Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

   Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   The damage could be incalculable. Unprecedented extreme weather is no longer once-in-a-lifetime. We live in an era when seasonal hurricanes have the …

2. New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   It was a rare windless April day in southern Washington and Adam Lieberg was stuck in front of his computer. He was supposed to be burning acres of twigs and pine needles in the forests between the Columbia River and the Yakama Nation nearby — the sort of controlled burn of ground fuel that is one …

3. The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material

   Sun, 17 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the …

4. Rep. Virginia Foxx allegedly sent 'hostile' response to child's letter on electric cars. Here's what we know

   Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:06 -0000

   Foxx reportedly slammed climate change legislation and accused teachers of "indoctrinating" students in a message to a fourth grader. The claim that …

5. California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides

   Sun, 17 May 2026 21:00:00 -0000

   CALIFORNIA JUST GAVE plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable — the most ambitious deadline in the country. …

6. Antarctic Sea Ice Enters 'Shock' Decline as Ocean Heat Breaks Through

   Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:16 -0000

   For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat …

7. Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Senate candidate Graham Platner’s key energy goal is to reduce costs for Mainers. He’d also like to tax the “ever-living hell out of the companies …

8. Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?

   Sun, 17 May 2026 20:07:14 -0000

   Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels. The proposal includes …

9. Trump celebrates after UN climate committee moves away from its most extreme global warming scenario

   Sun, 17 May 2026 03:54:56 -0000

   President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted Democratic climate policies after scientists moved away from one of the most extreme global warming scenarios previously used in United Nations-backed climate modeling. "GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to …

10. The (Re-)Emergence and Spread of Viral Zoonotic Disease: A Perfect Storm of Human Ingenuity and Stupidity

    Mon, 18 May 2026 01:25:46 -0000

    Diseases that are transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans are referred to as zoonotic diseases. Although microbial agents such as bacteria and …

11. The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance

    Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:35 -0000

    President Donald Trump returns from China today alongside a who’s who in his cabinet and some of the most recognizable faces in American business like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. While details were thin on any actual dealmaking to emerge from the two-day trip, Trump left with an air of positivity …

12. It's buried under 4,000 metres of ice yet doesn't freeze even though a chilly -3 °C – Discover the 15 million year-old lake that's the weirdest on the planet...

    Sun, 17 May 2026 14:19:26 -0000

    Buried beneath nearly two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok is one of the most isolated places on Earth – a hidden, ancient world that could …

13. Trump Takes Victory Lap After UN Backtracks On Climate Change Predictions

    Sun, 17 May 2026 19:06:56 -0000

    President Donald Trump declared vindication Saturday night after the United Nations’ (UN) top climate panel quietly retreated from its most alarming …

14. Hot water

    Mon, 18 May 2026 00:06:26 -0000

    A massive marine heatwave off our coast has been with us a year and shows no signs of letting up. Scientists have been monitoring the unusually high …

15. Colorado River crisis could force drastic water measures across the West, experts say

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:20:22 -0000

    Los Angeles — The Colorado River is in crisis, with a growing population taking more water from it as a hotter climate is drying up the supply. The …

16. The Feds Are Coming After Grand-Staircase Escalante. Scientists Are Furious.

    Sat, 16 May 2026 04:46:23 -0000

    In the remote canyons of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a battle over public land protections is quietly unfolding. More than 150 researchers and scientific institutions have called on lawmakers to reject legislation that would strip Grand Staircase-Escalante of federal …

17. We ranked the most environmentally damaging things you can do online. AI didn't top the list

    Sun, 17 May 2026 18:30:00 -0000

    Human beings can barely move a muscle without some kind of deleterious effect on the environment around us. Our diets, our transport and our creature …

18. Justice Alito pushes back on calls to sit out a major Supreme Court climate case

    Fri, 15 May 2026 15:13:47 -0000

    The conservative justice has no financial conflict that would require him to recuse himself from the case, a court spokeswoman told NBC News. WASHINGTON — Facing calls to step aside in a major upcoming case involving climate change, conservative Justice Samuel Alito is pushing back, with a Supreme …

19. What It Takes for NFL Stadiums to Have World Cup-Ready Natural Grass

    Sun, 17 May 2026 14:30:50 -0000

    VANCOUVER - Some of the most famous stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico are starting to look World Cup-ready, as the tournament …

20. Green energy will have the last laugh — because of Trump

    Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:19 -0000

    Donald Trump’s war in Iran has created the biggest energy crisis in modern history that the International Energy Agency has described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” The crisis can’t be spun, no matter how hard Trump, Fox News and Energy Secretary (and …

21. Trump’s FEMA Is an Unnatural Disaster

    Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The president has staffed the agency in charge of federal disaster response with a rotating cast of fools—and it’s showing. FEMA is not all right. As …

22. Solar & Farming Can Share Land, But The Details Matter

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:29:34 -0000

    Agrivoltaics has become one of those ideas that is simple enough to fit on a social media tile and complex enough to be mangled by one. The image …

23. Florida homeowners pay $3,400 above the national average for home insurance as insurers flee the state

    Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Homeownership in Florida is becoming increasingly expensive — and not just because of mortgage rates or property taxes. The average homeowner in the …

24. Sprawling rock hidden in North Carolina woods began as trapped magma, experts say

    Sun, 17 May 2026 10:53:45 -0000

    Rocks cracking apart due to global warming remains an unpredictable geologic event, but one of the rare places where it can happen is at the heart of …

25. Jersey Shore town cancer cluster investigation: What we know about 182 cases

    Sun, 17 May 2026 14:01:00 -0000

    In Keyport, what began as a troubling number of reported cancer cases — 41 — has exploded in a matter of weeks. NJ.com has now verified 182 cases, …

26. What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Sat, 16 May 2026 08:50:00 -0000

    “I think there's a great loss for the wrong reasons. There's no good reason for dismantling this or tearing it down,” a former NASA chief scientist …

27. The Quest for an Elusive Clean Fuel Is Moving Underground

    Mon, 18 May 2026 03:12:02 -0000

    The dream of clean hydrogen has tantalized energy experts for decades. When burned, hydrogen emits only water vapor. It could theoretically be used …

28. Why the Mississippi River Might Change Course — And What That Would Mean for America

    Sun, 17 May 2026 17:17:30 -0000

    Imagine waking up to news that the mighty Mississippi River, a waterway so crucial it’s been called America’s backbone, is no longer following its …

29. Activists hang Palestinian flag on the Eiffel Tower for Nakba Day

    Fri, 15 May 2026 09:38:54 -0000

    Members of Extinction Rebellion scaled the Eiffel Tower to hang a Palestinian flag for Nakba day. Members of Extinction Rebellion France, an environmental and social activism group, scaled the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, displaying a Palestinian flag in protest against …