A federal judge has put the Revolution Wind project back on track, paving the way for other US offshore wind projects in the pipeline.
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Development banks ‘still funding industrial livestock despite climate promises’
Three development banks, including the World Bank, have collectively invested $1 billion in 55 highly-polluting livestock projects between 2018 and 2024, new research claims
Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?
Australia’s emissions are only about 1.1% of the global total. But it is scientifically wrong to say half a billion tonnes of CO2 don’t matter, experts say
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What do you think would happen if you decided that because the amount of tax you owe the government was only a barely perceptible percentage of overall tax revenue, you weren’t going to bother paying?
Aside from the ATO laughing at you before sending you a bill, your friends would probably call you a freeloader, telling you everyone has to do their bit.
Continue reading...New NIO ES8 On Fire — Sold Out Until March 2026
NIO just released its new ES8 electric SUV, and it is on fire. Customers have locked in so many orders that you can’t take delivery for a new order until March 2026 now. NIO reportedly has the capacity to build 40,000 ES8 EVs in the remainder of 2025, and 15,000 ... [continued]
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WeRide Robotaxi Service Coming to Singapore
Robotaxi companies just keep growing and growing, expanding into more and more cities. One of the Chinese leaders, WeRide, is the latest to make a move. It is about to launch in tech-haven Singapore in collaboration with Grab. The robotaxi service is being named Ai.R (which stands for Autonomously Intelligent ... [continued]
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From world-famous DJ to farming pioneer: how one journey changed Andy Cato’s life
The Independent’s Climate 100 List recognises leading environmental campaigners and change makers helping to tackle the climate crisis. One half of Groove Armada, Andy Cato is now also a leading voice in regenerative farming. He speaks to Emma Henderson
How creator collaborations can help increase civic engagement during low-interest, local elections
THE CITY worked with a trusted messenger to create a video series that helped New Yorkers better understand the issues so they felt motivated to cast their ballot.
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Poor climate crisis warnings put countries around globe at increasing risk of acute hunger
Exclusive: National early warning systems are expected to play an ever more important role as the climate crisis intensifies – but researchers at Chatham House warn there is a major blind spot around food supplies
In pictures: Super Typhoon Ragasa hurtles towards China after wreaking havoc in Philippines and Taiwan
Storm killed at least 14 in Taiwan and three in Philippines ahead of landfall in China
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks.
What Happens When Emergency Alerts Don’t Alert Everyone?
Several recent disasters have exposed major issues with the country’s emergency alert systems, experts say.
On July 4, intense rainfall pounded the Hill Country region of central Texas, triggering a flash flood that rapidly inundated local communities. As the water flooded the area, so too did messages and radio alerts from the National Weather Service warning people to seek higher ground.
The Steep Environmental Costs of China’s Massive Global Development
The second installment in our special Climate Week video series.
China has invested more than $1 trillion in overseas infrastructure projects through its massive Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese corporations are building roads and railways, dams and ports, in developing countries around the world – an initiative marked by both its enormity and opacity.
A Tiny Seabird Faces Growing Threats in the Forest
Nesting often high in the redwoods’ canopy, the marbled murrelet faces new and longstanding risks.
