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1. Trump kills methane rule days after a plume was found near his rally

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:44:21 -0000

   A technological revolution is colliding with political decisions in the U.S. and Europe to weaken climate regulations on the potent gas. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled back regulations on a major global warming pollutant — just days after a satellite discovered a large plume of methane …

2. Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” could raise sea levels twice as much as predicted

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:51:56 -0000

   A startling new model reveals that Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier could cause twice as much sea level rise as previously predicted, even without …

3. It Looks Like the Polar Vortex Is About to Do Something ‘Unprecedented’

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:30:22 -0000

   Winter is coming, and El Niño won't be the only climatic force shaping it. For the past several months, an El Niño of “super,” “mega,” and “monster” …

4. The Ocean ‘Was the Color of Chocolate.’ Mexico Declares War on Seaweed.

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:54 -0000

   To protect Mexico’s tourism-reliant economy, the Navy is fighting a massive sargassum bloom that dumps thousands of tons of seaweed onto Caribbean beaches daily. Cmdr. Álvaro Villanueva and his crew were a half mile off Mexico’s coast last month when they spotted their target: a mustard-brown …

5. Why are bogs so good at preserving dead bodies?

   Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:43:00 -0000

   They essentially 'pickle' people. In August of 1984, commercial peat cutters working near Wilmslow, about a half-hour drive south of Manchester, England, discovered a dead body in the moss. The corpse was determined to be a 25-year-old man with a closely shorn beard and well-manicured nails. He had …

6. 15 Freezing Cities and Towns With Brutal Winters

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   Some places get a few weeks of freezing weather each winter. Others spend months dealing with temperatures low enough to make starting a car or walking to the store a serious challenge. Across Siberia, northern Canada, Alaska, and the Arctic, entire communities have adapted to conditions that most …

7. How to Fight Trump’s Corrupt Pardons

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The president is already musing about how he’ll protect his criminal enablers from the reach of the courts. But the legislative branch has the power …

8. When It Comes to Trump’s Corruption, You Haven’t Seen It All

   Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:20:50 -0000

   Corruptionland streams free online for all Americans one week before Election Day, and TNR readers are getting a first peek. Any way you slice or dice …

9. Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust

   Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:52:00 -0000

   "Solar is now the engine of the power transition." As the world struggles to access oil as a consequence of the US war on Iran, the scramble for …

10. Gen Z protests in Germany: Is France-style violence looming?

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:43:27 -0000

    Young people in Germany will take to the streets this weekend to demand education and action on climate change. Politicians warn that the protests …

11. Anthropic warns some risks may be uninsurable. AI coverage is going to be an issue for every company

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:45:36 -0000

    Anthropic's IPO filing includes many words covering many risks, from IP theft to security incidents, data loss, climate change, rogue agents and all …

12. Champagne lost nearly half its harvest. What that means for New Year’s Eve

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    With this year’s Champagne harvest at nearly half of last year’s size, will there be a Champagne shortage for New Year’s Eve? There are toasting …

13. The No. 1 Reason Americans Would Support a Data Center

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:39:11 -0000

    The computing facilities rise and fall on tax revenue, our new Heatmap Pro poll finds. This is Heatmap Daily, a weekday digest written by our …

14. ‘Highest king tide ever’ swamps South Florida and exposes danger of sea rise

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:20:06 -0000

    All signs point to this week’s king tide as the highest in South Florida’s history — supercharged by onshore winds and sea level rise. From Miami to …

15. Climate change is a 'global health emergency' and the harms are accelerating, Lancet report warns

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:07:53 -0000

    Extreme heat is also taking a toll on the global economy, the report found. When the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, then-President Barack Obama …

16. 2026 Weather Photographer of the Year Shortlist Captures Nature at Its Most Dramatic

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:45:18 -0000

    Weather can transform a landscape in minutes. Dramatic storms roll in, unusual clouds fill the sky, and fog, snow, or rain can make even a familiar place look completely different. The shortlisted images in the 2026 Weather Photographer of the Year competition capture these fleeting moments from …

17. Renewables to reach 40% of total generating capacity, beat gas within a year – EIA

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:24:38 -0000

    Over the coming year, renewables’ share of total generating capacity will grow from 37.7% to 40.4%, surpassing that of natural gas and outstripping nuclear capacity fivefold, according to new data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and reviewed by the SUN DAY …

18. Trump says he's ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:15:31 -0000

    BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is "terminating" a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. U.N. climate report warns world will soon cross a dangerous threshold Trump said during a campaign rally in …

19. Anthropic warns about its potential risks to humanity

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:44:06 -0000

    ABC News AI giant Anthropic is warning about its potential risks to humanity as the company takes a key step toward going public.

20. Record high tides bring flooding and glimpse of sea-level rise to California

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Warm ocean temperatures have expanded the water, making the tides higher than ever in some places. Relatively small waves prevented major damage. Low-lying areas of the California coast flooded for the second straight day Tuesday, as extreme high tides, compounded by warm ocean temperatures, broke …

21. India’s Cyclone Arnab brings high toll of extreme weather into focus

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:23:56 -0000

    BENGALURU, India (AP) — A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters is taking aim at a section of India’s coastline that’s dense with billions of dollars of investment in data centers, underscoring the threats to infrastructure in a world where extreme weather is becoming more …

22. Conservative climate movement faces a blue wave wipeout

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:56:59 -0000

    Environmental advocates are mapping out how to rebuild in anticipation of big Republican losses. A blue wave that brings Democrats control of Congress could also have the counterintuitive effect of swamping climate policy partners across the aisle. The Conservative Climate Caucus, a Republican group …

23. "Record High": 146 Experts Call to Declare Climate Change a Global Health Emergency

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:13:27 -0000

    As record heat interrupts work, overloads hospitals, and claims thousands of lives around the world, international experts are calling for climate …

24. Southwest flood damage estimates are hundreds of millions for New Mexico alone

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:17:57 -0000

    Intense rainstorms linked to a very active El Niño-driven Pacific hurricane season have left thousands of people in the Four Corners states displaced or facing massive cleanups from flooding. The adjoining states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona all saw substantial flooding last week, and …

25. King tides have flooded parts of Florida and California - and it’s going to get worse in the US

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:42:13 -0000

    Cities on both U.S. coasts are being hit with record flooding from extremely high king tides this week - and it’s only expected to get worse. Social …

26. Trump drastically loosens oil and gas methane rules

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:42:00 -0000

    The changes take aim at rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas operations.

27. The Ultrawealthy Produce More Carbon Pollution Than Nearly Half of Humanity

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:02:53 -0000

    The ultrawealthy are responsible for more carbon pollution than more than half of humanity, according to a new report published Monday by Oxfam, a global organization fighting against inequality. “​​We are seeing the ways that the ultra rich in the U.S. and around the world contribute …

28. This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    In June 2023, staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency were fed up. The state isn’t known for cracking down on oil and gas companies for polluting the …

29. The Midterms Are a Referendum on Elon Musk

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why the SpaceX mogul is still a ripe target for Democratic campaigns It’s no mystery this election year which party the American oligarchy favors. The …

30. Photographer Tom Hegen’s aerial eye reveals the true scale of the critical mineral age

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:05:03 -0000

    From the air, the vivid lithium fields of Chile’s Atacama Desert look like an intricate computer circuit board, hinting at the technological …