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  1. Amid Drought, Hundreds of French Rivers Are Drying Up

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:23:00 -0000

    An ongoing drought in Europe has sapped French rivers. Officials say that 43 percent of small waterways in France have been partially or completely …

  2. How can governments tackle poverty when climate change, conflict and economic shocks hit all at once?

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:34:27 -0000

    Multiple and often overlapping crises such as floods or drought due to climate change, violent conflict and economic instability are creating new …

  3. The entire U.S. economy is basically a giant betting app

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:30:39 -0000

    As the western United States is gripped by record-shattering wildfires, some unscrupulous people aren’t just contemplating what it will be like for future generations living in our new normal of erratic weather patterns, or wondering whether climate change is making this situation worse. They’re …

  4. ICE’s Airport Crackdowns Are Designed to Spread Fear

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The agency is snatching and grabbing travelers without any regard for their immigration status—and with no effort to be transparent about what …

  5. Trump waged war on EVs. Now he’s helping them out.

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:40:34 -0000

    The Trump administration’s mineral agenda will bolster defense technologies and data centers. It’ll also provide a big boost for EV companies. President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the EV sector. But one of his major policy initiatives is now poised to bolster the same …

  6. The True Story of the Mammoth Steppe: A Lost World of Prehistoric Giants

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:57:24 -0000

    If you could step out of your door and walk straight into the Ice Age, you wouldn’t find endless walls of ice. You’d find a sweeping, windswept …

  7. Francesca Hong’s Loss Is Both a Blessing and a Curse for Progressives

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:04:07 -0000

    Her loss in Wisconsin and Abdul El-Sayed’s near-defeat in Michigan suggest that Democratic voters in swing states may be wary of nominating …

  8. A Maine Couple Chose Portugal Because the Weather Felt Like Home: The Familiar-Climate Strategy

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:08:59 -0000

    When a couple from coastal Maine began planning their retirement abroad, they did something most people never think to do. Instead of chasing the …

  9. Cities Sinking Under the Weight of Their Buildings

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:49:38 -0000

    The Empire State Building, erected in 1931, weighs 365,000 tons — a relatively modest figure by today’s standards, since it isn’t even close to being …

  10. Europe braces for another heatwave

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:44:23 -0000

    Repeated heatwaves this summer have had severe consequences across Europe, scorching grasslands and causing rivers to fall so low that they’ve revealed secrets dating back to the Second World War. July was the hottest month on record for nearly 120 million Europeans, and Europe remains the …

  11. Trump Ordered to Release Billions in Climate Grants Meant for Black Communities

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Dominika Parry never stopped fighting for Jackson, Mississippi, residents even after the Trump administration terminated a multibillion-dollar …

  12. How ancient trees are warning us about the next enormous solar storm

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:18:18 -0000

    Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we’ve ever recorded. Studying the world’s oldest trees suggests we could be due one of these gargantuan …

  13. 50-Year Snow Map Shows Where the US Is Getting More Snow, Not Less, This Winter

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:13:27 -0000

    A snowfall map based on 50 years of measurements shows the parts of the country where snowfall has been increasing, and what that means for the …

  14. Scientists define a new category of heat wave: ‘Snow eaters’

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U.S. West and happening earlier in the year. Matthew LaPlante …

  15. Why SAP screens every AI project for ethical and environmental risks

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:30:43 -0000

    The company is one of the few enterprise software marketers to consider greenhouse gas emissions in its AI policies. SAP isn’t the only enterprise …

  16. Some Republicans Are Finally Realizing They Wrecked the Middle Class

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:59:48 -0000

    If recent comments from JD Vance and others are any guide, the future of GOP economic policy is going to be strange. The headlines following JD …

  17. Dozens of Nazi-Era Ships Are Emerging in the Danube. How Did They Get There?

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:24:15 -0000

    The Danube River is now so low that one ship lies almost entirely on dry land, beached in sand—a haunting sign of our climate future. Some ghosts haunt. Others warn. The twenty-odd German World War II shipwrecks that have once again surfaced from Europe's drought-stricken Danube River this summer do …

  18. Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the Arctic

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:38:20 -0000

    The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation. The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for an annual report chronicling the changing environment of the Arctic, where rapid warming is upending …

  19. Europeans, Braced for 5th Heat Wave of 2026, Have Had Enough

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:55:38 -0000

    With temperatures set to soar as high as 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) this week, Europeans and tourists say that summer in Europe has lost its appeal. Europe braced on Wednesday for a fifth heat wave of a record-breaking summer that has already spurred wildfires of rare ferocity, caused water …

  20. SCOTUS Justice Received Millions From Oil and Gas Interests

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:38:57 -0000

    The review comes as the Supreme Court prepares to decide how much power states have in holding oil companies accountable for the effects of climate …

  21. A hydrogen-powered vehicle sets new land speed record

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:38:40 -0000

    A hydrogen-powered vehicle sets new land speed record

  22. Did Trump admin pay German energy company RWE $1.2B to stop building offshore wind farms?

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:00:10 -0000

    The Trump administration has already paid several other energy companies to drop in-development offshore wind projects. In August 2026, social media …

  23. Heatwave and jellyfish: a fifth of French nuclear capacity offline

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:09:00 -0000

    France generates around 70% of its electricity from nuclear power. This year output was disrupted by multiple heatwaves and droughts. France on …

  24. Extreme heat: Half of Europe's population exposed to temperatures exceeding 30C

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:14:59 -0000

    The most intense heat is expected across Western and Southern Europe, with France, Italy and Spain among the hardest-hit countries. But the Balkans …

  25. Scorching heat is straining Europe's nuclear power supplies — and prompting drastic measures

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:36:21 -0000

    A hot and exceptionally dry summer has disrupted Europe's nuclear power plants, prompting governments to take extraordinary measures to keep energy …

  26. Record heat is drying up Europe’s major rivers, as these striking images show

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    The continent’s major rivers – the Danube and Rhine, among them – are withering amid the resulting drought.

  27. AI giants are quiet on climate in sign of post-ESG Wall Street

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:55:21 -0000

    In a few short years, US artificial intelligence startups have grown into some of the most powerful and influential businesses in the world, reaching …

  28. India’s small steelmakers could save money and cut emissions with switch to renewable power

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:39:27 -0000

    BENGALURU, India (AP) — Smaller steel companies responsible for nearly 40% of India’s crude steel production could cut their electricity bills by about a third while sharply reducing carbon emissions by switching to renewable energy, according to a report released Wednesday. The report, “Powering …

  29. As the world warms, butterflies are relocating at an astonishing scale

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The world’s butterflies are on the move.Whether it’s the iridescent blue Godartiana byses flitting south in Brazil as temperatures rise or Europe’s …

  30. Europe swelters through record heat as drought and wildfires intensify

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:25:24 -0000

    Western Europe has endured its hottest June-July period on record, with extreme heat, drought and wildfires gripping parts of the Northern …