BYD Shoots Up To 10% Of EV Sales In Spain
BYD is clearly leading the electric vehicle market globally, but that’s mostly due to its dominance in China. Outside of China, it has been leading the EV way into numerous neglected, developing markets — in Asia, Africa, and South America. Of course, the Chinese automaker is also selling cars in ... [continued]
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Chevy Blazer EV SS — First Impressions (VIDEOS)
We recently got the chance to spend a week with the Chevrolet Blazer EV SS. This is the high-performance, sporty version of the Chevrolet Blazer EV. I’ll have a full written review and final video summary of our time with the electric midsize SUV at the end of the week, ... [continued]
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NIO Day 2025 Highlights
Hangzhou, Zhejiang — NIO Day 2025 took place at the Hangzhou Grand Convention and Exhibition Center, the first time the event was celebrated in autumn. Under the theme “Grow with the Light,” the latest products and innovations were shared with global users. Inspired by the theme “Grow with the Light,” ... [continued]
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Volkswagen ID. Buzz Takes Center Stage with THEOPHOLIO at New York Fashion Week
Custom-wrapped Volkswagen ID. Buzz displayed as immersive centerpiece during THEOPHILIO’s Spring/Summer 2026 runway presentation at New York Fashion Week Show opened with a model emerging from the ID. Buzz, highlighting the collection’s themes of cultural heritage and exploration Reston, VA — Volkswagen of America, Inc. and New York–based fashion label ... [continued]
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Utility-Scale Batteries Are More Commonly Used For Price Arbitrage
In our annual survey of power plant activity, we ask operators of utility-scale batteries how they are using their systems, and one use case is increasingly prevalent: price arbitrage. Arbitrage involves buying electricity when prices are relatively low and selling that electricity when prices are high. Utility-scale battery systems can be ... [continued]
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Kia PV5 WKNDR Wins Silver Award at 2025 IDEA
Kia PV5 WKNDR Concept wins Silver Award in the Automotive & Transportation category at IDEA 2025 This recognition highlights Kia’s future design vision and international competitiveness International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions Kia PV5 WKNDR Concept is a fully self-sufficient adventure van, featuring a modular interior ... [continued]
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This surprising building material is strong, cheap, and sustainable
A team at RMIT University has created a cement-free construction material using only cardboard, soil, and water. Strong enough for low-rise buildings, it reduces emissions, costs, and waste compared to concrete. The lightweight, on-site process makes it ideal for remote areas, while its thermal properties naturally cool buildings. Researchers see it as a key step toward greener, more resilient architecture.
West Union, Iowa Has A Municipal Geothermal System. Now Others Want To Know More About It.
West Union, Iowa installed a municipal geothermal system a dozen years ago.Today, it is a model for other communities across the US.
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‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.
The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said.
Block Island’s Wind Farm Had Unexpected Benefits
Offshore turbines let Block Island shut down soot-spewing, earsplitting diesel generators. There were other benefits, too.
Senate Democrats Blame Trump’s Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices
Amid tension over a looming government shutdown, minority leader Chuck Schumer heads an effort to tie presidential policies to lost jobs and soaring utility bills.
With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, Senate Democrats sought Monday to tie the increasing pain for consumers to the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of clean energy policy.
Why Don’t More People Feel The Solar Industry Is Trustworthy?
The solar power industry is soaring. Developers added 12 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in the US during the first half of 2025, and they plan to add another 21 GW in the second half of the year. The buildout to 64 GW that developers plan ... [continued]
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The nation is lost
In this terrible time, what disappoints and angers me so about my own field of journalism — to which I have devoted 50 years of my life — is its refusal to recognize fascism, to even use the word so as to explain it, and to judge Trump and the Trumpists for their crimes against decency, democracy, and humanity.
But I realize that by focusing on the failures of journalistic rhetoric I, too, miss the point of the bayonet held against our throats. I complain often about the #BrokenTimes and the very #BrokenPost — about their prevaricating headlines (“magnified questions”) and perverse euphemisms (“exerts control”) and their framing of extremism as one side of bothsidesed “politicization” and polarization. To them, we are perpetually “teetering” near an edge that is ever still ahead, out of sight.
This is so much worse than words. The nation has fallen over that edge. Our country is lost.
The other night, I listened to the latest episode of the Reading Hannah Arendt podcast in which Bard College’s Roger Berkowitz explains War and Revolution. In it, Arendt, as the great historian, philosopher, and educator of totalitarianism, explores violence and crime and “founding a new polity amidst the breakdown of traditions and authority.”
I finally came to the realization that the revolution we are enduring is over. Some ask whether we will enter civil war, but in truth, that war did not end. The South — now merely metaphorical, as its border extends into every state — rose again. It won.
