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Fuels and freight put F1 on track for net zero by 2030
Formula 1 says it is on track to hit net-zero carbon by 2030, reporting a 35% reduction in its carbon footprint from the 2018 baseline driven by freight changes, sustainable fuel investment, and calen
DOE Diverts Puerto Rico Solar Fund to PREPA, Gas
Trump's Department of Energy has redirected a large share of a 2022 $1 billion Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund — originally meant for rooftop solar and batteries for 40,000 low-income, medically vu
Florida Passes 10 mph E-Bike Speed Limit on Shared Paths
Florida's legislature has passed a bill imposing a 10 mph speed limit for e-bikes on shared-use paths and sidewalks within 50 feet of pedestrians, sending the measure to the governor's desk.
Tesla launches first US vehicle-to-grid program in
Rural homeowners face multi-day outages after summer storms while utilities prioritize urban restoration, making home solar-plus-battery systems essential — from portable stations to Tesla's new Cyber
‘Sponge Cities’ Are Catching On. But Can They Handle Supercharged Storms?
Copenhagen's 2011 cloudburst dumped more than 5 inches of rain in a single day, causing $1 billion in damages and a decade of urban redesign. The city now anchors a growing 'sponge city' movement faci
Flaming Gorge Drawdown Cuts 35 Feet, Marina Issues Refunds
A federal emergency drawdown at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, triggered by Lake Powell's risk of falling below hydropower thresholds, has buckled boat ramps and forced Memorial Day refunds at Buckboard Mar
BYD Unveils MagSafe-Style 'Flexible Buttons' for Cars
BYD previewed a detachable magnetic 'Flexible Buttons' device that uses Bluetooth to control vehicle functions remotely, with its Great Tang flagship electric SUV — which logged over 100,000 preorders
Study Maps 64,000 Sq Miles of Climate-Resilient Reefs
The Wildlife Conservation Society and Macquarie University have identified over 64,000 square miles of coral reefs across 71 countries that show potential to survive future warming — roughly triple th
Rivian Cuts Up to 300 Jobs Week After R2 Launch
Rivian laid off up to 300 workers—just under 2% of its staff—targeting service and customer-facing teams exactly one week after beginning deliveries of the R2, the mass-market SUV its entire financial
Hyundai Narrows Chevy EV Gap as Registrations Diverge
Hyundai narrowed the gap with Chevrolet for the #2 US EV brand in April 2026, as Hyundai registrations rose 3% while Chevy's plunged 36%.
GM, Peak Energy partner on US sodium-ion battery supply
Peak Energy and General Motors announced a partnership on June 9 to develop sodium-ion battery systems for grid-scale stationary storage, with GM producing cells in Michigan under exclusive manufactur
Toyota’s new EVs are catching on as registrations jump 225% in April
Toyota's US EV registrations surged 225% in April to 3,524 units as its three-SUV electric lineup gained traction, vaulting the brand past Ford, BMW, Honda, Kia, and several others in monthly EV sales
Microgrids Beat Undergrounding for Wildfire Resilience
Think Microgrid's executive director argues that home-level microgrids are a faster, cheaper wildfire resilience strategy than burying power lines, noting the same dollars spent on undergrounding coul
Energy Dome, Salt River Project to build 19-MW CO2 battery system
Energy Dome and Salt River Project announced a 20-year tolling agreement to install a 19-MW carbon dioxide battery system at a coal-to-gas conversion site in Arizona, with Google funding a portion thr
Kia’s electric van delivers more driving range in the real world at 260 miles
Kia's PV5 electric van beat its official range estimate in an independent Norwegian summer test, driving 260 miles on a single charge and validating the brand's first dedicated people-mover.
‘At first, the idea does sound crazy’: meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic
Real Ice's geoengineering experiment near Cambridge Bay, Canada, thickened 1.5m of Arctic sea ice by 50cm using pumped seawater, with results visible from space. The UK-funded project is now testing a
Tesla Robotaxi Fleet Shrinks to 14 Unsupervised Cars
Tesla's spotless NHTSA robotaxi crash record is less a safety milestone than a math problem: the company has just 14 unsupervised vehicles on the road a year after launch, while Waymo runs thousands a
SC Approves $5B Dominion-Santee Cooper Gas Power Plant
South Carolina regulators approved Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper's $5 billion, 2,180-MW gas-fired Canadys power plant, citing cost-effectiveness and rapid state load growth, while the Sierra Club
Northeast states eye offshore HVDC transmission as Trump drops wind fight
Nine Northeast states and D.C. published three reports Monday laying out a shared technical and policy framework for an offshore HVDC transmission network along the Atlantic Coast.
Four ASEAN Nations Agree to Pilot Multilateral Power
Four ASEAN nations — Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore — have agreed to pilot a multilateral electricity trading arrangement later this year, testing a sub-regional approach to the long-stall
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