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Reform's Tice accused of climate misinformation
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice is facing a backlash from nurses, medical experts and opposition politicians after urging Britons to enjoy heatwaves and dismissing efforts to tackle the climate c
Thames Gateway Desalination Plant Sits Idle During Drought
Mainland Britain's only large-scale desalination plant — the £250 million Thames Gateway facility in Beckton — sits idle during the UK's driest July since 1836, as Thames Water works to repair damaged
BYD’s cheapest EV spotted with an upgraded interior and a single large display screen
BYD is upgrading its cheapest EV, the Seagull, with a larger body, a roof-mounted LiDAR, a single large infotainment screen, and a more powerful 95 kW motor ahead of its China launch.
Colorado's DDG program opens first competitive solar bid
Colorado's Public Utilities Commission approved a Dispatchable Distributed Generation program requiring Xcel Energy to buy at least 50 megawatts per year of community-scale solar paired with mid-scale
Hyundai opens IONIQ 3 EV orders, starting at about $30,000
Hyundai has opened orders for its new IONIQ 3 electric hatchback in the UK and Europe, starting at around $30,000, positioning it as an affordable, compact EV with strong early customer interest.
Cold Front Brings 15°C Drop, Rain to Western Europe
A cold front sweeping in from the Atlantic delivers Western Europe its first meaningful rainfall in weeks and a 15°C temperature drop, while the US South faces extended extreme heat warnings with heat
Not sold on Tesla Powerwall? There are some great home battery alternatives out there
Homeowners now have a growing field of solar-ready and EV-integrated battery systems that can provide backup power, manage time-of-use costs and use stored energy for home-to-car flexibility across a
GM offers free Chevy EV charging at Peru dealerships
GM's Chevrolet is offering free EV charging at its Peru dealerships to Chevy customers, as plug-in vehicle sales in the country surged more than 86% in the first half of the year.
Rosebank Oil Field Consultation Closes on £8.7bn Project
The UK's oil and gas regulator closed its consultation Monday on the £8.7bn Rosebank oil field off Shetland after a Scottish court ruled the original approval unlawful, with campaigners citing climate
211 Musicians Urge UK to Reject Rosebank Oilfield
More than 200 musicians including Thom Yorke, Massive Attack and Brian Eno signed a letter urging Andy Burnham to reject the Rosebank oilfield, warning it would accelerate climate change and that most
Jersey's Hottest May Ever Halts Sea Lettuce Growth
Jersey's government says record May heat — combined with reduced agricultural nitrate runoff — has disrupted sea lettuce growth in St Aubin's Bay, leaving none collected from the beach so far in 2026.
UFU Calls for NI Agriculture Minister's Resignation Over Cattle Cull
Ulster Farmers' Union President John McLenaghan insists his organisation's demand for Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir's resignation is 'not personal,' sharpening a standoff over a June cull of 51 cat
UK Seas Shift as Marine Heatwaves Reshape Wildlife
Marine heatwaves are redrawing British waters: cold-water species are fleeing north, warm-water invaders are thriving, kelp and seagrass meadows are collapsing, and one National Oceanography Centre re
Why AI is arriving at the most difficult moment for North America’s grid
AI-driven data center growth is projected to add 224 GW to North American summer peak demand over the next decade — the biggest jump since 1995 — turning interconnection queue speed into an economic p
Real-time data overtakes hardening in wildfire fight
Utilities are shifting wildfire-mitigation strategy from capital-heavy physical grid hardening — undergrounding, covered conductor, vegetation management — to real-time sensor analytics and risk-targe
Energy Fuels CEO Bought Stock Before Trump Cut Bears Ears
House Democrats opened an investigation into Energy Fuels after its CEO and board chair made record insider stock purchases days before President Trump shrank Bears Ears National Monument by 90%.
British Gas paid me £38,000 by mistake, and I can’t give it back
British Gas accidentally paid a solar panel customer £38,611 instead of a £300 feed-in tariff claim, then had no system to reclaim the money for nearly two months — part of a pattern of billing errors
Measures in place to protect historic oak tree
Officials in Lincolnshire have installed wooden fencing around a 200–300-year-old oak tree near Grantham, linked by local lore to Sir Isaac Newton's era, to halt soil compaction caused by children swi
'I have never seen the pond so low in 17 years'
A pond near RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey has reached its lowest level in 17 years amid the UK's fifth heatwave of the year, with no rainfall recorded at Wisley for over 50 days, according to Surrey Wil
Spotlight on UN desertification summit as it mulls how to spend $12bn war chest
The UN's Cop17 desertification summit opens in Mongolia this week with delegates tasked with operationalizing $12bn in pledges for drought-stricken countries, a figure the UNCCD itself calls a fractio
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