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BYD launches its ‘biggest-ever’ sales event in the UK with discounts on PHEVs and EVs
BYD launched its largest UK sales campaign to date, offering up to £2,500 off plug-in and electric models as the Chinese automaker's UK registrations surged 98% through August.
US Diesel Hits Record $5.85 Amid Iran War
US diesel hit an all-time national average of $5.85 per gallon and gasoline set a Labor Day record at $4.14 on Friday, with the AAA citing Strait of Hormuz volatility as crude hovers near $90 a barrel
Record El Niño set to prolong wet UK winter into spring
Met Office forecasters warn that an intensifying El Niño in the Pacific could prolong wet and stormy conditions across the UK well into spring, reversing the cold-snap pattern normally associated with
Defender Sport EV Spotted Testing at Nürburgring
Jaguar Land Rover's Defender brand is preparing its first fully electric SUV — a compact, rugged off-roader positioned below the existing Defender — with a prototype now spotted testing at the Nürburg
Carbon Tracker Sets NYC Climate Week 2026 Agenda
Carbon Tracker announced its programming for New York Climate Week 2026 on September 24, featuring investor-focused sessions on AI and data centers, the Santa Marta fossil fuel phase-out, and Fossil F
With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem
Trump is scrambling to lower stubbornly high gas prices before the midterms—summoning refiners, doubling down on Venezuelan oil, and waiving ethanol mandates—but the refining capacity bottleneck left
Michigan Farmers Turn to Easements, Leases, Solar to Save Land
Michigan farmers are turning to conservation easements, long-term leases, and even agrivoltaics to keep their land in production as family-farm acreage shrinks and climate pressures mount.
Fahnbulleh Backs Jackdaw Gasfield Approval
UK Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is poised to recommend approving the Jackdaw North Sea gasfield as soon as Monday, with the £8.7bn Rosebank oilfield to face a separate decision later this year.
What we know about the link between Nepal’s flash floods and our climate crisis
A massive landslide in Nepal's Langtang national park sent rock and ice crashing into the Lhende Khola valley at nearly 150km/h, killing almost 1,000 people and leaving more than 4,400 missing across
Fawley Refinery Named England's Top Public Water User
ExxonMobil's Fawley refinery has been identified as the largest single user of England's public water supply, drawing from a system where businesses consume 2.6bn litres daily even as three-quarters o
Northern Ireland Renewables Hit Record 53% Share
Northern Ireland's renewable electricity generation hit a record 53% in the year to June, beating the previous peak set in 2022, with wind supplying nearly three-quarters of that clean power.
Southampton Study: Ship Pollution More Harmful Than Traffic
A multi-year University of Southampton study found that ultrafine particles from ship emissions — particularly vanadium from heavy fuel oil — trigger more harmful cellular responses than road traffic
Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air
Australia's federal resources minister Madeleine King travelled to the Northern Territory to celebrate the first gas release from the Beetaloo shale basin alongside the NT chief minister, a moment fra
IONNA knocks nearly 50% off EV fast charging for Labor Day
IONNA is cutting its network-wide EV fast-charging rate to $0.20/kWh for Labor Day weekend — nearly 50% off its $0.39/kWh cap — with extra stacked discounts for BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, and GM dri
USPS Stops Street Delivery for Rebuilt Lahaina Homes
The USPS is withholding street delivery from rebuilt homes in fire-ravaged Lahaina, classifying the historic district as a new development even as residents report missed medicines, tax forms, vehicle
UK Tells Citizens to Stockpile as 'Supersized' El Niño Looms
UK Environment Secretary Angela Eagle is urging Britons to stockpile food and water as forecasters brace for what the UN calls a "supersized" El Niño — potentially the largest in 1,000 years — with gl
Utilities Race to Court Fusion Startups
Fusion startup Realta Fusion announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric to build a 200-megawatt grid-connected fusion power plant in Wisconsin by the mid-2030s, the latest in a wave of utilities r
BEVs outsold every UK powertrain in August at 30%
UK battery electric vehicles captured 30% of new car sales in August — more than any other powertrain — even as the government opened a consultation on potentially softening its 80%-by-2030 EV mandate
Land-based wind power pipeline shrinks as price gap with solar widens
U.S. land-based wind pipeline shrank 4% in Q2 2026 even as the broader clean power pipeline crossed 200 GW, with the wind-solar PPA price gap hitting a record $22.39/MWh.
Cratering oil use in China shows the death spiral that could end oil
China's oil consumption fell 9% in Q2 2025 — transportation oil use dropped 16% — as surging EV adoption displaced demand, with Sinopec's chairman now declaring the country has likely already passed p
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