Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Trump’s EPA is setting the value of human health to $0

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:20:00 -0000

    The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations. Instead, …

  2. $25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:02:10 -0000

    It is a critical part of every chief executive’s job to anticipate the future. Failing to recognize and adapt to change can be the difference between thriving or disappearing. That’s why corporate leaders are continually bracing their companies against a host of possibilities — another pandemic, …

  3. This battery is about to change the world in 3 months, or make this guy a fool

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:58:48 -0000

    Donut Lab lit the EV and energy storage industry on fire last week with its announcement of a 400 Wh/kg solid-state battery cell that can last for 100 years. At face value, if true, we are looking at the single most disruptive announcement in the history of the electric vehicle industry and energy …

  4. Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:18:38 -0000

    President Donald Trump has renewed his efforts to take over Greenland, and tapping into the Danish territory’s natural resources is a key part of the …

  5. What a Wolf Pup’s Stomach Revealed About the Woolly Rhino’s Extinction

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:42:26 -0000

    Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost. It’s not every day that one gets to hold a chunk of hide from an extinct woolly rhinoceros in their hands. “I don’t think I will ever forget that,” said Sólveig …

  6. Cancellation Of World Cup Tickets Has FIFA Panicking

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:20:02 -0000

    Tens of thousands of fans have cancelled their tickets over security concerns and the political climate in the United States. An online backlash over …

  7. Scientists say another hot year is a 'warning shot' of a shifting, dangerous climate

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:48:25 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth's average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on record, while the past three years indicate that …

  8. The Climate Question That Economists Cannot Answer

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:51:20 -0000

    Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming. Most Americans now accept the basic physics of climate change—that manmade greenhouse-gas emissions are raising global temperatures. Yet the public discussion of climate change is still …

  9. Trump's lying isn't a part of the story

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:37:02 -0000

    Truth is under siege in America, good people, because without it there can be no justice — which is just how the most notorious crook and liar in …

  10. The Greenland Fever Dreams Of Trump’s Billionaires

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:30:04 -0000

    Precious metals, cryptostates, and melting ice sheets: the surreal saga of Trump’s Greenland gambit. Editor’s note: Why is Trump obsessed with taking …

  11. The Paperwork Trick Letting Factory Farms Pollute With Impunity

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The practice called ‘manifesting’ lets CAFOs make manure pollution legally invisible and evade liability. Factory farms produce staggering amounts of …

  12. A critical climate trend just reversed—driven by crypto and data centers

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:30:00 -0000

    After two years in decline, the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions grew more than its economy in 2025. After two years of declines, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2025—a change driven by increased electricity use, due in part to data centers and cryptocurrency mining, as …

  13. Sorry, the EPA No Longer Cares About Your Health

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:02:00 -0000

    The organization’s updated regulations will protect corporate profits though. The Environmental Protection Agency has committed itself to protecting corporate profits. Human beings, eh, not so much. From The New York Times: Under President Trump, the EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health …

  14. Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    The wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. In Los Angeles County, just seven have been rebuilt. This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced …

  15. Detailed map reveals groundwater levels across the U.S.

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:21:51 -0000

    How much fresh water is in the United States? It's a tough question, since most of the water is underground, accessible at varying depths. In …

  16. Why water is the catalyst for the next wave of global growth

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:50:26 -0000

    With coherent policy, innovative finance and a shared commitment to collaboration, the global community can transform water infrastructure from a …

  17. Tree bark microbes play a role in eliminating greenhouse gases, study finds

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:59:48 -0000

    Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees in northern New South Wales hold a crucial clue in the fight against global warming, a study …

  18. Very little plastic being recycled in California as state efforts falter

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    California touts itself as a leader on the problem of plastic garbage, but recent developments suggest otherwise. A new report issued by the state’s waste agency shows plastic yogurt containers, shampoo bottles and restaurant take-out trays are being recycled at rates only in the …

  19. America’s Air Is About to Get Dirtier—And More Dangerous

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:11:00 -0000

    For more than five decades, the Clean Air Act has prevented millions of premature deaths, hospitalizations, and lost work and school days. By one …

  20. Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:04:59 -0000

    What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. Turns out, the fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet. That’s because of the one thing that Greenland is quickly losing: ice. Most of Greenland’s landmass, which takes up about two million …

  21. 'Nobel Prize for Environment' awarded to specialist in invisible, fascinating and vital mycorrhizal fungi

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:01:06 -0000

    Toby Kiers, an American mycologist and evolutionary biologist, won the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for her work on all fronts to raise …

  22. Why Climate Experts Now Say China Is a Climate Hero

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:03 -0000

    While they had some reservations, the sheer scale of China’s decarbonization efforts were undeniable. As I walked participants through Heatmap’s …

  23. What Would a Trump Takeover Mean for Greenland's Resources?

    Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:42:00 -0000

    Even before U.S. forces seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump reiterated his long-stated desire to take control of …

  24. Burning Plastic Waste for Fuel Is Threatening Health and the Environment

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:58:21 -0000

    Across the Global South, millions of people are turning to plastic waste as an easy fuel source to cook and heat their homes. According to Liza …

  25. We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:00:34 -0000

    Cities must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the construction of buildings and infrastructure by more than 90 per cent in the next two to four …

  26. The Continental Shelf Theory: Why Prehistoric Humans Likely Lived Where the Sea Is Now

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:57:05 -0000

    Imagine walking along the ocean’s edge, the salty spray on your skin, the sand shifting beneath your feet — but what if you learned that the ground …

  27. Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down.

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:20:23 -0000

    Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are …

  28. 2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate Brink

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

    First, the good news: 2025 was not the hottest year on record. Now the bad news: last year was the third hottest on record, just a hair behind 2023. …

  29. The long-term health impacts from the LA wildfires are just becoming clear

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Last January, fires were raging across Los Angeles, smothering some 20 million people across the region in toxic smoke and ash. LA residents worried that the air was toxic, the soil contaminated, and the water poisoned. Questions swirled about the health risks created by the burns — and there were …

  30. Newsom Trolls MAGA Fans Over Wild Pollution Plan

    Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:02:18 -0000

    The California governor mocked Trump’s supporters for voting for the deterioration of their own health. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trashing …