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1. The Most Open-and-Shut Impeachment Case Is Not Pete Hegseth

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:30:32 -0000

   The House may impeach the defense secretary this week. Fine. But the real enemy of the Constitution is Attorney General Todd Blanche. On Saturday, …

2. 'Horrific': Supreme Court OKs Trump’s Border Wall Construction in Big Bend

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:31:28 -0000

   The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted a court order that had halted construction of a barrier wall and roads across Big Bend National Park and the …

3. The Used-Battery Gold Rush Is Coming

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -0000

   If it can power an electric vehicle, why not a data center? Like all batteries, the giant lithium-ion ones in electric cars eventually fade. Once they can muster just 70 to 80 percent of their original charge, they’re not very useful as car batteries anymore: They simply can’t get a vehicle far. But …

4. The AMOC ocean current could collapse. If it does, it could change Chicago's weather for 1,000 years.

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:23:21 -0000

   In the 2004 blockbuster film "The Day After Tomorrow," global warming shuts down a major ocean current, leading to abrupt climate change and …

5. Which countries and industries emit the most greenhouse gases?

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:21:37 -0000

   The US has emitted the most CO2 in history; China is now the biggest emitter. Here’s who is driving global emissions. World leaders and delegates are gathering in Antalya, Turkiye, for COP31, the annual climate summit of the United Nations, which runs from November 9 to 20. They meet as global …

6. Senate advances sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:47:47 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The …

7. 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 …

8. 'I thought I was going to die': The Australian story of 'harms' being told to the world

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:34:34 -0000

   In brief Australia is playing a key role at COP31 in Türkiye, with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen acting as president of negotiations. • Ten …

9. This 1,000 ft ocean liner once carried world leaders. Now it's being sunk deliberately

   Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:45:12 -0000

   A legendary ocean liner that once carried world leaders, Hollywood icons and thousands of immigrants across the Atlantic is preparing for a final …

10. El Niño is just getting started. New effects expected soon

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:00:54 -0000

    A strong El Niño has already upended hurricane season and sent planetary waves to batter California. Soon its effects could steer daily U.S. weather. ORLANDO, FL — If you're confused about where the potentially record strong El Niño stands at the moment, you're not alone. While you've been hearing …

11. Scientists Reach a Record Temperature: 280 Billion Times Colder Than The Universe

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Even the seemingly empty vacuum of space isn't completely cold. The Universe was born some 13.8 billion years ago in a state so hot and dense that the …

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

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:46:36 -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 …

13. Canada can't control climate change on its own, economist tells landmark trial

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:44:11 -0000

    An environmental economist testifying at Canada's first youth-led climate trial says the country has a limited ability to affect the climate inside …

14. El Niño’s hidden toll on trees emerges years later in Papua New Guinea rainforest

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 23:22:18 -0000

    When the El Niño drought ended in a remote Papua New Guinea rainforest, the trees did not immediately recover. Many kept dying. That is one of the …

15. How ICE Keeps an Eye on Protestors

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Sophisticated tools, born from the War on Terror and wielded by the Trump White House, have been turned against the American people. While much of the …

16. Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission About Losses, Wrecking MAGA’s Spin

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:00:35 -0000

    On 60 Minutes, he admitted that Americans like immigrants, after all. That doesn’t just directly contradict his new chief of staff, Stephen Miller. …

17. Climate crisis now a health emergency of ‘pandemic scale’, UN climate chief warns

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:18:58 -0000

    The United Nations climate chief warns that countries must protect health systems, as climate change poses a growing threat to public health during …

18. South Korea’s beloved squid may vanish from its waters due to climate change, heat waves

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:13:28 -0000

    SEOUL — Many South Koreans remember days when squid was inexpensive, everyday food: Stir-fried with spicy chili flakes, steamed in a bath of water …

19. Heat and high water: Floods pockmarked southern U.S. states during one of the hottest Octobers on record

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:07:37 -0000

    The Four Corners area was especially hard hit by relentless rounds of heavy rain, while record-high tides sloshed onto coastlines in California and …

20. The Latest: Congress returns to a changed Washington

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:51:20 -0000

    Congress is reconvening in a changed Washington, with Trump doubling down on his political threats despite the landmark GOP losses. President Donald …

21. The world will soon shoot past 1.5°C. What does this mean?

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:41:20 -0000

    Did you know that global heating will unavoidably soar past the 1.5°C temperature goal over the next three to four years? This is certain, despite …

22. Senate advances bipartisan permitting bill in key test vote

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 23:35:01 -0000

    The bipartisan Senate permitting bill cleared its first hurdle Monday with a 73-25 procedural vote. Why it matters: The legislation could transform …

23. COP31 climate summit begins after disastrous year of extreme weather

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:41:34 -0000

    ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — World leaders, delegates and climate activists on Monday kicked off talks in Turkey on curbing climate change, which in the …

24. 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 …

25. The Midterms Were Bad for Republicans. 2028 Is Going to Be Even Worse.

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:16:51 -0000

    The early field of GOP presidential candidates is laughably bad—and they’re going to be dealing with the same problems that killed the party in last …

26. Fair COP? Row over climate change conference as PM jets off again

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:24:20 -0000

    The Albanese government has been arguing Energy Minister Chris Bowen's position at COP31 represents value for money as Anthony Albanese jets out of …

27. The Devastating Wildfires in Spokane Point to the Risks for a Hotter Planet

    Sun, 08 Nov 2026 15:11:27 -0000

    In Spokane, the outdoors is never far from city life. That’s why I visit every year—my home away from home. Hikers can find lush trails here that …

28. A new lithium-air battery could give electric cars 1,200+ miles of range, but there’s a catch

    Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:20:10 -0000

    Range anxiety could become a thing of the past, but not anytime soon. Range anxiety still keeps many people from buying an electric car. So when a …