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1. EU to put energy security at heart of COP31 push for faster green transition

   Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:47:04 -0000

   EU ministers are set to confirm their commitment to the green transition despite soaring energy prices and supply concerns, according to a draft …

2. Exclusive: Data Center Cancellations Top $260 Billion in 2026

   Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:16:22 -0000

   Local opposition has exacted a much higher cost for developers than has been previously understood, according to new Heatmap Pro survey of public …

3. Girl pleads for world leaders to save her country from climate change

   Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:55:05 -0000

   A 13-year-old girl has called on world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu. ‘We are not asking for pity, we are asking for help.’ A 13-year-old girl has called on world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu. Melelusi Sokotia made the plea to leaders …

4. Odds of a U.S. Gulf Coast hurricane landfall are rising

   Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:22:12 -0000

   A tropical depression organizing in the record-breaking warm waters of the western Gulf of Mexico is predicted to arrive as Hurricane Isaias on …

5. Naked Trump statue goes on display in Strasbourg

   Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:18:08 -0000

   Titled "The Orange Plague," a gold-coated statue presents Donald Trump sitting on a smaller man's back. The Danish artist blamed Trump for getting in …

6. Will Trump’s diesel order do anything?

   Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000

   Why red-dye diesel probably isn’t the fix the White House needs. This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is trying to fix …

7. Are the Blue Wave Polls Too Good to Be True?

   Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   If Democrats don’t win by as much as the polls suggest, many liberals will be disappointed and the media will downplay the anti-Trump wave. I’m …

8. Naked statue of Donald Trump unveiled and it’s called the ‘Orange Plague’

   Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:27:34 -0000

   A golden statue depicting a naked, rotund Donald Trump has gone on display in Strasbourg. Visitors to the European Parliament in the French city are …

9. A Pacific 'Blob' is Pulsing Up the West Coast. Here's What's to Expect.

   Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:25:06 -0000

   Scientists say the Kelvin wave could be dangerous for people—and deadly for wildlife—as it travels up the California coast. Sea levels across the west coasts of the Americas are rising after a massive bulge of water, driven by wind changes and a warmer ocean, inched its way east along the equator …

10. She had unexplained blood pressure fluctuations and bouts of pneumonia. It took years to learn why

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:59:00 -0000

    Today, Tami McGraw runs a Facebook support group for others with her condition. For years, North Carolina resident Tami McGraw struggled with …

11. Teaching Havel in Kyiv: Lessons From Ukraine for Trump’s America

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    When I first visited Ukraine in 1992, the United States set the global standard for free expression, and Ukrainians quaked in fear. The tables have …

12. A beautiful Himalayan bird is changing its voice due to human activity, research shows

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:07:44 -0000

    A sharp increase in human activity is having an impact on the way a Himalayan bird lives and communicates, two studies by Indian researchers have found. The monal, a pheasant native to Himalayan mountain forests, is deeply woven into the region's cultural, folklore and identity. The eye-catching …

13. Amy Coney Barrett Raises ‘Quibble’ in Big Oil Supreme Court Case

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:09:15 -0000

    The Supreme Court's new term opened Monday with a potentially landmark case pitting states and local governments against some of the world’s largest …

14. Patagonia’s CEO is worried about political apathy—so the company offered 112,000 people $100 to help 3 friends plan to vote

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:26:27 -0000

    Patagonia has spent decades getting young people off their screens and into the outdoors, sporting the Fitz Roy mountain logo on their fleeces. Its …

15. All gold, no clothes: Orange Plague statue brings naked Trump to EU Parliament

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The sculpture previously appeared at the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Brazil.

16. Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Will voters in Iowa and Alaska fall for his fake steel mill and gas pipeline? The political ascent of Donald Trump has forced me to adjust upward my …

17. Nepal's decade of disasters highlights the urgent need for climate finance

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:01:57 -0000

    Nepal produces just 0.05% of the world's carbon emissions and the average Nepali generates 0.63 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year – a fraction of …

18. The solar boom is rapidly transforming emerging economies

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:48:09 -0000

    Renewable electricity is cheaper than ever. So while the West got rich on coal and oil, some of the poorest countries in the world are banking on …

19. Rainmakers: Will drones make cloud seeding more effective?

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:09:32 -0000

    On 23 August, Cooper Freeman had no idea clouds above his head were being filled with a silver compound in order to cause rainfall. Neither did thousands of other residents in Homer, Alaska, who later discovered San Francisco start-up Rainmaker conducted an experiment in that region using …

20. How Dome Fire in Yosemite compares to others. And why some fires lately are more intense

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:16:01 -0000

    Wildfires aren’t an anomaly in Yosemite National Park. Data from the National Parks Service shows thousands of fires have burned in parts of Yosemite …

21. Coolcations: tourism boom is taking a toll on chillier destinations

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:31:22 -0000

    Rising numbers of visitors headed for destinations in northern Europe in the summer of 2026, seeking respite from the heat. For years, summer holidays …

22. It’s the End of the World as We Know It: The Apocalypse Gets Visualized in an Inventive Map from 1486

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:52 -0000

    When will the world end?We can find serious scientific answers to this question, depending on what we mean by “world” and “end.” If we mean the end …

23. 5 maps that show how the Super El Niño could impact winter weather across the U.S., from snow to floods

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    New AccuWeather models shared with Fast Company reveal how extreme weather could unfold in devastating ways through 2026 and into 2027. For months, climate and weather experts have been warning about a historically strong Super El Niño that could turbocharge extreme weather across the world, …

24. Wild tulips in Central Asia have become rare, expert says

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:53:31 -0000

    More than half of the world’s wild tulip species assessed so far are threatened with extinction, reports Mongabay’s Shreya Dasgupta. “For a flower …

25. The Caspian Sea has been shrinking for decades. Now, a new island has emerged

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:02:49 -0000

    Scientists warn that parts of the northern Caspian could face an Aral Sea-like scenario, while climate change and human water use are adding pressure …

26. Florida citrus waste becomes climate solution in Hardee County

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:06:05 -0000

    Representatives from VoLo Foundation, which organizes Florida Climate Week, stand in front of a Tigercat 6040 as it turns discarded citrus trees into …

27. New Zealand’s climate ‘entering uncharted territory’ as greenhouse gases hit record highs

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:19:12 -0000

    New Zealand's climate is entering "uncharted territory" as greenhouse gas concentrations hit record highs and extreme weather intensifies, according …

28. Conservationists are discovering ‘bright spots’ around the globe. Here’s why they matter

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:01:24 -0000

    Every few years, the elders of Muluk, a tiny coastal community in Papua New Guinea, close a stretch of their reef to fishing. They do this to give …

29. Inside an active Antarctic volcano, gentoo penguins are flourishing with climate change

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:03:28 -0000

    Deception Island is a "spectacular amphitheatre of penguinness". Amid rusting industrial remains on a flooded active volcano, these photos reveal a rare winner of climate change. Lopsided whale oil tanks sank into the dark sand. Ancient wooden boats slowly decayed in the brutal Antarctic …

30. We blasted a mobile home with 110 mph winds to find out how to keep people safe

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    First-ever tests show how hurricane gales tear apart the manufactured housing where many Americans live. It’s 9:15 in the morning, and the wind is raging at 110 mph. Its roar is deafening. Dust swirls through the air. We watch as a single-wide mobile home rocks back and forth, pounded by the …