due to global warming remains an unpredictable geologic event, but one of the rare places where it can happen is at the heart of …

9. The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance

   Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:35 -0000

   President Donald Trump returns from China today alongside a who’s who in his cabinet and some of the most recognizable faces in American business like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. While details were thin on any actual dealmaking to emerge from the two-day trip, Trump left with an air of positivity …

10. Florida homeowners pay $3,400 above the national average for home insurance as insurers flee the state

    Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Homeownership in Florida is becoming increasingly expensive — and not just because of mortgage rates or property taxes. The average homeowner in the …

11. Colorado River crisis could force drastic water measures across the West, experts say

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:20:22 -0000

    Los Angeles — The Colorado River is in crisis, with a growing population taking more water from it as a hotter climate is drying up the supply. The …

12. Justice Alito pushes back on calls to sit out a major Supreme Court climate case

    Fri, 15 May 2026 15:13:47 -0000

    The conservative justice has no financial conflict that would require him to recuse himself from the case, a court spokeswoman told NBC News. WASHINGTON — Facing calls to step aside in a major upcoming case involving climate change, conservative Justice Samuel Alito is pushing back, with a Supreme …

13. Trump’s FEMA Is an Unnatural Disaster

    Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The president has staffed the agency in charge of federal disaster response with a rotating cast of fools—and it’s showing. FEMA is not all right. As …

14. 'We're not even fully there': New study shows EVs are already making the air cleaner

    Sun, 17 May 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    Electric vehicles are already doing more than reducing gasoline use — they may also be making the air noticeably cleaner in the places where people …

15. The Feds Are Coming After Grand-Staircase Escalante. Scientists Are Furious.

    Sat, 16 May 2026 04:46:23 -0000

    In the remote canyons of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a battle over public land protections is quietly unfolding. More than 150 researchers and scientific institutions have called on lawmakers to reject legislation that would strip Grand Staircase-Escalante of federal …

16. Solar & Farming Can Share Land, But The Details Matter

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:29:34 -0000

    Agrivoltaics has become one of those ideas that is simple enough to fit on a social media tile and complex enough to be mangled by one. The image …

17. The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think

    Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    No shade, but cities aren’t planting enough trees. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here." Johnny …

18. Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back

    Sun, 17 May 2026 04:14:44 -0000

    Until a century ago, almost a third of Finland was covered in pristine peatlands, which comprise one of the Earth’s largest and most important carbon …

19. 20 years after ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore grapples with the (big) wrinkle of AI

    Sat, 16 May 2026 21:00:00 -0000

    Former Vice President Al Gore is knocking on wood. Seated in front of portraits of Johnny Cash and Prince inside The Pinnacle, a Nashville music …

20. A closely guarded plan to cool Earth is revealed

    Fri, 15 May 2026 15:40:12 -0000

    A company that aims to make billions of dollars by cooling the Earth has lifted the veil of secrecy that until now has hidden its plans for preventing sunlight from overheating the planet. It hinges on aerosol particles that are 125 times smaller than the tiniest grains of sand. Stardust Solutions …

21. 'The biggest El Niño event since the 1870s': 'Super' El Niño is now the most likely scenario by the end of this year ‪—‬ and the humanitarian cost could be huge

    Fri, 15 May 2026 11:52:29 -0000

    A "super" El Niño is now the most likely scenario from October 2026 to February 2027, according to a new forecast from the National Oceanic and …

22. Jersey Shore town cancer cluster investigation: What we know about 182 cases

    Sun, 17 May 2026 14:01:00 -0000

    In Keyport, what began as a troubling number of reported cancer cases — 41 — has exploded in a matter of weeks. NJ.com has now verified 182 cases, …

23. Activists hang Palestinian flag on the Eiffel Tower for Nakba Day

    Fri, 15 May 2026 09:38:54 -0000

    Members of Extinction Rebellion scaled the Eiffel Tower to hang a Palestinian flag for Nakba day. Members of Extinction Rebellion France, an environmental and social activism group, scaled the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, displaying a Palestinian flag in protest against …

24. What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Sat, 16 May 2026 08:50:00 -0000

    “I think there's a great loss for the wrong reasons. There's no good reason for dismantling this or tearing it down,” a former NASA chief scientist …

25. China Cleaning Up Its Pollution Might Have Sped Up Climate Change

    Sat, 16 May 2026 16:47:13 -0000

    You wouldn't think cleaning up pollution would have the opposite effect of making things worse, but that may well be the case with east Asia and, …

26. Giant lake suddenly returns 130 years after vanishing

    Fri, 15 May 2026 09:37:09 -0000

    Tulare Lake, located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, was once one of the largest bodies of freshwater in the whole of the US. But, some 130 years …

27. Last Time an El Niño Was This Bad, It Killed 50 Million People

    Thu, 14 May 2026 11:24:50 -0000

    "It was arguably the worst environmental disaster to ever befall humanity." As if oil shortages, perpetual wars, and the existential angst of AI …

28. The Colorado River, whose water is shared by 7 states, is shrinking

    Sun, 17 May 2026 00:40:00 -0000

    The Colorado River is on the brink of disaster. Its water is shared by seven states, which is a big part of the problem. Jonathan Vigliotti …

29. Capitalism Is the Thing That Works

    Sat, 16 May 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, …

30. Looking for whales—and awe—through Baja California

    Fri, 15 May 2026 13:46:02 -0000

    The Gulf of California was once known as “the aquarium of the world.” But on a recent whale watching trip—and in an era where climate change is making its mark—our writer wonders if it still delivers. When considering a trip to Baja, it’s nearly impossible to dodge the words of two famous men: …