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  1. World's first nuclear reactor that can be mass-produced just passed a key test

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:00:03 -0000

    The first-ever nuclear reactor that can be mass-produced took another step towards reality after it passed a major US safety approval test.

  2. Trump administration sued over reversal of key climate finding

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:27:30 -0000

    The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit over its decision to deregulate emissions and repeal a landmark scientific finding that linked …

  3. Who holds Trump accountable for Gaza’s future?

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:33:46 -0000

    The new Board of Peace, while endorsed by the United Nations, is part of an emerging state-centric world order in which leaders, in theory, must …

  4. Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:55:00 -0000

    Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up? The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are not just becoming more common; new research shows that these factors are increasingly arising in …

  5. Senate committee features climate disinformation, the Atlas Network, and Dr Karl's clash with One Nation

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:00:50 -0000

    The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before …

  6. Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:09:39 -0000

    WASHINGTON — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America's national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug …

  7. Bayer proposes $7.25 billion Roundup settlement as Supreme Court case looms

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:15:00 -0000

    The proposed agreement comes as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh whether federal pesticide approval blocks state-level failure-to-warn claims. A new $7.25 billion settlement between Bayer and a group of cancer patients could wrap up a huge wave of lawsuits against the company over allegations …

  8. New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, …

  9. $56 trillion national debt leading to a spiraling crisis: Budget watchdog warns the U.S. is walking a crumbling path

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:24:38 -0000

    The United States is rapidly accelerating toward a definitive tipping point in its financial history, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget …

  10. Big Tech companies say AI will help solve climate change. Environmental groups call that 'greenwashing'

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:45:00 -0000

    AI giants including Google and Microsoft have sometimes touted climate benefits that aren’t backed up by academic evidence, a new report says. As Big Tech faces criticism for the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, companies have said the technology will actually help solve climate …

  11. Antarctica has a ‘gravity hole’

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:25:59 -0000

    The geological oddity has existed since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. A “gravity hole” beneath Antarctica sounds like the plot to a bad sci-fi movie, but it’s a very real situation deep beneath the Earth’s surface stretching back tens of millions of years. The phenomenon thankfully isn’t as …

  12. Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:12:22 -0000

    CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers. And Olympic host city Cortina is a fitting …

  13. California sues Trump administration over billions in canceled clean energy funding

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:11:26 -0000

    California is suing the Trump administration over its termination of billions of dollars in funding for high-profile clean energy projects awarded under President Biden, state officials announced Wednesday. It is California’s 58th lawsuit against the president since he resumed office last year. The …

  14. First-ever shark recorded in Antarctic waters filmed at 490 meters in near‑freezing water

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:23:20 -0000

    An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many …

  15. US: Trump's EPA sued by environmentalist, health groups

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:43:00 -0000

    US President Donald Trump has revoked a 2009 EPA declaration that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a threat to public health …

  16. The record-breaking cocaine boom — and its deadly fallout

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    A few weeks ago, a police officer made a routine traffic stop in Upland, California, just outside of Los Angeles. The officer was accompanied by a police dog named Petey. As they approached the car, Petey began barking. Something about this car was clearly strange. Sure enough, they discovered that …

  17. Climate, health groups challenge EPA repeal of major greenhouse gas regulation • Nevada Current

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:10:27 -0000

    A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the …

  18. 'Playing Checkers': Trump's Bid to Revive Coal Is Nonsensical

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:37:18 -0000

    Donald Trump has been a major supporter of the coal industry since he entered American politics and donned a hard hat at his “Trump Digs Coal” rally …

  19. US energy chief urges IEA to 'drop the climate'

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:29:40 -0000

    At a meeting in Paris, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright called on the International Energy Agency to abandon its climate work and return to its core …

  20. Public health and green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:42:59 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. A rule finalized …

  21. Climate groups sue Trump administration over EPA's bombshell deregulation decision

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:48:17 -0000

    Climate activist groups sued President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday in an effort to block officials from undercutting environmental regulations. The lawsuit targets the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to revoke an Obama-era "endangerment finding" that serves as the …

  22. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Halts New Investment, Lays Off Staff

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:36:02 -0000

    Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-backed group that bankrolls climate tech, has stopped making new investments from one of its key funds to scale …

  23. Iceland saw record temperatures last year. So why are scientists predicting a ‘deep freeze’?

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:00:55 -0000

    Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much …

  24. Why California could be the big winner as EPA abandons climate policy

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:52:21 -0000

    The Trump administration just tore apart decades of U.S. climate policy, but it may have also handed California its golden ticket. EPA’s decision last week to nix the so-called endangerment finding — the Obama-era ruling that underpinned the federal government’s authority to develop climate policy — …

  25. Groups sue over Trump effort to ‘erase’ history, science in national parks

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:42:39 -0000

    “As Americans, we deserve national parks that tell stories of our country’s triumphs and heartbreaks alike,” one critic said of the administration’s changes. “We can handle the truth.” A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing …

  26. Aussies warned as El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole set to 'team up' this winter

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:25:15 -0000

    Across the east, the current La Niña state, which began in spring and peaked in January this year, is now weakening. But what's next? It's looking …

  27. A massive climate resilience program is escaping Florida’s DOGE purge

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    Ron DeSantis is slashing government spending, but the Sunshine State can’t afford to abandon its climate adaptation fund. When it comes to government …

  28. Goodbye And Good Riddance To The Endangerment Finding – OpEd

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:31:11 -0000

    Trump’s cancellation of the so-called “endangerment finding” with respect to CO2 made by the Obama White House back in 2009 is so profoundly …

  29. What are Reform’s economic pledges – and how sensible are they?

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:15:32 -0000

    Robert Jenrick has unveiled his plan for the economy if Reform UK were to win the next general election in his first major speech as the party’s …

  30. E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:25:03 -0000

    Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court. The first shot has been fired in the legal war over the Environmental Protection Agency’s rollback of its “endangerment finding,” which had been …