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1. The world is more at risk of a pandemic now than before COVID, experts say. This is why

   Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:00 -0000

   The world is more at risk of a pandemic and less safe from deadly viral outbreaks now than it was before COVID, a major pandemic preparedness report …

2. Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.

   Mon, 18 May 2026 14:27:40 -0000

   It was their dream home, a newly built, 2,500-square-foot modern farmhouse with a playroom that Mitch and Kara Meredith had saved for 12 years to buy …

3. A massive "human composting" facility just opened outside D.C.

   Mon, 18 May 2026 10:20:05 -0000

   The green burial boom is here — a huge "human composting" site just opened outside D.C., bringing a fast-growing, eco-friendly death care option …

4. The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

   Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:26 -0000

   Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break …

5. India Is Showing the World How to Build a Modern Economy Without Burning the Planet First

   Mon, 18 May 2026 14:31:55 -0000

   For generations, the path to prosperity followed a predictable and devastating script: burn coal, pump oil, build factories, choke cities, and …

6. The computer scientist demystifying AI and sustainability

   Mon, 18 May 2026 16:42:48 -0000

   Sasha Luccioni, former climate lead for open source AI company Hugging Face and co-founder of Sustainable AI Group, was among the first to quantify …

7. The Week in Climate Hearings: Hill Heat Extremism Warning

   Mon, 18 May 2026 21:42:06 -0000

   At 1 pm on Wednesday, Climate Central and Covering Climate Now host a webinar looking forward to the 2026 hurricane season ahead of NOAA’s Outlook.This …

8. Utah's fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America's biggest data center gets built

   Mon, 18 May 2026 08:30:00 -0000

   The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it? This coverage is made possible through a …

9. Forest Service, timber companies are spraying weedkiller glyphosate on forests. We dug into proof

   Mon, 18 May 2026 06:00:08 -0000

   While the EPA insists the benefits of glyphosate outweigh potential risks, the World Health Organization's cancer center is skeptical. The U.S. Forest …

10. Scientists Predict That This Upcoming Ocean Phenomenon Will Be The Worst Of Its Kind This Century

    Mon, 18 May 2026 10:25:00 -0000

    When it comes to the ocean, many phenomena — like fog "tsunamis" and waterspouts — can be seen on the horizon. What can't be seen is how ocean …

11. 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 …

12. Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year

    Mon, 18 May 2026 07:30:00 -0000

    The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State. The …

13. Antarctic Sea Ice Enters 'Shock' Decline as Ocean Heat Breaks Through

    Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:16 -0000

    For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat …

14. The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

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

    The damage could be incalculable. Unprecedented extreme weather is no longer once-in-a-lifetime. We live in an era when seasonal hurricanes have the …

15. 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 …

16. Intense Storms Are Sweeping Across the Midwest on Monday

    Mon, 18 May 2026 09:11:57 -0000

    Some of the most severe weather in days could hit Monday evening, meteorologists said. Tornadoes and large hail are possible. Go here for the latest on Monday’s storms. After several recent days of intense storm forecasts across the Midwest, meteorologists have warned that Monday’s weather has the …

17. White hydrogen discovered in billion-year-old Canadian Shield rock points to potential new energy source

    Mon, 18 May 2026 19:00:10 -0000

    Within the Canadian Shield, hydrogen gas is steadily building up naturally among some of the oldest rocks on Earth. Now, for the first time, …

18. Trump's Iran War Has Already Cost Americans Over $40 Billion Extra on Gas and Diesel | Common Dreams

    Mon, 18 May 2026 23:24:48 -0000

    "This data shows that energy price shocks function as an economy-wide, unacknowledged tax on households, with costs comparable to large federal …

19. 'Atlas of Civil Society' downgrades Germany

    Mon, 18 May 2026 10:12:12 -0000

    Germany is no longer considered a fully open society amid concerns over disinformation and police brutality. A 'Brot für die Welt' report highlighted …

20. This Drip Irrigation Set Saves Water, Runs on Solar Power, and Makes Plant Watering Completely Hands-Free

    Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    As summer approaches, now is the time to create a reliable watering routine in your yard. It's vital to ensure that your plants remain hydrated when …

21. New York To Hit 100 Degrees

    Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:54 -0000

    According to the City of New York, greenhouse gas emissions cause large jumps in summer temperatures. This week will help to prove this as …

22. Newly discovered, blue-whale-size asteroid will fly super close to Earth today

    Mon, 18 May 2026 13:08:46 -0000

    Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18). The close approach will be visible to stargazers and can be viewed via livestream.

23. FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming

    Mon, 18 May 2026 21:54:16 -0000

    President Donald Trump blasted the accuracy of scientists' global warming projections in a social media post that itself painted a distorted view of …

24. The Satellite Industry Boom Is Driving an ‘Untested Geoengineering Experiment,’ Scientists Warn

    Mon, 18 May 2026 20:55:46 -0000

    Companies are launching satellites en masse and polluting the atmosphere in the process. Companies are launching more satellites into space than ever …

25. There might be a 'super' El Niño this year. What would that mean for Phoenix?

    Mon, 18 May 2026 21:41:45 -0000

    A rare “Super” El Niño is expected to hit the Pacific Ocean this fall, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration update that …

26. Rep. Virginia Foxx allegedly sent 'hostile' response to child's letter on electric cars. Here's what we know

    Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:06 -0000

    Foxx reportedly slammed climate change legislation and accused teachers of "indoctrinating" students in a message to a fourth grader. The claim that …

27. Donald Trump Has Waged a War on... Everything | Common Dreams

    Mon, 18 May 2026 20:09:51 -0000

    There really can’t be any question that this president is distinctly intent on nothing less than making war not just on specific nations like Iran, …

28. Hurricane forecasts have improved dramatically, saving lives, but federal cuts threaten to stretch NOAA to the breaking point

    Mon, 18 May 2026 19:08:57 -0000

    The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while a developing El Niño might result in a tamer season than in the past few years, all it …

29. Decades-Long Fever Grips Southern New England - ecoRI News

    Mon, 18 May 2026 14:49:56 -0000

    Southern New England is in the midst of a 56-year-long heat wave. It’s not always noticeable, nor scientifically official, but its effects are having …

30. Elon Musk Warns the World Is Running Out of People—the Numbers Tell a More Complicated Story

    Mon, 18 May 2026 17:54:38 -0000

    Is the world really running out of people? Here are the economic realities behind Elon Musk’s population collapse warnings and what the data actually shows. In 2022 the world’s population reached 8 billion. That may seem like a big number, and it is. But experts say it actually marks a decline in …