Monday, October 5, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Daderot

Supreme Court opens term with Boulder climate case against Exxon and Suncor

Justice Samuel Alito recused himself, which leaves open a 4-4 split that would let the Colorado ruling stand.
A pregnant woman. Photo: Elvis Huang / CC BY 3.0

Climate Change Is Becoming a Pregnancy Hazard Worldwide, Survey Finds

Extreme heat is increasingly threatening pregnant women and newborn babies, with it affecting the health of both women and infants.
A 19th-century Gray-Milne seismograph with recorder.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake just shook southeast Victoria. Here’s why we may expect more

There’s a reason why Gippsland gets so many earthquakes, compared to most of Australia.
Pigs in gestation crates. Photo: Humane Society of the United States / CC BY 3.0

Trump’s ‘New Era of Animal Welfare’ Excludes Almost All Farm Animals

The administration’s agenda expands protections for some, but still excludes almost all of the 10 billion land animals farmed for food in the U.S. each year.
An oil pump jack in Duncan, Oklahoma. Photo: duggar11 / CC BY 2.0

Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water

The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.
The Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

States sue EPA over repeal of power plant greenhouse gas limits

A coalition of attorneys general, governors and mayors asked the D.C. Circuit to restore the 2024 standards, which the EPA put at billion in avoided costs when it repealed them.
A gas flare at a landfill in Ohio. Photo: Vince Reinhart / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire

State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
The interior of a hog confinement barn. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Revealed: factory farm pollution is costing the UK £130m a year

Ammonia from farms drives lung conditions, heart disease and chronic illness – and we have been able to put a figure on the cost
Satellite view of a January 2016 winter storm over the eastern United States. Photo: NASA/LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response

Why the nor’easter’s storm surge was so high, and what it says about the...

Several factors make for high water levels, and they conspired to worsen the storm surge that flooded coastal areas from North Carolina to New York.
The United Nations General Assembly hall. Photo: Mr Bullitt / CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for...

Speakers at the UN General Assembly's climate event pressed for faster action as the world overshoots the Paris Agreement's warming limit and a strong El Niño looms.