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Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
Environmental groups and former federal space officials petitioned the FCC to halt orbital datacenter projects from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others, warning that re-entry pollution from millions of pr
Guatemala's Maya Biosphere 'Green Islands' Beat Deforestation
Community forestry concessions in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve have maintained near-zero deforestation while the wider reserve lost 13% of its forest cover over 24 years, using strict rotational
Chiles: Warm Wind, Not Heat, Truly Panicked Me
Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles writes that warm wind, more than 30C+ days or a desiccated garden, is what finally panicked him about the climate crisis — after a strong gust hit him on a Cardiff str
Heatwave Forces Tour de France's First-Ever Stage Shortening
The 2024 Tour de France made history this month when extreme heat forced organizers to shorten a stage for the first time ever, cut 30 kilometers from Stage 9, as a record-breaking heatwave and wildfi
Myanmar's War Drives Workers Into Deadly Rare Earth Mines
Myanmar's civil war and military conscription are pushing young men into hazardous rare earth mining along the country's eastern border, where landslides, toxic chemicals, and documented slave labor h
Climate Crisis Made 2026 Europe Drought 80x More Likely
A peer-reviewed World Weather Attribution analysis finds climate change made Europe's 2026 drought conditions 80 times more likely in the west and 40 times in the east, as record heat evaporates moist
Wales Faces Environmental Drought as Rivers Hit Record Lows
Wales is on the brink of an 'environmental drought' declaration after receiving just 5% of its average July rainfall, with rivers running at exceptionally low levels and fish dying from warm, depleted
Arctic shipping boosts cloud formation, warming risk
Increased Arctic shipping due to melting ice is altering cloud formation in summer months, potentially accelerating climate change through enhanced radiative forcing, even with low-sulphur fuel use.
Renewables overtake coal as global power demand jumps 3.6%
The IEA's mid-year outlook sees renewables overtaking coal as the world's largest electricity source, even as global power demand accelerates — driven by manufacturing, data centers, and EV charging a
Big Joe CMO: Electric Forklifts Are EV's Quiet Win
Big Joe CMO Martin Boyd joined the Quick Charge podcast to make the case that electric forklifts are one of the EV industry's biggest success stories, highlighting their zero tailpipe emissions and Bi
Subaru Delays Getaway EV After Toyota Highlander Pause
Subaru has confirmed it's delaying production of its first three-row electric SUV, the Getaway, mirroring Toyota's recent pause on its electric Highlander — both vehicles share the same platform and K
Toyota Previews Next-Gen Corolla Amid 'Sense of Crisis'
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda warned of a "considerable sense of crisis" inside the company as a July 19 NHK broadcast previewed next-generation Corolla prototypes built on a platform that still support
The human fridge: is this really the best way to cool down in a ‘cruelly hot’ climate?
Japan has launched the Do Hiemon "personal cooling booth" — a 2.1-metre stainless-steel fridge humans climb into for a 10-minute full-body chill — just as the country logged its first above-40C "cruel
Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science
Scientists have mapped the Great Barrier Reef's microbiome, cataloging over 360,000 distinct viruses and 584 previously undocumented bacterial species in a Nature study that researchers say could help
This country went 100% electric vehicles overnight with a drastic approach
Laos banned imports of new gasoline and diesel passenger cars effective June 1, 2026, making it the first country to require nearly all new car imports to be electric, driven by its costly fuel-import
Cutting Utility Returns Would Backfire, Ex-EEI Exec Warns
Former Edison Electric Institute SVP Scott Aaronson argues that political pressure to slash utility returns on equity would raise — not lower — electricity bills while undermining the grid investment
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Range Rover’s next EV is unlike anything the luxury brand has built before [Images]
Range Rover revealed the all-electric GT, a low-slung coupe-like grand tourer on JLR's new EMA platform, featuring a minimalist button-free interior and targeting close to 500 miles of range.
Wisconsin gas plant proposals test state review process
Wisconsin regulators are weighing Invenergy's $2.26 billion proposal for two gas plants to serve hyperscale data center demand, with environmental advocates arguing the state's split review process le
Europe Heatwave Wipes Out €2bn in Grain Crops
Europe's hottest June on record destroyed an estimated 9 million tonnes of grain crops and cost farmers €2bn in lost revenue, according to the continent's cereals trade association, with France bearin
Tonly to Deploy 800 Autonomous Electric Mining Trucks
Tonly signed a deal to deliver 800 autonomous electric mining trucks to Xinjiang Hanxiang, dwarfing Tesla's 17-unit Robotaxi fleet in scale. The 90-tonne haul trucks feature CATL swappable batteries e
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