Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Gavin Newsom gets his big energy deal

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 21:16:48 -0000

    SACRAMENTO, California — State lawmakers on Saturday sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a sprawling package of bills to control the state’s energy prices, including measures to increase oil drilling and stem utilities’ wildfire expenses. The package also includes bills to extend the state’s trading program for …

  2. Lightning To Spark More Wildfires In Western US In Coming Decades

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:08:46 -0000

    Lightning will ignite more wildfires in the western United States in the coming decades as temperatures increase due to climate change, according to …

  3. Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded the Department of Energy's controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that prompted dozens of independent scientists to issue a joint rebuttal saying the report was full of errors and misrepresented climate science. The disbanding was …

  4. Who owns the Nile? Water, power and politics in a warming world

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:41:27 -0000

    As climate change intensifies competition over water resources, the River Nile has become a symbol of both development and dispute. RFI speaks to a climate diplomacy expert to understand what’s at stake. This week, Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the River Nile – Africa’s …

  5. EPA decides it doesn't want companies to report greenhouse gases

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:27:57 -0000

    The EPA on Friday formally proposed ending longtime requirements for many polluters to collect and report emissions of heat-trapping gases …

  6. The Pacific won a stunning climate victory at the International Court of Justice. What's next?

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:54:48 -0000

    Fijian student Vishal Prasad stood in disbelief outside the world's highest court moments after it handed down a historic climate change ruling. A …

  7. An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:17:15 -0000

    The cold water upwell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are trying to figure out why. Each year between January and April, a blob of cold water rises from the depths of the Gulf of Panama to the surface, playing an essential role in …

  8. Trump administration moves to stop requiring polluters to report emissions

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:43:23 -0000

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal would end a federal requirement for 8,000-plus facilities to report greenhouse gas data. The Trump administration on Friday announced that it plans to stop requiring more than 8,000 polluters to report greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Environmental …

  9. Catherine McKenna details harassment endured as environment minister in new memoir

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:45:59 -0000

    Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says federal security agencies initially refused to offer her protection – and wouldn’t even show her the risk assessment they’d completed – as she faced a rising tide of threats and harassment online and in person. McKenna was the Liberal MP for Ottawa …

  10. Why Are Trees Painted White? (Plus Other Age-Old Gardening Tricks That Work)

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:00:01 -0000

    Here’s why you might spot whitewashed tree trunks in your neighborhood and more.

  11. Ethiopia's mega-project alters agriculture: Sudanese farmers adopt new cultivating practices

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:25:17 -0000

    Farmers in Sudan are adopting new cultivating practices, as Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam alters conditions downstream in the Nile.

  12. How Emerging Infectious Diseases Are Changing the World Can We Prepare for the Next Pandemic

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:50:10 -0000

    Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have been a significant concern throughout history, but their impact on global health and stability has garnered …

  13. A Tesla engineer quit after 8 years and slammed Elon Musk's leadership on the way out

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:01:05 -0000

    A Tesla engineer said he's leaving the company because of Elon Musk's leadership. "The main reason I'm leaving is that I think Elon has dealt huge damage to Tesla's mission (and to the health of democratic institutions in several countries)," wrote Giorgio Balestrieri, who joined Tesla in 2017 and …

  14. ‘You’re poisoning my child’: How Mamme No PFAS helped expose Italy’s PFAS pollution scandal

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 05:00:54 -0000

    The former managers of chemical company Miteni received prison sentences after being found guilty of water pollution in northeast Italy. What does …

  15. The Bedroom Temperature Italians Sleep At That Would Kill Americans

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:20:29 -0000

    And what it reveals about climate, comfort, and a radically different idea of nighttime health. In the United States, bedtime comfort is often …

  16. Over 36 billion pounds of good produce is wasted every year: A ‘whole harvest’ solution can help

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000

    This spring, a second-generation strawberry farmer in California stood in his fields with two generations of farmers by his side. Rows of ripe, red …

  17. Republicans Want to Scare You off Mass Transit. Cars Are Scarier.

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0000

    A fatal stabbing on Charlotte Light Rail set off a panic about the risks of public transportation. There’s just one thing: It’s worlds safer than …

  18. New Climate Models To Reveal Secret Life Of Water

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:11:14 -0000

    When it comes to Earth’s climate system, water is often at the center of the story — whether it’s too much, too little or arriving at the wrong time. …

  19. Climate Shapes How Oaks Evolve Leaf Traits To Survive

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:13:28 -0000

    A new study published in Forest Ecosystemshas found that two evergreen oak species in the Himalayan-Hengduan Mountains region adapt to their …

  20. EPA proposes to axe requirement for companies to report their planet-warming emissions

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:47:35 -0000

    The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep …

  21. More than two million people evacuated from deadly floods in Pakistan

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:27:26 -0000

    More than two million people have been evacuated in Pakistan's Punjab province as floods sweep the country's eastern region, authorities have said. Another 150,000 have been evacuated in Sindh province, national disaster management chief Inam Haider Malik told reporters on Thursday, warning that the …

  22. Metal Barrels Dumped Off the Coast of Los Angeles Are Encircled by Mysterious White Halos—and Scientists Think They Finally Know Why

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:46:50 -0000

    In 2011, scientists made a shocking discovery off the coast of Los Angeles: Corroded metal barrels were resting on the seafloor, including some that …

  23. It's peak season for the Atlantic, but where are the hurricanes?

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:46:21 -0000

    It's been a fairly odd Atlantic Hurricane Season thus far, featuring several tropical storms alongside a substantial major hurricane that thankfully …

  24. Perth had its wettest winter in 30 years. Why aren't its dams full?

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:54:48 -0000

    In August 1996, at the end of a wet winter, 10,000 people gathered around the edges of one of Perth's major drinking water dams to watch it …

  25. Pennsylvania Plastics Settlement Could Spark National Action on Pollution

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:05:12 -0000

    A major plastics Pollution case in Pennsylvania has ended with a $2.6 million settlement that could reshape how the U.S. regulates plastic pellet …

  26. LIRR fare evaders and more: Letters to the Editor — Sept. 14, 2025

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:08:01 -0000

    Evaders in the loo I have a great way for the MTA to stop some fare evaders (“$1 Billion,” Sept 11). Have the conductors on the LIRR go after the …

  27. Inside the Panama Canal's mega-project plan to engineer its way through severe droughts of the future

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:15:01 -0000

    After a historic drought that paralyzed vessel transits through the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority is moving ahead with major investments …

  28. Michael Mann & Peter Hotez on the 'organized,' 'deliberate' political attacks on science

    Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:23:59 -0000

    Professor Michael Mann and Dr. Peter Hotez are leading experts on climate change and vaccines, respectively, and in recent years, have both been …

  29. Data centers gobble Earth's resources. What if we took them to space instead?

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:45:00 -0000

    A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter. The companies frantically building …

  30. Malawi: farmers turn to AI to boost their yields

    Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:13:51 -0000

    In rural Malawi, farmers are have been embracing new technology to help them boost their yields and adapt to climate change. It’s an AI chat bot, …