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Wildfire Smoke Chokes NYC, Toronto, DC as Trump Threatens Canada
Wildfire smoke from hundreds of blazes across Canada has blanketed major North American cities, degrading air quality to hazardous levels and sparking political tensions between the U.S. and Canada.
The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare – it’s a carbon bomb
A new study in Science finds the dried-up Aral Sea has emitted 748 million metric tons of CO2 since 1960 — three times Spain's annual emissions — exposing a previously uncounted climate threat from sh
Lazard: Renewables Still Cheapest Despite Rising LCOE
Lazard's 2026 Levelized Cost of Energy+ report finds that LCOE is climbing across all generation types—from renewables to gas to nuclear—yet unsubsidized renewables remain the most cost-competitive fo
Honda Kills Prologue, Pulls Out of US EVs Entirely
Honda confirmed it will discontinue the Prologue after the 2026 model year, leaving the automaker with zero all-electric vehicles for the US market as it pivots toward hybrids.
Google signs deal for 2.5GW Arkansas solar-storage project
Google has signed a deal with Cypress Creek Energy to anchor and buy power from a 2.5 GW solar-and-storage facility in Arkansas — the largest in Google's portfolio and projected as the largest in the
Guadalupe River Surges 25 Feet in One Hour, Flooding Texas
Severe flooding struck Texas counties along the Mexico border after days of heavy rain, with the Guadalupe River surging more than 25 feet in a single hour and forcing evacuations, water rescues, and
Chip Motors unveils $15,000 electric utility vehicle
Miami startup Chip Motors unveiled its $15,000 electric 'life utility vehicle' — a 25 mph low-speed EV whose headline 'autonomous' feature is actually teleoperation by remote human drivers.
CATL, Alfen to deploy 5 GWh of 30-year sodium-ion storage
CATL is betting that 30-year cycle life and sodium's raw-material abundance — not energy density — will win the European grid-storage market, with a new 5 GWh deal with Dutch firm Alfen putting the ch
Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 N EV just got much cheaper with a huge $6,300 price cut
Hyundai dropped the 2026 IONIQ 5 N's starting price by $6,300 to $59,900 and added a native NACS port for direct Tesla Supercharger access, alongside incremental feature updates to its performance EV.
Copa Cogeca Documents Reveal Pesticide Reform Killing
Internal documents from Copa Cogeca, Europe's most powerful farming lobby, reveal how it delayed, gutted, and overturned sweeping EU farming reforms — including a plan to halve pesticide use that was
Bee Supplements Help With Cold, Fail in Heat Trials
Early-stage research from the University of Zabol suggests probiotic and prebiotic food supplements help honeybees survive prolonged cold exposure but offer little protection against extreme heat, wit
How Birds Cope With Heat Without Sweating
Birds lack the ability to sweat and rely on a suite of behavioral and physiological adaptations — seeking shade, panting, bathing, and redirecting blood to bare skin — to survive summer heatwaves, tho
Weekend cooldown to mark end of heatwave for some
A weekend cooldown will end the UK heatwave for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, but southern England faces a third week of heatwave conditions amid a deepening drought that has trigge
Climate Change Made West Africa Floods 5x More Likely
Scientists have determined that climate change significantly intensified recent devastating floods in West Africa, making such extreme rainfall far more likely and urging urgent emissions cuts and ada
Solar Powers 25% of EU Electricity in June
Solar power generated 52 terawatt-hours in June 2026, supplying 25% of the European Union’s electricity and surpassing all other sources for the first time with a quarterly milestone.
Lamborghini says EV tech ‘not mature enough,’ pushes first EV past 2030
Lamborghini has confirmed its Lanzador will launch as a plug-in hybrid rather than the all-electric grand tourer it debuted in 2023, and pushed its first fully electric car to after 2030, citing weak
Canada wildfires trap train crew as smoke drifts to US
Wildfires across Canada—838 actively burning—trapped a freight train crew in Ontario, pushed Toronto to the world's worst air quality, and are sending smoke drifting toward the US ahead of Sunday's Wo
Kia reveals another low-cost EV that we’ll sadly never get to see
Kia unveiled the Syros EV in India on Wednesday, opening pre-orders at an expected starting price of about $19,200 for what the company calls its most affordable electric model yet.
Ontario Wildfires Send Toronto Air to World's Worst
Smoke from over 100 wildfires across northern Ontario drove Toronto's air quality to the worst in the world on Wednesday, destroyed the First Nation community of Collins, and pushed smoke plumes towar
Met Office: UK's 20th Century Climate 'Has Now Gone'
The Met Office's latest UK climate report declares the '20th century climate has now gone,' confirming 2025 as the warmest year since records began in 1884 and showing southern England's hottest days
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