Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Man visits world's largest Amazon returns store and spends $262 to turn profit

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:00:02 -0000

   One YouTuber spent $262 at the world's largest Amazon returns store to see if he could flip the haul for a profit and what he pulled out made it a surprisingly calculated gamble.

2. The Prepper Delusion

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:54 -0000

   At 4:30 a.m., our dog howled. He heard the emergency sirens before we did. Through the window, my wife spotted cars pulling into the parking lot of the high school across the street — our town’s evacuation site. Texts from friends warned that a nearby stream had surged over 30 feet, and that the …

3. Supreme Court grapples with multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:08:54 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed divided Monday over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer. The case came before the justices after a tidal wave of litigation that included some multibillion-dollar …

4. Here’s what we know about the climate cost of white trails aircraft leave in the sky

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:10:19 -0000

   Contrails, short for condensation trails, are the white streaks often seen in the sky behind aircraft. The international cloud atlas, which …

5. 'We represent a new force': Nearly 60 nations push ahead with fossil fuel exit

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:28:40 -0000

   Some 60 countries are gathering in the coastal city of Santa Marta in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked UN climate talks: how to exist fossil fuels. It's the first global conference of its kind, bringing together nations that want to accelerate a fossil fuel phaseout, despite a …

6. We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0000

   Data reporting by Melissa LewisIn remote Northeast California, about 10 miles outside the lumber mill town of Chester and a half-hour’s drive from …

7. Waymos Aren’t Going to Solve Traffic Deaths

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Boosters paint a future in which driverless vehicles drastically improve road safety. The reality looks pretty different. Every week, it seems, Waymos …

8. 60 Countries to Meet on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels but Are Excluding the U.S.

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:03:03 -0000

   The Trump administration was not invited to the gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia. A White House spokeswoman called the green transition “destructive.” Ministers from nearly 60 countries are gathering this week in the Colombian city of Santa Marta for what is being called the first global …

9. This Year, Copenhagen’s Best Dining Experience Is Inside an Amusement Park

   Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:01:26 -0000

   Michelin-starred meals with a side order of rides. You’re never more than 100 feet away from a great meal in Copenhagen: a smørrebrød here, a sticky bun there; the best street veggie dogs I've had (vegan as well—don't come for me, please); precision-cut Nordic cuisine, and locavore tasting menus. For …

10. The world is getting too hot to feed itself

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    A new U.N. report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it. …

11. How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:16:21 -0000

    The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled. For more than a half-century, a prestigious scientific arm of the federal government did groundbreaking research aimed at saving American lives. It studied …

12. Super El Niño warning as extreme weather forecast to hit US and Europe in weeks

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:53:50 -0000

    Global weather forecasters predict the strongest El Niño in a decade will build in late 2026, bringing hotter, drier conditions to much of Asia. El …

13. Towns Across America Are Banning Solar Developments Because They’re Convinced the Panels Make Them Sick (They Don’t)

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:12:48 -0000

    Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.

14. Somalia hunger crisis worsens as drought displaces more than 500,000 people

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:57:41 -0000

    In Somalia, displaced communities face starvation as humanitarian funds decrease, leaving them without assistance or hope. Across Somalia, communities are suffering through a deepening hunger crisis, driven from their homes by drought and left waiting for critical humanitarian assistance that has …

15. The Iran War Is Impacting the Environment in Unseen Ways

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil, and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting …

16. The 10 U.S. Cities With the Cleanest Air

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:50:32 -0000

    Carbon dioxide emissions – a byproduct of fossil fuel consumption – have surged in recent decades. According to data from the World Bank, 39.6 …

17. Why the Coalition’s lurch to the right is bad for the climate

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:58:02 -0000

    The Coalition’s new leadership is undertaking a consequential shift to the right. This is bad news for climate policy. Nationals leader Matt Canavan …

18. The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding. The city …

19. How the conflict in Iran is an accidental green swan

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The war may accomplish what climate science couldn't: the global clean energy transition. The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors …

20. This Stunning Photography Book Unveils the Hidden Patterns That Define Our World

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:45:29 -0000

    In Jon McCormack’s mind, he’s less of a nature photographer than what he calls a “pattern photographer.” It’s a fitting label, considering it encapsulates his enduring interest in natural geometries. For years, McCormack has unearthed the hidden patterns that define our world, whether they be …

21. Toxic chemicals are raising infertility in humans, fish, birds, and insects: ‘A whisper that is powerful enough to redirect a hurricane’

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:29:32 -0000

    Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fertility rates, the average number of births women are projected …

22. Trump Ousts Members of Key Science Funding Board

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:39:46 -0000

    On China’s fossil fuel controls, Maine data centers, and a faster NRC Current conditions: Nearly two dozen states from Texas to Minnesota are bracing …

23. Georgia Wildfire Map, Update: One Blaze Doubles in Size

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:37:25 -0000

    Wildfires are continuing to burn across southeastern Georgia, with officials warning that drought-stricken conditions and limited rainfall are …

24. Why VCs keep changing their mind about what's hot and not

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    It’s getting crowded in the startup buzzword graveyard. I have a confession to make. I keep a secret document in my Google Drive titled “Fund Theses That Piss Me Off.” And every time I read about a venture capital fund with a generic, meaningless, or buzzwordy thesis that manages to raise a bunch of …

25. The World’s Food Supply Is Under a Quadruple Attack

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:30:20 -0000

    Carbon dioxide is plant food, so you might think pumping the atmosphere full of it would be better for plants. The trouble is that CO2 is also the world’s most prolific greenhouse gas, trapping heat in a way that creates more problems than it solves for many sensitive plants. This is bad news not …

26. Why This Gas Crisis Isn’t Hitting Like 1979

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:23:30 -0000

    $4 of gasoline will actually get you pretty far these days. Everyone’s mad about high oil prices, but are they doing anything about it? With around 11 …

27. Wu Unveils Boston 2030 Climate Roadmap With 50% Cut Goal

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:23:05 -0000

    Mayor Michelle Wu is putting Boston on a tight climate clock. On Monday, she rolled out a five-year climate roadmap that aims to slash the city’s …

28. ‘Nature has performed a factory reset’: Chernobyl has flourished into an unlikely wildlife refuge

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:02:51 -0000

    On the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the site remains too dangerous for humans – but wildlife has moved back in. On contaminated …

29. China develops iron battery 80 times cheaper than lithium that can last 16 years

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:04:15 -0000

    A research team at the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has advanced “all-iron” flow battery technology. In …

30. Potential futures for the IPCC’s approach to artificial intelligence

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:10:32 -0000

    During the first six assessment cycles of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools were …