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Wildfire Smoke Chokes NYC, Toronto, DC as Trump Threatens Canada
Wildfire smoke from hundreds of blazes across Canada has blanketed major North American cities, degrading air quality to hazardous levels and sparking political tensions between the U.S. and Canada.
UK's Worst Wildfires Ever: Australia Offers Survival Lessons
Europe is battling its worst-ever wildfire outbreak, with mass evacuations from Wales to Paris—and Australian survivors and fire chiefs are offering decades of bushfire expertise, from rated homes to
BMW iX4 Spotted Testing Ahead of 2027 Launch
BMW's 2027 iX4 electric SUV was caught testing in Munich ahead of its debut, revealing a sleek fastback-inspired silhouette that positions it as a sportier alternative to the boxier iX3 within the aut
Kia EV2 Long Range goes on sale with 281 miles of range, plus GT and Black-Line trims
Kia has opened orders for the EV2 Long Range, pairing a 61 kWh battery with up to 281 miles of WLTP range and introducing GT-Line and Black-Line trims across European markets.
The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare – it’s a carbon bomb
A new study in Science finds the dried-up Aral Sea has emitted 748 million metric tons of CO2 since 1960 — three times Spain's annual emissions — exposing a previously uncounted climate threat from sh
Lazard: Renewables Still Cheapest Despite Rising LCOE
Lazard's 2026 Levelized Cost of Energy+ report finds that LCOE is climbing across all generation types—from renewables to gas to nuclear—yet unsubsidized renewables remain the most cost-competitive fo
Honda Kills Prologue, Pulls Out of US EVs Entirely
Honda confirmed it will discontinue the Prologue after the 2026 model year, leaving the automaker with zero all-electric vehicles for the US market as it pivots toward hybrids.
Google signs deal for 2.5GW Arkansas solar-storage project
Google has signed a deal with Cypress Creek Energy to anchor and buy power from a 2.5 GW solar-and-storage facility in Arkansas — the largest in Google's portfolio and projected as the largest in the
Mamdani: Stay Indoors as Wildfire Smoke Hits NYC
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to stay indoors Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires pushed air quality to dangerous levels, prompting mask distributions citywide and a statewi
Guadalupe River Surges 25 Feet in One Hour, Flooding Texas
Severe flooding struck Texas counties along the Mexico border after days of heavy rain, with the Guadalupe River surging more than 25 feet in a single hour and forcing evacuations, water rescues, and
What does an air purifier do and can it help with wildfire smoke?
Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota has triggered air quality alerts across more than 20 US states, fueling consumer demand ahead of a market projected to nearly double from $2.8bn in 2022 to $4.
Chip Motors unveils $15,000 electric utility vehicle
Miami startup Chip Motors unveiled its $15,000 electric 'life utility vehicle' — a 25 mph low-speed EV whose headline 'autonomous' feature is actually teleoperation by remote human drivers.
CATL, Alfen to deploy 5 GWh of 30-year sodium-ion storage
CATL is betting that 30-year cycle life and sodium's raw-material abundance — not energy density — will win the European grid-storage market, with a new 5 GWh deal with Dutch firm Alfen putting the ch
Hyundai IONIQ 5 N EV gets a big $6,300 price cut and new features
Hyundai has slashed the starting price of its 2026 IONIQ 5 N performance EV by $6,300 to $59,900 while adding a native Tesla Supercharger port and an expanded drift mode.
Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 N EV just got much cheaper with a huge $6,300 price cut
Hyundai dropped the 2026 IONIQ 5 N's starting price by $6,300 to $59,900 and added a native NACS port for direct Tesla Supercharger access, alongside incremental feature updates to its performance EV.
Copa Cogeca Documents Reveal Pesticide Reform Killing
Internal documents from Copa Cogeca, Europe's most powerful farming lobby, reveal how it delayed, gutted, and overturned sweeping EU farming reforms — including a plan to halve pesticide use that was
Bee Supplements Help With Cold, Fail in Heat Trials
Early-stage research from the University of Zabol suggests probiotic and prebiotic food supplements help honeybees survive prolonged cold exposure but offer little protection against extreme heat, wit
How Birds Cope With Heat Without Sweating
Birds lack the ability to sweat and rely on a suite of behavioral and physiological adaptations — seeking shade, panting, bathing, and redirecting blood to bare skin — to survive summer heatwaves, tho
Ontario Wildfires Send Toronto Air to World's Worst
Smoke from over 100 wildfires across northern Ontario drove Toronto's air quality to the worst in the world on Wednesday, destroyed the First Nation community of Collins, and pushed smoke plumes towar
Met Office: UK's 20th Century Climate 'Has Now Gone'
The Met Office's latest UK climate report declares the '20th century climate has now gone,' confirming 2025 as the warmest year since records began in 1884 and showing southern England's hottest days
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