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Shell, FAW partner on better, safer electric semi truck batteries
Chinese truck maker FAW and Shell's chemical division have co-developed and begun validating an immersion-cooled battery pack for electric semi trucks, with initial tests showing dramatic gains in hil
£100,000 boost for community eco-friendly projects
West Midlands Combined Authority is distributing £100,000 across two community grant programs supporting environmentally-friendly projects, with a separate youth-focused fund co-backed by Bloomberg Ph
Bolivia's Hecker Foundation Carbon Deal Faces Indigenous Rejection
Bolivia's Indigenous groups in the Amazon are rejecting carbon-credit contracts with the Federico Hecker Foundation, signed without full community understanding, while the foundation's chairman — a ne
Democrats go quiet on climate but push green policies anyway
As "climate-hushing" spreads among Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterms, candidates like California's Jane Kim and Michigan's William Lawrence are advancing ambitious green policies — single-payer dis
Jet Fuel in the Water
A new Inside Climate News podcast episode examines how President Trump's environmental policy rollbacks are affecting ordinary Americans, opening with a Pennsylvania jet fuel pipeline spill that conta
Is Wildfire Risk Increasing in the Midwest?
A July 6 storm swept over northern Minnesota's Boundary Waters region, where a flash drought and unusual warmth had left the boreal forest — balsam fir, spruce, and pine — parched, spotlighting rising
Iowa, Top US Wind State, Reverts to Coal
Iowa, the nation's most wind-powered state, is leaning on coal again as rising electricity demand outpaces what its massive wind fleet can supply on its own.
Top PFAS Makers Ramp Up Production for AI Boom
Swedish watchdog ChemSec surveyed the world's 10 biggest PFAS manufacturers and found nearly all are planning production expansions across Europe, Asia, and North America to meet surging AI-driven dem
Tullis Matson honoured for endangered species biobank
A conservationist who left school with no qualifications due to dyslexia has received an honorary degree from Harper Adams University for running a -196°C 'time capsule' biobank storing cells from hun
Climate change hits Midlands with fires, drought, disease
In the Midlands, extreme weather and ecological disruptions in 2026 — from relentless rain to drought, wildfires, and disease-carrying midges — are making climate change feel viscerally real for resid
Woolston Eyes Now Home to Two-Thirds of UK's Rare Grebes
A former dredging dump for the Manchester Ship Canal has been transformed into the UK's largest colony of black-necked grebes, now hosting almost two-thirds of the country's breeding pairs.
Hampshire plum tree yields infested fruit amid drought
A Hampshire gardener discovered his bountiful Victoria plum harvest was infested with plum fruit moth larvae, revealing hidden damage beneath seemingly perfect fruit.
EPA Power Plant Rollback: $120B in Health Damage
The EPA is set to announce Monday a policy eliminating greenhouse gas limits on power plants, which the New York Times reports will cost Americans $120 billion in long-term health damage over the next
The Himalayas are melting faster - and India's economy is 'at risk'
A new report by consultancy Systemiq finds Himalayan glaciers are losing mass 65% faster than a decade ago, with only 21 of an estimated 40,000 glaciers monitored, putting roughly 20% of India's GDP a
Zürich Airport deploys L4 shuttles, no safety driver
Zürich Airport has put two fully automated, WeRide-co-developed electric shuttles into service on its grounds without an onboard safety driver or monitor, making it one of the first European airports
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GoSun built a practical electric tractor that charges itself with solar panels [video]
GoSun and Indian partner Moonrider have launched the Moonrider 27, an all-electric solar-charging tractor with a 20 kW motor, 24 kWh battery, and optional 1.1 kW solar canopy that can extend runtime o
Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?
After a wet winter across central and southern Australia, rabbit populations are climbing once again, threatening 329 native species and exposing the limits of calicivirus controls that defined two de
Powys Farm Supplies Veg to 1,000 Birmingham Children
Young growers at a Powys charity farm have begun sending homegrown vegetables to about 1,000 disadvantaged children at Birmingham's summer holiday clubs, part of an effort to chip away at the UK's 40%
Jocotoco Foundation's antpitta discovery sparks global conservation model
The discovery of the jocotoco antpitta in Ecuador led to the creation of the Jocotoco Foundation, which has since protected 50,000 hectares of habitat and helped recover endangered species through com
Summer wildfires caused catastrophic hidden damage, scientists warn
Scientists at Bangor University warn that this summer's Welsh wildfires caused catastrophic soil damage invisible to the eye, with roughly 10cm of topsoil — and 4,000 years of stored carbon — lost in
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