Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:58:24 -0000

    The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals. The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what …

  2. Heatwave set to scorch US as meteorologists warn ‘unusually large’ heat dome is ‘not to be played with’

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:36:18 -0000

    Most of America’s Lower 48 states is bracing for an "unusually large, strong and long-lasting" heat dome, which the National Weather Service warns …

  3. EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:01:19 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful …

  4. You should be terrified by the newest super El Niño forecast. Here's what's at stake

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    An updated weather report shows an 81% chance of a ‘very strong’ El Niño that could rank among the largest in history, potentially causing losses in the trillions. Brace for a stretch of potentially wet and wild weather. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate …

  5. The World Cup just had one of its hottest matches, in a challenge for the sport

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:28:16 -0000

    As football's greatest sporting rivalries are on show at the World Cup, a common enemy is stalking athletes and players of all stripes in equal …

  6. Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:47:14 -0000

    You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons for this, some to do …

  7. When London stank to high heaven

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:22:00 -0000

    In 1858, London sweltered through an unbearable heat wave. The River Thames reeked so badly it left people gasping for air. "The Great Stink" went …

  8. Europe records hottest June on record

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:40:02 -0000

    Europe has recorded its hottest June on record. Scientists say the extreme heat was driven by climate change, with impacts ranging from heat-related deaths to school closures.

  9. PFAS pesticides approved after EPA adopts new toxicity definition

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:13:03 -0000

    The US Environmental Protection Agency quietly approved the use of three new PFAS pesticides last week to kill weeds on the nation’s crops. An additional two “forever chemical” pesticides were approved in November 2025, for a total of five during the second Trump administration. Nearly 40% of …

  10. Tensions are heating up over a remote Arctic territory — and it’s not Greenland

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:25 -0000

    For more than two decades, a pair of imposing granite lions flanked the entrance to a rust-red building deep inside the Arctic Circle. Not anymore. Last month they disappeared, and their absence tells a story about the increasingly tense geopolitics at the top of the world. The vanished lions once …

  11. Meet the Battery Startup Taking on China’s Giants

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Solid-state batteries are safer and more capable—but harder to mass-produce. They also represent an opportunity for non-Chinese companies to get back …

  12. Worried investors and negative electricity prices: Has Spain’s solar boom really turned ‘bust’?

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:00:30 -0000

    Media headlines warn that Spain has over-delivered on solar. But is that really the full story? Spain’s ambitious expansion of renewables is facing …

  13. USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:09:44 -0000

    Denials have been an ongoing issue for insurers, and data show the rate of nonpayment of claims has been inching up for years. Climate change is a …

  14. Sweeping victory for Europe as 15 nations top climate scoreboard – see the full list

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:28:11 -0000

    Europe has come top in the latest Environmental Performance Index, partly due to the boom in renewables. But experts warn that more progress is …

  15. Odds of a Super El Niño are rising, and that could have deadly consequences

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:43:00 -0000

    The ongoing El Niño has become more powerful over the past month and will likely continue to strengthen well into 2027, according to updated data …

  16. El Nino is strengthening: Here's what it means for the US

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:31:15 -0000

    El Nino is a natural cycle of warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures. El Nino conditions continue to intensify and are likely to be a strong …

  17. California’s largest lake is turning to dust

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:31:28 -0000

    The Salton Sea is drying up, worsening air pollution for people living near its shores. Authorities are working to stabilize the lakebed and lock …

  18. Sea off Faro warms to 26.1 ºC during two marine heatwaves

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:46:35 -0000

    The Portuguese Navy, through the Hydrographic Institute, recorded two marine heatwaves off Faro between 15 June and 9 July, with sea temperature …

  19. 'Not a run-of-the-mill El Nino.' Forecasters predict historic strength

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:48:25 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — An intensifying El Nino, nature's heat-releasing thermostat that spikes global temperatures, is heading to historically strong …

  20. Trump Supporters Blame Everything But Climate Change For July 4th Scorcher In Prankster Video

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:39:03 -0000

    The Good Liars confronted MAGA followers over the extreme heat that marred Independence Day celebrations in the nation’s capital. President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 rally was no match for the brutal heat wave that hit the East Coast, as temperatures in Washington, D.C., tied a record high in the …

  21. What Happens When the Public Record Shrinks

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:56:00 -0000

    Since last year, the Trump administration has been dramatically reducing the amount of federal data available to Americans. Twice a day, all across the country, the National Weather Service launches a fleet of latex balloons into the stratosphere to collect what’s known as “upper-air data”—detailed …

  22. Homeowners Insurance Carriers Are Leaving One Arizona County Without Coverage for a Surprising Reason

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:35:24 -0000

    A home is the biggest investment most people ever make. That's why people are willing to spend big bucks on their homeowners insurance policy, which …

  23. Washington wildfire season turns deadly

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:25:08 -0000

    Washington's wildfire season is off to a deadly start. State of play: A fast-moving blaze near Lake Chelan underscores the danger state officials have …

  24. France says wildfires and heat out of control as 12,000 evacuated, Tour de France closed to public

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:06:00 -0000

    Following a record-breaking heat wave, southern Europe is now dealing with hazardous wildfire conditions, and French authorities say one major blaze …

  25. Wildfire in southern Spain leaves at least 12 dead and 23 missing

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:44:18 -0000

    At least 12 people have died and 23 others are missing in a wildfire in southern Spain, Andalusia's regional leader Juanma Moreno has said. Four of the victims may be British, Andalusia officials say. Hundreds of people are trying to contain the fire, which Moreno said appeared to have been caused by …

  26. The future of air conditioning could already be in use in a SoCal train station

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The future of air conditioning could be in a train station in Anaheim.The 3 million people who pass through Orange County’s ARTIC station annually …

  27. The administration has a new climate change office. It’s headed by a climate critic.

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

    The office that produces the National Climate Assessment has been reconstituted, after the administration gutted it last year. The Trump administration has reconstituted a governmentwide program that tracks how climate change is transforming the country, after having gutted it last year as part of a …

  28. Invasive Prickly Pear Turned into Food, Clean Energy Source

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:50:03 -0000

    NAIROBI, Jul 9 2026 (IPS) - An international academic partnership is helping turn one of Laikipia County’s most destructive and invasive plants, the …

  29. Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with…

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:30:00 -0000

    This story was reported and published in collaboration with Hawaiʻi Public Radio. On June 8, 2015, Gov. David Ige sat under the great seal of the state …

  30. French scientist Michel Siffre spent two months alone in a cave with no clock, no calendar, and no sunlight — and when his team finally told him the experiment was over, he thought he still had nearly a month left underground

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:19:40 -0000

    On 16 July 1962, a 23-year-old French geologist named Michel Siffre climbed down into the Scarasson cavern, a glacial cave in the Ligurian Alps on …