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Bavi Slams East Asia; Western Europe Logs Hottest June
Bavi — a France-sized storm with 200 km/h winds and a 380-km radius of damaging gusts — hammered East Asia this week as the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan since 1987. Taiwan evacuated 14,000 residents,
America's AC-dependent homes are heat death traps
Record heat waves are exposing the limits of both America's AC-dependent architecture and Europe's centuries-old passive cooling strategies, reviving interest in ancient techniques like reflective pai
Oregon Sheriff Adds E-Bike Reckless Riding Reporting Tool
Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon has added a dedicated category to its online traffic complaint form for reporting unsafe e-bike and e-scooter riding, aiming to map dangerous behavior patt
‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle
London Underground platform temperatures hit 34°C during morning rush hour—exceeding the UK's 30°C legal limit for transporting cattle—as the capital's oldest and deepest tube lines prove unable to co
The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them
Climate scientist Prof Ed Hawkins dismantles 13 heatwave myths for The Guardian, arguing that human-driven warming is already amplifying extremes — and that natural factors like El Niño haven't even p
Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de France’s future
The 2026 Tour de France is racing through 40°C heat that would have been unimaginable in the 1976 race, forcing teams to burn through up to 100kg of ice daily and prompting organisers to consider whet
Over 900,000 people flee in China as typhoon lashes Taiwan, Japan islands
Typhoon Bavi forced over 900,000 people to evacuate in eastern China while lashing northern Taiwan and Japan's southwestern islands, tracking toward landfall near Wenzhou on Sunday.
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
UK teachers describe children calling for their parents in sweltering classrooms above 40C as a third heatwave of the year compounds a school infrastructure crisis that already forced over 1,000 schoo
Harvest Arrives Three Weeks Earlier Than 20 Years Ago
A working UK farmer documents that harvest on his land now arrives three weeks earlier than it did 20 years ago, as rising temperatures accelerate crop growth and push fields toward their heat toleran
UK heatwave extends to second week as hosepipe bans hit 5 million
The UK's heatwave will stretch into a second week even as temperatures dip along North Sea coasts this weekend, with five water companies imposing hosepipe bans now affecting more than 5 million peopl
Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan's southern islands, Taiwan evacuates thousands
Typhoon Bavi pummeled Japan's southern Sakishima Islands on Saturday and forced Taiwan to evacuate more than 14,000 people, with the weakening storm now tracking toward a Sunday landfall in Wenzhou, C
Death trap: what to do about the everyday items catching and killing Australian wildlife
Thousands of Australian native animals die annually after getting entangled in everyday items like fruit tree netting, barbed wire and fishing gear — deaths experts describe as easily preventable with
UNIGRID launches sodium-ion home battery in Europe
UNIGRID has launched its sodium-ion Na+Casa home battery in Europe, marking the first commercial deployment of the technology for residential use, with U.S. installations expected by late 2026.
General Fusion completes SPAC merger despite high redemptions to become public company
General Fusion completed its SPAC merger with Spring Valley Acquisition III, becoming the first publicly-listed fusion energy company under ticker GFUZ, but heavy unitholder redemptions left it with l
BYD’s $10,000 Seagull EV revealed with a longer body and more upgrades
BYD is preparing a significantly larger and more powerful refresh of its $10,000 Seagull EV, revealed in a Chinese regulatory filing with a 4,205 mm body and a 95 kW motor — up from the current model'
Podcast: Rivian goes to market, Xiaomi goes big, and a $14,000 tiny EV in the US
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy
Oceans Record Hottest June Ever as Super El Niño Builds
Ocean temperatures hit record highs in June — with nearly 40% of the world's seas now in a marine heatwave — fueling deadly heatwaves across the US and Europe as a potentially historic 'super El Niño'
Lectric XP4 750, Xpress 2, Xpeak2 e-bikes get up to $464 savings, EcoFlow 716Wh RIVER 2 Pro 700 bundle new $369 low, EGO, more
Closing out this week’s Green Deals is the newly launched Lectric 250th Anniversary Sale with up to $464 increased savin...
12 Dead in Spain Wildfire Amid Heatwave
A fast-moving wildfire in southern Spain's Almería province has killed at least 12 people, including several foreigners, as extreme heat and dry conditions fueled one of the region’s deadliest blazes.
Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year
A new study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis estimates that heat and drought fueled by global warming are already causing more than $20 billion a year in losses for maize,
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