Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The Trump administration has all but stopped enforcing environmental laws

    Thu, 08 May 2025 08:45:00 -0000

    The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution …

  2. The new pope, Leo XIV, has spoken out about urgent need for climate change action

    Thu, 08 May 2025 19:18:02 -0000

    As a cardinal, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was aligned with Pope Francis’s views on the environment. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just elected as the new leader of the Catholic Church, seems to have similar views on the environment as his predecessor, Pope Francis. Prevost, who is …

  3. Pope Leo XIV in his own words: The pontiff on abortion, climate change, homosexuality, and capital punishment

    Thu, 08 May 2025 22:18:15 -0000

    Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is widely considered to be soft-spoken and cautious — but has not been shy in recent years about speaking out on …

  4. The head of FEMA defended the agency on Capitol Hill. Trump fired him.

    Thu, 08 May 2025 22:55:07 -0000

    FEMA’s shake-up follows the cancellation of key climate resilience programs and growing uncertainty over the agency’s future. On Thursday, the Trump …

  5. US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

    Thu, 08 May 2025 18:21:52 -0000

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on …

  6. These U.S. cities are slowly sinking, Virginia Tech study says

    Fri, 09 May 2025 01:45:55 -0000

    BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – According to new research from Virginia Tech, urban areas of several major cities across the country are slowly sinking. A …

  7. U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather

    Thu, 08 May 2025 18:08:06 -0000

    It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are growing more frequent as the planet warms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday it would stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive …

  8. NOAA ending its "billion-dollar disasters" database

    Thu, 08 May 2025 19:38:07 -0000

    NOAA announced Thursday that it is decommissioning several databases, including its widely reported annual compilation of billion-dollar weather and …

  9. Hurricane Helene Could Be the Worst Storm in Decades

    Thu, 08 May 2025 03:11:07 -0000

    As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Florida’s Big Bend, residents brace for what could be one of the most severe storms in recent memory. The storm, …

  10. Climate Change Is Breaking the Insurance Industry

    Thu, 08 May 2025 20:46:55 -0000

    Climate related problems, from storms to health issues, are causing a wave of change in the insurance industry.

  11. Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change

    Wed, 07 May 2025 22:23:13 -0000

    Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the …

  12. Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope Leo XIV—why does this matter to the worlds of art and heritage?

    Thu, 08 May 2025 17:47:27 -0000

    Robert Francis Prevost has been elected pope, taking the name Leo XIV. He becomes the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, the …

  13. Australia Greens leader loses seat, cites 'Trump effect'

    Thu, 08 May 2025 05:30:07 -0000

    The leader of Australia's third-largest political party, the Greens, has conceded his seat in Melbourne after a tight electoral vote count that lasted several days. Adam Bandt, who had safely held the seat of Melbourne since 2010, told reporters on Thursday afternoon that he had called Labor …

  14. Six Environmental Mapping Tools the White House Doesn’t Want You to See

    Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:38 -0000

    Government officials and advocates used them to help communities disproportionately affected by climate change and pollution. The White House effort …

  15. Big US cities are sinking. This map shows where the problem is the worst.

    Thu, 08 May 2025 08:04:37 -0000

    The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction," say the study authors, though other forces are at work in some places. The cities include not just …

  16. A Puerto Rican community decided to preserve its forest. Now it makes money thanks to ecotourism

    Thu, 08 May 2025 10:59:00 -0000

    The Cabachuelas Project not only offers a way to generate money, it also offers a sense of belonging and pride for residents of the archipelago.The …

  17. Trump cites US need in fast-tracking Alabama coal build-out. Most of that coal is exported.

    Thu, 08 May 2025 17:01:39 -0000

    This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. …

  18. India and Pakistan Remind Us We Need to Stop the Risk of Nuclear War

    Thu, 08 May 2025 16:00:00 -0000

    We are living in a scary time. After a terrorist attack that killed at least 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, in Kashmir in April, India blamed the …

  19. Leo is America’s first pope. His worldview appears at odds with ‘America First.’

    Thu, 08 May 2025 10:57:00 -0000

    Steve Bannon called Leo the “worst pick for MAGA Catholics.” When the late Pope Francis challenged Donald Trump on immigration, climate change and poverty during the president’s first term, the White House and its allies responded with a collective shrug. But with Catholic Cardinals choosing an …

  20. Scientists just solved a 70-year old problem with fusion energy

    Thu, 08 May 2025 01:05:00 -0000

    For decades, nuclear fusion has held the promise of clean, limitless energy. However, one persistent challenge has slowed progress: the inability to …

  21. Georgia U.S. senators warn Trump’s proposed budget threatens to gut state’s growing EV manufacturing

    Thu, 08 May 2025 07:00:36 -0000

    President Donald Trump addresses the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on Jan. 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida. (Photo …

  22. As Trump Administration Seeks to Shut Down Energy Star Program, Industry Groups Call to Save It

    Thu, 08 May 2025 21:29:19 -0000

    Despite having industry support and saving consumers half a trillion dollars over the decades, the program could be eliminated imminently.It’s a …

  23. NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters

    Thu, 08 May 2025 15:22:25 -0000

    The billion-dollar disaster tracker is on a growing list of datasets NOAA says that either scientists will no longer update or the administration will decommission entirely. Federal scientists will no longer update a list of weather disasters that cause billions of dollars in damage, the National …

  24. Francis Was Chosen To Save The Church, Leo XIV Is Called On To Save The World

    Thu, 08 May 2025 18:03:48 -0000

    The conclave in which Pope Francis was elected had as its task the salvation of the Church. At the conclave that chose Cardinal Robert Prevost to be …

  25. Is California's Plan to Trump-Proof the State Enough?

    Thu, 08 May 2025 18:24:08 -0000

    Is California’s Plan to Trump-Proof the State Enough? California officials shored up the state’s defenses to respond to Donald Trump’s lawless …

  26. In the Future, Much of Miami Will Be Underwater, According To FEMA data

    Thu, 08 May 2025 17:15:00 -0000

    Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, warns that much of Miami may be permanently underwater in the coming decades. Using FEMA …

  27. Trump Admin Ends Program Tracking Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters

    Thu, 08 May 2025 20:13:48 -0000

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters report is no more after the agency’s budget …

  28. Deadly April Rainfall in US South and Midwest Was Intensified by Climate Change, Scientists Say

    Thu, 08 May 2025 21:20:42 -0000

    Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and other states in early April and made it more likely to …

  29. Houston is sinking half an inch per year—and it's not alone

    Thu, 08 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000

    All 28 of the most populous U.S. cities—including Houston, New York City, and Chicago—are sinking, which makes them vulnerable to infrastructure failure and flooding. In Texas, parts of Houston are sinking at a rate faster than 10 millimeters—or about two-fifths of an inch—per year. Parts of Dallas …