Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. New Fox Poll—a Disaster for Trump—Rattles Fox Anchors: “Wake Up!”

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:57:29 -0000

   They were freaking out on Fox News Friday morning over a new Texas poll. A look at the internals shows they had every reason to. “If you look at that …

2. America is hurtling toward a power grid crisis

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   Electricity demand is skyrocketing, utility bills are spiking – but it could take years to build the new transmission lines that would address the …

3. ICE Protesters Just Sued One of Trump’s Biggest Cheerleaders

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:54:00 -0000

   Benny Johnson, a right-wing influencer, is being sued for referring to protesters as “left-wing terrorists.” Right-wing commentator Benny Johnson …

4. Supreme Court ready to tackle climate, immigration and gun rights. Here are 5 cases to watch

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:45:09 -0000

   When the U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday, the justices will kick off a new term featuring cases on climate change, gun rights, immigration and …

5. Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine oil pollution in oceans. See the map

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:11:39 -0000

   Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles) of the ocean surface each year, an …

6. Europe’s Approach to Climate Is Entering a New Era

   Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:08:38 -0000

   For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts. Now, as the costs of climate change become increasingly difficult to …

7. Could a giant iceberg really break off Greenland? Scientists check Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0000

   In Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger, the actor plays a crazed oil baron whose irresponsible drilling causes a massive iceberg to split off Greenland. …

8. 'Perfect storm': El Niño goes off the charts

   Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:02:57 -0000

   A record-high ocean temperature has been measured in a key El Niño region of the Pacific Ocean, and scientists say it likely hasn't reached its peak. Sea surface temperatures just hit a record high in a 2.4-million square mile region of the deep Pacific Ocean known as Niño 3.4, the key area …

9. 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 …

10. Melting glaciers reveal Viking pass hidden for centuries

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:19:45 -0000

    Melting glaciers are revealing thousands of ancient Viking artefacts covered up by ice and snow until recently. Melting glaciers reveal Viking pass hidden for centuries Melting glaciers are revealing thousands of ancient Viking artefacts covered up by ice and snow until recently.

11. Everyone Hates Private Equity. Trump Is Bailing It Out.

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The industry has become the midterms’ most indelible political symbol for Wall Street’s reckless greed. President Donald Trump picked an odd political …

12. Freak ocean phenomenon takes hold of California coast with seas surging

    Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:12:40 -0000

    California’s coast is bracing for a massive surge that could push sea levels up by as much as a foot in the coming days, piling onto already battered …

13. Eric Schmitt’s a Joke. The Assaults on Jack Smith Are Anything But.

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:44:00 -0000

    The Missouri senator and other Republicans made fools of themselves Tuesday. But that won’t stop them lying about—and trying to destroy—Donald …

14. Restoring Watersheds One Dam Removal at a Time

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Editor’s note: This story was originally published by bioGraphic. Sierra is republishing it with permission. In 1859, a committee of farmers in …

15. California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

    Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:52:19 -0000

    Native wisdom and ancient rock paintings save the day. Deep in the Sierra Nevada foothills on the Tule River Indian Reservation, tribal member Kenneth …

16. ‘Digger’: How Its Big Twist Saves the Movie From Being a Complete Disaster (Opinion)

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:15:00 -0000

    SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “Digger,” in theaters now via Warner Bros. When does a bad movie become a fascinating watch? So …

17. How Brazilian presidential election could shape the future of Amazon rainforest

    Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    Brazil’s presidential election could reshape the future of the Amazon, with the winner leading the country that contains about 60pc of the world’s …

18. Toxic algal blooms are spreading across the West

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    By the time Tanya Bachman noticed something was wrong with her border collie, Jax, it was too late. She and her family had taken their boat and two …

19. The Environmental Cost of AI and Its Resource Demands

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:02:41 -0000

    AI can deliver answers in seconds, but powering it requires vast data centres, advanced chips, and huge amounts of electricity and water.

20. Burned Cattle, Drought, Smoke-Choked Pastures—and the SCOTUS Case to Make Exxon and Suncor Pay

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:20:12 -0000

    After one of the largest wildfires in state history devastated Rio Blanco County, Colorado in 2025, Deirdre Macnab saw her share of horrors across …

21. Tom Cruise's new climate disaster movie, ‘Digger’, is a disaster

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:17:20 -0000

    A high-concept misfire deliberately designed to test the patience of viewers. Has there ever been a good movie about climate change? The Day After …

22. California Sues to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:08:05 -0000

    The lawsuit is the 97th the state has filed against the Trump administration over the past year and a half. Led by California, nearly two dozen states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its rollback of fuel efficiency standards for cars, arguing that the move was based on a faulty analysis …

23. Sign of the times: Ukraine’s small dairy farms are disappearing

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:09:43 -0000

    Marinka Hritsik has watched Ukraine’s dairy farming traditions change before her eyes. "There were eighteen (household-owned) cows in our village in …

24. Donald Trump, Poet Extraordinaire

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:17:44 -0000

    You might think the president’s disjointed ramblings are cause for concern. But maybe this is the rebirth of a free verse superstar. Editor’s note: …

25. 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 …

26. Households will pay more for energy because of federal policy changes, think tank says

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:01:13 -0000

    Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office such as canceling new clean energy projects, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank. The …

27. JONATHAN TURLEY: Justice Alito blazes the ethical path the Supreme Court should take

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:20 -0000

    On Sept. 28, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from one of the term's most important cases: Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. As I have previously discussed, the case involving the liability of energy companies for nuisance actions tied to climate change …

28. Met Office issues polar vortex update amid London El Nino fears

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:56:12 -0000

    The Met Office has issued an update on the polar vortex that could cause chaos in London and across the UK this winter. An unprecedented “Godzilla” El …

29. Probiotics prevented coral bleaching during a Red Sea heat wave: Study

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:06:24 -0000

    As a heat wave settled on the Red Sea in 2022, a patch of corals in a reef 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) off the coast of Saudi Arabia reacted …