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Canvey Lake swan family wiped out by blue-green algae
An entire swan family at Canvey Lake in Essex has died from exposure to toxic blue-green algae, with July testing showing algae levels more than 100 times the warning threshold.
Revoy hybrid tandem trailer rolls towards reality with $27 million raise
Revoy EV raised $27 million in Series A funding to advance its hybrid electric trailer dolly, which promises to halve diesel consumption on semi-truck routes with no upfront cost to fleets.
Canadian wildfires are reducing solar power generation in Europe
A new study finds that smoke from the 2023 Canadian wildfires cut solar power generation by 3% across Europe and North America, costing nearly $2 billion in lost electricity due to reduced sunlight re
Solnit: Summer Has Become a Climate Warzone
Rebecca Solnit's Guardian column argues that climate change has turned summer from a season of poetry and pleasure into one of fire, flood, and lethal heat, citing Europe's 20,000 heat deaths and Fran
UK Records First Zero-Rain July in 190 Years
Several UK regions recorded zero rainfall for the entire month of July 2026 — the first such occurrence in their recorded histories — with the Met Office calling the month "truly exceptional" as Engla
Huntsman Faces Legal Action Over Teesside Benzene Emissions
The Environment Agency is considering criminal enforcement against Huntsman Polyurethanes' Teesside plant after benzene emissions rose from 13 to 17 tonnes annually and air-quality modelling predicted
Geely Galaxy 700 Debuts With 1,113 HP PHEV
Geely unveiled the Galaxy 700 SUV in Milan with a plug-in hybrid powertrain producing 1,113 horsepower, positioning the Chinese brand's largest model with exotic-car-level performance claims.
This solar-powered ‘ambulance’ has a range of up to 444 miles
A team of 23 Dutch university students has unveiled Stella Juva, a solar-powered vehicle that delivers on-site medical care — including TB screening, ultrasounds, and vaccines — to remote areas lackin
BYD opens Denza Z9S pre-orders, claiming the ‘world’s longest’ EV range at 1,100 km
BYD opened pre-orders in China for the Denza Z9S luxury sedan, claiming a class-leading 1,100 km pure-electric range with a starting price under $50,000.
Base Power raises $1B to roll out its giant new home battery
Austin-based Base Power raised a $1 billion Series D at a $13 billion valuation to scale its new 39.2-kWh home battery called Core, which the company installs and owns while using aggregated customer
Hyundai is about to launch the IONIQ 3, and it plans to sell over 40,000 in 2027
Hyundai will open orders for its first B-segment electric vehicle, the IONIQ 3, in the second half of 2026, with mass production starting mid-August at its Turkey plant and a target of 40,000+ units s
Valar Atomics raises $1B led by Sequoia's Maguire
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics has raised a $1 billion equity round led by Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire, with a $200 million credit line and a reported $6 billion valuation, as the company races to sc
Rhine hits record low as Europe drought hits shipping, power
The River Rhine has fallen to its lowest levels on record in Germany and the Netherlands as a pan-European drought pushes the Danube and Italy's Po to historic lows, disrupting shipping, power generat
Valar Atomics Raises $1B Series B at $6B Valuation
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics raised a $1 billion Series B led by Sequoia Capital at a $6 billion post-money valuation, with the company saying the capital will help it move from demonstrating small m
Dominion offshore wind project cost rises nearly $300M
Dominion Energy raised its cost estimate for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project by $288 million to roughly $11.7 billion, blaming Trump administration tariffs, PJM network upgrade revisions, a
Tesla FSD v14 Lite Overheats HW3 Computers
Tesla's FSD v14 Lite update is triggering Autopilot computer overheating alerts and full hardware failures on Hardware 3 vehicles, weeks after the wide release. The timing compounds Tesla's existing e
Romania Blasts Danube Bed to Save Cernavoda Plant
Romania's military detonated part of the Danube riverbed to redirect water toward the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant after prolonged drought and extreme heat pushed the Danube to record-low levels, pro
Volvo’s next electric SUV will start in the upper $40,000 range
Volvo is preparing the EX50 electric SUV for US dealerships in 2027, pricing it in the upper $40,000s to undercut its own EX40 and compete with the segment-dominating Tesla Model Y.
Tesla Model Y RWD: V2X, 463km Range, 80.2 Score
A long-term review of the 2026 Tesla Model Y RWD (Standard) finds its LFP powertrain delivers 7.3 km/kWh efficiency and strong V2X discharge, but its 7.2-second 0-100 km/h time makes it the slowest Te
AEP secures 13 GW of gas turbines as generation ‘central’ to growth plans
AEP is positioning natural gas at the center of its growth strategy, locking up 13 GW of turbine capacity through 2031 with options for 10 GW more by 2035 — and acquiring a 710-MW West Virginia coal p
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