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1. Pauline Hanson tells conservative voters to ditch Coalition, but would work with them to remove Labor

   Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:00:31 -0000

   Pauline Hanson has used a speech at a conservative conference to urge voters to abandon the Coalition, while acknowledging she would work with them …

2. El Niño Forecast Map Shows Which States Are Likely to See the Most Snow This Winter

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:20:25 -0000

   This year’s El Niño has been making waves, to say the least. It is historically massive. It will have major effects on the planet. From droughts to …

3. Fishing company behind McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish devastates Alaska salmon and Native communities

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:56:34 -0000

   A heavy fishing net emerged from rolling Bering Sea swells, packed so densely with Alaska pollock that their heads wedged through the mesh. When the …

4. The SEC Just Opened the Floodgates to Fraud

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The Trump administration has transformed the Securities and Exchange Commission into an instrument of financial sector chicanery. If you doubt that …

5. Tesla’s next big clean energy source is rising in the Arizona desert

   Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:05:22 -0000

   A 450-megawatt (MW) solar farm with a massive battery system is now under construction in Arizona – and Tesla has already lined up about 90% of its expected electricity output. ContourGlobal held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 6 for Project Sterling, around 20 miles north of Lake Havasu City …

6. If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA’s Political Gravestone

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:46:48 -0000

   A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem …

7. Category 3 Hurricane Isaias closes in on the Florida Panhandle

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:35:53 -0000

   The first major Atlantic hurricane of 2026 threatens the Gulf Coast with a storm surge of up to 9 feet, damaging winds, flooding, and tornadoes, with …

8. Australia Says Doesn’t Need Russian Fuel After Trump Diesel Move

   Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:30:03 -0000

   Australia has no need to buy fuel from Russia and said that purchases from there will remain barred so that the country doesn’t benefit from the …

9. Hurricane Simon forecast to get much stronger as it heads to Mexico's Pacific coast

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:47:30 -0000

   MIAMI — Hurricane Simon was headed toward part of Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday and forecast to get much stronger. U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane …

10. Only about half of U.S. teens can correctly identify the causes of climate change

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:59:00 -0000

    But over 80% say they’re worried about it. More than 80% of young people in the U.S. say they are worried about climate change. Schifter: “Whether it’s …

11. Antarctica’s penguins are sending us a distress signal

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:45:00 -0000

    Something is breaking in the world’s wildest ecosystem. This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study …

12. Meet the flower whose evolution is outpacing climate change

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

    All summer, along streambanks from Washington to Northern Mexico, hummingbirds whir between red, face-shaped flowers that have evolved almost …

13. The green revolution may be turning purple

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:20 -0000

    The fertilizers that feed humanity are made in huge pressure cookers, heated to 450°C (840°F), in factories that gush an estimated 450 million metric …

14. The United States Is Not Ready for the Arctic Age

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:40:37 -0000

    Rana Foroohar’s “Sea Change” shows why Washington can’t compete at the top of the world. “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” Donald Trump wrote on …

15. Even some of Megyn Kelly's callers are fed up with her.

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:22:23 -0000

    Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Fox is using climate change denial to undermine bipartisan support for AI …

16. Trump interrupted by protesters at Texas rally

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:48:14 -0000

    President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation’s most populous red state. But Trump’s remarks were not focused solely on …

17. The Global Diesel Crisis, Explained

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:59:23 -0000

    How did the world reach a tipping point, and who holds the leverage? The price of diesel fuel—which moves tractors, trains, and ships around the …

18. Painted wind turbines can dramatically reduce bird deaths, study finds

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:42:23 -0000

    Wind energy is a valuable tool for addressing the climate crisis, but wind turbines can be deadly for birds. A recent study found that a low-tech, …

19. Latest heat metrics signal escalating threat of an extreme El Niño this winter

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Every El Niño is unique. This time around, though, it’s especially concerning. Why? The eastern Pacific Ocean, where this recurring climate pattern …

20. The Supreme Court Asked the Question Boulder Can’t Answer

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:02:27 -0000

    At oral argument, the justices pressed the question the climate plaintiffs spent a decade dodging. This week, Boulder County’s climate-change suit …

21. Intensification of East Asian summer extreme precipitation under a net-zero anthropogenic CO2 emission scenario

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:37:12 -0000

    Global warming has intensified extreme precipitation, a trend projected to continue as warming persists. However, how extreme precipitation …

22. El Niño could weaken the polar vortex. Does a scorching summer mean a freezing winter?

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:13:36 -0000

    El Niño’s European weather impacts tend to be indirect and less severe than in the tropics. But experts warn it could weaken the polar vortex. Experts …

23. The 100-Year-Old Math Miscalculation That Broke the Colorado River

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    As extended drought shrinks the river, a new federal plan threatens deep cuts for millions of people. We break down the century-old math failure behind the crisis—and what it would take to address it.

24. When will El Niño peak and end? A full timeline of the weather phenomenon taking the world by storm

    Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:27:06 -0000

    A ‘Godzilla’ El Niño is still intensifying in the Pacific. When will we see the weather phenomenon peak – and when will it come to an end? 2026 will …

25. Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:04:22 -0000

    Climate change is worsening. There’s now no chance of holding temperature rise to 1.5°C. The future will bring worsening floods, glacial melt, …

26. 'Life-threatening' Isaias pummels the Florida Gulf Coast

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:20:03 -0000

    Updated October 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM PDT Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday night near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 hurricane, packing 105 mph …

27. How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an eerily quiet 2026 season

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:38:09 -0000

    Hurricane Isaias shattered the peace of one of the quietest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record as it grew into 2026’s first Atlantic hurricane and …

28. Jon Ossoff Just Delivered Maybe the Greatest Debate Zinger in Ages

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:03:08 -0000

    Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the …

29. France’s seafood problem starts elsewhere

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:01:11 -0000

    Much of the fishmeal and fish oil that support seafood consumed in France come from global supply chains linked to pollution, labour abuses, overfishing, and food insecurity in poorer countries. On March 6, 2024, Pascal Goumain, the president of Saumon de France, was presenting his company’s salmon …

30. Data centers make heat all year long – here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:06:21 -0000

    You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool …