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Met Office Forecasts Strongest El Niño in a Century
The UK's Met Office has forecast the strongest El Niño in over a century, with Pacific sea temperatures already 2C above normal and expected to peak above 3C, threatening record global heat in 2027 an
A31 Wildfire Devastates 247 Acres of New Forest
A Forestry England survey found that a wildfire which broke out on 9 August has destroyed more than 1 sq km (247 acres) of the New Forest, devastating centuries-old trees, rare heathland and wetlands,
Rewilded Holnicote Estate Stays Green in Drought
Aerial footage from the National Trust's Holnicote estate in Somerset shows rewilded land with restored rivers and wetlands staying green through five summer heatwaves, while the surrounding countrysi
Tesla Discontinues Solar Roof Tiles, Deemed Not Viable
Tesla has officially discontinued its Solar Roof tile product after years of unmet production targets, ballooning prices, and a class-action settlement, telling installers it will only supply conventi
Sun Returns for UK Weekend as Drought Deepens
High pressure is set to bring a drier, sunnier weekend across the UK after days of heavy downpours, though officials warn the rain has done little to ease drought conditions now affecting over two-thi
China Solar Buildout Drives Bird Diversity Decline: Study
A study published Thursday in the journal Science finds that China's policies promoting large-scale solar power construction have contributed to a decline in bird diversity nationwide.
Climate: Saving Old Trees Might Save Lives
A new study in the journal GeoHealth tracked Chicago's tree canopy from 2011 to 2021 and found each year-to-year percent increase was associated with roughly a 10 percent reduction in neighborhood mor
Solrite launches 60 kWh solar-battery deal in Illinois
Solrite Energy launched a $0-down solar-plus-storage program for Illinois homeowners featuring a 60 kWh battery—more than four times the Tesla Powerwall 3's capacity—designed around the state's Januar
Duke’s Carolinas resource plan targets 18.5 GW new solar by 2041
Duke Energy filed its 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan with South Carolina regulators, proposing 18.5 GW of new solar, 14 GW of gas, 13 GW of storage, and 4.5 GW of new nuclear additions through 2041 to s
Flash flooding risk as heavy rain hits UK
Heavy rainfall sweeping across the UK has prompted warnings of a flash flooding risk as severe weather continues to affect the country.
Waymo Opens Zeekr Ojai Robotaxi to All Riders
Waymo opened its Zeekr-built Ojai robotaxi to the general public across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, letting Americans ride in a Chinese-made EV they're barred from buying due to 127.5% ta
Electric co-ops urge EPA repeal of gas plant emissions rule
Nonprofit electric cooperative CEOs urged the Trump administration to fully repeal EPA greenhouse gas standards for new gas-fired power plants, arguing the rule's capacity factor threshold and carbon
FERC Approves SPP Topology Plan to Cut Grid Congestion
FERC has approved the Southwest Power Pool's plan to use topology reconfiguration—opening and closing circuit breakers to reroute power flow—as a cheaper alternative to redispatching generation for ma
Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier
Solrite Energy is launching a residential battery storage program in Illinois, offering households battery energy storage for $20 per month as part of the state's push into virtual power plants.
Geely prepares revolutionary 500 Wh/kg solid-state EV battery that could beat diesel
Geely unveiled a solid-state EV battery targeting 500 Wh/kg — roughly double the energy density of today's best lithium-ion cells — with pilot deployment slated for 2027 across its brands, though chem
Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice
A neon green, rice-grain-sized solar-powered sea slug called the leaf sheep has won the Guardian's Invertebrate of the Year 2026 competition, edging out the world's largest bumblebee in a much tighter
Europe Faces Surging Wildfire Threat, New Research Shows
New research projects that European wildfires could burn across about 39 percent more land by the end of the century even with rapid greenhouse gas emissions cuts. Under continued high emissions, burn
Texas Produced Water Disposal Hits Breaking Point
Texas officials warn the Permian Basin is at the 'precipice' of exhausting underground disposal capacity for the nearly 1 billion gallons of oilfield 'produced water' generated daily, fueling pressure
Florida strips climate change from science textbooks
Florida education officials quietly pressured science publishers in summer 2024 to soften or delete climate change content from high school textbooks, softening a WHO-cited death-toll statistic and ev
Toxic Algae Hits First Thames Bathing Spot in London
Toxic blue-green algae were detected at the Ham bathing site — London's first official bathing spot on the Thames — prompting an Environment Agency warning not to swim. The discovery intensifies scrut
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