Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Money

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:09:07 -0000

   In theory, contractors are legally barred from political giving because that smacks of bribery. In practice, Musk gets a 2,200 percent return on his …

2. I tried plug-in solar and loved it—but there’s a catch

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   As new laws roll out across the U.S. enabling plug-in solar panels, I tested one kit to see how it works. Getting solar installed on your roof typically involves weeks of planning and red tape and hiring an installation crew to do the work. I tried a very different option: a plug-in solar panel. …

3. Something Ancient Is Waking up Under Earth’s Surface—and It’s Turning Water Orange and Toxic

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   Soil frozen for millennia is thawing, and its chemical payload is traveling downstream. No place on Earth is insulated from the impacts of climate change, and that includes the remote Alaskan wilderness. Here, pristine streams criss-cross the landscape and support a diverse ecosystem of fish, …

4. JD Vance Has Become Trumpier Than Trump. What a Disgusting Human.

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:46:39 -0000

   Vivek Ramaswamy is the hands-down winning monster of this election cycle, but the vice president is a close second—and is certainly doing more damage …

5. Melting glaciers expose hundreds of unexploded World War I bombs

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:59:00 -0000

   Melting glaciers in the Italian mountains are revealing hundreds of unexploded bombs from the First World War. More than 200 of the munitions have …

6. Strange, catastrophic landslides are kicking off across the far north

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

   When frozen ground known as permafrost degrades, it can fail catastrophically. That could spell serious trouble for the whole planet. Nearly a decade …

7. Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

   This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology …

8. How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Carbon Captured How the fossil fuel industry influenced climate researchAn investigative series by ProPublica and Drilled In the spring of 2005, the …

9. Inside Trump’s Dark Plot to Keep Senate in GOP Hands Even If Dems Win

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:01:38 -0000

   Senate control could come down to Alaska. Can Republicans really refuse to certify or seat Mary Peltola if she wins? Probably not. But they sure can …

10. ‘Setting the planet on fire’: Richest 0.1% emit more carbon than poorest 3.5 billion, Oxfam says

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:46:12 -0000

    Things like skipping the flight, taking the train, and eating less meat can help reduce one’s carbon footprint. But even with all that personal …

11. King tides flood NC’s coastal roads, signaling dangers of sea level rise

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:28:55 -0000

    North Carolina’s embattled coast was once again awash with floodwaters this week — not from a hurricane or a nor’easter, but from a king tide, a …

12. No frigid air coming to US in November despite polar vortex being on the move

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:13:37 -0000

    Despite a major disruption in the polar vortex that typically releases Arctic air, no frigid air outbreaks are coming to the United States in …

13. The polar bear capital of the world has multibillion-dollar megaproject ambition

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:12:45 -0000

    Churchill, Manitoba, has seen its share of boom and bust. Now it wants to be an energy and transport powerhouse

14. Super El Niño, Polar Vortex Collapse Could Hit US At Same Time

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:14:42 -0000

    Two major atmospheric phenomena could influence U.S. weather in the coming weeks as a super El Niño continues to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean, …

15. Court Blocks W. Va. AG's Subpoena to Environmentalist Nonprofits

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:59:49 -0000

    From yesterday's decision by Judge Joseph Goodwin (S.D. W. Va.) in W. Va. Rivers Coalition, Inc. v. McCuskey: The Attorney General of West Virginia has …

16. Himalayan Communities Are Relying on Centuries-Old Water Solutions In the Face of Climate Change

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:55:56 -0000

    The word Laya describes the natural rhythm that has carried the people of the Himalayas through monsoons and drought for centuries. Across the peaks and glaciers, the populated mid-hills and the foothills, communities have harmonized their calendars to the pulsing of water. Where annual rain falls in …

17. The Trump Administration Is Buoying Nearly Half of All U.S. Coal Plants

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:43:14 -0000

    Between taxpayer-funded payments, regulation exemptions and mandates to remain open, the government has ramped up its support for coal. The Trump …

18. This plastic will destroy itself in the ocean within weeks

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:36 -0000

    Compostable plastics are touted as a greener alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics that can linger in the environment for centuries. …

19. Massive sinkholes open up across Turkey as it struggles with drought and climate change

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:13:12 -0000

    Turkey’s central Anatolian plateau is one of the country’s most important agricultural regions, producing wheat, maize, sugar beet and other crops. …

20. Cities across the world are sinking because of groundwater depletion. But the process can be reversed

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:20:00 -0000

    Replenishing depleted groundwater could slow or even reverse land subsidence in coastal cities – but fault lines can determine where and how quickly …

21. Ian McEwan speculates on 'What We Can Know' in the 22nd century

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:29:20 -0000

    Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan sits down with Olivia Salazar-Winspear to discuss the 22nd century society he created in "What We Can Know", as his latest novel is translated into French. While his characters grapple with the aftermath of the great "derangement", in a world where many of the …

22. Draft Wausau climate plan floats every-other-week garbage pickup

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:30:00 -0000

    Less frequent garbage pickup, a push to compost household food scraps and new survey results all come before Wausau’s sustainability committee …

23. How one of Europe’s most polluted cities became a blueprint for nature restoration

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:02:42 -0000

    350 football pitches’ worth of degraded urban areas have been restored. One of Europe’s most polluted cities is getting a verdant makeover. Three …

24. Why the Europe protests could bring meaningful change or backfire completely

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Footage of mass protests in Europe has been flooding newsfeeds for weeks, with demonstrators taking to the streets across the continent. While the …

25. Bentley's First EV Completes 621,000 Miles Of Extreme Testing

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:14:08 -0000

    Extensive validation puts the Bentley Torcal battery, software, and structure through extreme climates, high-altitude runs, and detailed safety …

26. Democrats can do something about energy prices — without winning the midterms

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    But to do so, they’ll need to make gas pipelines easier to build. A great deal is at stake in next week’s midterm elections. The partisan makeup of the new Congress will shape future spending bills, congressional investigations, and judicial nominations, among other things. And yet, the most …

27. A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never Neutral

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:55:00 -0000

    Nearly 450 years ago, an unnamed Ñudzahui painter mapped his community’s history and land claims for a Spanish king — on his own terms. Listen to this …

28. The Great Shellfish Apocalypse

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:02:48 -0000

    In 2021, Stan Rennie had one of his best summers in five decades as a fisherman. ‚ÄúIt was the first time we said we‚Äôd work to the winter if the …

29. 'Why would we want to leave?': Fiji islanders work on climate resilience to avoid relocation

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:02:33 -0000

    Residents of Fiji's tiny Serua Island have rejected calls to relocate, instead opting to renovate flimsy coastal homes. As the sun sets over Fiji's …

30. Nostradamus’ 2027 predictions: Wildfires, economic crisis, and... the apocalypse?

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:34 -0000

    What does the “most famous seer” of the 16th century know about the era of artificial intelligence, data centers and climate change? According to …