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Devastating European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled
Wildfires across France, Spain, and Portugal have forced mass evacuations, burned record swaths of land, and triggered self-generating fire thunderstorms that are overwhelming suppression efforts.
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BMW iX5 LWB debuts with a range of over 620 miles and a huge Theater Screen [Images]
BMW unveiled a China-exclusive long-wheelbase version of its iX5 electric SUV, claiming over 620 miles of CLTC range and featuring a massive 8K rear-seat Theater Screen, with sales set to begin in 202
Tesla settles 3 in racism suit but faces trial with California
Tesla has settled with three plaintiffs in a long-running racism lawsuit over conditions at its Fremont factory, but hundreds of workers and California’s civil rights agency continue separate legal ac
Orange County Schools Set to Ban E-Bikes on Campuses
The Orange County School Board is expected to approve banning e-bikes and e-scooters from elementary and middle school campuses starting 2026-27, citing rising injuries and the death of a 13-year-old
Groups Urge EPA to Reject Chemours Datacenter PFAS
Seventeen environmental groups filed formal comments urging the EPA to reject Chemours' application for Opteon 2P50, a PFAS gas the company wants approved for two-phase datacenter cooling, alleging th
Fires in the Night Traces ELF's Radical Climate Legacy
Matthew Wolfe's new book 'Fires in the Night' examines the Earth Liberation Front's 1995-2001 arson campaign in the Pacific Northwest, arguing the group was a prescient warning about accelerating ecol
France Battles First-Ever Fire-Generated Thunderstorms
French authorities say pyrocumulonimbus fire clouds — never before documented in France — are driving the Gironde wildfires near Bordeaux, as a senior official warned the blaze could burn for months a
Burnham urged to reject North Sea drilling by own scientists
Climate scientists who helped design Greater Manchester's carbon neutral by 2038 target have urged PM Andy Burnham to reject new North Sea drilling at the Rosebank and Jackdaw oilfields, warning appro
Musk: Tesla Semi Self-Driving in a Year
Elon Musk claims Tesla will achieve self-driving capability on the Tesla Semi within a year, despite a history of missed deadlines and the company's current focus on other vehicles.
Procurement Is the Overlooked Lever in Electrification Programs
Franklin Energy argues that electrification program success hinges less on technology selection and more on procurement strategy, pitching its Trade Ally Supply service as a way to aggregate contracto
AMI 2.0 Turns Smart Meters Into Grid-Edge Computers
As first-generation smart meters reach end of life, utilities are weighing a transition to AMI 2.0 — grid-edge computing platforms that promise new capabilities like life-safety fault detection, but f
Polling Undermines Democrats' Climate Hush
New polling from UC Santa Barbara's 2035 Initiative suggests that the Democratic Party's retreat from talking about climate change — dubbed 'climate hush' — may be a political miscalculation, with can
London's Heatwave Rough Sleeper Support: A 'Postcode Lottery'
London outreach teams are scrambling to protect rough sleepers during the capital's third heatwave of the year, as charities warn that inconsistent borough-level support and a lack of mandatory heat-e
New footpath opens in Wales after 30-year wait
A long-awaited footpath in rural Wales has opened, offering a safe, scenic route for walkers and cyclists after more than 30 years of advocacy and planning.
Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France
France's Gironde wildfire consumed 42,000 hectares and forced nearly 260,000 evacuations, while Spain's Pedro Sánchez declared the Iberian peninsula is experiencing the climate emergency as parallel b
Macron Holds Crisis Meeting as Gironde Fire Nears Bordeaux
French President Emmanuel Macron will convene a crisis cabinet meeting Monday as an uncontrolled Gironde wildfire—spawning its own thunderstorm—advances within 15 km of Bordeaux, just as a new heatwav
Firefighters battle wildfire as tens of thousands evacuated near Bordeaux
Massive wildfires near Bordeaux have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents as France battles one of its largest forest fires since World War Two, while parallel blazes across Spain h
Miliband Takes UK World Bank Seat to Center Climate
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband will personally take the country's World Bank governor seat — usually a junior minister's role — to put climate and international development at the center of British
Kalmar Ottawa T2 EV electric yard truck deploys in Canada
Kalmar Ottawa's new battery-electric T2 EV yard spotter is now working at Canadian logistics firm WTC Group, funded through Transport Canada's iMHZEV zero-emission vehicle grant program.
As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate the ALARA principle—a 50-year-old safety standard used worldwide—as President Trump pushes to quadruple domestic nuclear energy production.
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