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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 09:33:25 -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. Penguin researchers gather at Phillip Island under shadow of bird flu

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:34:36 -0000

    The world's leading penguin researchers have issued a stark warning about the effects climate change will have on penguin habitats. The scientists met …

  4. 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 …

  5. Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:05:21 -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 …

  6. US Republicans Announce Probe Into Environment Groups

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:44:00 -0000

    Republicans in Congress on Friday announced they were investigating nonprofit environmental groups over what they called their "radical lawfare …

  7. Stock up on food to prepare for extreme El Niño weather, minister says

    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 said. Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle told the Guardian the powerful natural climate phenomenon will lead to "more extreme …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 …

  11. 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 …

  12. This 'Super' El Niño Has Whipped Up a Never-Before-Seen Cyclone Trio in the Pacific

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:45:51 -0000

    In another freaky El Niño milestone, a NASA satellite hovering nearly one million miles above Earth just captured rare proof of category 4 and 5 …

  13. Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:01:57 -0000

    BELOIT, Kan. (AP) — Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what’s normal. After a late October rain last year, the fourth-generation farmer was optimistic about his 1,800 acres (728 hectares) of …

  14. 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 …

  15. 3 hurricanes in the Pacific show the power of El Niño

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:14:20 -0000

    The intense storm activity is what climate scientists expect for El Niño, especially because this year’s event is likely to become the strongest on record. Three hurricanes — Karina, Lowell and Marie — are churning in the Pacific Ocean, a high level of activity that climate scientists say is on …

  16. The World’s Oceans Just Hit Their Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded at a Time of Year When They Should Be Cooling

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:42:03 -0000

    Earth’s oceans are heating so fast that marine heatwave days have more than tripled since the 1990s. On August 22, the average surface temperature of …

  17. Leaves are starting to turn in Colorado’s High Country, but experts say this year’s fall peak won’t be as vibrant as most

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:35:43 -0000

    In Colorado’s High Country, leaves are starting to change color and pepper the ground — a sure sign of not only the changing seasons, but also the …

  18. China Installing Huge Facility That Turns Plastic Waste Into Jet Fuel

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:41:00 -0000

    A potential game changer. Around the world, the demand for cleaner alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel is rising. By 2030, the European Union will …

  19. 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 …

  20. 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 …

  21. 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 …

  22. Spain matches September heat record at 45.7C as extreme heat grips country

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:38:20 -0000

    The unseasonably high September temperatures follow a series of extreme summer heatwaves across Europe, which scientists say have been intensified …

  23. 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 …

  24. 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 …

  25. 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 …

  26. "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 …

  27. 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, …

  28. 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 …

  29. 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 …

  30. What Do the Centrists Stand For? Here’s the Uninspiring Answer.

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

    Third Way took a break from bashing democratic socialism to release a platform that’s replete with half measures and outdated ideas. This primary …