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1. Mapped: Electricity Prices Across America

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:35:27 -0000

   Mapped: Where Electricity Prices Are Highest in America For many Americans, electricity is becoming an increasingly important cost-of-living …

2. Hochul’s affordability-first climate turn could be a blueprint for other Dems

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:00 -0000

   ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul has rolled back one of the nation’s most ambitious climate laws in deep-blue New York — and likely won’t face any political fallout. New York is the only Democratic bastion to weaken emissions reduction targets enacted in a wave of optimism about state-level …

3. Trump Announces $700m Investment In US Coal Industry.

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:59:32 -0000

   President Donald Trump has unveiled a 700 million dollar investment aimed at boosting the US coal industry

4. Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governor

   Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:12:53 -0000

   SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced Friday to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state and succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra leaned on his more than 35 years in public …

5. White House Explodes Over Viral Video of Sleepy Donald Trump

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:32:07 -0000

   A viral video of Donald Trump sitting with his eyes closed sent the White House’s social media operation into full meltdown mode. The administration’s …

6. An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   After shuttering two wells for recurring nitrate contamination, the riverside community of Princeton may face yet another costly fix. This article …

7. The Coral System Beneath Florida Just Collapsed in 48 Hours – And Marine Biologists Say the Cause Is Unlike Anything in the Record

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0000

   If you heard that a whole coral system off Florida crashed in just two days, your first reaction is probably disbelief. Coral reefs are supposed to …

8. Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US

   Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:30:00 -0000

   The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United …

9. Extreme heat is reaching Europe’s most northern cities. These mayors are determined to solve it

   Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:28:32 -0000

   From Athens to Oulu, European mayors are among 50 worldwide teaming up to protect citizens against extreme heat. Last July, Antalya on the Turkish …

10. Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:01:56 -0000

    Over the past 150 years, Earth’s entire surface has been warming, except for one patch of the north Atlantic. Located south-east of Greenland, this …

11. Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:51:08 -0000

    A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the strongest ever …

12. The coming El Niño is more than a climate event. It is a systemic shock

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:19:55 -0000

    El Niño is often treated merely as a weather story, but in 2026, that risks complacency. The latest outlook should be seen as an early warning to …

13. Limited interest in latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:06:47 -0000

    JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, a showing critics described as tepid but one that further opens the door to possible development in the pristine region. The Alaska …

14. The Pacific Ocean Just Started Behaving in a Way Scientists Have Never Recorded in Any Historical Data

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:30:00 -0000

    If you feel like the world’s weather has started to tilt a bit off its axis, you’re not imagining it. The Pacific Ocean, the planet’s largest heat …

15. Spurned by Trump, Oklahoma’s AG Sues to Block America’s First Aluminum Smelter in 50 Years

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:19:56 -0000

    On depleted U.S. oil stocks, Taiwan geothermal, and hybrid sales Current conditions: The southwest monsoon known as “hagabat” has started in the …

16. How Big Oil Wrecked Your Summer

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Climate change is making it increasingly hard to have fun in the sun—and the leading fossil fuel corporations have long known this was going to …

17. Scientists Rule Out a Worst-Case Climate Scenario, But We're Not Off The Hook

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:39 -0000

    When it comes to modeling near-future climate change, scientists have taken their absolute worst-case greenhouse gas emissions scenario off the …

18. Trump announces $700 million investment in coal plants and California export terminal

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:58:00 -0000

    The U.S. is stepping up its investment in coal as President Trump doubles down on his commitment to bolster the fossil fuel industry. During an event …

19. Scientists Just Found the Hottest Place on Earth—And It’s Not Where You Think

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:50:50 -0000

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20. Pacifica pier cracks; another coastal casualty as seas continue to rise

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:29:24 -0000

    The Pacifica Municipal Pier was shut down and taped off Thursday after city workers noticed cracks running through the landmark structure and concrete chunks falling into the ocean. It’s just one of many coastal California structures that have recently crumbled under pressure from a rising and …

21. Why Utahns should care about the downstream effects of Colorado River collapse

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:20:04 -0000

    It's hard to internalize the scale of the Colorado River crisis until you actually lay eyes on the record-low water levels upstream of the Glen …

22. In the Smoky Mountains, a volunteer effort aims to document every species — before it's too late

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    For citizen scientists, counting lichens and bugs and other tiny species is one way to monitor climate change in America's most biodiverse national …

23. Why the electric SUV boom is a problem for climate, health and equity

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:12:53 -0000

    Governments and car manufacturers sell electric cars as the future of green transport. But a less visible trend is challenging this story: many …

24. Does The Future of Climate Resilience Lie Beneath Our Feet?

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:03 -0000

    We often look to the sky for climate solutions. We debate carbon markets, map wind patterns, and calculate atmospheric emissions. Yet one of the most transformative, sophisticated solutions to climate change available to us is not engineered in a laboratory—it is the living soil right beneath our …

25. Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:11:15 -0000

    The world's coastal mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find. For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing. But a …

26. Experts Predict a Super El Nino Summer—How to Prepare Your Home Now

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:23:55 -0000

    We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More ›Hurricane season kicks off this time …

27. How the war in Iran could impact £3bn of UK pensions

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:33:49 -0000

    As a barrage of Iranian missiles rained down on the Fujairah oil terminal, the explosion was deafening and the destruction dramatic: a brutal fire, …

28. Australia’s Household Battery Revolution Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Clean Energy

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:22:46 -0000

    Something remarkable is happening on rooftops and in garages across Australia, and the rest of the world is only just beginning to pay attention. …

29. Solar Car Parks Are a Bad Way to Clean Up the Grid

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:00:32 -0000

    If only we could get reliable, cheap, clean energy without annoying anyone, anywhere. South Korea and France think they have the solution. Don’t get too excited about it. The idea is to put our new power generation infrastructure in places that we already dislike. Car parks seem the perfect solution.

30. Why France Just Recorded Its Hottest May In History: What The Record Means For Your Summer European Trip

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:45:59 -0000

    On the twenty-sixth of May 2026, France recorded the hottest May day in its history. Not a regional record, not a single scorching town, but the …