Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Pete Hegseth’s Pathetic Warrior Cult Has Undermined the Military

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The self-styled secretary of war’s attempts to rebrand the Department of Defense have gotten mired in a familiar pattern of failure. Pete Hegseth and …

2. In 2025, Trawlers Suddenly Started Pulling Up Rare Hybrid Crabs in Record Numbers in The Bering Sea. Now We Know Why

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 -0000

   A population of once-rare hybrid crabs has surged to record numbers, following a marine heatwave that hit the Bering Sea in 2018. This dramatic …

3. This melting Ron DeSantis statue is a perfect metaphor for climate change

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Made from a soft metal called gallium, the statue of Florida’s governor is designed to melt under the sun. The face of a silver-colored statue of Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis lasted only about 30 minutes in the Florida sun before it melted away to reveal a skeleton underneath. The …

4. Trump vowed to stop an 'energy emergency.' Then he created a real one.

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

   The president used executive powers to boost oil and coal, but he can't fix the shortages caused by the Iran war. On the first day of his second term, …

5. Nations Give Up On Global Warming

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:47:00 -0000

   Ahead of the important COP31 climate summit of the world’s leading nations, few countries have plans to slow global warming and cut greenhouse gas …

6. Trump’s threats to take Greenland, and Russia’s growing military, are pushing the EU to expand its Arctic presence

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:28 -0000

   The European Union laid out a plan on Tuesday to increase its footprint in the Arctic as global warming, conflict and competition for energy …

7. How to study a swiftly melting climate disaster

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   I helicoptered into the Alaskan wilderness with scientists on the frontlines of permafrost research. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Andrew Haverdink, a tall grad …

8. How much wildlife do cats actually kill – should we really keep our pet cats indoors?

   Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:32:18 -0000

   The Kerguelen Islands lie deep in the southern Indian Ocean about halfway between Madagascar and Antarctica. The average annual temperature is 4.5 …

9. The Trump Scandal That Everyone Overlooked

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:07:27 -0000

   As corruption tops voters’ concerns, Democrats and the press are ignoring Trump’s deal with the oil industry. With the U.S. midterm elections less …

10. DeSantis’ climate change denial just hit its melting point

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:23:48 -0000

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ climate policy meets the Florida heat. Rachel Maddow explains the message behind “Denial,” a gallium statue of the governor designed to melt in the sun. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Become an MS NOW Member! Join us here http://ms.now/membership MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ #DeSantis #Florida #climatechange

11. It Can Happen Here—and Everywhere: Democracy Is in Global Retreat

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s not just the United States that has turned to right-wing authoritarianism to solve all its problems and brutalize the vulnerable. According to …

12. Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:04:36 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her …

13. The World Bank Has Withdrawn a Major Loan to an Agribusiness Tied to Deforestation

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:50 -0000

    The reversal comes after environmental and Indigenous rights groups pushed the bank to acknowledge environmental concerns. More watchdogging of …

14. This Town Was Already in Crisis. Then Rapid Arctic Melting Starting Making Its Tap Water Undrinkable

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:15:54 -0000

    The world's fastest warming town is facing a drinking water crisis. As fossil fuel pollution cranks up global temperatures, no place on Earth is …

15. How electric school buses power 1,000 homes in California - and make money

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    A fleet of 74 school buses have spent the last two years powering about a thousand homes, taking stress off the grid, thanks to V2G chargers built in America. If you’ve spent much time around the electric vehicle space, you may have heard about vehicle-to-grid, perhaps by the acronym V2G (or its …

16. Toxic Betrayal: Report Details How Trump Duped His MAHA Base by Appeasing Corporate Interests | Common Dreams

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:17:53 -0000

    The MAHA movement "reminded the American public of the dangers of toxic chemicals in our air and water... But then the Trump administration either …

17. Ilhan Omar Is the Right Kind of American. Trump Is the Wrong Kind.

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:14:31 -0000

    The president’s crusade against the Minnesota congresswoman, and Somali Americans in general, is certainly racist. And it’s arguably more than …

18. Global warming is accelerating, leading climate scientist Rockström says

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:31:14 -0000

    LONDON, Oct 20 - Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions is accelerating, pushing many of the Earth's most important ecosystems close to their …

19. Nicolas Cage battles sinkhole that threatened his Malibu home

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:53:23 -0000

    By Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — As fires and high tides batter Malibu, Nicolas Cage is working to rescue his oceanfront home from a …

20. A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    One of the first major signs of this year's "Super El Niño" has reached the U.S. It's called a Kelvin wave – a deep ocean wave that's currently raising sea levels along the West Coast. Scientists have long known about Kelvin waves, but this year, the phenomena grabbed the public's attention with …

21. On campaign trail, Jeffries says Republicans are 'divorced from reality'

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:28:29 -0000

    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as he campaigned for Rep. …

22. Should You Go Electric? Here’s a Guide to EV Math

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:08 -0000

    Not every type of driver will have the same calculus. A friend texted me the other day with a question: Should we buy an electric car? She lives on an …

23. Judi Dench graciously claims there to be "no villains in the making of Cats"

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:30:40 -0000

    The actor still can't bring herself to watch the film, but she did enjoy playing Bananagrams on the set. We live in a completely different world than that of December 2019, and not just because of political, medical, and climate crises. That month brought Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd …

24. Microplastics Aren't Inert After All: In Water, They Make DNA-Damaging Free Radicals

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As social media says, microplastics are this generation's lead and asbestos: useful things that seemed hunky-dory – until they weren't. Plastics are …

25. These startups hope “blended” food will cut our appetite for red meat

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Beef is a climate burden. Can “blended meat” finally succeed in getting us to cut back? In the fall of 2025, Jeff Dodge set up a six-foot folding …

26. EU unveils strategy to bolster Arctic presence amid pressure from Russia and the US

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:35:24 -0000

    The European Union unveils its new "strategy for the Arctic" on Tuesday, aiming to step up its presence in the far north as melting ice opens new maritime routes, and tensions with Russia and the United States increasingly put the region in the geopolitical spotlight. The European Union (EU) is to …

27. How planting a 'rain garden' could help protect your home from flooding

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:16:47 -0000

    Flooding is expected to grow more extreme due to climate change. Your garden could be your home's first defence. Heavy rains and flooding hit Spain's …

28. Minnesota's missing October cold may be a preview of the entire winter

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:58:55 -0000

    We’re past the halfway point in October and we still haven’t had any real cold. Even in our modern, warmer climate, October typically yields our …

29. The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle - NASA Science

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:01:00 -0000

    Humans are exerting increasing influence over how water moves through lakes, rivers, soil, and the subsurface, and a new NASA study shows where those …

30. New 'hunter-killer' chemistry captures and destroys forever chemicals

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:00:06 -0000

    They can turn up in a nonstick frying pan, a waterproof jacket, a takeout food wrapper or the foam used to fight fires. Known as "forever chemicals," …