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  1. World's first nuclear reactor that can be mass-produced just passed a key test

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:00:03 -0000

    The first-ever nuclear reactor that can be mass-produced took another step towards reality after it passed a major US safety approval test.

  2. $56 trillion national debt leading to a spiraling crisis: Budget watchdog warns the U.S. is walking a crumbling path

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:24:38 -0000

    The United States is rapidly accelerating toward a definitive tipping point in its financial history, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget …

  3. Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:01:30 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary …

  4. Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:12:22 -0000

    CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers. And Olympic host city Cortina is a fitting …

  5. Antarctica has a ‘gravity hole’

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:25:59 -0000

    The geological oddity has existed since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. A “gravity hole” beneath Antarctica sounds like the plot to a bad sci-fi movie, but it’s a very real situation deep beneath the Earth’s surface stretching back tens of millions of years. The phenomenon thankfully isn’t as …

  6. The record-breaking cocaine boom — and its deadly fallout

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:16:32 -0000

    A few weeks ago, a police officer made a routine traffic stop in Upland, California, just outside of Los Angeles. The officer was accompanied by a police dog named Petey. As they approached the car, Petey began barking. Something about this car was clearly strange. Sure enough, they discovered that …

  7. Groups sue over Trump effort to ‘erase’ history, science in national parks

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:42:39 -0000

    “As Americans, we deserve national parks that tell stories of our country’s triumphs and heartbreaks alike,” one critic said of the administration’s changes. “We can handle the truth.” A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing …

  8. Trump’s EPA decided climate change doesn’t endanger public health. Evidence says otherwise.

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    This article is republished from The Conversation and is republished here by permission. The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to …

  9. Aussies warned as El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole set to 'team up' this winter

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:25:15 -0000

    Across the east, the current La Niña state, which began in spring and peaked in January this year, is now weakening. But what's next? It's looking …

  10. Trump derides Newsom and calls his UK deal 'inappropriate'

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:07:49 -0000

    President Donald Trump on Monday slammed a new clean energy agreement between California and the United Kingdom, deriding Gov. Gavin Newsom and warning British leaders against partnering with the Democratic governor. “The U.K.’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum,” Trump …

  11. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Halts New Investment, Lays Off Staff

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:36:02 -0000

    Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-backed group that bankrolls climate tech, has stopped making new investments from one of its key funds to scale …

  12. Why California could be the big winner as EPA abandons climate policy

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:52:21 -0000

    The Trump administration just tore apart decades of U.S. climate policy, but it may have also handed California its golden ticket. EPA’s decision last week to nix the so-called endangerment finding — the Obama-era ruling that underpinned the federal government’s authority to develop climate policy — …

  13. A massive climate resilience program is escaping Florida’s DOGE purge

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    Ron DeSantis is slashing government spending, but the Sunshine State can’t afford to abandon its climate adaptation fund. When it comes to government …

  14. Santos wins landmark greenwashing case in Australia in major test of corporate net zero claims

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:26:00 -0000

    Court dismissal raises questions about how far companies can stretch climate claims without breaching the law in Australia, the region’s most …

  15. Lake Erie’s Storm Surges Become More Extreme

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:09 -0000

    This winter’s bitter cold spell has turned Lake Erie into a glacial landscape, with the entire body of water almost completely frozen and mountains of blue-tinted ice up to 25 feet tall lining the shore. High winds have played a major role in the ice drama. A satellite image by NOAA this month …

  16. The State Where The Most People Don’t Believe In Climate Change

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    In some states there percentage of people who don’t believe in climate change is high. This usually goes along with conservative politics. Douglas A. …

  17. Glacier grafting: How an Indigenous art is countering water scarcity

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:54:34 -0000

    Residents in the northern part of the country are creating artificial glaciers to tackle water shortages amid soaring temperatures. Skardu, Pakistan – As Pakistan grapples with the effects of rising temperatures that are melting its glaciers, residents in the country’s high-altitude Himalayan region …

  18. Scientists spent a decade recording the Arctic Ocean. What they heard raises some unsettling questions | BBC Science Focus Magazine

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    The Arctic used to be one of the quietest places on Earth. But all that’s changing, putting animals at risk Picture the Arctic and you probably think …

  19. Goodbye And Good Riddance To The Endangerment Finding – OpEd

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:31:11 -0000

    Trump’s cancellation of the so-called “endangerment finding” with respect to CO2 made by the Obama White House back in 2009 is so profoundly …

  20. 3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Trump administration is undertaking the biggest overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a generation. President Trump has been a vocal critic of the disaster response agency and, shortly after taking office, he appointed a 12-person review council to propose sweeping …

  21. This Is the Best Time to Plant Grass Seed in Spring Based on Where You Live

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:46:00 -0000

    In This Article Grass Seed Sowing Seasonal Weather Effects Best Planting Times Back to Top Planting grass seed is a task on the list for many homeowners …

  22. Groups sue Trump admin, alleging effort to ‘erase history and undermine science’ at national parks

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:08:25 -0000

    Park advocacy organizations and others are suing the Trump administration over what they describe as an effort to “erase history and undermine …

  23. Iceland saw record temperatures last year. So why are scientists predicting a ‘deep freeze’?

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:00:55 -0000

    Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much …

  24. Rolling Back Climate Rules Will Cost Americans Bigly

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 01:44:35 -0000

    The climate crisis is no longer a matter of concern to the US administration, which has decreed that global warming is a hoax that may be safely …

  25. UN recognition is latest boost to restoring spekboom across South Africa’s semidesert Karoo

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:40:57 -0000

    “Spekboom is everywhere, it’s all anyone talks about … what used to be an Angora goat farming town is now a spekboom town,” says field ecologist Rae …

  26. The global energy revolution cannot be stopped

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:22:24 -0000

    Israel’s Climate Conference is taking place this week in the shadow of profound pessimism among environmentalists around the world. For much of the …

  27. The Globalist Delusion

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Why America must build a new operating system.

  28. LARRY KUDLOW: Will Europe and the rest of the world listen to Marco Rubio?

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:30:50 -0000

    Trumponomics is booming right now in America and as the president reminds us, we are the hottest economy and the hottest country in the world. We’re growing by 4 percent or even more. We’ve got booming productivity, vast AI and their data centers. Our advanced chips are the best in the world, we are …

  29. Lee Zeldin: Obama-era climate change rule rollback ‘big’ for Americans

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:00:32 -0000

    (NewsNation) — The administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the rollback of an Obama-era climate change rule will be impactful …

  30. ​Historic Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier on Tailpipe Rules

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:04:00 -0000

    The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say. The momentous end to the federal government’s legal authority to fight climate change makes it official. The United States will …