2025-12-16 A new study says the flooding that killed more than 1,000 people has also likely killed dozens of a critically endangered orangutan. Climate change and deforestation likely made the damage worse.By Nicholas KusnetzNearly three weeks after a cyclone rip …›
2025-12-16 Trump has shifted the U.S. approach to the Arctic, promoting oil and gas even as scientists have issued more dire warnings about the region. …›
2025-12-16 From ramping up hot chocolate prices to threatening reindeer populations, global warming is taking a toll on the holiday season.By Kiley PriceAs snowflakes fall lazily from the sky, you cozy up by the fireplace and take a sip from a steaming cup of hot …›
2025-12-16 The news about electric vehicles from Ford this week is dire, including taking an enormous loss against earnings this quarter.
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2025-12-16 Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts sayThe Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to b …›
2025-12-16 This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running …›
2025-12-16 I recently wrote about the latest updates to the long-running Tesla vs. Waymo battle. However, I missed some things! Plus, I completely forgot about a pretty wild claim Elon Musk made earlier in the year and therefore missed adding an update on that as …›
2025-12-16 The new Nissan LEAF is one of the most exciting new electric cars I’ve seen introduced in a while. Seemingly trying to reach back into its EV leadership long, long ago, Nissan has developed an updated crossover LEAF that looks like everything a h …›
2025-12-16 A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface. The discovery could mean stronger shaking near faults like California’s San Andreas than current models predict. …›
2025-12-16 The Departments of Interior and Agriculture announced a new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. But layoffs, confusion and budget cuts have sparked doubts.By Kiley PriceOne of the most profound shifts in how the United States manages wildland fire is underway.
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2025-12-16 More than 100 Filipinos affected by Super Typhoon Rai are suing the British company in a case that will likely test whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for specific climate disasters …›
2025-12-16 While Tesla and BYD (not in that order) dominate EV headlines globally, Japan’s EV sales success for three consecutive years is a tiny 11-foot-long kei car that costs roughly $14,000 after subsidies and offers just 112 miles of range. The Nissan …›
2025-12-16 Some car execs suggest a return to the combustion engine will restore Europe’s competitiveness. They couldn’t be more wrong. By William Todts, Executive Director Henry Ford apparently once said, “if I had asked people what they wanted, they w …›
2025-12-16 New entry-level mobility — The ID. Polo is the first of four new Volkswagen electric models in the small car and compact segment, which will be launched from 2026 onwards Wide choice — The ID. Polo will initially be available with three power out …›
2025-12-16 This report looks into how Ukraine could pilot infrastructure charges, or tolls for trucks based on their impact on the road surface and environment. Tolling trucks is a technical solution to implement the “user” and “polluter pays” principle …›
2025-12-16 Around 1,000 years ago, a major climate shift reshaped rainfall across the South Pacific, making western islands like Samoa and Tonga drier while eastern islands such as Tahiti became increasingly wet. New evidence from plant waxes preserved in island …›
2025-12-16 INDIANAPOLIS – A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the Indianapolis Star calls on the country’s largest technology company CEOs — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Satya Na …›
2025-12-15 XPENG is expanding into the Southeast Asia region, as it just signed an agreement with Malaysian industrial partner EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB) to begin local assembly operations in Malacca, with production scheduled to commence in 2026, the compani …›
2025-12-15 SM Bicutan, one of the many malls under the ShoeMart chain in the Philippines, is along the flight path as my Korean Air flight lands in Manila. I can see the bright Christmas light array from 200 feet up. As millions of Filipino families gather beneat …›
2025-12-15 Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries. …›
2025-12-15 I had some fun digging into EV sales data and charts from EU-EVs.com recently. But one of our readers did me one better. In response to one of those articles, Steve Jenkins responded with the following comment: I thought I would do an annual comparison …›
2025-12-15 For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. …›
2025-12-15 Solar panels cannot add inertia to an electrical grid. For that, we need a spinning device like a synchronous compensator.
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2025-12-15 HyHaul was supposed to be a proof point. It was framed as the UK’s first serious hydrogen freight corridor, backed by public money, supported by major industrial partners, and aligned with national decarbonization narratives. It had all the visible i …›
2025-12-15 Britain’s fifth-biggest grocer postpones goal by 15 years to 2050, saying revised plan will now cover entire supply chainMorrisons has become the first UK supermarket chain to postpone its net zero carbon emission targets, delaying them by 15 years t …›
2025-12-15 Carbon removal financier Altitude has agreed to purchase more than 165,000 tonnes of CO₂ Removal Certificates (CORCs) from biochar-based carbon removal facilities in Argentina operated by EcoGaia and Emisiones Neutras. This makes Altitude one of the …›
2025-12-15 Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritageEurope live – latest updatesGlaciers in the European Alps are likely to reach their peak rate of extinction in only eight years …›
2025-12-15 Ampersand Energy recently announced a partnership to run the Wylex electric motorcycle on its batteries and existing swap network across East Africa. This marks a major step forward for Ampersand, one of the pioneers of electric transport in Africa, an …›
2025-12-15 US President Trump’s war on solar power is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Everybody knows about his personal grudge against wind turbines, but solar panels? Why them? Regardless, if President Trump really means to fight the Sun, it’s a los …›
2025-12-15 A December Fox News story featured a coalition of conservative groups who were boasting about ten regulatory and fiscal “wins” under the Trump administration. The energy industry players insist they have “restored America’s path …›
2025-12-15 Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house.(Image credit: Claire Harbage) …›
2025-12-15 “Here Comes the Sun” author and activist Bill McKibben on his newfound optimism, harnessing energy from heaven vs. energy from hell and how there are no (good) songs written about fracking.Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on EarthFrom our collabo …›
2025-12-15 RHS predicts big shift in gardening habits as green-fingered Britons adapt to climate breakdownBouquets of cut flowers will be swapped for tabletop vegetable plants next year, the Royal Horticultural Society has said, as the UK charity announces its to …›
2025-12-15 A few days ago, I reported on Elon Musk’s statement that driverless Tesla robotaxis without human safety monitors would be on the road in Austin, Texas, within a few weeks — just before the end of 2025. Well, earlier today, two such vehicles we …›
2025-12-15 The latest climate research finds there is still a chance of keeping global heating to 1.5 degrees C by the end of this century.
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2025-12-15 As if the latest news about Tesla sales isn’t bad enough, here comes Tesla CEO Elon Musk to throw more gasoline on the dumpster fire — by evoking the gender gap, no less. “If you have a womb, you are a woman. Otherwise, you are not, …›