I come to realize that the far-right’s fetishism over the Second Amendment was likely never about rising up in opposition to some feared socialist, gunnapping American regime. It was about recruiting and arming a disordered militia in support of the autocracy of the right — to fight not against government but as internal ally to the Project 2025 vision of the “unitary executive” (read: dictatorship), alongside the Army, National Guard, and ICE-Gestapo, who are given license to evade the rule of law (receipt: January 6) by the Justice Department and Supreme Court, now also under their control. Without the rule of law, the courts, and Congress, there is no check to their power. Then there is no Constitution. There is no democracy.
So we dissent. But where?
Not in media. That, too, is lost. I have lately been shouting fire! about Ellison père et fils, Larry and David, the miniMurdochs, taking control of Paramount and CBS and next Warner Bros. Discovery — and with it CNN. I appeared on CNN to raise that alarm.
Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T02:19:33.269Z
Liberal media? It is time to burn that trope. Yes, there are liberals left in media, but the conglomerating corporations that employ them are either owned by the extremists or running scared from them, acceding to Trump’s every vindictive demand, blackmail, and bribe. Stop calling it MSM (it never was “mainstream” anyway). It is all MAGAmedia now. There’s no comfort to be had in the fact that Trump’s allies are taking control of the empty husk of the former Fourth Estate, for mass media are dead and dying. Propaganda isn’t a business, it’s a weapon.
If not in media, then can we not dissent in social media as our modern, online alternative: the press of the people? No. Twitter is the house organ of the extremists. Zuckerberg and his Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have gone full Quisling. Our one haven for dissent might have been TikTok. But the Ellisons — and now their models, the Murdochs — alongside venomous VC Mark Andreessen are subsuming that, too.
Then perhaps we might find sanctuary in the academy. Cough. The most fundamental tenet and tactic of the fascist revolution has been to destroy education from bottom to top. Over the years, without notice, the right wing took over local school boards (just as they took over local TV and radio stations). Too many universities are proving to be ineffective and irresponsible stewards of enlightenment and academic freedom: surrender monkeys in the face of serious challenge.
God then? Ha! He is their coopted coconspirator in this unholy Crusade, wearing one red hat or another.
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-19T12:39:15.101Z
Then to the ballot box! Well, sure, but as the extremists lie and cry that elections are rigged, they’re projecting while gerrymandering and ending voting rights and exploiting the advantages given their slave-holding forebears in the Senate and Electoral College.
In The Guardian, Timothy Garton Ash warned that Americans have but 400 days and counting (394 as I write this) to perhaps save a last shred of hope by winning back the House. But our putative Democratic leadership can’t summon the spine to endorse the most exciting leader we have seen in a generation in New York, too busy as they are crawling out from under the used campaign bus they keep driving over each other.
So then let us take to the streets! OK. But see where I began: They are in power. We are not. They are organized. We are not. They are masked. We are not. They are armed. We are not.
At the end of a despairing post such as this, you’d expect me to offer my solution, saving the nation if only we would…. But I cannot. This is my worse fear: I do not know where this ends. I look often to German history and to Arendt’s lessons from it. The nation that gave rise to the most odious regime in modern memory was able to rebuild only from the ashes of its complete destruction. What might it take to cauterize the wounds to our democracy?
People like me — old, white men, going back generations — did not exercise our privilege to win the fight for all of us. Justice teetered and we sat silent, complacent for too long. Now we are silenced.
Oh, I will still speak up. I will dissent here. I will vote. I will march. But to what end when so much is lost? Is there any way that we, the democratic majority, can claw our way back to save any vestige of democracy? I do not know.
I have vented my fears, frustrations, and fatalism these last days on podcasts, which is what they apparently exist — here with friend Pete Dominick, here with Daniel Fürg, and below on American Friction. These conversations inspired this mood and post.
After writing this, I read a column by my former CUNY colleague, M. Gessen, about the recognition that one’s country is lost. They have experienced this loss twice.
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Judge Says Work on Revolution Wind Can Proceed, for Now
The Trump administration had halted construction on the $6.2 billion Revolution Wind project, prompting its developer to sue.
Regenerative Agriculture Is All Over the Agenda at Climate Week NYC. But What Does It Mean?
Critics say the term is vague and are pushing for specific standards so consumers aren’t lured into false climate promises.
