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  1. This European company's sleek solar roof just made its US debut

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:20:47 -0000

    European solar roofing company Roofit.Solar has completed its first US project, marking its official entry into the North American market with a residential installation in Michigan. The company, founded in 2016, says it’s now active in more than 30 countries and is pushing to expand its presence in …

  2. Trump administration sued over reversal of key climate finding

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:27:30 -0000

    The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit over its decision to deregulate emissions and repeal a landmark scientific finding that linked …

  3. Who holds Trump accountable for Gaza’s future?

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:33:46 -0000

    The new Board of Peace, while endorsed by the United Nations, is part of an emerging state-centric world order in which leaders, in theory, must …

  4. Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:47:31 -0000

    Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up? The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are not just becoming more common; new research shows that these factors are increasingly arising in …

  5. Most EV batteries outlast their cars, real-world data shows

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:47:01 -0000

    A new large‑scale UK dataset suggests EV batteries are holding up far better than many skeptics expected. London‑based EV battery diagnostics company Generational analyzed more than 8,000 battery tests across 36 automakers and found the average EV battery State of Health (SoH) is 95.15% of original …

  6. Bayer proposes $7.25 billion Roundup settlement as Supreme Court case looms

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:15:00 -0000

    The proposed agreement comes as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh whether federal pesticide approval blocks state-level failure-to-warn claims. A new $7.25 billion settlement between Bayer and a group of cancer patients could wrap up a huge wave of lawsuits against the company over allegations …

  7. The First Shark Ever Recorded in Antarctica Appeared on Camera and It Was Massive

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:30:23 -0000

    Sharks in Antarctica weren't supposed to be a thing. Most experts thought the water was too cold, too isolated from where sharks thrive. Then, in January 2025, a camera 1,600 feet deep off the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula captured something nobody expected: a sleeper shark, …

  8. New study reveals severely painful disease can be transmitted across dozens of countries: '[The] expansion … is just a matter of time'

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:10:00 -0000

    Rising temperatures and a tenacious, established invasive species can now transmit an "excruciating" tropical disease across most of Europe, as …

  9. Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:09:39 -0000

    WASHINGTON — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America's national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug …

  10. California sues Trump administration over billions in canceled clean energy funding

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:11:26 -0000

    California is suing the Trump administration over its termination of billions of dollars in funding for high-profile clean energy projects awarded under President Biden, state officials announced Wednesday. It is California’s 58th lawsuit against the president since he resumed office last year. The …

  11. $56 trillion national debt leading to a spiraling crisis: Budget watchdog warns the U.S. is walking a crumbling path

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:24:38 -0000

    The United States is rapidly accelerating toward a definitive tipping point in its financial history, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget …

  12. Can ecological collapse be undone? China is making a bold move on the Yangtze River.

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The Yangtze River has long been an emblem of the ecological toll of China’s modernization. Since the 1950s, dam-building, mining, industrial …

  13. Snow drought helped set the stage for deadly California avalanche, leading to unstable conditions

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:46:37 -0000

    A weekslong “snow drought” in Northern California’s Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday’s deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making it unstable and easily triggered, experts said. The new snow did not have time to bond to the …

  14. Senate committee features climate disinformation, the Atlas Network, and Dr Karl's clash with One Nation

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:00:50 -0000

    The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before …

  15. US: Trump's EPA sued by environmentalist, health groups

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:43:00 -0000

    US President Donald Trump has revoked a 2009 EPA declaration that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a threat to public health …

  16. How bioengineering will help save the planet

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    The start of the Bioengineering Age is a very big deal for everyone on Earth, and not just because of its potential to improve human health. In the …

  17. Antarctica has a ‘gravity hole’

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:25:59 -0000

    The geological oddity has existed since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. A “gravity hole” beneath Antarctica sounds like the plot to a bad sci-fi movie, but it’s a very real situation deep beneath the Earth’s surface stretching back tens of millions of years. The phenomenon thankfully isn’t as …

  18. The record-breaking cocaine boom — and its deadly fallout

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    A few weeks ago, a police officer made a routine traffic stop in Upland, California, just outside of Los Angeles. The officer was accompanied by a police dog named Petey. As they approached the car, Petey began barking. Something about this car was clearly strange. Sure enough, they discovered that …

  19. US energy chief urges IEA to 'drop the climate'

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:29:40 -0000

    At a meeting in Paris, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright called on the International Energy Agency to abandon its climate work and return to its core …

  20. 'Playing Checkers': Trump's Bid to Revive Coal Is Nonsensical

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Donald Trump has been a major supporter of the coal industry since he entered American politics and donned a hard hat at his “Trump Digs Coal” rally …

  21. Big Tech companies say AI will help solve climate change. Environmental groups call that 'greenwashing'

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:45:00 -0000

    AI giants including Google and Microsoft have sometimes touted climate benefits that aren’t backed up by academic evidence, a new report says. As Big Tech faces criticism for the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, companies have said the technology will actually help solve climate …

  22. Climate groups sue Trump administration over EPA's bombshell deregulation decision

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:48:17 -0000

    Climate activist groups sued President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday in an effort to block officials from undercutting environmental regulations. The lawsuit targets the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to revoke an Obama-era "endangerment finding" that serves as the …

  23. Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:12:22 -0000

    CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers. And Olympic host city Cortina is a fitting …

  24. Public health and green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:42:59 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. A rule finalized …

  25. The West’s Winter Has Been a Slow-Moving Catastrophe

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:05:21 -0000

    Without snow in the mountains, the places that depend on the West’s rivers will hurt for water. If you are reading this on the East Coast, congratulations on the warmer weather you’re finally getting this week. It was cold and snowy for a while there. Here in the West, we wish we’d been in your …

  26. Donald Trump's Health Unveiled

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:30:03 -0000

    In mid-October, reports of a mysterious MRI scan performed on U.S. president Donald Trump circulated news sources, but there was little information regarding the purpose of the test.

  27. Europe’s Geopolitical Awakening: An Interview with Former German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:11:20 -0000

    Dr. Robert Habeck served as Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action from 2021 to 2025, leading …

  28. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Halts New Investment, Lays Off Staff

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:36:02 -0000

    Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-backed group that bankrolls climate tech, has stopped making new investments from one of its key funds to scale …

  29. New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, …

  30. E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:41:45 -0000

    Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants …