Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:27:16 -0000

   Can you hear it — that loud roar coming from the East? It’s the sound of 1.4 billion Chinese laughing at us. The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage in one of the …

2. Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:14:24 -0000

   The greenhouse effect was discovered more than 150 years ago and the first scientific paper linking carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere with …

3. EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:57:46 -0000

   The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a “declaration of dissent” with its policies, accusing them of “unlawfully undermining” the Trump administration’s agenda. In a letter made public Monday, the employees wrote that the agency is no …

4. E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:28:21 -0000

   The letter had accused the Trump administration of politicizing, dismantling and sidelining the agency. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday placed 144 employees on administrative leave and opened an investigation into their decision to sign a letter accusing the Trump administration of …

5. The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:45:00 -0000

   The Republican megabill could be setting America up for the worst energy-affordability crisis since the 1970s. Of all the elements of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, perhaps none is as obviously self-defeating as getting rid of tax credits for clean energy. That decision will not simply set back the …

6. Record-Breaking Results Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0000

   A twisting ribbon of hydrogen gas, many times hotter than the surface of the sun, has given scientists a tentative glimpse of the future of …

7. World's Biggest Polluter Is in the US, Study Finds

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:10:55 -0000

   The U.S. military has been identified as the largest single institutional emitter of greenhouse gases worldwide, according to a new study. Newsweek …

8. These Cod Have Been Shrinking Dramatically for Decades. Now, Scientists Say They’ve Solved the Mystery

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:29:45 -0000

   A new study reveals that decades of overfishing have altered the evolution of cod in the eastern Baltic Sea. The research, published in the journal …

9. Are Extreme Weather Events Actually Increasing, or Are We Just Noticing More?

   Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:36:55 -0000

   Extreme weather events have become a hot topic in recent years, sparking debates and discussions worldwide. While some argue that these events are …

10. Google’s electricity demand is skyrocketing

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech giant just signed a deal to buy fusion power. Meanwhile, company emissions are up 50% since 2019. We got two big pieces of energy news from …

11. Madre Fire explodes in size to become California's biggest this year

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:46:20 -0000

    A wildfire in California's San Luis Obispo County exploded in size Thursday, triggering evacuation orders and sending smoke plumes southeast into …

12. Is honey beekeeping doing more harm than good?

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:00:48 -0000

    As managed honeybee hives multiply, wild bees and butterflies are disappearing. Since honeybees are not endangered, is beekeeping responsible for the …

13. What Killing Tax Credits Means for the Electric Vehicle Market

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:16:31 -0000

    Sales are likely to dip below forecasts but not completely bottom out thanks to an array of new models and incentives from states and dealers. The …

14. Ocean technology startup that sold 200,000 carbon credits faces scientists’ doubts: ‘Trust us, it sinks’

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:24:47 -0000

    The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes …

15. ‘A self-inflicted tragedy’: Congress approves reversal of US climate policy

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:35:38 -0000

    Once Trump signs the megabill, the country will no longer have a federal plan to address the climate crisis. The U.S. House of Representatives voted …

16. Trump environmental agency suspends employees over letter of dissent

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:02:35 -0000

    The US Environmental Protection Agency has suspended 139 employees after they signed a scathing open letter accusing Administrator Lee Zeldin of …

17. Arctic Region Was Permafrost-Free When Global Temperatures Were 4.5˚ C Higher Than Today

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:20:09 -0000

    Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the Arctic Ocean when Earth’s …

18. Climate change pushes Arizona into ‘uncharted territory’ with deadly heat

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:42:20 -0000

    In 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has …

19. Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:56:59 -0000

    President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly …

20. EPA places staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter on leave

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:43:32 -0000

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is placing staffers who signed a letter of dissent against the Trump administration’s actions and policies …

21. Extreme Heat Is Causing a Black Suicide Crisis in Phoenix. Urban Farms Offer a Lifeline

    Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:35:44 -0000

    Extreme Heat Is Causing a Black Suicide Crisis in Phoenix. Urban Farms Offer a Lifeline.In America’s hottest city, Cultivating the land might be …

22. Math professor shares thermo-dynamic hack to cool your sweltering car in seconds

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:49:42 -0000

    You don't even have to use your A/C. Cars can become unbearably hot in the summer. Even at a seemingly mild 80 degrees outside, the temperature inside …

23. Facing blistering heat, the French ponder the unthinkable: Air conditioning

    Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:38:12 -0000

    It’s so hot. So horrendously hot. As I sit working in this Parisian café, any last romantic notions of a life abroad in France have gone down like a …

24. Bald Eagles Are Thriving. Could Trump Change That?

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:14:55 -0000

    It was only a few decades ago that the bald eagle, which has long been an American icon, was on the brink of extinction. Its comeback is largely credited to the Endangered Species Act, a 1973 law that established protections for threatened species—including the bald eagle. “The bald eagle has been a …

25. A Rare Showing Of Bipartisanship Stopped The Senate’s Public Land Grab

    Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:17:50 -0000

    Senate Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” yesterday. Many dangerous provisions made it into the final text, …

26. Experiencing extreme weather and disasters is not enough to change views on climate action, study shows

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:24:19 -0000

    Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, and the trend is expected …

27. European heat wave fuels deadly Spanish wildfire as European Union presents plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

    Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:47:36 -0000

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Europe’s continuing heat wave on Wednesday helped fuel a deadly wildfire in Spain while the European Union presented plans to …

28. The Fastest Rising and Falling Sea Levels in America

    Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:17:57 -0000

    Visualizing Sea Level Rise and Decline in America In America, the Gulf Coast is experiencing the sharpest sea level rise, with areas particularly hit …

29. Conservatives say Trump won their megabill votes by promising crackdown on renewable energy credits

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:00:18 -0000

    "We believe we're going to get 90-plus percent of all future projects terminated," Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said.

30. Is this the end for Easter Island's moai statues?

    Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:07:47 -0000

    Easter Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage. In an ancient quarry on top of a volcano on a remote Pacific island, half-finished figures hewn into the rock ignore Maria Tuki as she walks by. The rugged …