Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Garbage Man: Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills

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

   In November 2015, world leaders descended on Paris to negotiate a historic agreement to limit global warming. But on the summit’s opening day, …

2. ‘More than just a photo opportunity’: Why are key EU leaders skipping the COP31 Leaders’ Summit?

   Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:02:30 -0000

   Leaders meet privately to discuss the positions they will take during the COP negotiations, which stretch into next week. EU and world leaders will …

3. Prepare for the AI Apocalypse Like You’d Prepare for a Snowstorm

   Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:01:25 -0000

   Water, batteries, and go bags Since late last year, a small but growing chorus of cybersecurity experts has been warning that AI models were pushing the internet toward a sort of cataclysm. Hospitals, banks, utilities, basically anything and everything connected to the web could be hacked. Over the …

4. ‘Everything and everyone we love is at stake’: Thunberg slams COP31 talks

   Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:24:27 -0000

   Climate activist urges world leaders to put people and planet before profit as she arrives at UN climate talks. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has condemned the United Nations climate talks as hypocritical and urged world leaders to put people and planet ahead of profits and power. Thunberg …

5. El Niño flooding is coming. This Bay Area neighborhood may be among the most vulnerable

   Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   Standing outside his beige bungalow near the southern tip of San Francisco Bay last month, Dick Santos pointed to a windowsill 4 feet above the …

6. Corporations Win “Free Speech” Right To Hide Pollution

   Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:46:53 -0000

   A federal appeals court says forcing corporations to disclose their biggest sources of climate pollution is likely unconstitutional. A San …

7. The Global Economy Braces for Yet Another Blow

   Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:07 -0000

   El Niño is already unleashing economic and agricultural pain worldwide. It may get even worse. Deadly flooding sweeping the American Southwest. …

8. 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, …

9. In The '60s, The US Detonated A Nuke In An Underground Salt Bed. They Didn't Expect What Happened Next

   Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:25:00 -0000

   The Trinity nuclear test blast ushered in the Atomic Age with a literal bang. But, by the early 1960s, the U.S. atomic weapons program began to …

10. Days After Midterm Blowout, 22 Democrats Join GOP to Advance 'Massive Giveaway' to Big Oil

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:58:08 -0000

    The US Senate on Monday voted in bipartisan fashion to advance a fossil fuel industry-backed permitting reform bill that would weaken the Clean Water …

11. As U.N. Climate Negotiations Begin, Report Warns That Warming Is Gaining Pace

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:11:12 -0000

    Heat is accumulating in Earth’s systems at an accelerating rate, the U.N.’s weather agency has reported as the COP31 climate change summit begins in …

12. Greta Thunberg arrives at UN climate talks saying ‘everything we love is at stake’

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:17:23 -0000

    ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Prominent climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday at the U.N. climate meeting, where she emphasized the need to …

13. 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 …

14. Cuts, evictions, and job losses: A view from the trenches of climate science in 2026

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:56 -0000

    Published November 10, 2026 Science in the United States is in a state of crisis, induced by a government whose hostility to it is without precedent. …

15. How China’s clean tech is reshaping the global climate fight

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:59:00 -0000

    China sent $132 billion in clean technology and investment to the developing world last year, by far the largest contribution to carbon-dioxide …

16. 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 …

17. A plan to save Bali’s vanishing fireflies takes root in organic farming

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:14:19 -0000

    Four decades ago, Wayan Wardika says, clouds of fireflies would illuminate the night sky above the rice fields of his native village in Bali, …

18. 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 …

19. Scientists Discover Two Remarkably Untouched Worlds Hidden in The Pacific

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    What would the ocean look like if humans had barely touched it? It's not easy to tell. Our marine environment is in a state of perilous …

20. World leaders begin talks at UN climate conference amid concerns that actions are inadequate, slow

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000

    ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — World leaders began to arrive Wednesday to start formal discussions at the United Nations climate change conference in Turkey, …

21. The world needs to get serious about electrification – here’s why

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:12:39 -0000

    To reduce climate emissions, the world needs clean electricity powering our industry, transport, homes, lighting and heating. However, much of the …

22. The suburbs are getting a makeover. That’s a climate win.

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Across the U.S., communities are transforming aging malls, golf courses, and parking lots into walkable neighborhoods that reduce car dependency and …

23. Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir - NASA Science

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:01:00 -0000

    September 20, 2026 November 7, 2026 September 20, 2026November 7, 2026 September 20, 2026 November 7, 2026 Back-to-back extreme rain events inundated the …

24. Leftists Weren’t the Only Ones Who Moderated In the Midterms

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Progressives reined in some of their positions, sure. But centrists dialed it back too—and that should be getting just as much attention. In the week …

25. Time to refocus development aid on human welfare - not climate change

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:37:00 -0000

    Global development progress has stalled as rich nations shift aid budgets toward climate mitigation, but focusing resources on high-return …

26. Oil shock from Iran war led to drop in carbon pollution, scientists say

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:05:11 -0000

    Global carbon pollution dropped this year ever so slightly, but it's more because of oil shocks reverberating from the Iran war than anything the …

27. 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 …

28. Storms Are Slamming the West Coast, Stoking Fears of a Wet Winter to Come

    Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:09:14 -0000

    Northern California is likely to record some of its heaviest rain so far this season later this week. Stormy weather that has been battering the Pacific Northwest and southwest Canada is expected to spread into California in the coming days, bringing the region's first major dose of winter rains. The …

29. New Winter Forecast Reveals 36 States Could See Above-Average Snowfall This Season

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:15:00 -0000

    A newly released winter map shows 36 states facing heavier snowfall. See if your area is in the path of cold weather. Follow topic According to the …

30. How El Niño Could Impact US, Global Economy

    Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:56:27 -0000

    El Niño will have “substantial and long-lasting” economic impact and could cost the global economy an estimated $11 trillion, a new report …