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1. Director Alex Gibney on terrifying Musk documentary: 'It's not a funeral; it's a warning'

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

   Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour, fire-and-brimstone documentary Musk — about tech oligarch and the world's richest man Elon Musk — is not uplifting. …

2. A new report just busted another myth about heat pumps

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   Don't worry: There is there plenty of room on the grid for these electrical wonders — and they'll save ratepayers tons of cash. You may have heard by …

3. Elon Musk Throws Trump Under the Bus For Ukraine Intel Disruption

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:10:00 -0000

   The tech billionaire said that systems that went offline during a Russian missile attack that killed nine are “owned and controlled” by the US …

4. In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion: ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen …

5. Climate Change Is Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond, Scientists Warn

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:03 -0000

   The climate is warming up faster than we can respond. According to a new report published Oct. 14 in the journal BioScience, “Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory.” The State of the Climate, an annual report that tracks the Earth’s “vital signs,” monitors several climate …

6. As Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst Yet

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:20:19 -0000

   Trump’s other targets were at least battle-seasoned veterans. Hutchinson was a young woman who showed enormous bravery. Besides which—the case will …

7. EU: Leaders from Finland, Sweden and Denmark tell Costa: “Do not weaken the ETS”

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:38:25 -0000

   Rome, 15 Oct. (LaPresse) – The leaders of Finland, Sweden and Denmark have warned Brussels of the risk of weakening the ETS system. “Europe’s …

8. As Lake Powell Dries Up, Mud Threatens Its Future

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:06:32 -0000

   Lake Powell’s retreat is revealing a lost world covered in deep piles of sedimentary sludge. A group of adventurers and scientists are teaming up to explore its resurrected canyons, and reveal the fate of this critical reservoir. “Don’t stand behind me,” says Cari Johnson, as she digs a small …

9. NIH banned-word list kills research over climate change, DEI, gender

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:28:09 -0000

   Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The National Institutes of Health has implemented a list of 235 banned keywords used to reject grant funding for research, drawing …

10. ‘They’re not dead yet’: Bleached corals recover in record time after touching healthy clones

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:02:27 -0000

    In the lab, bleached corals recovered within just seven weeks of being put in brief contact with healthy corals. Dying corals may have found an …

11. Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It’s not that simple

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:03:57 -0000

    U.S. President Donald Trump said that “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in “our new and beautiful Greenland,” though it …

12. We can rescue the AMOC after its collapse – but it won’t be easy

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    A collapse in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) would be catastrophic, bringing “ice age” winters to Europe, raising sea levels …

13. As El Niño fuels drought in Panama, trees help ranchers maintain their water supply

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Cattle ranchers on Panama’s Azuero Peninsula are using silvopastoral systems to help conserve water. A single stream nourishes the cattle of Ismael …

14. The Australian species turning up where no one wants it

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:39:52 -0000

    In brief A familiar sight in Australian waterways could be wreaking havoc far from home. • There are concerns its surging appearance across the world …

15. How Trump’s disaster aid delays and FEMA cuts could galvanize the ‘movable middle’ in the 2026 elections

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:19:10 -0000

    When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 9, 2026, it was just the latest weather disaster for Americans in a year that continues to …

16. Nepal floods: Why Balendra Shah wants India and China to work together in the Himalayan region

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:32:11 -0000

    Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah used much of his speech at the recent UN General Assembly to warn of the growing threat of climate-related disasters in the Himalayas, recalling the devastating debris floods that struck his country in August. But it was his ambitious proposal to bring together …

17. “Demonic Stuff”: Kansas GOP Accuses Democrat of Being a Witch

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:23:03 -0000

    Ty Masterson had a lot to say about witchcraft while speaking at a Wichita church this weekend. Witch hunts are back in vogue with Kansas …

18. Five types of disinformation – and how to spot red flags that trigger climate inaction

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:16:52 -0000

    We’re living in an age of constant information: tweets, headlines, reels, reports. It’s everywhere, all the time. But here’s the challenge: not all …

19. A Rock Dragged 90 Km Into Earth Came Back With a Temperature Story That Breaks The Models

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000

    Scientists have discovered a mysterious rock in eastern Papua New Guinea that traveled to the underworld roughly 4.4 million years ago. The story it …

20. Trump Is Encouraging Airlines to Scam Passengers in Every Way Possible

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:26:43 -0000

    Biden cracked down on carriers’ junk fees and hidden fees, flight delays and cancellations, and deceptive pricing. Trump is undoing all of that …

21. Why Is Shell Facing Lawsuits Over Climate Disasters In Brazil And The Philippines?

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:45:00 -0000

    A typhoon in the Philippines and flooding in Brazil. Twice in less than a year, British energy giant Shell has been the target of a new type of …

22. 550-Mile Amazon Highway Shows Climate Stakes of Brazil’s Election

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:54 -0000

    The route will help connect isolated parts of the country but risks the destruction of carbon-rich rainforest. On a hot, dusty day in August, road …

23. Aboard an icebreaker, a writer got a closer look at the Arctic's 'Sea Change'

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:42:03 -0000

    As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar got an up-close look aboard the USS Healy, a Coast Guard icebreaker. She says that traversing the North Pole by ship — once a "largely conceptual" route — is …

24. In 1960, scientists predicted the world would end on November 13, 2026

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:02:00 -0000

    And yes, doomsday falls on Friday the 13th. In exactly a month, on November 13, 2026, the world will end. Fittingly, our impending apocalypse falls on Friday the 13th. At least, that was the prediction made by University of Illinois physicist Heinz von Foerster in a highly cited Science paper …

25. This startup is turning fallen leaves into biodegradable plastic

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Perennial Polymers is turning urban leaf waste into biodegradable plastic without using food crops. First-generation bioplastics were made from food crops like corn and sugar. A new biomaterials startup is using something very different: the autumn leaves collected by cities each fall. The startup, …

26. Olin Lagon: Drought After 2026 Storms? Our Kūpuna Tried To Warn You

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:01:00 -0000

    After five near-miss hurricanes, dry times and fires could come to Hawaiʻi this El Niño winter, a pattern described in writings that date back to the …

27. Climate change pushed Earth to its limits in 2026 as certain "vital signs" reach record extremes, report says

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:27:26 -0000

    Climate change pushed the Earth's environmental system to, and perhaps beyond, its limits in 2026, as several of its "vital signs" reached record …

28. Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:55:24 -0000

    A new model suggests the Thwaites Glacier could contribute twice as much sea-level rise. One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers is emerging as a …

29. California EV owners, beware: El Niño flooding brings risk of serious battery fires

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Damage from a week’s worth of high surf and El Niño-related storms brought many warnings from officials. Beaches were closed. Homes were evacuated and red-tagged. But one alert was targeted to a specific audience: owners of electric vehicles that were submerged by the flooding. “If you notice smoke, …

30. Who Will Pay to Preserve Tropical Forests?

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:31:40 -0000

    For decades, the international community has acknowledged the extraordinary value of tropical forests while failing to invest adequately in their …