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UK Schools Overheat as Poor Design Traps Heat
Schools are recording temperatures above 40C as excess glass, sealed windows, and tarmac playgrounds turn classrooms into heat traps, with 68% of 80 English schools surveyed by architect Harry Paticas
Polanski, Unions Urge Burnham Not to Water Down
Green party leader Zack Polanski and several major unions have urged Andy Burnham, widely expected to be Britain's next prime minister, not to dilute Labour's climate commitments or expand North Sea d
The Lexus ES EV barely beat its range estimate in the real world, but falls short of rivals
The 2026 Lexus ES 350e electric sedan traveled 293 miles in Edmunds' real-world range test, narrowly beating its EPA estimate but falling well short of the Audi A6 e-tron and BMW i5 xDrive40 competito
CATL chief: solid-state batteries at ‘level 4 of 9,’ no leap until 2030
CATL chairman Robin Zeng Yuqun told the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos that solid-state battery technology has only reached 'level four' on a nine-step readiness scale, predicting mass production
Deployable reserves shrinking as coal, gas forced outage rates rise: NERC
NERC's 2026 State of Reliability report found that forced outage rates spiked to 9.2% in 2025 as aging coal and gas plants struggled, shrinking deployable reserves across the North American bulk power
BYD Launches ParkPay for In-Car EV Charging & Parking
BYD has partnered with Parkopedia to roll out ParkPay, an in-car service launching in Europe in 2027 that lets drivers find, reserve, and pay for parking, with EV charging and toll payments coming lat
EDAM Exposes PacifiCorp East-West Price Split in Month
California's new Extended Day-Ahead Market produced starkly different prices across PacifiCorp's East and West systems in its first month, with PACE clearing negative in 17% of hours and PACW just 2%
UK Records Hottest June Day Ever at 36.4C in Somerset
The UK recorded its hottest June day on record Thursday as temperatures hit 36.4°C in Somerset — the second consecutive day breaking the record — prompting a rare red weather warning, hundreds of scho
Amble unveils fun-looking, street-legal 40 MPH ‘electric buggy’
Portugal-based startup Amble emerged from stealth to unveil the Amble One, a street-legal electric buggy with a 40 mph top speed, 62-mile range, and a $25,000 starting price aimed at resorts and low-s
Prime Day 2026 Green Deals: E-Bikes, Power Stations
Amazon's Prime Day 2026 sale is live for four days, featuring deep Green Deals on e-bikes, power stations, electric tools, and smart devices, with this article serving as a regularly updated deal hub.
CATL's Rise Was Built in Ningde, Not Beijing
A detailed look at how local Ningde officials courted CATL founder Zeng Yuqun for four years and built a supplier cluster around his factory, arguing that the company's global EV battery dominance is
Burnham Urged to Hold Firm on Labour's Net Zero Policy
Pressure is building on prospective Labour leader Andy Burnham to maintain the party's net zero commitments, with unions, pollsters and climate groups warning that diluting green policy would cost Lab
Datacentres Targeted in Mounting Climate Lawsuits: LSE
A London School of Economics review of roughly 3,600 climate lawsuits found datacentres have become a fast-growing target of environmental litigation across the US, UK, Ireland, and Chile, with cases
Rad Life Mobility buys QuietKat for three-brand e-bike
Rad Life Mobility acquired off-road e-bike brand QuietKat, completing a three-brand portfolio that also includes Rad Power Bikes and Serial 1, with SVP Scott Adams outlining plans to leverage scale ac
Scarlet Tiger Moths Expanding Range Around English
In his Country diary column, Paul Evans observes scarlet tiger moths thriving at allotments near Old Oswestry hillfort, highlighting how the synanthropic species is expanding its range into English to
UK Records Hottest June Day Ever at 36.1C
The UK recorded its hottest June day ever at 36.1C in Hampshire, triggering the Met Office's second-ever red extreme heat warning, disrupting 800+ schools and major rail services, with the agency's ch
Europe Heatwave Smashes UK, France Records
A severe European heatwave has shattered national temperature records, with the UK logging its hottest June day ever at 36.1C and France recording its hottest day on record for the second consecutive
Farmers Slam UK Food Security Plan Over Funding Gaps
The UK government has unveiled its first long-term farming plan, warning that climate change and supply chain disruptions could cause severe food price shocks. Farmers' groups criticised the plan for
How to keep people cool without making the planet even hotter
A podcast interview with RMI's Ankit Kalanki unpacks the climate cost of air conditioning and refrigeration — roughly 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions today, projected to triple by 2050 — and exp
Grid Operators Make 'Significant Progress' on
A new Advanced Energy United report finds U.S. grid operators have made "significant progress" implementing FERC-mandated generator interconnection reforms over the past two years, though there's no e
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