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1. Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer

   Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:47:14 -0000

   You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons for this, some to do …

2. EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists

   Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:01:19 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful …

3. You should be terrified by the newest super El Niño forecast. Here's what's at stake

   Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:00:00 -0000

   An updated weather report shows an 81% chance of a ‘very strong’ El Niño that could rank among the largest in history, potentially causing losses in the trillions. Brace for a stretch of potentially wet and wild weather. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate …

4. What Happens When the Public Record Shrinks

   Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:56:00 -0000

   Since last year, the Trump administration has been dramatically reducing the amount of federal data available to Americans. Twice a day, all across the country, the National Weather Service launches a fleet of latex balloons into the stratosphere to collect what’s known as “upper-air data”—detailed …

5. Europe records hottest June on record

   Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:40:02 -0000

   Europe has recorded its hottest June on record. Scientists say the extreme heat was driven by climate change, with impacts ranging from heat-related deaths to school closures.

6. El Nino is strengthening: Here's what it means for the US

   Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:31:15 -0000

   El Nino is a natural cycle of warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures. El Nino conditions continue to intensify and are likely to be a strong …

7. Worried investors and negative electricity prices: Has Spain’s solar boom really turned ‘bust’?

   Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:00:30 -0000

   Media headlines warn that Spain has over-delivered on solar. But is that really the full story? Spain’s ambitious expansion of renewables is facing …

8. USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025

   Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:09:44 -0000

   Denials have been an ongoing issue for insurers, and data show the rate of nonpayment of claims has been inching up for years. Climate change is a …

9. When London stank to high heaven

   Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:22:26 -0000

   In 1858, London sweltered through an unbearable heat wave. The River Thames reeked so badly it left people gasping for air. "The Great Stink" went …

10. Sweeping victory for Europe as 15 nations top climate scoreboard – see the full list

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:28:11 -0000

    Europe has come top in the latest Environmental Performance Index, partly due to the boom in renewables. But experts warn that more progress is …

11. Tensions are heating up over a remote Arctic territory — and it’s not Greenland

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:25 -0000

    For more than two decades, a pair of imposing granite lions flanked the entrance to a rust-red building deep inside the Arctic Circle. Not anymore. Last month they disappeared, and their absence tells a story about the increasingly tense geopolitics at the top of the world. The vanished lions once …

12. A Chemical Plant Mishandled Hazardous Waste for Years, Then Quietly Shuttered

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:55:00 -0000

    Questions remain about cleanup at the North Carolina site, which had been hailed as a solution for dealing with plastic waste.ZEBULON, N.C.—The …

13. Trump Supporters Blame Everything But Climate Change For July 4th Scorcher In Prankster Video

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:39:03 -0000

    The Good Liars confronted MAGA followers over the extreme heat that marred Independence Day celebrations in the nation’s capital. President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 rally was no match for the brutal heat wave that hit the East Coast, as temperatures in Washington, D.C., tied a record high in the …

14. California’s largest lake is turning to dust

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:31:00 -0000

    The Salton Sea is drying up, worsening air pollution for people living near its shores. Authorities are working to stabilize the lakebed and lock …

15. Washington wildfire season turns deadly

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:25:08 -0000

    Washington's wildfire season is off to a deadly start. State of play: A fast-moving blaze near Lake Chelan underscores the danger state officials have …

16. Sea off Faro warms to 26.1 ºC during two marine heatwaves

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:46:35 -0000

    The Portuguese Navy, through the Hydrographic Institute, recorded two marine heatwaves off Faro between 15 June and 9 July, with sea temperature …

17. Homeowners Insurance Carriers Are Leaving One Arizona County Without Coverage for a Surprising Reason

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:35:24 -0000

    A home is the biggest investment most people ever make. That's why people are willing to spend big bucks on their homeowners insurance policy, which …

18. Wildfire in southern Spain leaves at least 12 dead and 23 missing

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:44:18 -0000

    At least 12 people have died and 23 others are missing in a wildfire in southern Spain, Andalusia's regional leader Juanma Moreno has said. Four of the victims may be British, Andalusia officials say. Hundreds of people are trying to contain the fire, which Moreno said appeared to have been caused by …

19. Sunshine and Saharan Dust Make Miami’s World Cup Quarter-Final a Dangerous Game for England Norway

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:33:45 -0000

    England and Norway players will face off under extreme and dangerous levels of heat stress, scientists say, thanks to a wet-bulb index of nearly 90 …

20. Shell Built an EV and It's Actually Pretty Brilliant

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:53:53 -0000

    For decades, oil companies and battery electric vehicles occupied opposite sides of the transport debate: Shell's latest concept car carries a layer …

21. Not Arizona, Not Utah — This Is The Driest State In The US

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:45:00 -0000

    When picturing the driest state in the country, images of cacti, sand dunes, and barren landscapes may come to mind, and many people are quick to …

22. Animals dead, missing after zoo locked them in cages in Chinese flooding

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:19:11 -0000

    BEIJING (Reuters) – A zoo in southwestern China locked lions, bears and wolves in their cages as deadly flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak swept …

23. Satellites Scan The Earth Every 20 Minutes, Looking For Wildfires

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:42:36 -0000

    The Earth Fire Alliance has high resolution cameras on satellites that can view the end globe every 20 minutes, and, watching for wildfires. Find a …

24. Public invited to comment on plan to possibly triple logging in eastern Oregon national forests

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:27:31 -0000

    Officials at the U.S. Forest Service are proposing new management plans for eastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains that include potentially tripling the …

25. Victims of Spanish wildfires killed while trying to escape along river bed ‘trap’

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:31:56 -0000

    At least 12 people have been killed in one of southern Spain’s worst-ever wildfires, local officials said Friday, as tragic stories emerge of victims’ attempts to flee the inferno. More than 460 emergency workers have been deployed to battle the fire near the town of Los Gallardos on Costa de Almería, …

26. Algae behind South Australia’s ‘catastrophic’ coastal disaster identified as ‘toxic’. What does this mean

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:26:54 -0000

    More than 90,000 marine animals were killed as a result of the bloom. Here’s what we know.

27. Invasive Prickly Pear Turned into Food, Clean Energy Source

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:50:03 -0000

    NAIROBI, Jul 9 2026 (IPS) - An international academic partnership is helping turn one of Laikipia County’s most destructive and invasive plants, the …

28. Why Trump wants Greenland

    Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:09:52 -0000

    Location, location, location: Greenland's position above the Arctic Circle makes the world's largest island a key part of security …

29. El Niño locks in, with impacts to hurricane season and South Florida weather likely

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:06:45 -0000

    The global pattern with a notorious hand in extreme weather has settled into the Pacific, with the next wave of impacts yet to be known as conditions …

30. Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with…

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:30:00 -0000

    This story was reported and published in collaboration with Hawaiʻi Public Radio. On June 8, 2015, Gov. David Ige sat under the great seal of the state …