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  1. MAGA Dimwit James Comer Blurts Out Bombshell: Trump Badly Screwing GOP

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The president has MAGA supporters giving lots of money to his super PAC—and not to GOP candidates. Meanwhile, new polling by Democrats shows he’s …

  2. Ex-Air Force Secretary Reveals ‘Very Tough’ Reality Inside Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:43:43 -0000

    Frank Kendall III summed up Pete Hegseth’s department with one damning word. Biden-era Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III on Wednesday offered a bleak assessment of the Defense Department under Secretary Pete Hegseth. “In a word, it’s dysfunctional,” Kendall, who wrote an opinion piece for The New …

  3. A Billion Tons of Ice Are Hiding Under Utah, Study Finds

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:01:00 -0000

    When we picture glaciers, it's easy to imagine vast expanses of white ice gleaming under the sky. But not all glaciers take that form. The world is …

  4. Why Iceland Chose Fish Over European Alliances

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Iceland said “No” to joining the European Union this weekend, choosing to shield its marine resources from rampant overfishing. This article …

  5. Trump says Britain ‘on the edge of disaster’

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:30:29 -0000

    LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain was “on the edge of disaster,” voicing concerns in an interview with GB News about the …

  6. New report: El Niño 2026 is now the strongest in 1,000 years. Here's what that means for your winter forecast

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:15:00 -0000

    The projected super El Niño could bring more extreme weather to the U.S. during the hurricane season. El Niño is now the strongest it has been in 1,000 years, according to new research from the University of Michigan, which reconstructed ocean surface temperatures over the last millennium by looking …

  7. A record-shattering El Niño is almost here. Here’s what that means for the world’s weather

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:21:45 -0000

    The world is bracing for the strongest El Niño in history. The United Nations has made the grim prediction that our planet now sits in the “danger …

  8. Climbers are melting Everest’s glacier with their urine, study warns

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    Heat from fuel burned at the Everest Base Camp and urine discharged directly on to the glacier was enough to melt 2,500 tonnes of ice and snow every …

  9. The Legal Wreckage of the Supreme Court’s Ballroom Follies

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The high court’s recent decision on the illegal addition to the White House shines a light on just how willing it is to let Donald Trump break the …

  10. Stock up on food to prepare for extreme El Niño weather, minister warns

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:40:23 -0000

    Households should stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather as the strongest El Niño event in a generation develops over the Pacific Ocean, a government minister has warned. Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle told the Guardian the powerful natural climate phenomenon will lead to "more …

  11. Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable

    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:58:30 -0000

    In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the …

  12. How Did Trump Do on His Labor Day Report Card?

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Spoiler alert: He flunks. But will the working class take note? Happy Labor Day! (Well, almost.) There’s no better time to assess President Donald …

  13. The US Could Have a $100 Billion Stash of Rare Earth Elements – Hiding in Coal Waste

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0000

    The world runs on metals, and not (just) the kind produced by long-haired musicians with monochromatic wardrobes. Our modern technologies, industries, …

  14. Floods hit a historic Grand Canyon lodge. It’s the second park landmark affected by a natural disaster in the past year

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:29 -0000

    The Grand Canyon’s vast, mile-deep landscape may appear timeless, but two devastating disasters have recently struck the iconic natural wonder as the climate crisis intensifies extreme weather. Muddy brown floodwaters roared through Phantom Ranch on August 29, swamping the 1920s lodge that has …

  15. Trump’s Vile Campaign to Link Trans People and Political Violence

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A bogus new HHS report argues that support for transgender rights pushes people toward political violence. It’s just the latest chilling installment …

  16. Trump is trying to terminate EVs in California. Is that even possible?

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    California’s transition to electric vehicles is still underway, with more chargers for cars and trucks, more models to choose from and more ambitious sales targets. But it is increasingly shaped by what’s happening on the other side of the country, in Washington, where the federal government is …

  17. Human extinction is 'inevitable' and it's 'when not if', expert warns

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    Despite humanity's distinct self-perception when compared to every other form of life on the planet, we remain subject to nature's fundamental rules. One specialist has said all living things on Earth will eventually die out, and humans are no different. Nick Longrich, a senior lecturer at the …

  18. The Price Of These Groceries Jumped Because Of Global Warming

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:04 -0000

    “Affordability” is at the top of most lists of American concerns as the midterms approach, just two months away. The ability to keep inflation low …

  19. These Bay Area Residents Have Had Balcony Solar for a Year. Here’s How It’s Going

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    State legislators passed a bill to make plug-in solar simpler to install, and it’s on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Here’s what Bay Area residents who …

  20. Why early warning signs of glacier collapse in Nepal were difficult to detect

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:24:28 -0000

    The glacier collapse that led to devastating flash floods across the Himalayan region of Nepal and its border with the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet on August 26 was preceded by early warning signs, experts say. But monitoring and emergency alert systems in the region are still insufficient to …

  21. Cratering oil use in China shows the death spiral that could end oil

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Chinese oil use dropped drastically in Q2 of this year, leading to an overall drop in emissions for the country. That alone is a big deal – but the potential effects of the world’s second-largest oil consumer rapidly passing peak oil could have massive effects on the world’s oil markets. For the …

  22. "Supersized" El Niño's harshest weather still ahead, including extreme heat, drought, floods, U.N. warns

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:38:00 -0000

    With the burgeoning El Niño now forecast to intensify significantly in the coming months, the "supersized" climate event will likely have an outsized …

  23. Why the SEC Should Repeal Its Climate Disclosure Rule

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:11:00 -0000

    A close-up of the seal of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at its headquarters in Washington, DC, circa 2022. The SEC is …

  24. MAHA’s Meat Obsession Exposes the Movement’s Delusions

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Robert F Kennedy Jr. and his acolytes say we should eat more meat, but that would only worsen the very problems Make America Healthy Again claims it …

  25. UN warns El Nino could be ‘off the charts’, strongest in decades

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:49:13 -0000

    The World Meteorological Organization says forecasts show nearly 100 percent likelihood that El Nino will continue through February. El Nino is set to intensify to exceptional levels in the coming months and persist into early 2027, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned, raising the …

  26. El Nino: A phenomenon supercharged by climate change

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:09:39 -0000

    Scientists warn the 2026-27 El Nino could become the strongest ever, exacerbating global heat, droughts and floods. Anchovies are an unlikely bellwether for a building climatic event, but their disappearance from the coast of South America is heralding one of the biggest El Ninos in living …

  27. As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    In Michigan and around the country, farmers are facing decisions about how to best keep land in production as values rise, climate change threatens …

  28. El Niño update warns of 'supersized' climate disruptor

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:54:16 -0000

    "El Niño is being supersized before our eyes," said UN secretary-general António Guterres. "The science leaves no room for doubt: the planet is in uncharted waters, and those waters are heating up." The United Nations has now weighed in on the current El Niño, one of the world's most impactful …

  29. The Netherlands Will Never Be Rid of Louisiana Crawfish

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:51:56 -0000

    What will it take for the Dutch to eat them? Confronted with a seasoned, boiled, arguably delicious crayfish, some of the people of the Netherlands are not sure exactly what to do. “Do you suck the head out?” I heard from the table next to me earlier this summer, at Two Chefs, a restaurant in …

  30. On renewable energy, it’s time to debunk the ‘transition minerals’ narrative (commentary)

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:18:27 -0000

    There is an insidious lie that has taken root in the energy transition narrative pushed by the world’s most powerful financial, political, and …