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Toyota Preps Next-Gen Corolla EV Amid 'Sense of Crisis'
Toyota's next-generation Corolla EV will debut on a new multi-powertrain platform as Chairman Akio Toyoda publicly acknowledges a 'considerable sense of crisis' inside the world's largest automaker, c
Florida AG seeks to erase Tesla's $243M Autopilot verdict
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, joined by Alabama and Georgia, asked the 11th Circuit to overturn or sharply cut the $243 million Autopilot crash verdict against Tesla, citing excessive punit
Janus Electric to convert 67 diesel trucks to EVs
Australian conversion specialist Janus Electric has secured orders to convert 67 Class 8 heavy-duty trucks from diesel to its battery-swap electric platform, expanding its US footprint alongside a gro
Cloudy skies have slowed global warming – but that may be changing
New research reconstructing low cloud cover back to 1979 finds an expanding cloud deck has been shading Earth, but scientists say the cooling trend may already be reversing — potentially unmasking hid
Gas Hits $4 as U.S. Reinstates Hormuz Blockade
U.S.-Iran tensions have reignited in the Strait of Hormuz, pushing the national average gas price back above $4 per gallon as tanker traffic is disrupted and oil markets react.
Flexibility Works. Scaling It Is a Customer Problem
An industry essay argues that demand flexibility has moved past proving the technology works and now needs to solve a customer-experience problem if programs are to reach the millions of devices utili
Rising seas magnify the dangers of Coastal Georgia’s industrial past
Residents near a Superfund site in Coastal Georgia fear rising seas and flooding could spread toxic contamination, as scientists launch a $15M study to assess health risks and climate resilience at fo
Going with the flow: Renewable energy battery breakthrough
A Queen's University Belfast team has 3D-printed an iron-based flow battery cell costing roughly £74 and given the open-source design away free to researchers worldwide, aiming to standardize and acce
From 'Super El Niño' to Europe’s extreme heatwave: How this year's weather shocks are rattling commodity markets
Strategists warn markets are chronically underpricing climate volatility as a looming 'super El Niño' and Europe's structural heat risk drive agricultural commodity prices sharply higher.
Controversial farm subsidy scheme gets billion pound budget
Wales' Welsh government has committed more than £1 billion to the post-Brexit Sustainable Farming Scheme through March 2030, ring-fencing £340m a year in a flat budget that falls short of industry and
Brazil Forces Raze Amazon Gold Camp in Nambiquara Territory
Brazilian security forces have razed the Vila Cururu illegal gold-mining settlement in the Sararé Indigenous territory, fulfilling President Lula's pledge to eradicate unlawful mining on Indigenous la
Country diary: Beaver-style flood defences take root amid a hosepipe ban | Kate Blincoe
Norfolk county council has installed four beaver-inspired "leaky dams" along Wash Lane at a cost exceeding £35,000 to slow floodwaters that devastated the village in December 2020, even as East Anglia
India's outdoor workers lose 9% of income to extreme heat
Extreme heat cost India's outdoor informal workers nearly 9% of their 2024 income — about £112 each — with 550 million workers losing an estimated 21.1 working days per year and the broader economy fa
GM Eyes Wuling Bingo as Affordable Chevy EV
GM is reportedly weighing re-badging SAIC JV Wuling's Bingo Pro compact EV as a Chevrolet for global markets, with Canada a likely destination given its new reduced-tariff quota for up to 49,000 Chine
Survey Sunday: is Slate Auto’s affordable electric truck going to make it?
Electrek's nearly 3,000-reader survey on Slate Auto's $25,000 electric truck revealed a divided audience, with skeptics outnumbering believers as commenters flagged the Ford Maverick's competitive pri
Pilot hits new EV milestone with 300th DC fast charging location
Pilot Flying J has expanded its EV charging network to 309 locations with 1,323 individual charging ports, adding 50 new DC fast charging sites through upgrades at travel centers across 13 states — a
Trump Cuts Bears Ears, Grand Staircase to 302,600 Acres
President Trump signed executive orders slashing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah to 302,600 acres combined — less than a quarter of what remained after his first-te
Welsh duo turn cafe scraps into award-winning local compost
Criw Compostio, a community composting venture in Machynlleth, Wales, founded by Steph Robinson and ffin Jordao, collects food waste from local cafes and businesses — plus wood shavings and pet beddin
Liquid air to sweat: new batteries store clean energy
As lithium-ion batteries face constraints over critical minerals, projects in the UAE, UK, US, Denmark, Finland and Japan are deploying alternative storage technologies — liquid air, molten salt, sand
Water firms in England and Wales ‘leak five times what hosepipe ban would save’
Greenpeace UK research reveals water companies in England and Wales leak 2.87bn litres daily through pipes — five times more than a nationwide hosepipe ban would save — even as millions face hosepipe
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