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EPA scraps power plant rules; CCC blocks Heathrow expansion
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin scrapped Biden-era carbon limits for US coal and gas plants this week, claiming the rules exceeded agency authority and freeing a power sector that pumps roughly 1.5 billi
Mexico Beach Sebastiaos First to Rebuild After Michael
Jaques and Paulina Sebastiao became the first residents on their street to rebuild two years after Hurricane Michael's 155 mph winds leveled nearly every building in the Florida Panhandle fishing vill
For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action
A new ActionAid report finds that countries most vulnerable to climate change spend nearly 25 times more servicing debt than on climate adaptation, reframing climate finance as a debt problem.
What Happens When Earth Passes 1.5 Degrees of Warming?
Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks with Living on Earth's Steve Curwood about the consequences of Earth passing 1.5 degrees of warming, as the UN prepares a late-September climate summit and warns
Endangered Salmon May Return to Maine's Narraguagus River
Endangered Atlantic salmon may soon regain access to the remote upper reaches of Maine's wild Narraguagus River, though a warming climate could undercut that comeback even as prime habitat remains int
Hummingbird hawk moths boom in West Midlands as species push north
Warmer summers are pushing insect species like hummingbird hawk moths, ivy bees and wasp spiders further north into the West Midlands, with wildlife trusts documenting record sightings alongside decli
How to Flood-Proof Your Home Before UK Winter Storms
With the UK's flood season weeks away and a record-breaking El Niño threatening destructive winter storms, experts share practical flood-proofing steps for homes — from self-closing airbricks to defla
Europe's €180bn Climate Reckoning After 'Summer of Truth'
Europe's leaders face a political reckoning after a record-breaking 'summer of truth' caused an estimated €180bn in damage and about 35,000 heat deaths on the continent, while campaigners and polls sa
Porsche Launches Wireless EV Charging on Cayenne Electric
Porsche has begun taking orders for its first production wireless EV charging system, fitted to the Cayenne Electric SUV and rated at up to 11 kW with roughly 90% efficiency for overnight home chargin
New self-loading tech for bulk cargo vessels cuts freight emissions in HALF
CSL Group has launched the MV Yampu, the world's first self-loading and -unloading hybrid bulk cargo vessel, cutting fuel use 25% and Scope 1 emissions over 40% on Adbri's annual 2.7-million-tonne lim
Environmental Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Climate Rule Rollback
Environmental and public health groups are suing the Trump administration over an EPA plan finalized Thursday in the Federal Register to revoke most of a Biden-era climate-pollution protection, the gr
Toyota’s new electric SUVs are catching on, with nearly 5,000 sold in August
Toyota led US EV sales growth in August with 4,964 units sold as lower-priced electric models drove a 2.5% monthly increase, though overall EV sales remained down 46.9% from a year earlier when buyers
Want to get off gas? Learn how at Drive Electric Month events across the US
Over 150 free EV events — from parking-lot meetups to large festivals — are running through early October across most US states and one Canadian city, offering prospective buyers direct conversations
Hyundai CEO Warns US Faces Cheap Chinese EV Wave
Hyundai Motor CEO Jose Munoz warned that the US is likely next in line for a flood of cheap Chinese electric vehicles, pointing to Europe and the UK — where Chinese brands now dominate key segments —
BMW begins iX3 deliveries early in the US as demand surges
BMW began US deliveries of its 2027 iX3 electric SUV on September 16, 2026, nine days ahead of schedule, as the automaker races its Debrecen, Hungary plant around the clock to fill more than 100,000 o
XPeng Courts Automakers With Tech Tesla Couldn't License
Chinese EV maker XPeng has built a self-driving licensing business with a $700M Volkswagen partnership and a production car to show for it, while Tesla has spent five years trying and failing to licen
Australia’s renewables transition is well under way – but meeting its 2030 target will be ‘extremely challenging’
Australia is now generating about half its grid electricity from renewables, but analysts warn adding the 18GW of wind and solar needed within 3.5 years to hit the government's 82% by 2030 target is '
VW ID. Buzz Sets EV Record: 92 Countries, 99,767 km
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz electric van completed a record-setting 445-day, 99,767-km journey across 92 countries and six continents, earning a Guinness World Record for most countries visited in a conti
In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers
Georgia's Public Service Commission held its first meeting outside Atlanta in over 100 years, traveling to Savannah where residents voiced anger over a planned OpenAI data center in Effingham County a
Trump Admin Rewrites Endangered Species Act Rules
The Trump administration has redefined key terms in the Endangered Species Act, narrowing protections to exclude accidental harm and habitat destruction, potentially undermining decades of conservatio
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