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EPA Saves Climate Cash; UK Crops Wilt
Britain's third straight bad harvest is now a multi-system failure: cereal and oilseed yields projected down as much as 2.5 million tonnes — a £390 million revenue hit for arable farmers — with wholes
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Heavy equipment space race heats up with new Vermeer lunar excavator [update]
Lunar helium-3 mining startup Interlune and Iowa equipment maker Vermeer expanded their partnership to build a full-scale, all-electric excavator that can process 100 metric tons of regolith per hour,
GM Unifies Charging with Energy Pass, Plug and Charge
GM unveiled at its 2026 Empower event two new features — Energy Pass and Plug and Charge — designed to eliminate the app-juggling and payment friction that have plagued public EV charging for years.
VW Reveals ID. ERA 5X EV on XPeng Co-Developed Platform
Volkswagen unveiled its new ID. ERA 5X electric SUV through a Chinese regulatory filing, revealing the first production model on a new Compact Main Platform co-developed with XPeng, though battery ran
Typhoon Dolphin Batters Okinawa, China Braces for Landfall
Typhoon Dolphin battered Japan's Okinawa prefecture on Saturday with 162 kph sustained winds, injuring six and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, as China shut ports and halted flights ahead
NYC Sends Cease-and-Desist Letters to 40 Online E-Bike Retailers
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued cease-and-desist letters to 40 online retailers — including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Temu and Wayfair — demanding they stop selling high-speed e-bikes and
Christopher Harry Cartoon Depicts Summer Wildfires
The Guardian published a Christopher Harry opinion cartoon illustrating the summer's devastating wildfires and their impact on wildlife.
Typhoon Dolphin Batters Okinawa, Heads for Eastern China
Typhoon Dolphin struck Japan's Okinawa, injuring five people and cutting power to 14,000 buildings, while tracking toward eastern China where authorities declared a level-three emergency ahead of expe
Khan presses Burnham on climate as North Sea oil decision nears
Sadiq Khan urges Andy Burnham to reaffirm climate commitments amid growing pressure over North Sea oil drilling, as extreme weather intensifies and key decisions on fossil fuel projects loom.
UK Wildfires Double in July as Nature Reserves Burn
UK nature reserves, farmland and countryside have been devastated by wildfires this summer, with Staffordshire alone logging about 600 outdoor blazes in July — roughly double last year's figure — and
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke—not the flames themselves—is the dominant killer in modern fire seasons, claiming 1.5 million lives annually worldwide and far more than floods, storms, heat, and direct fire exposure c
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Kia’s larger electric van caught with less camo ahead of its ‘big’ debut [Images]
Kia's larger PV7 electric van was spotted on public roads with minimal camouflage ahead of its planned 2027 debut, building on the PV5's dominance as Europe's top-selling small electric van.
China’s getting a new Smart car and you can’t have it
Chinese regulatory filings have revealed specs for the Smart #2, the Mercedes-Geely successor to the Smart ForTwo, ahead of its October Paris Motor Show debut — but the sub-3-meter EV will not be sold
Tesla Extends Cybertruck PCS Warranty to 8 Years
Tesla has formally acknowledged a defective power conversion system in pre-2026 Cybertrucks and extended the warranty to 8 years/150,000 miles, with reimbursements coming for owners who already paid u
The utility billing system is preventing rate and program innovation
A GridX executive argues that legacy utility customer information systems, designed for single-price flat-rate billing, have become the primary bottleneck preventing utilities from deploying the compl
SpaceX Terafab Will Run on Natural Gas, Not Solar
SpaceX announced it will build dedicated natural gas power plants and large battery arrays for its planned Terafab semiconductor factory in Texas, with no terrestrial solar in the plan despite partner
Telo MT1 tows 8,000 lbs despite Mini-sized footprint
Telo raised the tow rating on its 152-inch MT1 electric pickup from 6,600 to 8,000 lbs after months of real-world testing, putting the Mini Cooper-sized truck on par with a base Ford F-150. Co-founder
The Kia PV5 is taking over Europe as the best-selling small electric van
Kia's PV5 electric van has captured 37% of Europe's small electric van market since its late-2025 launch, becoming the best-seller in 12 countries and propelling Kia to the top of the UK EV brand rank
Batch eFT.3: 28 MPH Fat Tire E-Bike for Streets
A review of the Batch eFT.3 frames it as a 28 MPH fat tire e-bike built for urban riding rather than the rugged off-road adventures its category typically evokes.
Grid cyber rules architect: squirrels outpace hackers
Patrick Miller, architect of the US bulk power grid's NERC CIP cybersecurity standards, argues fears of Chinese 'kill switch' malware in inverters are overblown — and that squirrels still cause more g
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