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Wright Denies Trump Diesel Export Ban Plan
Energy Secretary Chris Wright publicly dismissed reports that President Trump was preparing to ban U.S. diesel exports during remarks at The New York Times' annual Climate Forward event.
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Nissan reveals its newest EV, an affordable electric city cruiser with 259 km of range [Images]
Nissan unveiled the Pixo EV, a sub-€20,000 electric city car with 259 km of range, reviving the Pixo nameplate for European buyers amid growing competition from Chinese automakers like BYD and Leapmot
Donut Lab Battery Claim Relies on Two-Element Intertek Test
Donut Lab cited an Intertek test showing 3.4 ppm lithium in its cell to argue it's neither lithium-ion nor sodium-ion — but the report measured only two elements on a self-disassembled sample, and nin
Land Is Life report: Indigenous governance is proven climate fix
A new Land Is Life report drawing on 200+ surveys across 46 countries finds Indigenous governance systems are among the most effective climate adaptation tools available, yet almost none of the billio
Get paid to charge, a free charger, *and* save the grid with a new GM EV in CA
GM Energy and Pacific Gas & Electric launched a 'Smart Charge Bundle' for new GM EV buyers in Northern and Central California, pairing a free home charger with monthly bill credits for participating i
Trucks gone wild! VinFast launches VF Wild EREV pickup
VinFast has launched its VF Wild EREV pickup with 250+ km of electric-only range and a 1.5L range-extending petrol engine, priced at approximately $33,000 and targeting the mid-size truck segment domi
The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
Writing in a New York Climate Week op-ed, Bill McKibben frames the rapid global spread of solar, wind, and batteries as the lone bright spot in a bleak political climate, and announces a coalition let
Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end | Open letter
A coalition of activists, politicians, and celebrities — including Jane Fonda, Bernie Sanders, and Bill McKibben — published an open letter demanding universal access to cheap, clean solar power by 20
This Sicilian community has endured for centuries. Can it survive a changing climate?
The Arbëreshë community of Piana degli Albanesi, a 500-year-old Albanian enclave in Sicily, is losing residents and farmland at an accelerating pace as wildfires, drought, and record heat reshape the
How opencast mining risks reawakening dormant geological faults
Researchers studying Germany's Rhenish coalfields found that opencast coal mining lowered the water table enough to trigger widespread subsidence up to 20km away and reactivate dormant geological faul
Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February
Climate scientists project that the current super El Niño — already the hottest ever recorded — will cause an additional 451,000 heat deaths globally by February 2027, on top of the climate-crisis bas
Report Projects 450,000 El Niño Heat Deaths by Feb
Climate scientists at the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab project roughly 450,000 global heat-related deaths tied to the current El Niño through February, with Africa bearing the heaviest b
As Japan swelters, farmers turn to new heat-resistant rice varieties to boost staple crop
Japanese farmers are racing to adopt heat-resistant rice varieties like hinatamaru to safeguard the country's staple crop, as a third straight summer of record-breaking heat and temperatures above 40°
Pickering nuclear shutdown raises power price fears
Ontario's Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has begun a $26.8-billion refurbishment, with Unit 5 shutting down Tuesday and all four operational units set to come offline before Sept. 30, staying ou
Lula Pushes Climate Action as UNGA Opens
Two contrasting climate visions emerged from the first national addresses of the UN General Assembly's 81st session in New York, with Brazilian President Lula da Silva calling for decarbonization, for
India's renewable boom hits grid bottleneck
India's renewable energy capacity has grown roughly 75-fold in a decade, but transmission bottlenecks and stalled battery storage are now wasting clean power and putting the country's 2030 climate tar
Porsche Boxster EV Spotted Supercharging in California
An electric Porsche Boxster was spotted Supercharging at a Tesla station in Carson, California — with two Porsche employees inside — marking the closest public look yet at the long-rumored electric ro
Saudi Startup Ceer Unveils Exobot EVs
Saudi startup Ceer unveiled a pair of electric vehicles called Exobot, an unexpected move from a Kingdom better known for petroleum dominance than for building cars.
Tesla Semi wins 2,500-truck electric Class 8 order
Tesla has been named the primary supplier for what the ZET SCALE alliance calls the largest electric Class 8 order in US history — 2,500 battery-electric trucks — with founding shippers including Micr
Toyota bZ3X RHD Spotted Testing in Thailand
GAC-Toyota's best-selling Chinese electric SUV, the bZ3X, was spotted testing in right-hand drive configuration in Thailand, suggesting the $15,000 EV is heading for global markets.
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