Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Massive iconic iceberg turns blue and is "on the verge of complete disintegration," NASA says

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:51:43 -0000

   One of the largest and oldest icebergs ever tracked by scientists has turned blue and is "on the verge of complete disintegration," NASA said on …

2. Bill Gates warns the world going is ‘backwards’ and gives 5-year deadline before we enter a new Dark Age

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0000

   Last year didn’t go the way Bill Gates hoped. As a philanthropist who has dedicated billions to improving everything from healthcare and education in …

3. Reversing Years of Dietary Advice, the Trump Administration Tells Consumers to Eat More Red Meat

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:55:00 -0000

   The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, like previous editions, ignores the climate impacts of livestock and could make them worse, …

4. The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:30:00 -0000

   After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and …

5. Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0000

   The oceans just keep getting hotter. According to new research from dozens of international scientists published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences …

6. Trump Is Creating a New Energy Paradigm. It May Be Hard to Undo

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:49:23 -0000

   This year began with a series of bangs. First, the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela followed by a commitment by President Trump to “run” the country and rejuvenate its oil industry. Less than a week later, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum to take the U.S. out of the United …

7. China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near-limitless clean energy.

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:04:05 -0000

   China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially …

8. The War Over a Weedkiller Might Be Headed to the Supreme Court

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:02:27 -0000

   Bayer has asked the justices to decide whether federal law shields the company from lawsuits over its Roundup herbicide and cancer. Democrats and MAHA activists aren’t happy. The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to take up a case involving weedkillers and cancer that could effectively …

9. Trump’s anti-globalism looks like old-school Yankee imperialism

   Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:00:58 -0000

   Opportunistic imperialism. Personalist dictatorship. There are myriad phrases to describe what’s emerging in the United States, and they’re not flattering. Amid all this week’s other news, the Trump administration announced Wednesday that the United States will withdraw from dozens of international …

10. Venezuela Has the Most Methane-Intensive Oil in the World

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:44:17 -0000

    The Trump administration wants American companies to modernize oil production in Venezuela. There are many roadblocks to that happening, though, …

11. Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:01:49 -0000

    BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental experts are warning that the U.S. push to revamp and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase planet-warming pollution in a country already struggling with the legacy of a long-declining petroleum industry. The …

12. Massive iceberg could be days away from ‘complete disintegration’: NASA

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:33:58 -0000

    (NewsNation) — A massive iceberg is “sopping with blue meltwater and on the verge of complete disintegration,” NASA announced Thursday. In a news …

13. Bill Gates funds many green energy tech solutions, but he says true climate action really needs this to succeed

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:15:00 -0000

    In his annual look-ahead letter, the billionaire and philanthropist warns that markets alone can’t save the planet. As President Trump takes even more steps to pull back on climate action, Bill Gates is emphasizing how governmental policies are crucial to addressing climate change. In his annual …

14. Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:00:52 -0000

    Cutting down swathes of boreal forest and sinking the trees into the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide …

15. California is completely free of drought for the first time in 25 years

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:33:07 -0000

    Other Western states, however, are experiencing a "snow drought." Following winter storms that lashed California with rain and snow in recent weeks, the state is completely free of drought for the first time in 25 years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The last time California had no regions …

16. Trump withdraws US from 66 international organizations

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:25:58 -0000

    Many of the organizations are UN-affiliated agencies and panels focused on climate, labor, migration and social policy. The US State Department said …

17. Microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:42:00 -0000

    We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat climate change. Now, …

18. Why Greenland is indispensable to global climate science

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:39:45 -0000

    A 30-minute stroll across New York’s Central Park separates Trump Tower from the American Museum of Natural History. If the US president ever found …

19. Portraits of the Thwaites Glacier

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:55:46 -0000

    As the icebreaker Araon sailed back and forth in a channel adjacent to the Thwaites Glacier collecting oceanographic data on Thursday and Friday, our photographer took the opportunity to make some close-ups. “I probably shot all the corners and sides of the entire Thwaites’ shelves,” he said. As the …

20. Full list as Trump announces shock move that will see US leave 66 key international organizations

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:38:30 -0000

    U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States would withdraw from dozens of international and United Nations entities, …

21. 'We need to adapt': Heatwaves are dividing cities and 'amplifying' vulnerability

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:33:59 -0000

    Parts of the country have been sweltering through a heatwave that's set to continue in Sydney this weekend, with temperatures of around 42C expected …

22. Seeking Sustainable Living? This City Topped The List Of A New Green City Index

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:55:30 -0000

    According to the Reinders Corporation’s recently released Green City Index, a bustling Canadian metropolis leads the globe in sustainable …

23. Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 million superyacht spewed 5,300 tons of CO2 in just 9 months, yet a new report reveals that the annual carbon footprint of UK dog food alone is more than what the Facebook co-founder’s vessel would emit in 640 years.

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:33:36 -0000

    Take a long breath, because this is one of those climate comparisons that feels wrong the first time you hear it. Superyachts have become shorthand …

24. Venezuela Has The Dirtiest Oil In The World

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:59:35 -0000

    The country’s “extra-heavy” crude is a thick, tar-like substance that emits more greenhouse gases than any other oil in the world. Douglas A. …

25. Big Oil’s Furtive Venezuela Pipe Dreams

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:00:23 -0000

    Antonia Juhasz, an expert on warmongering over oil, weighs in on the fossil fuel industry’s ulterior motives behind the U.S. invasion of …

26. Sonia De Los Santos cancels Kennedy Center shows, citing unwelcoming climate

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:50:30 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos is the latest performer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She had been scheduled to give two concerts for young people on Feb. 7, followed by a “creative conversation” with the audience. De Los Santos, …

27. As the Trump Administration Withdraws From Climate Treaties, Legal Scholars Debate Whether—and How—It Can Do So

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:52:43 -0000

    The Supreme Court has yet to decide if a president can exit international treaties the Senate has ratified, saying it’s a political question.After …

28. Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:20:00 -0000

    Wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. In LA County, just 7 have been rebuilt. The Associated Press this week reported a stunning fact: Of the 13,000 homes destroyed a year ago in the extraordinary wildfires in and around Los Angeles, fewer than a dozen have been rebuilt. The massive, fast-moving …

29. Bill Gates says there’s ‘no upper limit’ on AI, citing opportunity and risk

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:39:30 -0000

    Bill Gates had a front-row seat for the rise of AI, from his longtime work at Microsoft to early demonstrations of key breakthroughs from OpenAI that …

30. ‘Regenerative ranching’ startup reaches 1.9M tons of removed carbon

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:02:00 -0000

    Long seen as despoilers of the environment, cattle ranchers now have a chance to be part of the solution. Exploring a new frontier for soil carbon …