Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Five Outrageous Things Trump’s New Attorney General Has Already Done

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:29:20 -0000

    It didn’t take Todd Blanche long to take a wrecking ball to long-standing Department of Justice principles. In just his first week in office, Todd …

  2. Climate Breakdown is here: Why won’t governments act?

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:12:04 -0000

    Adapting to an over-heated planet means very little unless it is accompanied by addressing the root causes of climate breakdown. Will the succession …

  3. Altérra CEO says $250 billion climate investment target is within reach

    Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:01 -0000

    Altérra CEO Majid Al Suwaidi says the UAE-backed climate investor is “extremely confident” it can mobilize $250 billion by 2030.

  4. El Niño could be 'strongest in living memory'. When will Europe feel its wrath?

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:20 -0000

    Experts warn that 2027 could be the hottest year on record globally, as a powerful El Niño clashes with human-caused climate change. The El Niño event …

  5. How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Environmental Policies

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:03:46 -0000

    The Trump administration has taken a series of extraordinary steps to attack California’s position as a national leader in environmental protection, enlisting at least a half-dozen federal agencies to undermine the state’s efforts to pivot away from fossil fuels. The stakes are high. Because of its …

  6. Will food insecurity spark 'large-scale conflict'?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    Climate change and conflict are testing the global food supply. Insecure access to food drives up inequality and has historically been behind episodes of upheaval. So what changes are needed to stabilize food supplies?

  7. How to See Pacific Salmon Make Their Epic Annual Migration

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    SalmonCam livestreams and national parks offer a front row seat to watch as millions of salmon leap upstream—avoiding the bears hoping to catch them midair. Every year, millions of salmon return from the Pacific Ocean to their natal rivers and streams in one of North America's most remarkable …

  8. Two Years Ago, They Revered Trump; Now, They Ridicule and Revile Him

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:03:20 -0000

    The manosphere in 2024 not only propelled Trump to victory; it exalted him as a savior. Today? It’s gone—and so are the president’s image and …

  9. U.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of glyphosate in California

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:25:58 -0000

    An investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting has revealed that glyphosate is being sprayed in California forests at record levels by …

  10. This year's El Nino set to be strongest in more than a century, UK forecasters say

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:28:32 -0000

    Britain's Met Office has predicted sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific will reach an "unheard-of" level of potentially more than three degrees above average, triggering severe droughts across South America and the West Pacific. Such an event would have serious knock-on effects for …

  11. ‘The Sun was dark and its darkness lasted for 18 months’ – what we can learn from worst volcanic eruptions in history

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:32:45 -0000

    Europe was plunged into darkness and suffered from intense crop failures and famines in the years AD536 and AD1258, after massive volcanic …

  12. When the climate crisis reaches the supermarket shelf

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:18:24 -0000

    Rising heat and failing harvests reveal a fragile food system. It is time to treat food security as a democratic issue Apocalyptic scenes are becoming …

  13. The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:21:01 -0000

    The “Asian Water Tower” is losing roughly 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater every year, with some of the worst declines hitting densely populated …

  14. Germany records 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as heatwaves scorch Europe

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:02:29 -0000

    Berlin has recorded roughly 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer, official data showed Thursday. Europe has experienced a spike in heat-related mortality as the worst-hit countries grapple with historically high temperatures exacerbated by human-driven climate change. Germany registered around …

  15. MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:11:16 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 activists in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump’s promotion of coal to fuel the rise of artificial intelligence data centers, according to a letter sent Friday. The letter, signed by at …

  16. El Nino set to be most intense ‘for over a century’: UK forecasters

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:12:07 -0000

    Met Office predicts ‘unprecedented’ sea surface temperature rise of 3C (5.4F) plus will heighten extreme weather risks. The impact of this year’s El Nino event is expected to be the most intense in more than a century, United Kingdom forecasters have warned. The effect of the event will drive the …

  17. The Only Truth About Trump’s America Is That Everything Is a Lie

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:24:01 -0000

    Our government is braindead. If they get their way, we’re next. As bad as you think things are, they’re worse. How do I know? I mean, besides that I am …

  18. Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:59:52 -0000

    The Trump administration move is “politically motivated,” said the plaintiff, one of the nation’s leading environmental groups.One of the nation’s …

  19. Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is causing more extreme heat in Europe, contributing to the major heatwaves experienced there so far this year. …

  20. Why Nuclear Energy Is Making a Global Comeback

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Energy security concerns augmented by recent years of war in Ukraine and the Middle East have fueled a global resurgence of nuclear energy. In Asia, …

  21. In Arizona, the Thermostat Is Driving Voters to the Polls

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:28 -0000

    The tipping point came in March, when temperatures in Arizona set national records for the month by hitting 112 near Martinez Lake and Fort …

  22. How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, a WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state …

  23. Will the Supreme Court Reject Police Militarization?

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The LAPD wrecked a business owner’s shop while chasing a fugitive, and the city is refusing to compensate him. The next stop could be the Roberts …

  24. The Horn Of Africa States: The Precarious Debt Crisis Of The Region - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:21:01 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Horn of Africa states face high-cost external borrowing, climate shocks and conflict-driven spending that trap them in cycles of …

  25. In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works. The world has become hotter and, in many places, drier than ever before …

  26. GOP Fears Senate Loss in Ohio Over Data Centers

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:37:19 -0000

    On mineral funding, Harold Hamm’s Argentina bet, and South Korea’s offshore wind Current conditions: Heavy rainstorms are sweeping across the Great …

  27. The great climate change Champagne race, as grape ripening shrinks from 100 to 80 days: ‘We’ve never seen anything like it’

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:58:33 -0000

    Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes as the region’s earliest harvest on record gets underway, after extreme heat and drought …

  28. Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before the drought

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:01:17 -0000

    Imagine turning on your kitchen faucet and nothing comes out. Not for an hour, but for two full days. Then the water returns, only to stop again two …

  29. Iraq’s solar villages show how to build an energy transition that lasts

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:50:08 -0000

    In rural Kurdistan, locally managed solar power is keeping villages running and opening new possibilities for farming and livelihoods. For years, the day in Kulak ended when the generator powered down. Like thousands of villages across Iraq, this small farming community in the semi-autonomous …

  30. Government will cut water to Ariz., Calif., Nevada as Colorado River runs low

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:06:13 -0000

    The states must curb their use of water from the river starting in 2027. The federal government will scale back the water supply for three Southwestern states to manage the growing crisis over the drying Colorado River, officials confirmed Friday. Officials from the Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees …