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  1. Why Trump may be undermining his own Saudi nuclear deal

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:30:00 -0000

    A deal like this has been in the works for years. Experts fear it could spark a new arms race. The Trump administration may have just signed an agreement so controversial that President Donald Trump himself is opposed to it. On Wednesday, the US and Saudi Arabia signed a 30-year, multibillion-dollar …

  2. Critics Cringe Over Trump Moment That Seems To Go On And On And On

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:31:54 -0000

    It gave off North Korea vibes, commenters said on social media. Seemingly never-ending applause for Donald Trump at an Environmental Protection Agency event on Thursday drew widespread mockery on social media. The president arrived to unveil the Ratepayer Protection Pledge on artificial intelligence …

  3. 'tremendously Grave': The First US City Is on Track to Run Out of Water

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:56:55 -0000

    It seems inconceivable, even if you're aware of the perilous situation that the world's water supplies are in, but a developed coastal city in Texas …

  4. What Climate Fiction Should Accomplish

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:45:00 -0000

    Can a novel capture the shock of planetary instability? Last week, I woke up in Washington, D.C., to a simmering, suffocating haze. The thermometer reached triple digits, and so did the air-quality index, which my phone told me meant “very unhealthy.” If I lived somewhere else—in Delhi, maybe, or …

  5. "The male torpedoed into it and it exploded into smithereens…" Ocean's deadliest predator filmed 'head butting' massive fish so hard it explodes

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:44:14 -0000

    The unprecedented behaviour could be for food or fun, say experts. In unprecedented footage, orcas have been filmed ramming one of the world’s …

  6. Home energy costs are soaring. Why does Trump want our appliances to be even less efficient?

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:05:00 -0000

    The war in Iran, climate change, and data centers are all driving up energy prices. Experts say Trump’s policies are making things worse. In early July, the Trump administration took yet another step to roll back energy efficiency efforts: It proposed a rule that would make it harder for future …

  7. How do scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse?

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:43:35 -0000

    When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence …

  8. AI doesn’t end scarcity. It relocates it

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Start where the water is running out. In Texas, where drought is a standing emergency, data centers could use as much as 399 billion gallons of water …

  9. Could the UK’s ‘radical’ new energy secretary put a stop to North Sea Drilling for good?

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:45:51 -0000

    Miatta Fahnbulleh has been described as a “radical economist” who is outspoken about the climate crisis. Will she put an end to North Sea …

  10. Climate change has given this tropical fruit a warm welcome in Florida yards

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Marc Ellenby has grown just about every tropical fruit imaginable on his family’s Redland farm since 1980. Avocados. Sapodillas. Longans. Mameys. But …

  11. ‘Less than a minute of your time’: Driving the speed limit could save you money and cut emissions

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:31 -0000

    A new study says that obeying the speed limit could save millions of euros every year, while adding just 54 seconds to the average daily …

  12. Researchers explore one of Africa’s deepest lakes – and found an unexpected creature lurking in its depths

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:14:55 -0000

    A surprising insect has been observed at depths of more than 200 metres Insects can be found in almost every environment on Earth. They live on every …

  13. By 2100, 10 Cities Where Temperatures Will Never Fall Below 50 Degrees

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:55:51 -0000

    Winter is the fastest warming season in most of the United States, and in certain parts of the country, winter weather never arrived this year. In …

  14. Heat-related hospital visits back to near-record high this summer, state reports

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:30:43 -0000

    As North Carolina sweltered through an abnormally hot start to the summer, far more people visited the hospital with heat-related illnesses than …

  15. Bernie Sanders Slammed As A 'Hypocrite' And A 'Fraud' After Admitting To Taking Private Jets To Political Rallies While Speaking On 'Climate Change': 'Your Actions Trump Your Words'

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:30:44 -0000

    Bernie Sanders is under fire for his use of private jets, despite being a climate change activist. During his Fighting Oligarchy tour around the …

  16. A Tempting Remedy for Heat-Stricken France: Be More Like Spain

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:43:46 -0000

    A French government delegation will travel to its southern neighbor to learn how it copes with long spells of hot weather. Jean-Pierre Farandou grew up in the sunbaked southwest of France, north of the Pyrénées mountain range, which divides France from Spain. His grandparents, he recalls, were …

  17. Canada’s wildfire smoke is choking America — Congress must clear the air

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:00:39 -0000

    This week, millions of Americans woke up to hazy skies and scratchy throats under air quality alerts, not because of anything happening in their own local communities or states, but because smoke from the hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada drifted across the border. Across the Atlantic …

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

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:55:00 -0000

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

  19. The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    The EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for …

  20. Trump administration rejects UN farm declaration over gender references

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:33:46 -0000

    “The cross-cutting themes of gender, youth and inclusion are considered essential to ensure that the transformation leaves no one behind,” the …

  21. Spain declares national emergency as two wildfires merge near Madrid, thousands evacuated

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:33:06 -0000

    Spain's government declared a national emergency in the Madrid region as two major wildfires merged west of the Spanish capital on Friday, forcing at least 19,000 people to evacuate or stay confined, with strong winds hampering efforts to contain the worst wildfires in the area's history. Two major …

  22. How China is powering new data centers with clean energy

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Unlike the U.S., China is making clean energy a core part of its AI infrastructure buildout. The number of data centers in China is surging thanks to AI, just like in the U.S. But unlike the U.S., China is racing to power them with clean energy. A data center in Mongolia, for example, is connected to …

  23. EV batteries could last much longer than experts first predicted

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    Modern EV batteries aren't just holding up, they're outperforming what was expected. For years, battery longevity was one of the biggest reasons why many people hesitated to buy an electric vehicle. The anxiety was understandable: what happens when that expensive battery pack starts to degrade? Real …

  24. Our Country Is Literally on Fire. I Doubt the President Cares.

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:03:39 -0000

    Here I thought the administration was only burning America to the ground in the figurative sense, but nope—climate change has worse plans for us. This Week in the Laboratories of Democracy (Permanent Musical Accompaniment to This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the …

  25. The Earth’s Oldest Fossils Reveal a World Far Stranger Than We Imagine

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:04:31 -0000

    Picture a world with no breathable air, no plants, no animals, no blue sky. The oceans are warm and iron-rich, the land is barren rock, and the skies …

  26. The deadly experiment that could save the American elm

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    This story was produced by Grist and co-published with VT Digger.​ After more than a decade of nurturing, it had come time to infect this 28-acre grove …

  27. Wildfires in France and Spain Drive Tens of Thousands From Their Homes

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:30:37 -0000

    French officials ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a popular holiday destination. Fires west of Madrid were closing in on populated areas. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes on Friday as wildfires ravaged vast areas of France and Spain, with broiling summer temperatures …

  28. The Chocolate You Love Is Changing—and It May Never Be the Same

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:30:00 -0000

    The world is baking like an oven, politics is a trainwreck, and everything from gas to groceries costs more than seems affordable. Yet you can always soothe yourself with chocolate, right? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but even that comforting bar of chocolate is becoming scarcer, more …

  29. Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    A new 12-point plan calls for stronger protections for Indigenous rights, lands, and voices as climate change, conflict, and other threats …

  30. Wildfires in Europe prompt tens of thousands to evacuate

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:52:36 -0000

    Spain has declared a national emergency in the Madrid region. In neighboring France, meanwhile, President Emmanuel Macron has invoked the EU's civil …