Regenerative beef. Regenerative breakfast cereal. Even regenerative whiskey.
The Key To Fossil Fuel Profits? Waste As Much Energy As Possible.
The economic model for the fossil fuel industry is to waste as much energy as possible to increase profits and getting you to pay for it!
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The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week
As world leaders arrive in New York City for Climate Week, the United States has all but left the global fight against climate change under President Trump.
Climate change is delaying peak fall foliage. Here’s what to expect this year
Leaves typically start to peak in northern states by early October, but projecting peak foliage isn't an exact science. Here are some things you can do to get the most out of fall's colors.
10 Quick Responses to Common Electric Car & Renewable Energy Myths
Contrary to popular belief and media hype, there are a number of myths regarding cleantech that aren’t true or lack context, yet are pushed year after year after year after year. Here are some quick responses to 10 of them: 1. Gasoline-powered cars are actually much more likely to catch ... [continued]
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Why an Underwater Gas Pipeline Could Come to N.Y.C.
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, which would deliver natural gas into the New York City area, has been shot down three times because of environmental concerns. Supporters hope the fourth time is the charm.
More Geothermal Energy, “Faster Than Anyone Thought Possible”
The US geothermal energy startup Zanskar is among the stakeholders aiming to compete against fossil-fueled power plants on cost and construction timeline.
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48 Electric Bus Chargers To Be Installed In Devon, United Kingdom
Stagecoach South West recently announced a major partnership with e-fleet solutions provider VEV to accelerate bus electrification across Devon, UK. Forty-eight new EV chargers will be installed in Devon; 27 are 150 kW and there will be an additional 21 chargers. Devon is in southwest England and is known for ... [continued]
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Chinese Mining Firm Downplays Toxic Waste Spill as Residents Reel From Impacts
China Nonferrous Mining told investors its waste pit collapse did not have a “significant impact” on Zambia’s environment or residents. A new lawsuit, however, chronicles illnesses, lost livelihoods and fear among locals.
Planet China: Eighth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.
Radiotopia Announces New Podcast Series for Fall 2025
New releases include “The Loop” from “Ear Hustle,” “Gear” from “Articles of Interest,” “Only If You Get Caught” from Defector Media, “Woodard and Welles: The Story of the Blinded Soldier” from “Radio Diaries,” and more
Radiotopia from PRX — the Pulitzer and Peabody-nominated podcast network for independent creators — today announced new series that will be released free to listeners throughout the fall.
Radiotopia recently announced a new podcast launching in October from Defector Media and writer Patrick Redford, titled Only If You Get Caught, exploring different cheating scandals in sports and pop culture to see what we can learn about the rules by breaking them. Radiotopia also recently announced a new podcast forthcoming in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Talkhouse, and legendary indie artist Kathleen Hanna, for a new forthcoming podcast featuring revolutionary women in music.
Upcoming podcast releases this fall also include the following:
Wednesday, October 8 — “The Loop” from Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle embeds with two innovative programs aimed at kids and young people caught up in the criminal justice system in New York City. The first five episodes take place at Crossroads Youth Detention Facility in Brooklyn, where a program called Drama Club teaches improvisational theater techniques as a way to build connection and conflict-resolution skills. Co-hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods spend a year at Crossroads, following a cohort of Drama Club participants and graduates.
For “The Loop,” Ear Hustle then takes the train uptown to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. Twice a month, the museum closes its doors to the public, and opens them to a select group of parents and their children. Moms and dads, bussed over from Riker’s Island in chains, are uncuffed upon arrival at the museum. Wearing regular, non-prison clothes, they’re reunited with their kids for a rare, emotional, and often bittersweet visit outside prison walls.
Wednesday, October 22 — “Gear” from Articles of Interest
Articles of Interest — the National Magazine Award finalist podcast created and hosted by Avery Trufelman — presents a special series illuminating the connection between the United States Military and the outdoor clothing industry.
“Gear” will serve as the culmination of more than two years of research and far-reaching reporting. As Trufelman unpacks America’s growing obsession with “gorpcore,” this revelatory new installment of Articles of Interest marks the show’s most ambitious work to date, exploring how the military informs the world of high-tech performance wear and vice versa, and how all of our clothes became gear.
