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1. January Gardening Jobs to Have on Your To Do List

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 02:30:04 -0000

   From plants to prune to flowers to plant, start the year right in your yard and garden

2. Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:25:38 -0000

   The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies …

3. ‘Pushed to the limit’: Europe’s ski resorts face climate change threat - which country has it worst?

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:03:59 -0000

   Higher temperatures and a lack of snow are forcing Europe's ski resorts to rethink their business model. With only a few weeks to go until the opening …

4. The sustainable mobility transition is not equitable. Here are three CEOs trying to close the gap

   Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:53:44 -0000

   Road mobility accounts for about a quarter of global energy-related carbon emissions and is increasing, so its decarbonization is critical for global …

5. Here's What That Little Sphere On The Top Of Your Dashboard Is For

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:25:00 -0000

   Have you ever noticed that little dome-like structure on top of your dashboard, sitting quietly in its own corner, unlike the many distracting doo …

6. Experts issue warning as devastating conditions threaten US farms: 'This could get much worse'

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:45:00 -0000

   After a hurricane-free season, many Floridians felt relieved to avoid evacuations and storm damage. But for farmers across the state, the lack of …

7. I grew up in the world’s coldest city without central heating. Here’s what the world can learn from us

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:52:46 -0000

   On winter mornings in Harbin, where the air outside could freeze your eyelashes, I would wake up on a bed of warm earth. Harbin, where I grew up, is …

8. A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup

   Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:00:15 -0000

   Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical. In 2000, a landmark study claimed to set the record straight on glyphosate, a contentious weedkiller used on hundreds of …

9. Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0000

   Hours after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, President Trump made it clear that the U.S. operation is about — at least …

10. As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:32:46 -0000

    Electricity bills for millions of utility customers are skyrocketing across the U.S. while the number of households facing extreme utility debt is …

11. Scientists connect these six modifiable risk factors to almost half of all cancer deaths

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:29:32 -0000

    When I worked on the latest Global Burden of Disease cancer study, a global project that tracks cancer patterns and deaths across countries, I found …

12. Vox staff predictions for 2026: What to expect next year

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:26:16 -0000

    From the state of democracy to the chance of a recession, here’s what could happen in 2026. For the seventh year in a row, the Future Perfect staff — plus assorted other experts from around Vox — convened near the end of the year to make forecasts about major events in 2026. Perhaps in keeping with …

13. Despite Trump-era reversals, 2025 still saw environmental wins. Here are 7 worth noting.

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year — despite the Trump administration’s rollbacks. This story was originally …

14. Missing Robot In The Antarctic Returned With Terrifying Data

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:27:57 -0000

    An Australian national science agency called CSIRO launched an experiment in Antarctica that went terribly wrong — in a way that ended up going …

15. Trump Trolled for Bird-Brained Error in Anti-Windmill Post

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:59:51 -0000

    The president couldn’t bother to find an image of a bald eagle—or even a bird in America. President Donald Trump was apparently too blinded by his …

16. Research ties China's smog clean-up to hotter and drier conditions in Australia

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:59:08 -0000

    Just weeks before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chinese authorities restricted half of all private cars from the city's roads, alternating daily bans …

17. Physicists Finally Solved One Of The Biggest Mysteries About Fusion Energy

    Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:25:29 -0000

    Nuclear fusion is deemed the next big thing in the field of energy harvesting for humanity, but creating a reactor that can achieve continuous …

18. China's Largest Solar Farm Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Energy

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:45:00 -0000

    The world's largest cluster of solar farms can be found in Qinghai, China, high on the remote Tibetan Plateau. It's far bigger than the USA's largest …

19. A “Call to Action” in the Fight Against Plastic Pollution

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Plastic is ubiquitous in our modern society. It offers fleeting convenience, but at enormous cost to our health and the planet. As plastic production …

20. Experts sound alarm as 'unprecedented' phenomenon unfolds across US: 'We're closer to the edge ... than we realize'

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:45:00 -0000

    Snow droughts in Utah could impact how much water is available in 2026. What's happening? Utah tends to get an average of 275 inches of snow a year, …

21. Nearly every corn seed planted in Colorado is covered in insecticide. Lawmakers may restrict the chemical

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:34:51 -0000

    DENVER - Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of insecticide. The …

22. 5 Climate-Proof Home Upgrades That Turned Homes Into Survival Shelters

    Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:20:16 -0000

    The climate crisis has shifted from distant concern to an urgent force redefining how you think about shelter. In this new reality, luxury aligns …

23. Glaciers melting from climate change may reawaken the world’s most dangerous volcanoes

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:20:10 -0000

    A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ground. They are a sign that hot, viscous magma is flowing to the roots of Bardarbunga, which lies …

24. Carl Sagan wrote a book that predicted the America of today 31 years ago

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:23:11 -0000

    He talked about climate change, a society full of division, mistrust and authoritarian leadership. Global warming, climate change, a crashing economy, …

25. Why plastic bans aren't working and what needs to change

    Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:56:06 -0000

    Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items still pile up in …

26. GOP lawmakers’ power transfers are reshaping North Carolina

    Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:00:09 -0000

    North Carolina voters have chosen Democrats in three straight elections for governor; the state’s Republican-led legislature has countered by siphoning off some of the powers that traditionally came with the job. These power grabs have had a profound effect on both democracy in the state and on the …

27. Beyond the Vintage: Why Some of the Most Compelling Wines Aren’t Tied to a Year

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    As climate volatility reshapes vineyards worldwide, winemakers are increasingly blending across harvests — not to blur terroir, but to express it more fully. “What’s the vintage?” It’s common to inquire about the year that the grapes were harvested for a particular wine. It’s a reflection of the sun, …

28. 'New Year's Eve Massacre': Trump Administration Makes Deep Cuts at FEMA as Climate Crisis Accelerates | Common Dreams

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:42:29 -0000

    A former FEMA official said that the agency "can't do disaster response and recovery without" the employees being terminated by the Trump …

29. World’s first underwater desalination plant uses ocean pressure to halve energy use

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:15:46 -0000

    In 2026, Norwegian startup Flocean is slated to launch the world’s first demonstrator and commercial-scale subsea desalination plant at Mongstad, …

30. Swedish Crows Are Cleaning Up Cigarette Litter One Butt at a Time

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:04:53 -0000

    In Sweden, a group of crows is proving that sometimes wildlife can teach us a thing or two about responsibility. According to a 2022 Guardian article …