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BLUETTI’s $2.2M-crowdfunded FridgePower dedicated fridge backup arrives at retail
BLUETTI's FridgePower, a dedicated refrigerator battery backup that raised $2.2 million in crowdfunding, has officially launched at retail on the BLUETTI store and Amazon, with launch pricing starting
NC Residents Sue Robeson County Over Landfill PFAS
Residents of St. Pauls, North Carolina sued Robeson County in federal court, alleging the local landfill has been leaching PFAS "forever chemicals" into drinking water for years — with some tap water
Electrify America Opens Largest Battery-Backed EV
Electrify America has opened a new 20-stall DC fast-charging hub in downtown Santa Barbara, paired with its largest public battery storage system to date — a 1.9 MW unit designed to ease grid strain a
Ford is now building low-cost LFP battery cells in the US that will power its $30,000 EV pickup
Ford's Bluoval Battery Park in Michigan has started assembling LFP prismatic battery cells using CATL-licensed technology, making Ford the first US automaker to ship lithium iron phosphate batteries f
Another day, another illegal billion-dollar bribe to raise your electricity prices
The Interior Department struck a $765 million deal with Invenergy to cancel four offshore wind leases and redirect investment to natural gas — the third such agreement this year, totaling $2.578 billi
Managed, bidirectional EV charging advances with utility, automaker support
Rivian became at least the seventh automaker to join ChargeScape's vehicle-grid integration platform, while General Motors announced a firmware update enabling vehicle-to-grid capability on existing s
Scaringe: Self-Driving Fees Will Collapse Like Airbags
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says self-driving software fees will eventually collapse into vehicle pricing, comparing the trajectory to airbags and pointing to BYD's free "God's Eye" suite as the leading ed
UK Climate Minister Defends Seventh Carbon Budget
The UK's Labour government is pressing ahead with its seventh carbon budget vote this month, even as the cross-party climate consensus fractures, gas prices spike from the Iran war, and opposition par
Climate Scientists Warn Summer Temps Could Hit 1.9°C
Former federal climate scientists warned that atmospheric CO2 concentrations hit a May record and that summer monthly average global temperatures could climb as much as 1.9°C above the pre-industrial
DOJ defends Musk's xAI turbines from Clean Air Act suit
The Justice Department is asking a federal court to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI's unpermitted gas turbines near Memphis, arguing the AI infrastructure powering Grok is a matt
Heat pump shipments rise through April, with more use for both heating and cooling
U.S. heat pump shipments rose modestly through April while gas furnace volumes dropped sharply, underscoring a growing divide in the HVAC market that experts attribute to improvements in cold-weather
BYD Great Tang SUV Hits 150,000 Preorders at $35,500
BYD launched its flagship Great Tang full-size electric SUV starting at $35,500, backed by a record 150,000 preorders — the strongest single-model demand in the company's history.
Lucid Cosmos Design Revealed: 300-Mile Range, Sub-$50K
Lucid has officially registered the production design of its sub-$50,000 Cosmos crossover with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, revealing 100 detailed views of the EV's exterior and in
We finally got to drive the Aptera solar electric car
After nearly two decades of starts and stops, Aptera's solar electric car completed its first validation prototype in March and is now rolling for journalist drives, though significant NVH refinement
Rising temperatures may increase flood risk through river ‘whiplash’, study finds
A study published in Earth's Future warns that rising temperatures will drive more frequent swings between flooding and drought in UK rivers, doubling 'whiplash' events under 4C warming and rendering
California gas generation down 60% from 2024 as solar, imports surge
Utility-scale solar beat natural gas on 82% of days in California's grid during the first five months of 2026, the EIA reported, with solar up 21%, gas down 60%, and electricity imports from neighbori
Tesla Installs First-Ever Car Vacuum at German Supercharger
Tesla has installed a free car vacuum alongside charging stalls at a Supercharger station in Germany, believed to be the first such amenity on the network and part of the company's push to match gas-s
US Public Still Backs Climate Action Despite Trump
Americans overwhelmingly support climate action and view clean energy favorably, even as President Trump escalates his fossil fuel agenda — a gap Yale pollsters attribute to shrinking media coverage r
Port of Vancouver Launches ELECTRA Electric Semi Pilot
Canada's ELECTRA program deployed Peterbilt 579EV Class 8 electric semis at the Port of Vancouver in May, giving five shipping companies subsidized 60-month leases and a year of shared data to test ze
Marine Heatwave Days Triple as Ocean Sensors Close
The ocean has absorbed over 90% of the excess heat from human activity, but marine heatwave days in 2025 tripled compared to the early 1990s and the monitoring network tracking these changes is being
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