Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist …
  2. Italy has started exporting a delicacy prized abroad, reviled at home

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:07:30 -0000

    SCARDOVARI, Italy (AP) — Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had an appetite for the alien predator blamed for decimating their prized Manila clams. While experiments in containment continue, …
  3. People started building artificial beaver dams in California. Now something "mind blowing" is happening

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:55:39 -0000

    Following the construction of the dams, one river saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates soar from 8% to 60%. It’s well known that beaver dams …
  4. Trump takes aim at American science as China pulls ahead

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:33:55 -0000

    For US President Donald Trump, science is plagued by 'woke ideology.' His administration announced that, starting in October, research projects …
  5. Nobody is preparing for the worst day in history

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    There are multiple Black Swan events that could create a global famine with little to no warning. Governments must start preparing for them now — the …
  6. Trump’s Next War Is Already Underway in Latin America

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The administration has long targeted alleged drug-trafficking groups. Now it’s laying out its framework for direct military action across the …
  7. He died of 'natural causes.' But his mother says she knows what killed him: heat

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    An NPR investigation finds that heat kills thousands of Americans every year. But official records radically undercount the toll. In this series, we are bringing you stories that reveal why this happens and what can be done. Heat is killing thousands more Americans every year than official data …
  8. California to Buy Defunct Horse Track and Turn It Into the Bay Area’s Newest Public Park

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:36:02 -0000

    California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park. Gov. …
  9. Damselfish-assisted repair of wounded corals surprises scientists

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:36:01 -0000

    Corals share a close bond with the fish dwelling among them and the algae living within them. According to a new study, that relationship could be …
  10. Rapid wetland loss and ‘real estate boom’ increasing flood risk in Lagos

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:52:54 -0000

    In July, following relentless bursts of rainfall, flash floods covered pockets of Lagos, disrupting commerce and traffic in Nigeria’s commercial …
  11. Here’s Why We’ve Been Seeing So Much Food-Borne Illness

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    Summer is supposed to be the best time for fresh produce. Corn on the cob at the cookout. Berries plucked right from the vine. Salads on the cafe …
  12. Nepal Seeks Climate Compensation From China, US and India

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:36:11 -0000

    Nepal is demanding climate compensation from the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases after deadly floods in the country killed more than a …
  13. The shifting ties in Australia's backyard as 'deep pockets' beckon

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:56:09 -0000

    in brief Geopolitical tensions over Taiwan are hanging over the annual Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. • However, island leaders insist local climate …
  14. Nepal’s Deadly Floods Put China and India on Edge

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:22:09 -0000

    Geopolitical conflict will only get worse with climate change. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Deadly floods on the …
  15. The US Forest Service Moves to Cancel Its “Best Idea”

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Joel Jackson has never forgotten the last time the Tongass was in danger. It was the 1990s. Logging roads crisscrossed slopes around Kake, Alaska, a …
  16. The Supreme Court Brought This on Themselves

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn now in favor of expanding the high court, Democrats seem to have accepted that changing the status quo is …
  17. Trump Has No Plan for Fixing His Iran Debacle. The Democrats Need One.

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    There’s a political opportunity here, if the Democrats care to seize it. The Iran war is not going well. That has been true more or less since the end …
  18. Duffy thanks Zeldin for getting rid of ‘stop-start’ feature in cars: ‘I hate it’

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:24 -0000

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday commended Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for targeting his “pet peeve” …
  19. A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:03:34 -0000

    For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We …
  20. How Jeff Bezos’s Surrender to Trump Freed Him to Dodge Labor Laws

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Those drivers in Amazon uniforms who drive Amazon trucks? Amazon says they don’t work for Amazon, and Trump’s NLRB no longer disputes that. One of the …
  21. In 1972, Florida dumped somewhere between 1 million and 2 million old tires off Fort Lauderdale to build what was billed as the world's largest artificial reef, and instead of growing coral the loose tires spent five decades scouring the seafloor bare, a failure so complete that crews are still hauling them out today

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:49 -0000

    Right now, on a stretch of ocean floor about a mile off Fort Lauderdale, a contract crew is still counting tires. Not a metaphor. An actual state …
  22. Goodbye to the Least Apocalyptic Summer of the Rest of Your Life

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s been one disaster after another. And it may pale compared to what’s coming. Labor Day is around the corner in the United States, and it’s worth …
  23. ‘Paradox of progress’: What it will take to turn renewables boom into a real drop in emissions

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:01:30 -0000

    A major new UN report details the risks of overshooting 1.5°C of warming – and how we can limit them. It’s no longer possible to keep global warming …
  24. Nepal’s mountain tourism industry faces ‘serious warning’ after Himalayan flood disaster

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:22:29 -0000

    Nepal's renowned adventure tourism industry faces a sobering reality check, according to local mountain tourist associations and hostel owners, …
  25. Mass burials of unidentified victims continue in Nepal as death toll exceeds 1,100 one week after flash floods

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:45:28 -0000

    Many were outraged and expressed their disapproval after the government revealed it intended to carry out mass “temporary” burials of the deceased. …
  26. Five takeaways from Andy Burnham's Commons debut as PM

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:17:41 -0000

    Andy Burnham has taken questions from MPs in the House of Commons for the first time since taking over as prime minister. The statement on his future plans for power comes six weeks after he took over from Sir Keir Starmer in July, just before Parliament's summer recess. Here are the main points from …
  27. The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:06:14 -0000

    When Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, a beach house called the Sand Palace was left standing, while more than half the …
  28. Hurricanes, tropical storms are doing something odd in 2026

    Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:04:49 -0000

    Hawaii often enjoys a powerful protection during hurricane season, but El Niño has supercharged the threat. Hawaii often enjoys powerful protection during hurricane season, but 2026 appears different. In August, two storms – Lala and Moke – affected the Hawaiian Islands. Lala came closest, missing a …
  29. Africa’s Solar Boom Is Showing Up On Rooftops Before It Shows Up In The Statistics

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:23:08 -0000

    Africa officially added about 4.5 GW of solar in 2025. It also imported about 18.2 GW of solar modules. Those numbers cannot simply be substituted …
  30. As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequent

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:52:00 -0000

    KATHMANDU, Nepal — When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbors fled uphill …