Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:04:00 -0000

   The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say. The momentous end to the federal government’s legal authority to fight climate change makes it official. The United States will …

2. What Happens When a Neighborhood Is Built Around a Farm?

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:49 -0000

   This story was originally published by Grist, an independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. …

3. From coral reefs to songbirds, the natural world is losing its colour. Here’s why scientists are worried

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:26:00 -0000

   Colour is far more than beauty – it's a powerful indicator of ecosystem health. And the planet is losing its hues Across the planet, scientists are …

4. Newsom signs California-UK clean energy pact

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:00:42 -0000

   The deal includes greater collaboration on offshore windfarms — a great bugbear of Donald Trump. LONDON — California will carry on making the case for …

5. Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59 as devastation mounts

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:04:25 -0000

   The death toll from Cyclone Gezani, which slammed into Madagascar's east coast on February 10, has risen to 59, with 15 people still missing and more …

6. Electric Rickshaws Are Speeding Up India Clean Energy Shift

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:09:39 -0000

   Prem Chand spends his days weaving through Delhi traffic in an electric rickshaw, and he says the switch was simple: it costs less to run and it adds …

7. Can the Winter Olympics survive the climate crisis?

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:35:48 -0000

   This year, the Winter Olympics are taking place in the north of Italy, against a backdrop of climate change and rising temperatures, which are casting a shadow over the future of the Games. Like many of its predecessors, Milan Cortina is relying on artificial snow, pumping 50,000 cubic metres of …

8. Economists and environmental scientists see the world differently – here’s why that matters

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:34:16 -0000

   Imagine someone has chronic pain. One doctor focuses on the body part that hurts and keeps trying to fix that single symptom. Another uses a more …

9. Britain strengthens ties with California as new clean energy and climate agreement signed

   Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:47:26 -0000

   Britain has forged a deeper alliance with California on clean energy and climate action, as Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Governor Gavin Newsom …

10. Trump’s Coal Renaissance Comes at Cost for Taxpayers

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:24:45 -0000

    The Trump administration is bringing back coal even as usage of the dirtiest fossil fuel has dwindled for decades in the US. Our reporters traveled …

11. Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:09:45 -0000

    Regulating climate emissions just became more difficult. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …

12. Unlocking the secrets of glaciers: Scientists, mountaineers on a climate rescue mission

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:12:34 -0000

    Glaciers are vital to Earth's water supplies, yet they are being pushed to the brink of collapse. Half of the world's glaciers could disappear by the end of the century. A French mountain climber is putting her experience to use by helping scientists collect ice samples from major glaciers around …

13. Return of Sardinia’s griffon vultures hailed as one of Italy’s greatest conservation success stories

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:02:53 -0000

    In 2014, Sardinia’s Eurasian griffon vulture population had shrunk to around 60. Sardinia's griffon vultures were on the brink of extinction at the …

14. Extreme Heat Undermines Decent Work in North Eastern Kenya

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:49:07 -0000

    GARISSA, Kenya , Feb 16 2026 (IPS) - By 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, Hawa Hussein Farah is already watching the temperature climb. Awake since 6 a.m., she …

15. The GOP Has Become a Single-Issue Party. The Issue Is Elite Impunity.

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:24:27 -0000

    From protecting rapists to shielding Monsanto or helping Big Oil avoid climate change lawsuits, Republicans are showing their true agenda. I’ve been …

16. Purple ube takes off globally, leaving Filipino farmers racing to catch up

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:52:01 -0000

    Filipino farmers struggle to meet surging global demand for ube, a purple yam native to the Philippines, as climate change disrupts harvests

17. Richard Ottinger, 97, Dies; Fought for the Environment in Congress

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:17:01 -0000

    A New York Democrat, he spent 16 years in the House over two stretches, beginning in 1965, championing the health of the Hudson River and opposing the Vietnam War. Richard L. Ottinger, a New York Democrat who represented largely Republican Westchester County districts in Congress for 16 years and …

18. Presidents’ Day doesn’t exist

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:03:28 -0000

    Plus, readers on saving historical art, climate change and the ‘endangerment finding.’ Monday is a federal holiday celebrating George Washington’s birthday. The holiday is confusing, to be sure. He was born on Feb. 11, 1731, when the Julian calendar held sway. But in 1752, the Brits, and thus the …

19. Thomas Jefferson's weather recordings help create historical weather database

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:43:10 -0000

    President Thomas Jefferson was big on recording the weather wherever he was. His notes on temperature, nature and rainfall are becoming a record on climate history.

20. EPA ADMINISTRATOR ZELDIN: We finally demolished the Democrat climate insanity

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:00:04 -0000

    For 16 years, the so-called Endangerment Finding has been the weapon of choice for climate change zealots in Washington. Created by the Obama EPA in 2009, it justified trillions of dollars in regulations, restricted which cars could be manufactured, and drove up the cost of living for American …

21. French government blames hard left for 'climate of violence' after killing of far-right activist

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:53:10 -0000

    France's government on Monday said politicians on the hard left had "encouraged a climate of violence" that made them partially responsible for the death of 23-year-old Quentin Deranque, a far-right activist who was attacked on the sidelines of a protest in Lyon last week. France's government …

22. How killing the endangerment finding will hurt the AI industry

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:13 -0000

    Published February 16, 2026 This article was originally published on Callaway Climate Insights and is reprinted here with permission. Much gnashing …

23. Tiny island’s climate reparations proposal labelled 'major threat' to US industry

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:20:08 -0000

    Vanuatu wants a vote on its UN climate reparations plan in March, but the Trump administration is urging nations to oppose it. A tiny Pacific island …

24. Transcript: Trump’s Assault on the Clean Air Act and What Happens Next

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:00:03 -0000

    This transcript has been automatically generated. Subscribe to “Shift Key” and find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you …

25. This new aluminum-based EV battery could solve cold-weather range and charging issues

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:01:49 -0000

    Researchers from China’s Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics recently unveiled a new EV battery technology aimed at delivering stronger performance …

26. PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are falling in North Atlantic whales after phaseout

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:35:11 -0000

    Levels of some of the most persistent industrial chemicals in the North Atlantic appear to be falling, at least in one unlikely place. Long-finned …

27. AI tool suggests tree species and placement to cool urban streets by 3.5 C

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:50:01 -0000

    Urban landscapes could be cooled by up to 3.5 degrees using a QUT-developed AI-based tool that optimizes where trees and which species are planted to …

28. India and Pakistan's Water Politics Is Starting to Boil

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:28:56 -0000

    Climate stress is rewriting the region’s rules of water sharing. CHENAB VALLEY, Jammu and Kashmir—Shama Begum, wearing a traditional shalwar kameez …

29. Trump derides Newsom and calls his UK deal 'inappropriate'

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:00:24 -0000

    President Donald Trump on Monday slammed a new clean energy agreement between California and the United Kingdom, deriding Gov. Gavin Newsom and warning British leaders against partnering with the Democratic governor. “The U.K.’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum,” Trump …

30. Why we're becoming disconnected from nature

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:51:31 -0000

    Scientists report a rise in nature anxiety, or biophobia, warning that humans are losing touch with the natural world. Here's how to …