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1. How Davos redeemed itself

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:00:05 -0000

   DAVOS, Switzerland — In an age of populism and growing insularity, the World Economic Forum defied the odds this year by reclaiming its lost …

2. James Cameron on moving to New Zealand: ‘I’m there for the sanity’

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:15:17 -0000

   Oscar-winning director James Cameron was candid during a recent interview about why he chose to leave the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and …

3. US defense plan focuses on homeland, limits help to allies

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:10:36 -0000

   A new Pentagon strategy paper breaks with much past US defense policy, while ignoring climate change as a growing threat. It also foresees allies …

4. Confused Trump, 79, Makes Bizarre Claim About Looming Ice Storm

   Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:53:38 -0000

   A monster storm is expected to freeze much of the U.S. this weekend, but Trump is focused on a different enemy. President Donald Trump has completely …

5. Why Americans Ask To Change Rooms In European Hotels

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:36:12 -0000

   And what it reveals about privacy, noise, and the radically different expectations people bring to shared spaces If you’ve ever checked into a hotel …

6. The Rio Grande Has Transformed From Environmental Haven to Militarized Border

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:43:09 -0000

   As a child, Michelle Serrano would take trips to Boca Chica with her grandmother. From her home in Brownsville, the drive ran east through Texas …

7. Is Greenland really a land of untapped riches? A geologist went looking in the 1990s

   Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:30:17 -0000

   Is Greenland a land of rare earth riches? The Indicator tells the story of an Australian geologist who learned the great cost of extracting Greenland's minerals. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: President Trump says the alleged new framework for a Greenland deal involves U.S. access to mineral rights, but is it …

8. People Are Panic Buying for the Winter Storm. An Expert Explains Why We Do It

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:59:26 -0000

   As a potentially historic winter storm has already knocked out power to 112,000 homes and warnings are in place for some 140 million Americans, many in the storm's path have rushed to stores to stock up on supplies. Images of shelves stripped bare at stores across the country have found their way to …

9. New catalyst makes plastic upcycling 10x more efficient than platinum

   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:15:29 -0000

   A humble industrial metal just took a major step toward replacing platinum—and could help turn plastic waste and CO2 into something …

10. What Caused Mediterranean Bronze Age Civilizations to Collapse Simultaneously?

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:21:16 -0000

    For centuries, powerful civilizations flourished across the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. Around 1200 BCE, some of the world’s most advanced …

11. How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 23:04:29 -0000

    Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, materials about climate change and labor history were being removed. At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the Trump administration took down an exhibit on …

12. Trump’s Terrifying Davos Speech Is a Wake-up Call to the Global Elite

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    The World Economic Forum has long suggested that its annual lavish party is about saving the world. Trump just shredded that myth. On Wednesday, …

13. Maui Is Rebuilding After the 2023 Wildfires—Here's How to Visit Responsibly

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:58:00 -0000

    From volunteer opportunities to mindful spending, Hawaii wants travelers can assist with recovery simply by visiting. Maui’s dreamy landscape turned into a nightmare on Aug. 8, 2023. What began as a brush fire, fueled by dangerous winds, quickly engulfed the historic town of Lahaina and damaged …

14. The Climate and Energy Implication Hidden in Mark Carney’s Davos Speech

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:23:30 -0000

    For the first few days of the World Economic Forum in Davos, politicians, civil society leaders, and business executives waited in nervous anticipation of President Donald Trump’s address to the conference—and any potential signal that he might try to make good on his promise to annex …

15. Michigan AG Nessel sues big oil over ‘cartel’-like plot to kill clean energy

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

    In a lawsuit expected to be filed today, Nessel alleges some of the world’s largest oil companies colluded to suppress the development of EVs and …

16. Trump mocks 'environmental insurrectionists' as Americans brace for massive winter storms: 'Global warming?'

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:13:42 -0000

    As Americans brace for massive winter storms expected to impact more than 170 million people across the U.S., President Donald Trump mocked what he described as "environmental insurrectionists" in a Truth Social post on Friday. "Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like …

17. Will Trump’s Greenland Deal Come With Any Actual Benefits?

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:00:23 -0000

    President Donald Trump makes it all sound very simple: The U.S. should simply have Greenland, an island three times the size of Texas administered by …

18. Study makes grim discovery about New York City's skyscrapers: 'It is a deep concern'

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Big Apple has grown too big for the land it rests on, according to a study released in May showing New York City is sinking under its own weight …

19. Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That’s bad news.

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    A single Joshua tree’s ability to reproduce relies on several precise actions all happening at exactly the right time. First, the Joshua tree’s branches flower. Then, the yucca moth (the one and only pollinator for the Joshua tree) must find and pollinate those flowers so that they can produce …

20. What to know about EVs as the winter storm brings bone-chilling temperatures

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:05:14 -0000

    With temperatures plunging in some states as a massive winter storm bears down across the U.S., some electric vehicle owners could face a cold, hard …

21. Our world is entering an ‘era of global water bankruptcy’, UN scientists declare

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:07:00 -0000

    For decades, we have heard many warnings about a global water crisis. However, a new UN-supported report states that these previous warnings do not …

22. Could ‘guerilla solar’ be the answer to your skyrocketing PG&E bill?

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    A year ago, my husband and I joined the clean energy revolution and evicted fossil fuels from our home. They didn’t go quietly. We cashed in rebates …

23. How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:40:48 -0000

    A severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late January 2026 is threatening states from Texas to New England with …

24. Is climate change weakening the polar vortex?

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:29:22 -0000

    Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all scientists agree. The polar vortex is a ribbon of high-altitude, fast-moving air that traps cold air as it circles the planet’s Arctic region in a counterclockwise direction. …

25. Attempt To Clean Up Shipping Market Lead To Further Coral Bleaching Of Great Barrier Reef

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:43:57 -0000

    What started out as a great idea and an attempt to save the environment ended in destruction. The shipping industry is not known for its …

26. Taking the peace, Making Europe Grateful Again, No friends but the mountains?

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:43:56 -0000

    It’s been a week of power plays and redrawn lines. In Davos, President Trump declared victory in the escalating row over Greenland, announcing a framework deal he says delivers “everything we wanted, total security.” The White House hails it as classic Art of the Deal brinkmanship — critics warn …

27. Susan Shelley: Gavin Newsom grandstands and flops at Davos

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:00:48 -0000

    Gov. Gavin Newsom is back from his all-expense-paid trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. Guess who paid for it. Every special …

28. How Plug-In Solar Lets Everyone Enjoy Solar Savings

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:56:43 -0000

    Solar energy systems now provide the least expensive electricity in history. Period. Solar energy costs are so low, you can save real money on a rooftop system if you live in a sunny part of the country – but even everyone in not-so-sunny Michigan would save money with solar rather than buying it …

29. After a horror week of shark attacks, how do we sift facts from fear?

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    As a devoted ocean swimmer, I've learned to accept the risk of exploring an ocean that is not my natural habitat. It's quite eerie, seeing an empty …

30. A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Climate change is opening up previously inaccessible land and sea, boosting global interest in Greenland. World leaders surely breathed a sigh of …