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Gas cars fall below 50% of global new car sales for first time
Gasoline-only vehicles fell below 50% of global new-car sales for the first time on record in H1 2026, though hybrids and plug-ins mean the majority still ship with an engine.
Lucid Cosmos spotted testing after 2027 launch delay
Camouflaged prototypes of Lucid's sub-$50,000 Cosmos SUV have been spotted testing on California highways, two months after new CEO Silvio Napoli pushed the launch to the second half of 2027.
Creosote From Former Timber Works Taints Blyth Beach
Creosote contamination at Blyth South Beach in Northumberland has been traced to a former timber treatment works that closed around 1980, with pollution seeping into the sand through contaminated grou
Hyundai’s electric hatch goes on sale with up to 308 miles of range, starting at about $25,000
Hyundai has opened UK and European orders for the IONIQ 3 electric hatch, starting at roughly $25,000 with up to 308 miles of WLTP range and undercutting the Renault 5 and BYD Dolphin on price.
Hollywood sign gets AI fire cameras in major wildlife corridor
Caretakers of the Hollywood sign are installing AI-powered fire-detection cameras on the letters, even as the surrounding 4,310-acre Griffith Park continues to shelter a rich array of wildlife includi
LiveWire S4 Honcho Street Cleared for MSF Rider Training
LiveWire's smallest electric motorcycle, the S4 Honcho Street, has been approved by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation for use in its rider training programs, potentially easing the path to a motorcycle
Super El Niño Drives Extreme Weather Worldwide
The strongest El Niño on record is strengthening in the tropical Pacific and will persist for months, unleashing a global chain of disasters — Indonesian fires, African floods, Americas landslides, co
Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland?
Scotland is racing to build at least 23 hyperscale AI data centres — some among the world's largest — but faces fierce opposition over energy use, water consumption, and landscape impact, with the Sco
Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit
Only 14 national leaders — just two from outside the Pacific — accepted Australia's invitation to visit Tuvalu for a pre-Cop climate summit meant to spotlight vulnerable Pacific nations ahead of the C
How consumers are paying utility bills: 5 trends to watch
Utility bill payment is shifting decisively to owned digital channels and digital wallets, with 60% of customers now paying through utility portals and 42% using digital wallets for bills — up from 37
NYC Running Out of Trash Disposal Space, Sanitation Dept Warns
New York City's sanitation department has warned in its latest once-a-decade solid waste management plan draft that the landfills receiving much of the city's garbage are filling up fast, leaving the
Maximizing efficiency: How commissioning and retro-commissioning facilities can strengthen grid resiliency
Building commissioning and retro-commissioning can reduce commercial facility energy costs by up to 50% while easing grid strain as commercial and industrial demand is projected to overtake residentia
Hidden capacity: The overlooked opportunity in North America’s race for power
North America's electricity demand is projected to reach 5,353 TWh by 2034, but utilities don't have to build their way out: new analysis argues hidden capacity in the existing grid can be unlocked wi
WNC Turns Helene Lessons Into Resilience Hubs
Two years after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, communities are converting the improvised disaster networks that sustained them into permanent 'resilience hubs' — solar microgrids,
Environmental groups critical of housing levy idea
Environmental groups are criticizing a UK government pilot scheme that would charge housing developers £2,675 per home in Norfolk to fund nature projects, arguing the levy fails to address the underly
Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
UCLA satellite analysis reveals Turkey's Silivri landfill emits 7.4 tonnes of methane per hour — one of the largest single manmade methane sources identified globally — just as Turkey prepares to host
Country diary: Lave net fishing is a tradition in trouble | Gwyneth Lewis
Wales' Black Rock Lave Net Fishery, a salmon-trapping tradition on the Severn stretching back to the 1600s, has lost 80% of its activity since 2020 and caught no salmon since 2019.
To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
Greenland's Avannaata municipality approved a plan to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks in response to fishers' losses, but the central government blocked it over legality concerns as conservationists warn
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
The Conservatives will announce a "bonfire of regulations" that includes scrapping Natural England and the Environment Agency, alongside abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules, as par
Altadena Resident Surveys Eaton Fire's Lasting Scars
In fire-scarred Altadena, California, resident Sylvie Andrews walks through her yard past a blackened pizza oven—one of the few things that survived last year's Eaton Fire—while watching for changes o
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