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1. The Most Open-and-Shut Impeachment Case Is Not Pete Hegseth

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:30:32 -0000

   The House may impeach the defense secretary this week. Fine. But the real enemy of the Constitution is Attorney General Todd Blanche. On Saturday, …

2. The Used-Battery Gold Rush Is Coming

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -0000

   If it can power an electric vehicle, why not a data center? Like all batteries, the giant lithium-ion ones in electric cars eventually fade. Once they can muster just 70 to 80 percent of their original charge, they’re not very useful as car batteries anymore: They simply can’t get a vehicle far. But …

3. The AMOC ocean current could collapse. If it does, it could change Chicago's weather for 1,000 years.

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:23:21 -0000

   In the 2004 blockbuster film "The Day After Tomorrow," global warming shuts down a major ocean current, leading to abrupt climate change and …

4. El Niño is just getting started. New effects expected soon

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:00:08 -0000

   A strong El Niño has already upended hurricane season and sent planetary waves to batter California. Soon its effects could steer daily U.S. weather. ORLANDO, FL — If you're confused about where the potentially record strong El Niño stands at the moment, you're not alone. While you've been hearing …

5. Senate advances sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:47:47 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews to power data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional …

6. Which countries and industries emit the most greenhouse gases?

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:21:37 -0000

   The US has emitted the most CO2 in history; China is now the biggest emitter. Here’s who is driving global emissions. World leaders and delegates are gathering in Antalya, Turkiye, for COP31, the annual climate summit of the United Nations, which runs from November 9 to 20. They meet as global …

7. 'Horrific': Supreme Court OKs Trump’s Border Wall Construction in Big Bend

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:31:28 -0000

   The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted a court order that had halted construction of a barrier wall and roads across Big Bend National Park and the …

8. How the Blue Tsunami Strengthened the Permitting Bill

   Tue, 10 Nov 2026 03:41:47 -0000

   If Democrats plan to restore the solar and wind tax credits, then passing BAAJA now suddenly looks like the savvy move. This is Heatmap Daily, a …

9. Trump Admin Caught Illegally Canceling Billion-Dollar Solar Project That Would Have Helped Lower Utility Bills Across the Country

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 23:48:00 -0000

   "This is a program that has the potential to lower people's energy bills." Donald Trump and his Republican lackeys were decimated in this week’s …

10. Rice Krispies Aren't Made with Rice Grains Anymore, and You Can Blame Climate Change for That

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:41:02 -0000

    Climate-driven threats to rice harvests are changing an iconic cereal. Rice Krispies have lost the one ingredient you’d assume they couldn’t do …

11. Climate, expert: “I hope for a major agreement at COP31, but I am not getting my hopes up”

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:07:21 -0000

    Rome, Nov. 10 (LaPresse) – “I hope that a major agreement will be reached, but I am not getting my hopes up.” This is what Carlo Buontempo, director …

12. This 1,000 ft ocean liner once carried world leaders. Now it's being sunk deliberately

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:45:12 -0000

    A legendary ocean liner that once carried world leaders, Hollywood icons and thousands of immigrants across the Atlantic is preparing for a final …

13. 2 years after Mexico relocated their climate-ravaged community, residents struggle to adapt

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    Lessons learned from a rushed resettlement in Mexico underscore what governments owe to climate-displaced communities — not only after homes wash …

14. Climate crisis now a health emergency of ‘pandemic scale’, UN climate chief warns

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:18:58 -0000

    The United Nations climate chief warns that countries must protect health systems, as climate change poses a growing threat to public health during …

15. Fossil fuel emissions are expected to fall in 2026. Why aren’t climate experts celebrating?

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:02:23 -0000

    Experts warn that a drop in emissions partly driven by conflict and trade disruptions is not sustainable in the long term. Global carbon emissions …

16. What Was Earth Like 2 Billion Years Ago?

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:50:49 -0000

    Let's step back. 2 billion years back into Earth's evolution.

17. Scientists Reach a Record Temperature: 280 Billion Times Colder Than The Universe

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Even the seemingly empty vacuum of space isn't completely cold. The Universe was born some 13.8 billion years ago in a state so hot and dense that the …

18. How a French Oil Executive Is Working With the Trump Administration to ‘Kill’ Europe’s Methane Plan

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    A TotalEnergies executive is working with U.S. officials to delay the implementation of new European Union methane rules, raising questions over the …

19. Democrats plan to challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda and push clean energy to lower bills

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:00:51 -0000

    Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January, though …

20. It cost an enormous $30 billion, slowed Earth's rotation and even changed the planet's rotational axis – AND it unleashed an ecological disaster

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:46:36 -0000

    It's one of the largest engineering projects the planet has ever seen, damming Asia's greatest river, the Yangtze, to produce more electricity than …

21. How ICE Keeps an Eye on Protestors

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Sophisticated tools, born from the War on Terror and wielded by the Trump White House, have been turned against the American people. While much of the …

22. Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission About Losses, Wrecking MAGA’s Spin

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:00:35 -0000

    On 60 Minutes, he admitted that Americans like immigrants, after all. That doesn’t just directly contradict his new chief of staff, Stephen Miller. …

23. Where early humans could and couldn't survive

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:54:07 -0000

    Fossils, a reconstructed 315,000-year-old face and clever Ice Age adaptations show how early humans spread and endured, while the world's largest sand desert holds no trace of them. Read on below, and follow ScienceAlert for more on our human origins.

24. Anthropic Just Committed a Shocking Crime Against the Environment

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:33:49 -0000

    It keeps getting worse. Claude maker Anthropic has signed an unprecedented $3.4 billion deal with a Texas-based energy company called OnePWR Solutions. …

25. The world will soon shoot past 1.5°C. What does this mean?

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:41:20 -0000

    Did you know that global heating will unavoidably soar past the 1.5°C temperature goal over the next three to four years? This is certain, despite …

26. New England’s Only Hard Coral Could Provide Climate Solutions - ecoRI News

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:46:11 -0000

    The waters off the southern New England coast don’t feature exotic tropical reefs, teeming with colorful fish, slippery eels, and loitering apex …

27. The Midterms Were Bad for Republicans. 2028 Is Going to Be Even Worse.

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:16:51 -0000

    The early field of GOP presidential candidates is laughably bad—and they’re going to be dealing with the same problems that killed the party in last …

28. Some regions may already be living in a 1.5°C warmer world

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:50:01 -0000

    Regions worldwide may have already experienced around 90%–94% of the warming expected when the global average reaches 1.5°C above preindustrial …

29. South Korea’s beloved squid may vanish from its waters due to climate change, heat waves

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:13:28 -0000

    SEOUL — Many South Koreans remember days when squid was inexpensive, everyday food: Stir-fried with spicy chili flakes, steamed in a bath of water …