Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. A new report just busted another myth about heat pumps

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:49:41 -0000

   Don't worry: There is there plenty of room on the grid for these electrical wonders — and they'll save ratepayers tons of cash. You may have heard by …

2. GOP's money moves show 'they see a blue environment'

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:20:10 -0000

   NBC News' Jon Allen, Ryan Nobles and Allie Canal join Meet the Press NOW to discuss President Trump's economic message on the campaign trail as new reports show prices surging for both businesses and consumers. NBC News senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur lays out where both parties are …

3. Climate change is slowing Earth's spin and making the days longer, NASA-funded study shows

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:43:14 -0000

   NASA-funded study says melting ice and depleting groundwater is causing a shift in mass that's slowing Earth's spin and making days longer Ever feel …

4. Arctic sea ice hits another troubling low in 2026

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:40:44 -0000

   Arctic sea ice is shrinking in both winter and summer, with satellite records revealing that the region's remaining ice is becoming thinner, younger, …

5. ‘Weather under Fire’: The climate change film we’ve been waiting for

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:49:35 -0000

   Due out in early 2027, it’s the best climate change documentary I’ve ever seen. The producers need donations to finish it. The best climate change …

6. How people survived one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:56:02 -0000

   Seven thousand three hundred years ago, a volcano erupted from beneath the sea off the coast of southern Japan with a force that ranks among the largest of the entire Holocene. The eruption unleashed devastating pyroclastic flows and enormous tsunamis, while volcanic ash buried large areas of …

7. Elon Musk Throws Trump Under the Bus for Ukraine Intel Disruption

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:10:00 -0000

   The tech billionaire said that systems that went offline during a Russian missile attack that killed nine are “owned and controlled” by the U.S. …

8. 75% of Likely US Voters Oppose Giving Big Oil Immunity From Climate Lawsuits | Common Dreams

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:35:51 -0000

   Even 67% of Republican voters think states should be allowed to sue oil companies for climate damage. But Trump and GOP lawmakers are pushing to kill …

9. Steal This Story, Please! unwraps Amy Goodman's search for truth and justice

   Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:30:00 -0000

   Veep fans might think they've found a lost episode of Armando Iannucci's satirical comedy on catching documentary Steal This Story, Please! Opening on …

10. 'It melts all sides': Slovenia takes drastic measures to stop its last glacier from vanishing

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:31:14 -0000

    Locals say ‘unique ecosystems’ are vanishing and rivers are losing water as Slovenia’s last glacier melts away. Drop by drop, Slovenia is losing its …

11. Official winter weather forecast released. How cold will it be?

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:18:34 -0000

    NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released their outlook for December-February. It features unusual warmth across the nation's northern tier, and ongoing storminess across the southern tier. Ready for a warmer, wetter winter? The very strong El Niño is forecast to be the main driver of weather across …

12. The surprisingly hopeful quest to fix concrete

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Scientists are racing to reinvent concrete before we pour millions more tons of it. No, Rome was not built in a day, but it was built at breathtaking speed, its temples, amphitheaters, and aqueducts rising with the help of a magical blend of volcanic ash and lime. Today, that miraculous mortar has …

13. Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:55:24 -0000

    A new model suggests the Thwaites Glacier could contribute twice as much sea-level rise. One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers is emerging as a …

14. As Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst Yet

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:20:19 -0000

    Trump’s other targets were at least battle-seasoned veterans. Hutchinson was a young woman who showed enormous bravery. Besides which—the case will …

15. Climate Change Is Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond, Scientists Warn

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:03 -0000

    The climate is warming up faster than we can respond. According to a new report published Oct. 14 in the journal BioScience, “Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory.” The State of the Climate, an annual report that tracks the Earth’s “vital signs,” monitors several climate …

16. A little bipartisan bromance as Schwarzenegger, Newsom laud California’s climate-change wins

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:32:33 -0000

    Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, celebrated the 20-year anniversary of landmark climate legislation he signed while in office alongside Democrats including Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. “California is the perfect example of what can be done when people work together and when we …

17. Early humans in America endured climate chaos – new research

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:57:18 -0000

    Some 23,000 years ago, during the coldest part of the last ice age, people walked across the muddy margins of an ancient lake in what is now White …

18. In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion: ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen …

19. Director Alex Gibney on terrifying Musk documentary: 'It's not a funeral; it's a warning'

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour, fire-and-brimstone documentary Musk — about tech oligarch and the world's richest man Elon Musk — is not uplifting. …

20. Ben Affleck defends ‘pretty ambitious, interesting’ Digger from people celebrating its financial failure

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:33:47 -0000

    “If you punish movies that take risks, guess what you’re gonna get? A bunch of s----y, homogenized movies.” Ben Affleck doesn’t want people to relish Digger‘s demise. The Animals star defended the climate crisis satire from those obsessing over its weak box office returns, arguing that we shouldn’t …

21. Wall Street Wants Your Vote on Autopilot

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:16:49 -0000

    Exxon, Tesla, and Goldman Sachs are turning passive investors into an automatic voting bloc built to crush corporate dissent. Last year, after a legal …

22. Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It’s not that simple

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:03:57 -0000

    U.S. President Donald Trump said that “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in “our new and beautiful Greenland,” though it …

23. World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacement

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:56:31 -0000

    A mushroom is analogous to a flower on a plant — it’s the reproductive organ of a fungus, which protects and distributes fungal spores. Mushrooms are …

24. El Niño helped turn tropical storm into Category 5 monster in just 24 hours, experts say

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:54:15 -0000

    New research found that a combination of climate change and El Niño drove the rapid intensification of Hurricane Polo last month—the longest-lasting …

25. NIH banned-word list kills research over climate change, DEI, gender

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:28:09 -0000

    Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The National Institutes of Health has implemented a list of 235 banned keywords used to reject grant funding for research, drawing …

26. Hurricane Trudy drenching Mexico; Guam braces for another typhoon

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:51:02 -0000

    While the Atlantic slumbers, we need to watch two potential rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones in the Pacific. The Atlantic has returned to its …

27. How Trump’s disaster aid delays and FEMA cuts could galvanize the ‘movable middle’ in the 2026 elections

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:19:10 -0000

    When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 9, 2026, it was just the latest weather disaster for Americans in a year that continues to …

28. EU: Leaders from Finland, Sweden and Denmark tell Costa: “Do not weaken the ETS”

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:38:25 -0000

    Rome, 15 Oct. (LaPresse) – The leaders of Finland, Sweden and Denmark have warned Brussels of the risk of weakening the ETS system. “Europe’s …

29. 23,000-Year-Old Footprints Reveal How Early Americans Endured Ice Age Climate Change

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:31:33 -0000

    Ancient footprints left by early Americans in New Mexico reveal how people experienced dramatic climate change during the last Ice Age. A new study …

30. Aboard an icebreaker, a writer got a closer look at the Arctic's 'Sea Change'

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:42:03 -0000

    As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar got an up-close look aboard the USS Healy, a Coast Guard icebreaker. She says that traversing the North Pole by ship — once a "largely conceptual" route — is …