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1. Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:33:31 -0000

   How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment Fifty years ago, in his most famous work, the …

2. ‘Europe is ending its addiction to a toxic, costly drug’: Heat pump sales soar as electricity taxes fall

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:55:27 -0000

   Heat pump sales plummeted in 2024 – but now they’re on the rise again. Here’s why. Heat pump sales in European homes rose by 11 per cent in the first …

3. A little known greenhouse gas is quietly harming half of Europeans. This Italian city is hit hardest

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:02:42 -0000

   People who suffer from asthma are the most at risk. Half of Europeans were exposed to a little-known greenhouse gas during this summer’s record …

4. Americans Could Soon Live Underground—But Experts Warn of One Major Problem

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:14:11 -0000

   Sustainable architecture has come to the forefront of design innovation in recent years, in the age of rapid urbanization, ongoing housing shortages, …

5. A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:01:00 -0000

   A startup whose founder has vowed to "make nuclear great again" is planning to place hundreds of reactors on federal land in Utah, according to documents reviewed exclusively by NPR. Valar Atomics is planning what it calls "Project Beehive" on over 9,000 acres of land held under the Bureau of Land …

6. The Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough Investigation

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   A guide for the Democrats’ coming congressional majority “We’re going to hold the crooks accountable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told …

7. After two landfalls in Mexico, Hurricane Polo’s rainmaking journey has just begun

   Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:37:53 -0000

   Moisture from Polo and ex-hurricane Odalys is helping spawn heavy rain and potential flooding from northwest Mexico into the southwest and central …

8. Renewables boom faces a Trump-era cliff

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:15:05 -0000

   America is adding record amounts of clean power despite President Trump's opposition to wind and solar — but the industry's top trade group warns the …

9. One year after the end of the EV tax credit, is the future still electric?

   Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0000

   Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, sent every weekday morning. One year ago today, the auto industry bid farewell to a hefty federal tax …

10. Earth’s 2 biggest oceans are showing a strange—and unsettling—new pattern

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The 2026 Super El Niño is reshaping hurricane season in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Here’s what that means for you. This weekend much of the Eastern Seaboard got hit with an unusual September nor’easter, bringing torrential rains, damaging winds, and coastal flooding from northern Maine all the …

11. The worst Super El Niño on record could disrupt travel for months. Here's how to prepare

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    When planning a trip, weather is almost always top of mind. Usually, the forecast follows a predictable pattern and doesn't require too much analysis: it's nearly always rainy in London in the winter and sunny in the Caribbean all summer long. However, sometimes weather patterns can change so …

12. In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:45:15 -0000

    Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even …

13. Climate, Copernicus: “40 per cent of the population will be exposed to dangerous levels of ozone in 2026”

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:58:52 -0000

    Milan, 30 Sept. (LaPresse) – During 2026, 40 per cent of the world’s population was exposed to extremely high levels of ozone pollution. This is …

14. Explainer: What is El Niño?

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    In the 1600s, fishers in Peru saw that every few years around Christmastime, the waters there warmed, and they caught fewer anchovies. They called …

15. Jeff Bezos is giving $25 million to protect the Pacific—but his climate fund still has about $7 billion left to spend in four years

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:03:00 -0000

    Back in 2020, billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion to fight climate change through 2030. Nearly seven years later, the Bezos …

16. In Colorado, the Majestic Ponderosa Pines Are Dying

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:53:14 -0000

    The white Cessna banked right to reveal dense forests of Douglas fir, pines and quaking aspen in varying shades of green bathed in the early morning …

17. Trump Isn’t Helping Out the Auto Industry. He’s Helping to Tank It.

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:30:55 -0000

    The Trump administration is touting its recent rollback of Biden-era fuel efficiency standards as a win for American car manufacturers. It couldn’t …

18. Proposed bill would mandate alpha-gal labeling on food and drug packaging

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:59:00 -0000

    Lone star tick bites can cause alpha-gal syndrome, which involves an allergic reaction to red meat and other animal products. Most people are used to …

19. States want to make Big Oil pay for climate harm. Now, courts are weighing in.

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    New York’s "climate superfund” law has suffered two losses in court, while a U.S. Supreme Court case next week could determine the fate of similar …

20. How Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost It

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    When Robert Mueller found no smoking gun on collusion, Democrats largely turned to other matters. But Trump and his backers never stopped pushing …

21. The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young Water Gets Older, And Old Water Gets Younger

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:00:00 -0000

    You might not notice it gazing out from the shore, but water ages. As it gets older, it loses the oxygen dissolved in it, used up by marine life, …

22. Tokyo records historic 35-day rain streak driven by El Niño and stalled fronts

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:17:53 -0000

    Central Tokyo has experienced 35 consecutive days of rainfall, setting the longest continuous rainy streak since records began in 1886, reported …

23. Drought and tourists reshape Custer area landscape

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:56 -0000

    CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D. – While the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup has grown to draw tens of thousands of visitors and become an emblem of western …

24. Gargantuan feedlot telegraphs woes for cattle and the environment

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:07:35 -0000

    I was just reading about a feedlot in Nebraska, near where that state meets Kansas and Colorado. It is set to become the largest in the country, …

25. Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:29 -0000

    The oceans are warming at an alarming pace, bringing far-reaching consequences for which the world is unprepared, according to a report by more than 100 international scientists. The tenth Copernicus Ocean State Report, published Wednesday, draws on more than four decades of data from satellites, …

26. El Niño Could Create a Kelvin Wave That Affects the Entire Planet

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:02:03 -0000

    El Niño events can be good for surfers. It’s pretty simple: bigger storms make bigger waves. But good waves are just a silver lining to a climate …

27. What it means for global warming to exceed 1.5°C

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:05:00 -0000

    A sobering new report from the United Nations Environment Programme warns that even if governments deliver on all their existing climate pledges, …

28. How AI Could Kill Us All

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Mapping the pathways to human extinction. You’ve probably seen or heard some of the headlines: “OpenAI Says Its AI Models Went Rogue and Attacked a …

29. For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:04:27 -0000

    August and September passed without a single Atlantic hurricane, thanks in part to a powerful El Niño. Forecasters are now raising the prospect that …

30. The Startup Raising $17 Million for Super-Thin, Wall-Mounted Batteries

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:05 -0000

    Novele is aiming to smooth out power consumption for commercial buildings, saving tenants money and easing grid strain. Electricity is more expensive …