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1. Trump Admin Caught Illegally Canceling Billion-Dollar Solar Project That Would Have Helped Lower Utility Bills Across the Country

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 23:48:00 -0000

   "This is a program that has the potential to lower people's energy bills." Donald Trump and his Republican lackeys were decimated in this week’s …

2. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flags ‘tough’ summer as a super El Nino intensifies.

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:32:58 -0000

   ‘These events can have a massive impact, obviously, on human life in the worst circumstances, but also on our economy.’

3. Polar bears are gathering close to this Canadian town—and co-existing with humans

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 15:17:00 -0000

   The carnivores are particularly vulnerable to rising sea temperatures. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are typically solitary creatures. But in a Canadian town on Hudson Bay, the predators gather along the coast every fall to wait for the ice to freeze. “It’s an incredible phenomenon to experience,” …

4. The World's Biggest Sea of Sand Shows No Trace of Ancient Humans. Here's Why.

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000

   The world's largest continuous sand desert wasn't always so unforgiving. The Rub' al Khali, or 'Empty Quarter', stretches for 1,000 kilometers (620 …

5. A desert stirs to life: Chile's Atacama erupts in its biggest floral display in decades

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   COPIAPÓ, Chile — A vast swathe of Chile's Atacama Desert is now a patchwork of pinks, yellows, lilacs and purples stretching across the craggy desert floor as far as the eye can see. This winter, heavy rains brought by the El Niño super cycle caused flash floods in the Atacama Desert, with some …

6. It cost $30 billion, slowed Earth's rotation and even changed the planet's rotational axis – AND it unleashed an ecological disaster

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:20:00 -0000

   It's one of the largest engineering projects the planet has ever seen, damming Asia's greatest river, the Yangtze, to produce more electricity than …

7. Extreme temperature anomaly set to build over Northern Canada

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:23:35 -0000

   An amplified pattern building over Canada will send unusually warm temperatures soaring north into the Arctic through the coming week.Readings in …

8. Australia’s climate minister is about to walk a diplomatic tightrope at COP31

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:44:21 -0000

   Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, is about to embark on his most significant diplomatic challenge. For the next two …

9. Floods bring rare relief to U.S. Southwest reservoirs as Lake Powell rises 20 feet

   Sun, 08 Nov 2026 16:33:58 -0000

   PHOENIX (AP) — Recent flooding across the U.S. Southwest is providing rare relief to thirsty reservoirs that had fallen to record lows amid a …

10. In Memoriam: The Cybertruck

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In a week of bad news for Elon Musk, Tesla has decided to end production of its sometimes-dangerous, always-stupid homage to its CEO’s folly. The …

11. As AI data centres guzzle energy, can we harness their wasted heat?

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:17:12 -0000

    The rapid development of AI is draining our resources, but engineers have found a way to use heat lost to the air. As the rapid growth of AI data centres compounds the world’s energy crisis, engineers in Denmark have found a way to make use of the vast amounts of “waste heat” generated by these …

12. COP31 starts Monday. As global temperatures continue to rise, do climate matter?

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:34:37 -0000

    COP31 - the annual UN negotiations on climate change - starts on Monday. The talks have been going on for decades, during which the planet has gotten hotter. So, do these climate talks really matter?

13. Turkish villagers demand COP31 leaders see for themselves devastation caused by coal

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:03:36 -0000

    IKIZKOY, Turkey, Nov 8 - Local official Nejla Isik is among the villagers living beside a coal mine who demand that world leaders gathering in Turkey …

14. Climate Change Has Become So Bad That Rice Krispies Don’t Have Actual Rice in Them Anymore

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:49:00 -0000

    Welcome to the age of corporate putrefaction. Snap, Crackle, and Pop! The sonic slogan of Rice Krispies is now becoming an anachronism. The classic …

15. Something enormous had been hiding beneath the Atlantic Ocean – leaving scientists surprised and amazed when they saw it

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:14:00 -0000

    Imagine discovering that there was a great strip of land between Scotland and Iceland that nobody had noticed before. Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? …

16. Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:07:01 -0000

    Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January, though President Donald Trump says he will use his veto power aggressively. With new majorities in the House and Senate after last week’s midterms, Democrats …

17. Egypt announces new Mediterranean gas field discovery estimated at 200 billion cubic feet

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:23:43 -0000

    The Ministry of Petroleum attributed the positive results to higher investment and exploration activity, noting a better investment climate and …

18. Trump's war in Iran driving shift from fossil fuels

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:48:27 -0000

    During the 1979 Iranian oil crisis, US president Jimmy Carter gave a speech that would likely resonate today. "Solar energy will not pollute our air …

19. Despite Midterm Win, Are Democrats About to Help GOP Pass 'Massive Giveaway' to Big Oil and Big Tech?

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:51:08 -0000

    With a vote expected as soon as Monday on a far-reaching permitting reform bill in the US Senate, opponents to the legislation are raising the alarm …

20. Leaders gather in Turkey for UN climate summit after a disastrous year of extreme weather

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:38:17 -0000

    World leaders, delegates and climate activists on Monday will begin negotiations on curbing climate change, which in the last year has led to rising …

21. South Florida is flooding like never before. What’s being done about it?

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    Historic, chart-topping king tides submerged South Florida recently, flooding more places deeper and longer than they’d ever seen before. Last week, …

22. Societies could lose ability to respond to climate change

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:29:19 -0000

    Human societies could lose the ability to respond to worsening climate change, scientists have warned. With global warming set to overshoot 1.5°C and …

23. The American Dream Is No Match for Climate Change

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    To Sierra Isley, the American Dream brings to mind a home ringed by a white picket fence. “The house in the suburbs is just what you’re taught …

24. Upgrading power grids to accommodate renewable energy is a key issue at climate talks

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:15:10 -0000

    Outdated power grids are a major hurdle in the transition to renewable energy, since older systems often can't absorb all the electricity from new, …

25. A ‘geologic freak’ called the Smackover may end America’s lithium dependence on China, and Big Oil is already there

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:06:00 -0000

    Global lithium demand has jumped more than 400% just this decade, to over 1.5 million metric tons per year. By 2035, that demand could approach 4 …

26. Wind warning issued for Calgary and southern Alberta

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:46:08 -0000

    A wind warning was issued for Calgary by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) early Sunday morning. ECCC posted the warning just before 4:30 …

27. COP31 conference in Turkey aims to move climate up the agenda in a crisis-rocked world

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:50:10 -0000

    The 31st Conference of the Parties opens on Monday in Antalya. Against a backdrop of an energy crisis and geopolitical tensions, the international …

28. The polar vortex is causing trouble at the South Pole

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 11:02:31 -0000

    There's a polar vortex over the South Pole too, and in 2026, it caused the infamous Antarctic ozone hole to grow to an abnormally large size. "An unusually powerful polar vortex has extended ozone depletion in the Antarctic this season, allowing the hole to grow to proportions we haven’t seen in a …

29. They Want to Gene-Edit the World’s Deadliest Animal and Release It Into the Wild. What Happens Next Could Save Millions of Lives.

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    More pests might actually be the answer, researchers believe. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on the planet, contributing to more than one million deaths each year. • Across the globe, some researchers believe that a groundbreaking gene-editing …

30. California’s new insurance czar reveals massive overhaul to entire industry in the state: ‘No more’

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:28:54 -0000

    California’s next insurance commissioner is promising a sweeping overhaul of the state’s embattled insurance industry, including a first-of-its-kind public disaster insurance program that would guarantee wildfire coverage for homeowners. Jane Kim, a former San Francisco supervisor who defeated …