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1. World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:35:55 -0000

   Geothermal company Fervo Energy announced Thursday morning that it had started selling electricity from its Cape Station power plant to the grid on September 30, one day ahead of schedule. With it, Fervo becomes the first enhanced geothermal company to reach a key commercial milestone. The power …

2. Scientists Once Calculated the Date of Doomsday—and It’s Next Month

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:25:36 -0000

   In 1960, the journal Science published an article in which scientists predicted doomsday would arrive on Friday, November 13, 2026. So should you be …

3. Alito’s Recusal From a Key Climate Case May Be Too Little, Too Late

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:49:42 -0000

   Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts …

4. A Vast Hole Almost The Size of Portugal Opened Up in Antarctica's Winter Sea Ice. Now We Know Why.

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   Every winter, Antarctica roughly doubles in size as sea ice locks into place over the ocean. Typically, Breid Bay in East Antarctica is entirely …

5. Albanese leaves grim domestic scene as he flies to the blue Pacific

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:55:58 -0000

   Having a "Pre-COP" meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu is one of those initiatives that seemed a good idea at the time. No doubt it still has resonance as part …

6. Summer 2026 becomes the hottest ever recorded in Western Europe but fails to spark political action

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:01:09 -0000

   According to the European Copernicus service, the average summer temperature reached 21.7°C (71°F), well above average, and river flows dropped to …

7. Trump's 'brain totally fried' in bizarre rant about 'biggest ice cube in the world'

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:52:30 -0000

   President Donald Trump kicked off his tour of deep red states on Thursday by speaking to truckers in Texas. The president visited a manufacturing plant in Denton to discuss his trade and tariff agenda and the Trump administration's efforts to boost domestic production. The visit comes as Trump has …

8. Why diesel prices are an economic time bomb

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:00 -0000

   Diesel costs more. Soon, so will everything else. Everyone knows how much gasoline prices matter. The recent spike in gas prices triggered by the war with Iran has fueled deep pessimism about the economy and weighed heavily on President Donald Trump’s approval ratings. But diesel fuel — the lifeblood …

9. This year’s El Niño looks a lot like 1997. What happened then?

   Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:47:38 -0000

   (NEXSTAR) – This year’s El Niño is shaping up to be the strongest in recorded history. That makes it tough to compare to prior years, but if we …

10. America Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support. Recent …

11. In an Exciting but ‘Brutal’ Find, a 5,000-Year-Old Arrow Emerges From Norway’s Rapidly Melting Mountain Ice

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:39:13 -0000

    Archaeologists have recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from melting ice in Norway, including one that’s estimated to be 5,000 to 6,000 years …

12. Blue-State Governors Are Rolling Over for Trump’s FBI

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    We asked Democratic leaders what they’re doing to prevent the president’s Orwellian attacks on political speech. Their answers were not heartening. In …

13. The Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough Investigation

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A guide for the Democrats’ coming congressional majority “We’re going to hold the crooks accountable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told …

14. As Florida downplays global warming, Climate Week pushes back

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:58:29 -0000

    Flooded streets in Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian in 2022 exemplify the kind of extreme rainfall events scientists link to a warming climate. (Adobe …

15. Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:41:11 -0000

    A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests …

16. Tropical Pacific moisture drenches central US as another Pacific hurricane forms

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:21:01 -0000

    Tropical weather that surged onshore from the Pacific soaked more of the U.S. on Wednesday while forecasters announced yet another hurricane off the coast of Mexico. The new hurricane, Rachel, is expected to develop rapidly and could become a major one with sustained winds topping 111 mph (178 kph). …

17. Rising seas could cost Australia economic losses of $855 billion, study finds

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:45:07 -0000

    Rising sea levels due to climate change could damage hundreds of thousands of properties and millions of hectares of land along Australia’s coastline …

18. Trump Just Pledged to Let AI Companies Do Whatever They Want

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:02:03 -0000

    Trump and the tech CEOs have a lot in common—not least their sense of total impunity. Whatever beef Donald Trump had with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei …

19. One of the world’s rarest pears only grows in a small Italian town

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:02:00 -0000

    And we only learned about them 25 years ago. In Italy, even the most unassuming hole in the wall is likely to serve up the most amazing of meals. But when my family and I recently re-affirmed this enduring cliché after pulling off the highway looking for lunch, we accidentally also stumbled into the …

20. Trump Has Just Given What Might Be His Most Unstable Interview Yet

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:12:29 -0000

    I’m now convinced that the president lives on an entirely different plane of reality than you and I. Time's big interview with the president does not fill me with confidence as regards our nation's stability, or his own. Because I don't think anybody should be forced to bear fake news, constantly bad …

21. A giant ‘pulse wave’ is about to slam into California - here’s how it will impact the West Coast

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:55:26 -0000

    A massive wave of energy is expected to slam into the California coast in October, sending sea levels rising by up to a foot and threatening coastal …

22. Studying this super El Niño could save lives. NOAA is scaling back research

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The powerful El Niño climate pattern brewing in the Pacific Ocean is already influencing extreme weather around the planet. Federal forecasters say it could become the biggest yet, far outpacing any in recorded history and ultimately impacting millions of people. With that intensity also comes …

23. The true cost of Trump's fuel economy rollbacks

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:05:00 -0000

    Weakened US fuel-efficiency rules and promises of cheaper cars could yet see drivers pay higher running costs while increasing planet-heating …

24. The stock price of Vail Resorts looks like a ski slope. But their doom is our doom, too

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:09:11 -0000

    They could build a chair lift on a slope like that.The post The stock price of Vail Resorts looks like a ski slope. But their doom is our doom, too …

25. Two Men Spared From Border Patrol Arrest By Upstate NY Protesters

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:04:00 -0000

    More than 50 people gathered to stop the arrest in Oswego, NY—an upstate New York city in a county that Trump won by more than 60 percent in …

26. Americans Could Soon Live Underground—But Experts Warn of One Major Problem

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:14:11 -0000

    Sustainable architecture has come to the forefront of design innovation in recent years, in the age of rapid urbanization, ongoing housing shortages, …

27. California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:07:38 -0000

    The state is the biggest to approve solar panels that plug into walls, giving residents a cheaper way to generate their own electricity. As free and …

28. The good news nobody will tell you: the Great Barrier Reef is refusing to die on schedule

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:13:00 -0000

    Despite the efforts of an entire PR industry built to predict its demise, the Great Barrier Reef is actually flourishing, says Bjorn …

29. States and cities sue over Trump's EPA eliminating rule that limits emissions from power plants

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:57:36 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — States and cities sued the Trump administration Thursday for repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. Twenty-one states, led by New York, are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant …

30. These Strongly Appear to Be the Old Tweets of That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind and They Are… Pretty Bizarre

    Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:57:42 -0000

    That's... not what we were expecting. Internet sleuths have dug up old posts that appear to belong to Jacob Coxon, the former Anthropic employee who …