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BYD’s cheapest EV is getting bigger and fancier
BYD is giving its $10,000 Seagull EV — the world's sixth-best-selling EV — a second-generation overhaul with a larger body, a more powerful rear-mounted motor, and unexpected luxury features like mass
Meta Announces Large Solar Purchase Agreement in Texas, But It’s Powering Some Data Centers With Gas
Meta signed a power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy to financially support a 144-megawatt solar project in Gonzales County, Texas — a facility Apex says wouldn't have been built without Meta
Tesla Solar Factory Caught in Chinese Suppliers' Patent War
Linton Crystal Technologies, a US unit of China's Dalian Linton, sued Zhejiang Jingsheng in Texas federal court over crystal puller patents, putting a reported $420 million Tesla solar equipment order
Facilities Tap 48E Credits for Battery Storage Systems
Building operators are deploying 48E investment tax credits most often on battery storage systems designed to exploit lower-cost electricity rates, according to an executive at tax-credit consulting f
Range Rover Sport EV orders open at nearly $150,000 with up to 378 miles of range
Range Rover opened UK orders for its second fully electric SUV, the Sport EV, starting at roughly £110,000 (~$146,000) with up to 378 miles of WLTP range and the most power ever offered in a Sport.
China’s 2,250kW chargers are already in service, while US thinks about 750kW next year
Geely has deployed 2.2 megawatt EV chargers capable of a full charge in under 5 minutes across 5 Chinese cities, while the US is still targeting a 750kW charger — roughly one-third the power — as its
Two million people in England unaware their properties are at risk of flooding
The Environment Agency warns that roughly 2 million of the 6 million English properties at risk of flooding are owned by people who don't realize they're in danger, as the Met Office forecasts a wette
FERC Partially Approves PJM Backstop Power Auction
FERC only partially approved PJM's plan to run a backstop power supply auction after the grid operator fell short of its reserve margin targets amid aggressive data center load growth.
Ameren Missouri files 20-year plan with 10.6 GW of gas additions
Ameren Missouri filed a 20-year integrated resource plan that would triple its reliance on natural gas to 60% of its mix by 2045 while retiring all coal, driven by surging data-center demand that is r
IONNA tops 180 charging sites, with discounts for these EV drivers
DC fast charging network IONNA has surpassed 180 operational sites across the US and is now offering plug-in discounts to drivers of four founding automakers' brands.
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
UK banks have become Europe's largest financial backers of the global coal industry, providing $8.3bn (£6.2bn) since the Cop26 climate summit — while Barclays and HSBC each raised their coal lending,
Teens Tackle Climate Change at Ipswich Hackathon
Young people in Ipswich took part in a climate-focused hackathon organized by Seeds of Hope and Change, producing posters with proposed solutions to environmental issues as part of a free touring exhi
Renewables boom faces a Trump-era cliff
The U.S. is adding record amounts of clean power despite President Trump's opposition to wind and solar, but the renewable energy industry's top trade group warns the boom could fall off a 'cliff' as
Germany Logs 16,000 Heat Deaths in Deadliest Summer
Germany's deadliest heat waves on record killed an estimated 16,000 people from May to August, overwhelming healthcare and emergency response systems and prompting action at the 2026 Extreme Weather C
States Push Climate Superfund Laws Despite NY Blocks
Multiple states are advancing climate superfund laws to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages, despite federal court blocks on New York’s law and an impending Supreme Court case that coul
Nebraska Nighttime Heat Disrupts Sleep, Crops, Livestock
Rising nighttime temperatures in Nebraska are disrupting residents' sleep, stressing the state's top crops and livestock, and forcing cooling centers and utilities to stretch capacity as minimum tempe
How El Niño Reshapes Global Weather
An explainer tracing El Niño from its 1600s naming by Peruvian fishers through modern meteorology, detailing how warm Pacific water shifts release trillions of joules of heat and reshape weather patte
The astonishing collective impact of household energy shifts
UK consumers shifting when they charge EVs, run heat pumps, and do laundry could collectively avoid £4.6 billion in grid costs by 2030, according to Cornwall Insight.
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The world's oceans absorbed a record 23 zettajoules of heat last year—an amount equal to 40 times annual global energy use—leaving waters hotter, higher, and more acidic, according to a new report.
England Tern Colonies Recover, National Trust Says
England's most important tern colonies are showing signs of recovery after years of decline driven by bird flu, flooding, and unpredictable weather, according to new National Trust figures.
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