Release date TBA — “Woodard and Welles: The Story of the Blinded Soldier” from Radio Diaries
An upcoming series by the landmark documentary podcast Radio Diaries will illuminate how one police brutality case led to one of the biggest policy changes in civil rights history, thanks to a true crime radio show. On February 12, 1946, the day he was honorably discharged from the army, a Black veteran named Isaac Woodard was beaten by police and arrested after arguing with a driver of a Greyhound bus. The next morning, he discovered he was blind. The NAACP tried to investigate, but they couldn’t find where the beating had happened and who had done it. So, they recruited one of Hollywood’s most gifted actors to publicize the story: Orson Welles. Woodard and Welles explores how one case caused a significant moment in civil rights history and the power of media and personal testimony in highlighting injustice.
The above series will be released in the Ear Hustle, Articles of Interest, and Radio Diaries podcast feeds respectively.
“Producers across Radiotopia continue to create profound, engaging audio at a time when there’s a premium on thoughtful craft,” said Audrey Mardavich, executive producer of Radiotopia from PRX. “We’re proud to bring listeners everywhere new work from our talented partners coast to coast.”
Radiotopia podcasts traversing food, culture, music, history, personal storytelling, and digital life also releasing new episodes this fall include Defector Media’s Normal Gossip hosted by Rachelle Hampton and produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Try Hard from Alex Sujong Laughin, Song Exploder from Hrishikesh Hirway, Hyperfixed from Alex Goldman, Home Cooking from Hrishikesh Hirway and chef Samin Nosrat, Proxy from Yowei Shaw, The Kitchen Sisters Present from Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, The Memory Palace from Nate Dimeo, This Day with Jody Avirgan, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Nicole Hemmer, Selects from Benjamin Riskin and Mitra Kaboli, and Never Post hosted by Mike Rugnetta.
All Radiotopia podcasts can be found across all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pocket Casts, Overcast, and NPR One.
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Created in 2014, Radiotopia from PRX is the first network of its kind. As a network of independent podcasts, Radiotopia empowers audio creators with the artistic freedom to thrive on their own terms and to bring audiences inspired, high-quality, and well-crafted soundscapes. Programming from across Radiotopia has received recognition from the Peabody Awards, the duPont-Columbia Awards, the Tribeca Festival, the National Magazine Awards, and the Pulitzer Prizes.
Immerse yourself in stories and conversations of all kinds — intellectual and emotional, real and imagined, entertaining and thought-provoking. Be part of a community that values bold authenticity and boundless creativity. Discover award-winning audio with vision at Radiotopia.fm.
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The shocking reason Arctic rivers are turning rusty orange
Researchers found that ice can trigger stronger chemical reactions than liquid water, dissolving iron minerals in extreme cold. Freeze-thaw cycles amplify the effect, releasing iron into rivers and soils. With climate change accelerating these cycles, Arctic waterways may face major transformations.
The First of Toyota’s Many Mobility-as-a-Service Solutions Enters Production
I saw Toyota’s clear direction for electric mobility first presented in 2017 (as early as the 2006 Tokyo Motors Show, it had presented the vision and the plans, but was spotty in directions). This has not moved out of focus since then. I then experienced it in 2019 at the ... [continued]
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Climate activists gather in New York for ‘Sun Day’ solar energy and anti-billionaire rallies
Sun Day national action supported renewable energy, day after ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ march ahead of Climate Week
Hundreds of environmentalists gathered in New York City’s Stuyvesant Square Park and a nearby Quaker meeting house on Sunday to rally in support of solar power and other forms of renewable energy. The event was part of a national “day of action” billed Sun Day, founded by veteran environmental activist Bill McKibben and first Earth Day coordinator Denis Hayes.
“It’s so sad to watch the sun going to waste,” McKibben said at a press conference, standing beside environmentalists and their children. “Every single day, energy from heaven going to waste while we drill down to hell for another dose of the stuff that is wrecking this planet.”
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