Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. European wildfires expose, detonate buried bombs and mines from past wars

   Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:35:04 -0000

   The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and …

2. Trump Hates the Troops. The Troops Are Taking Notice.

   Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0000

   The administration is desperately trying to spin the hopeless war in Iran as a success, but our service members and their families are telling a …

3. World hunger decline is the fruit of growth

   Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   A United Nations report shows another decline in food insecurity. Here’s a bit of news worth celebrating: Despite multiple violent conflicts around the globe, and stubborn inflation, 2025 was the third year in a row in which global hunger fell. That’s according to a July report from the United …

4. ‘It was a tsunami’: Floods leave death trail in India’s Assam

   Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:35:50 -0000

   From a father searching for his daughter’s body to a man who drowned trying to save a friend, floods take devastating toll. Assam, India – Debiram Panika, a 37-year-old daily wage labourer from northeastern India’s Assam state, would speak to his wife and two daughters on video calls every day from …

5. U.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of glyphosate in California

   Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:10:02 -0000

   An investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting has revealed that glyphosate is being sprayed in California forests at record levels by …

6. How to See Pacific Salmon Make Their Epic Annual Migration

   Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   SalmonCam livestreams and national parks offer a front row seat to watch as millions of salmon leap upstream—avoiding the bears hoping to catch them midair. Every year, millions of salmon return from the Pacific Ocean to their natal rivers and streams in one of North America's most remarkable …

7. El Niño set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office

   Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:33:21 -0000

   The El Niño event that is developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest in living memory, the Met Office has warned. The powerful natural climate phenomenon pushes up global temperatures and can increase the risks of extreme weather. Added to the effects of human-induced climate …

8. Florida shows how to adapt as coastal cities face growing threats from sea level rise and storms

   Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:02:53 -0000

   One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida. For days, first responders couldn’t get to them. For …

9. Altérra CEO says $250 billion climate investment target is within reach

   Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:01 -0000

   Altérra CEO Majid Al Suwaidi says the UAE-backed climate investor is “extremely confident” it can mobilize $250 billion by 2030.

10. 'Unprecedented' El Nino to batter UK with rain and storms, warns Met Office

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:03 -0000

    The UK is set to have more storms and rain this autumn and winter due to an “unprecedented” El Nino event, forecasters have warned. El Nino is a …

11. ‘The Sun was dark and its darkness lasted for 18 months’ – what we can learn from worst volcanic eruptions in history

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:32:45 -0000

    Europe was plunged into darkness and suffered from intense crop failures and famines in the years AD536 and AD1258, after massive volcanic …

12. Five Outrageous Things Trump’s New Attorney General Has Already Done

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:29:20 -0000

    It didn’t take Todd Blanche long to take a wrecking ball to long-standing Department of Justice principles. In just his first week in office, Todd …

13. The Only Truth About Trump’s America Is That Everything Is a Lie

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:24:01 -0000

    Our government is braindead. If they get their way, we’re next. As bad as you think things are, they’re worse. How do I know? I mean, besides that I am …

14. Hands On: Stories that build change

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:59:47 -0000

    Communities across the globe are responding to environmental pressures like climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution with local knowledge and …

15. Sean Duffy’s Travel Show Is An Ethical Nightmare

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:29:59 -0000

    It’s also really boring. The second episode of The Great American Road Trip, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s recently released vanity project …

16. Government will cut water to Ariz., Calif., Nevada as Colorado River runs low

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:06:13 -0000

    The states must curb their use of water from the river starting in 2027. The federal government will scale back the water supply for three Southwestern states to manage the growing crisis over the drying Colorado River, officials confirmed Friday. Officials from the Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees …

17. Climate: Trump vs. California

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:09:04 -0000

    At least a half-dozen federal agencies have moved to undermine the state’s environmental efforts. When my editors asked me to write about President Trump and California’s climate policies, I was initially hesitant. Hadn’t I already written that story during Trump’s first term? It turns out that since …

18. MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:11:16 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 activists in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump’s promotion of coal to fuel the rise of artificial intelligence data centers, according to a letter sent Friday. The letter, signed by at …

19. In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works. The world has become hotter and, in many places, drier than ever before …

20. El Niño could be 'strongest in living memory'. When will Europe feel its wrath?

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:20 -0000

    Experts warn that 2027 could be the hottest year on record globally, as a powerful El Niño clashes with human-caused climate change. The El Niño event …

21. Extreme heat: 'We're really starting now to understand how global climate is impacting our health'

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:53:16 -0000

    Annette Young is pleased to welcome Dr. Simon Williams, Behavioural Scientist, WHO Consultant, Lecturer in psychology and a public health researcher at Swansea University. What concerns Dr. Williams most is that the health consequences of extreme heat, particularly for older adults, are emerging …

22. Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is causing more extreme heat in Europe, contributing to the major heatwaves experienced there so far this year. …

23. This year's El Nino set to be strongest in more than a century, UK forecasters say

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:28:32 -0000

    Britain's Met Office has predicted sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific will reach an "unheard-of" level of potentially more than three degrees above average, triggering severe droughts across South America and the West Pacific. Such an event would have serious knock-on effects for …

24. Millions in France report eco-anxiety after summer of heatwaves and wildfires

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:59:34 -0000

    Record-breaking heatwaves, drought and wildfires are driving a surge in eco-anxiety across France, with some sufferers "paralysed" by panic attacks, unable to work and, in the most severe cases, experiencing suicidal thoughts. "I had to stop working, it was impossible for me to think about anything …

25. Iraq’s solar villages show how to build an energy transition that lasts

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:50:08 -0000

    In rural Kurdistan, locally managed solar power is keeping villages running and opening new possibilities for farming and livelihoods. For years, the day in Kulak ended when the generator powered down. Like thousands of villages across Iraq, this small farming community in the semi-autonomous …

26. Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:59:52 -0000

    The Trump administration move is “politically motivated,” said the plaintiff, one of the nation’s leading environmental groups.One of the nation’s …

27. This $0-down Illinois home solar deal includes a huge 60 kWh battery

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:59:13 -0000

    Illinois homeowners can now get rooftop solar paired with a whopping 60-kWh home battery for no money down – but this isn’t free equipment. Texas-based Solrite Energy has launched its solar-plus-storage program for qualifying homeowners in ComEd and Ameren Illinois territories. Solrite finances, …

28. Barnsley Council set to rescind 2019 climate emergency declaration

    Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:18:20 -0000

    Reform UK-led Barnsley Council has announced its intention to withdraw its climate emergency declaration. The party said a review of all climate and net-zero activity was under way, saying programmes that lacked a clear resident benefit, financial saving or statutory requirement should change or …

29. Why Nuclear Energy Is Making a Global Comeback

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Energy security concerns augmented by recent years of war in Ukraine and the Middle East have fueled a global resurgence of nuclear energy. In Asia, …