Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Oil companies are making billions. In the U.S., calls to tax their windfall are growing

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:01:00 -0000

   Oil prices have surged in recent days amidst renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran. Higher oil prices have meant U.S. consumers are paying more for gasoline at the pump. And oil and gas companies are profiting. The world's top 100 oil and gas firms made $30 million every hour in excess profits …

2. Interactive map predicts agricultural decline from climate change by end of century

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:06:56 -0000

   A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that uses a 10-kilometre grid to estimate how much farmland will lose productivity to climate …

3. Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   Researchers identified traces of erythrulose, a monosaccharide, thousands of light-years away. For the first time in history, astronomers have …

4. How cities are turning their polluted rivers into swimming havens

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   Swimmable cities are making a comeback in Europe—just in time for urbanites to escape unprecedented heat waves. For most of Pauline Janbon’s life, the idea of bathing in the Seine River in Paris was unimaginable. “As kids, we were told there were corpses floating in the water,” said Janbon, a …

5. It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

   Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:39:43 -0000

   One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue …

6. Toxic wildfire smoke threatens millions

   Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:18:14 -0000

   Toxic smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada is drifting into the United States. Air quality for millions of Americans could soon reach unhealthy …

7. After wildfires destroyed 95% of this California tribe’s forests, members uncovered 1,200 ancestral sites

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   CONCOW, Calif. — Until recently, when members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu pulled up a map of their ancestral land in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, only about two dozen of their historic sites appeared. Disease, violence and forced labor had separated California tribe members from their …

8. Californians back Becerra and reject AI data centers by big margins, poll finds

   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0000

   Democrat Xavier Becerra holds a commanding lead in the California governor’s race in a new poll, which also shows broad voter support for a ballot proposition to reform the state’s landmark environmental law to speed up housing and infrastructure. The survey by the Public Policy Institute of …

9. This marine biologist warned that coral loss could collapse the oceans. Then 3 men walked into his house and shot him

   Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:59:19 -0000

   A distinguished American marine biologist has been shot dead by three men who entered his house in the central Philippines, police said on …

10. Solar just became Europe's biggest source of electricity – here's the milestone it hit

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:36:11 -0000

    Solar power reached a new milestone across Europe last month, generating a record 52 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity and supplying 25% of all electricity used in the European Union in June 2026, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember. That’s the first time solar has provided a …

11. Who pays the cost when Americans opt out of science?

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:08:01 -0000

    I had thought science denial would hit a bottom — that once people began to experience the direct consequences of being wrong, of holding fast to …

12. Wildfire Smoke Turns Skies Orange Across the U.S., and Democrats Make a Big Shift on Israel

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:15 -0000

    Your morning listen, all in about 10 minutes Here’s what we’re covering: Smoke Floating Far From Canada’s Wildfires Will Darken Skies Again on Thursday, by Judson Jones Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It, by Julian E. Barnes Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End …

13. UK temperatures to drop after heatwave before 30C heat returns next week

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:12:40 -0000

    The heatwave that has gripped Britain is set to calm this weekend, before temperatures are set to soar to 30C once again next week. With high pressure …

14. He sued the oil industry for $51B. Now he faces Republicans in a private grilling.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:12:15 -0000

    Roger Worthington, one of the lawyers at the center of a huge climate lawsuit against the oil and gas industry, faces congressional scrutiny. It’s a rare occurrence for a private lawyer to be hauled before a congressional committee and be deposed. But in the sharply political world of climate and …

15. Map shows where growing seasons getting longer: what it means for gardeners

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:13:11 -0000

    Growing seasons are becoming longer across much of the United States, and for gardeners that can have both positive and negative repercussions. The …

16. New Leader of Major US Climate Program Doesn’t Believe the Science

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:28:10 -0000

    Over his more than five cumulative years in office, President Donald Trump has engineered some pretty ingenious ways to dispute climate science. Under …

17. Woodside takes climate activists to Supreme Court over Perth HQ stink-bomb protest

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:22:42 -0000

    Energy giant Woodside has taken three climate activists to court in a bid to force them to hand over documents about the planning of a stink-bomb …

18. Apple-sized rocks four kilometres below the central Pacific Ocean contain more cobalt and manganese than all known land deposits combined, and mining companies are now racing to extract them from one of the least-explored ecosystems on Earth, where over 90 per cent of the local species are still undescribed

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:13:26 -0000

    Four thousand metres down, in the darkest and quietest part of the central Pacific Ocean, there is a region the size of the continental United States …

19. Do EV car batteries last long? When to expect to replace them

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasing in popularity, with sales jumping by nearly 28 percent within a year, according to CNBC. But one of the biggest …

20. What living in one of the world's hottest towns feels like

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:15:09 -0000

    BANDA, India (AP) — Heat at all hours, even in the middle of the night. Long stretches without electricity, meaning some homes can’t even use basic fans. And a constant search for relief, like being hosed down with water or sleeping outside. For many residents of Banda, a town in northern India that …

21. US approves launch of giant space mirror to illuminate Earth after dark

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:30:31 -0000

    California startup Reflect Orbital has received permission from the US federal government to test a controversial satellite bearing a 18-metre-wide …

22. This rare Australian wattle is on the brink of extinction: new research

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:19:46 -0000

    The spidery wattle (Acacia araneosa) is a national treasure. This plant is named for its spidery, leaf-like phyllodes and shares the same iconic …

23. Saving shea: How a Ugandan woman is turning waste into clean energy

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:47:45 -0000

    As demand for charcoal threatens indigenous trees, communities are finding new value in what was once treated as waste. Alebtong, Uganda – When Lucy Everlyn Atim returned home after six years working as a child rights activist in South Sudan’s refugee settlements, her favourite shea tree was …

24. A Record-Breaking Heat Wave Is Sweeping Across the U.S. This Week. Here Are Some of the Cities It Will Hit Hardest

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:27:33 -0000

    Parts of the U.S. will be facing record-high temperatures this week, just a couple weeks after large swaths of the country sweated through a days-long heat wave over the Fourth of July holiday. The latest heat wave began over the weekend in the Southwest and Great Plains, before beginning to move …

25. 'Weathermaxxing' is on the rise as temperatures become increasingly erratic

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    A new trend is emerging amid a massive heat wave, now hitting much of the United States and Europe. You’ve probably noticed: The weather is becoming increasingly unpredictable. And you don’t have to look far to see the effects, considering the massive heatwave now hitting much of the United States …

26. Family says US seismologist has been detained in China for nearly 2 years with no trial

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:29:00 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A China-born American seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years, an advocacy group advising the family said Tuesday, a revelation that came a couple of months before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.S. The relatives of Youlin …

27. Greenland research centre halts new collaborations with US to protect its scientists

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:24:42 -0000

    The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in public research funding and fired government scientists. The Greenland Institute of Natural …

28. They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A decade after climate activists’ emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking. By Hilary …

29. Chance of tropical activity hitting SC coast. What to watch for in Myrtle Beach

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:25:10 -0000

    The National Hurricane Center issued an area to watch for tropical activity forming in the Northeastern gulf. As of Wednesday morning, there’s a 20% …