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  1. Report reveals shocking cost differences of maintaining an EV versus a gas car: 'I've been driving them for the past 10 years'

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:00:00 -0000

    A report comparing electric vehicles and gas-powered cars highlights just how wide the cost gap can be, both at the pump and in routine maintenance. A …

  2. Scientists Suggest That Igniting Oil Spills to Create Fire Tornadoes Might Actually Be Good for the Oceans

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    When you think of saving our oceans, what comes to mind? Maybe you think about reef restoration techniques like coral transplantation, or making …

  3. MIT Says Energy-Storing Concrete Improves 10-fold by Switching to Organic Electrolyte

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:12 -0000

    MIT researchers have developed a new type of concrete that doubles as an energy storage device, as explained by Ziroth. This material, known as …

  4. Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:00:01 -0000

    In short: the agency will no longer be able to regulate carbon pollution or greenhouse gases—though a couple of scenarios might prevent President …

  5. Tunnels and fake ‘forests’: How to survive in the world’s harshest climates

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:00:35 -0000

    In our roundup of CNN Travel stories this week: five-star luxury in Turkey, a fairytale castle with an underground Nazi complex, plus a bikini problem on an Australian bus. Extreme climates Canadian winters are not for the unprepared. Temperatures can drop as low as -4 F (-20 C) in Toronto and …

  6. Why the western US is running out of water, in one chart

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:27:26 -0000

    Cows are draining the Colorado River. More than one in 10 Americans rely on the Colorado River to take showers and drink clean water. But with no end in sight to the decades-long drought in the western US and rapidly decreasing river levels, this essential resource is fueling bitter disputes over …

  7. How safe is glyphosate chemical backed by Trump? What the science says

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:15:01 -0000

    On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would push for a greater supply of glyphosate-based herbicides, leaving …

  8. Can you really survive on Mars? What science fiction gets wrong about off-world living

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future. In science fiction movies and shows …

  9. Coca-Cola achieves unprecedented breakthrough with new technology: 'We have accelerated the process'

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:30:00 -0000

    The explosion of plastic use in our society has led to incredible amounts of plastic litter in our landfills and oceans. And this is particularly …

  10. Stop Tyrant Trump's Lawless Attack on the Regulations Keeping Us Safe | Common Dreams

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:03:05 -0000

    Trump deserves Impeachment and Removal from Office. Congress should act now, before more Americans die, get sick, or are injured from the destruction …

  11. Heaviest outback rain in decades forecast to reach SA, NSW and Victorian farmers

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:49:08 -0000

    The driest belt of Australia is in the middle of its wettest month in decades, and weather modelling is tipping the outback rain will reach southern …

  12. He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking.

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:06 -0000

    As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted. On a recent frosty February morning, 200 miles north of New York City, a middle-aged man had just had his tea and toast and opened his laptop. …

  13. Trump-Backed Gas Plant Could Become Biggest US Power Polluter

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a massive gas-fired power plant in Ohio would likely create one of the nation’s largest sources of carbon …

  14. Ice Melt in the Alps Exposes Ancient Artifacts

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:01:12 -0000

    The relentless retreat of Alpine glaciers has become one of the most unexpected archaeological bonanzas of our time. Each year, as temperatures rise …

  15. Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxins

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:30:16 -0000

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration’s latest effort to boost the fossil fuel industry by paring back clean air and water rules. Toxic emissions from coal- and …

  16. Giant tortoises make a comeback on Galapagos island

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:44:02 -0000

    More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador's famed Galapagos archipelago where they disappeared more than a century ago, the environment ministry said Friday. Floreana was once home to some 20,000 giant tortoises, but whaling, a devastating fire, and …

  17. The One Thing Humans Must Do To Avoid Extinction, According To Stephen Hawking

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:25:00 -0000

    Stephen Hawking was one of the brightest scientific minds in history, but he wasn't the best guy to hang out with if you were looking for levity. The …

  18. This Extreme Radiation-Resistant Organism Evolved a Remarkable Ability

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:30:04 -0000

    The Guaymas hydrothermal field is a region where the ocean floor cracks open, allowing volcanic heat and chemistry to surge into the water. It's also home to one of the most radiation-resistant organisms ever discovered. Read on to find out more.

  19. Companies Are Choosing Efficiency Over Bold Climate Goals

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:52:09 -0000

    It was hard to go even a few minutes at this year’s GreenBiz conference without hearing about the business case for sustainability. Over and over, executives repeated that efforts to cut emissions were also reducing waste, cutting costs, and delivering durable efficiency gains. It’s a perfectly …

  20. EU slammed as study reveals climate-harming beef and lamb get 580 times more subsidies than legumes

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:44:20 -0000

    The EU is being urged to introduce a Plant-Based Action Plan to promote sustainable diets and help farmers transition away from meat and …

  21. The US Is Still Bleeding Coal Jobs, Trump Or No Trump

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 03:18:01 -0000

    The US is bleeding coal jobs again, despite the best efforts of US President Donald Trump to keep old coal power plants up and running.The post The …

  22. ‘Clean power everywhere’: How space-based solar could help us go beyond net zero targets

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:00:36 -0000

    Once considered a dystopian fantasy, space-based solar could soon transform the renewable energy sector. In 1941, two astronauts began the seemingly …

  23. At the World’s Largest General Science Meeting, Surviving Trump Is the Topic

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:00:56 -0000

    “This is really a turning point and we’re in a historical transition at present.” Welcome back to the Abstract! This week, we have a very special …

  24. What if just 1 in 10 people changed how they eat, drive, heat or shop?

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:30:00 -0000

    Climate change is often viewed as an issue that's too big for individual action to matter but when personal choices add up, the impact can be …

  25. Scientists make groundbreaking discovery about plants grown under solar panels: 'These things can work together'

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    Desert plants can thrive when sharing land with large solar arrays, according to a study from Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. The study looked at …

  26. Oil Prices Jump as Trump Threatens to Attack Iran

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:46:05 -0000

    On geothermal’s heat, Exxon Mobil’s CCS push, and Maine’s solar Current conditions: More than a foot of snow is blanketing the California mountains • …

  27. Scientists worry about lasting damage from Potomac sewage spill

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:16:00 -0000

    In January, part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed by the Potomac River. Over the following days, the broken pipe dumped more than 200 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac near Washington, D.C. Since then, the utility that manages the line, DC Water, has been setting up a …

  28. Through the lens: the beauty of the Congo Basin and its fragile future

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:30:06 -0000

    The Congo Basin rainforest is the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing more carbon dioxide than the Amazon. Often described as Africa’s “green lung”, it helps regulate the global climate, with peatlands that lock away huge amounts of carbon. But the region is under pressure from deforestation, …

  29. ‘Zero percent chance’: Energy Sec. Wright unloads on European climate alarmists in fiery Paris speech

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:58:33 -0000

    Energy Secretary Chris Wright blasted European leaders in Paris on Tuesday, accusing the International Energy Agency of pushing "net zero" policies divorced from reality and warning the continent to abandon its green agenda or face economic catastrophe. Wright’s comments before the 31-member global …

  30. Please Mahdi, End the World’s Fear Of End the World

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:44:51 -0000

    US President Donald Trump has reversed a key scientific ruling that had underpinned all federal action to curb planet-warming gases since 2009. The …