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Pilot hits new EV milestone with 300th DC fast charging location
Pilot Flying J has expanded its EV charging network to 309 locations with 1,323 individual charging ports, adding 50 new DC fast charging sites through upgrades at travel centers across 13 states — a
Trump Cuts Bears Ears, Grand Staircase to 302,600 Acres
President Trump signed executive orders slashing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah to 302,600 acres combined — less than a quarter of what remained after his first-te
Welsh duo turn cafe scraps into award-winning local compost
Criw Compostio, a community composting venture in Machynlleth, Wales, founded by Steph Robinson and ffin Jordao, collects food waste from local cafes and businesses — plus wood shavings and pet beddin
Liquid air to sweat: new batteries store clean energy
As lithium-ion batteries face constraints over critical minerals, projects in the UAE, UK, US, Denmark, Finland and Japan are deploying alternative storage technologies — liquid air, molten salt, sand
Burnham's North Sea Oil Plan: Trump Hails, Labour Hedges
Andy Burnham enters Downing Street amid speculation he'll open North Sea oil drilling, with Labour confirming it will stick to its 2024 manifesto banning new licences but signaling a 'change of emphas
How new bird show hopes to help endangered flyers
The Lost Feather, a new conservation-focused bird show opening in July at Kynren in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, houses 170 birds across 35 species under curator Jimmy Robinson, with breeding progr
Britain 'set for bumper year' for butterflies
Butterfly Conservation has launched its Big Butterfly Count 2026, with the charity saying a hot, dry spring could produce a 'bumper' year as several species expand into new areas of southern England.
EU softens carbon cap as West Africa floods worsen
The European Commission handed Europe's heaviest emitters an extra four years of free carbon permits — until 2038 — and quietly cut the cap-reduction rate to as little as 1.7% in the late 2030s, a nea
LiuGong launches electric heavy equipment in US, Canada
Chinese equipment manufacturer LiuGong officially launched a full battery-electric heavy equipment portfolio in the United States and Canada, bringing loaders, an excavator, a reach stacker, and forth
Honda's $33K Autonomous Electric Mower Hits US Dealers
Honda's $33,000 all-electric, autonomous zero-turn mower — the ProZision Autonomous — has begun arriving at US power equipment dealers after production started in January at the company's North Caroli
Burnham Risks Labour Backlash Over North Sea Drilling
Andy Burnham faces an immediate internal Labour backlash before he takes office, with backbenchers and climate-aligned MPs warning that his expected approval of new North Sea oil and gas licences at R
Wallace-Wells: East Coast Unprepared for Wildfires
New York Times Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells argues that recurring orange skies from wildfires in 2023, 2025, and 2026 prove the East Coast is completely unprepared for climate disasters.
A 600-mile road trip (and data) proves EV charging doesn’t suck anymore
A 600-mile EV road trip to Montreal proved near-flawless, mirroring data showing US DC fast chargers more than doubled since 2023 while reliability rose roughly 10 points on Paren's index.
New HMP Flash brings affordable 75 MPH electric scooters to the US
San Francisco startup HMP Bikes launched the HMP Flash, a 75 mph highway-capable electric scooter with a 70-mile tested range and pricing from $4,799, targeting the long-underserved US market gap betw
Water firms in England and Wales ‘leak five times what hosepipe ban would save’
Greenpeace UK research reveals water companies in England and Wales leak 2.87bn litres daily through pipes — five times more than a nationwide hosepipe ban would save — even as millions face hosepipe
Second half of summer to bring chances for rain but heatwave threat persists
The UK's second half of summer may bring more changeable weather with spells of rain, but temperatures are likely to stay above average and further heatwaves remain possible after a record-breaking se
BMW i3 Touring Spotted Testing Ahead of Debut
The BMW i3 Touring, a wagon-bodied variant of the recently launched i3 electric sedan, has been spotted testing ahead of its official debut, revealing an extended rear end and sloped roofline.
Wildfire Smoke Blankets North America
Smoke from large wildfires in Canada and Minnesota has spread across North America, discoloring skies and triggering widespread air-quality alerts from the Midwest to the East Coast.
The rising cost of Australian ski resorts: ‘It was like throwing $100 bills out the window as we drove up the mountain’
Australian ski resorts have become prohibitively expensive for working- and middle-class families, with daily lift tickets now $180-$220 under Vail's ownership, compounded by a shrinking season driven
UK Sofas Contain More Flame Retardants Than Anywhere Else
A consumer guide surveys expert warnings about toxic chemical exposure in UK homes, covering carcinogenic flame retardants in sofas, phthalates in vinyl flooring, VOCs in cleaning products, and PFAS i
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