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  1. A ‘strategic mistake of colossal proportions’: Why Trump is losing the war on renewables

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:10 -0000

    Donald Trump’s efforts to push polluting coal onto Americans appear to be failing, as more households opt for rooftop solar. Donald Trump’s ruthless …

  2. The Overlooked Reason Europe Doesn’t Have AC

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:24:00 -0000

    Americans and Europeans tend to have very different ideas about physical suffering and sacrifice. This summer, the transatlantic culture war has fixated on an unlikely flash point: air-conditioning. Last weekend, I arrived in Paris at the beginning of the heat wave, or canicule, that has stifled the …

  3. Heat Starts to Break in Western Europe, as Central Europe Begins to Broil

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:35:35 -0000

    After days of record temperatures in Western Europe, the extreme heat is easing there. Now, Central Europe is facing days of dangerous swelter. The extreme heat that gripped Western Europe over the past week was easing on Sunday, but in Central and Eastern Europe, countries like Poland and the Czech …

  4. Wildlife Science Says a Wolf Howling Alone in the Dark Is Not Calling Its Pack – It Is Doing the Opposite and the Distinction Changes How We Understand Lone Wolves Entirely

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:45:00 -0000

    You have probably grown up with the image: a single wolf silhouetted against a full moon, lifting its head to call desperately to its missing pack. …

  5. About 1,000 deaths in France attributable to heat wave

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:06:41 -0000

    Several events have been canceled or postponed in the country to avoid overloading hospitals which are already near their breaking point, especially …

  6. Fast-moving fire in Utah, the largest in the U.S., spreads overnight, leading to more evacuations

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:16:50 -0000

    A fast-moving wildfire in Utah raced across the landscape overnight, fed by heat and dry wind and forcing more communities to evacuate, officials …

  7. French government under fire as hospitals face excess heatwave deaths

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:16:28 -0000

    After 11 days of an exceptional heatwave and in the face of the heavy human toll that is beginning to emerge, politicians are accusing the French government of "incompetence" and "inaction." This comes after health officials said Sunday there had been around 1,000 more deaths than expected compared …

  8. France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:23:40 -0000

    BERLIN (AP) — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country’s public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its …

  9. World Cup 2026: How Fifa president Gianni Infantino is jetting around

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:20:51 -0000

    Fifa president Gianni Infantino has attended 24 matches in just over two weeks all across North America at this summer's World Cup, clocking up thousands of air miles. The tournament is spread over three countries - the US, Canada and Mexico - with 16 host cities, and there are more matches than …

  10. If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:30:00 -0000

    It's tick season, possibly the worst in a decade. More and more Americans are being exposed to these parasites as climate change expands the range where they can survive. That means more people are also exposed to the bevy of health conditions they can cause, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, …

  11. Germany sets new heat record again

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:13:58 -0000

    The scorching weekend in Germany has produced another record high since measurements began in the 19th century, with the new peak recorded in …

  12. Heat wave grips Europe, reigniting debate over AC

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:06:14 -0000

    Austria, the Czech ​Republic, Germany, and Poland sweat through record temperatures on Sunday, as a European heat wave reignited a political debate …

  13. Why some trees might fall during prolonged extreme heat

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:07:05 -0000

    In the last week, a group of bowlers had a lucky escape when a tree crashed down onto a green. A few days later, an MP in the House of Commons revealed a mature tree had fallen on her house. So could this be linked to the recent soaring temperatures? Trees can really suffer during a heatwave and the …

  14. Illinois leads the nation in confirmed tornadoes after hot and rainy spring season — most of them in Central Illinois

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:48:55 -0000

    Illinois is leading the country in tornadoes this year and many of them have touched down in the state’s central region. Through a combination of …

  15. Why More Gardeners Are Adding Bee Watering Stations to Their Yards

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:06:00 -0000

    It can help in dry climates and may save them from swimming pools. If you grow flowers and vegetables, you probably know how important pollinators are …

  16. How Paris is using the Seine to try to keep cool in scorching heat

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:14:17 -0000

    Under the streets of Paris, a 75-mile labyrinth of pipes is at work trying to keep the parts of the city cool. They’re carrying water that’s been …

  17. Dangerous heat wave impacting large swathes of the U.S. this week, forecasters warn

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:24:02 -0000

    A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising …

  18. Opinion: Five years after the heat dome, Oregon’s work isn’t done

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:45:00 -0000

    Vivek Shandas For The Oregonian/OregonLive Shandas is a professor of earth, environment and society at Portland State University whose research focuses …

  19. Mapped: Where the World’s Highest Temperatures Were Recorded

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:03:13 -0000

    Where the World’s Highest Temperatures Were Recorded Many countries have recorded extreme heat, but a small group stands far above the rest. This map …

  20. Decline In Plankton Across North East Atlantic Sends Stark Warning For Ocean Health

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:53:12 -0000

    Microscopic plankton are among the most important organisms on Earth. Phytoplankton produce around half of the oxygen we breathe, while plankton as a …

  21. European heatwave causes 1,000 excess deaths in France

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:38:09 -0000

    According to AFP estimates, at least 191 million people are forecast to experience temperatures of at least 35C in Europe. France’s public health agency has reported 1,000 excess deaths as an intense heatwave continues to attack Europe. The agency, which operates under the French Ministry of Health, …

  22. The Layer of Permafrost That Thawed in Alaska Last Month Contains Bacteria That Has Never Encountered a Human Immune System

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:15:00 -0000

    Imagine waking up to find that the ground beneath your feet has started giving up secrets it has kept for tens of thousands of years. That is what …

  23. ‘You Fool’: Trump Tried to Lie About the Disastrous Secrets Hidden at the Bottom of the $14M Pool, But Uncovered Photos Exposed What He Really Did

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:29:34 -0000

    Donald Trump promised the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool would be his crown jewel — proof that only he could restore America’s glory before its …

  24. As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid ‘emergency fatigue’

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:54:12 -0000

    Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate …

  25. Survey Sunday: with nearly a trillion dollars, will Elon try to make things right?

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:13:23 -0000

    Last week, we asked Electrek readers a simple whether they believed that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, after becoming the world’s first trillionaire, would finally make good on the ambitious promises he spent years making about accelerating sustainable energy, delivering unsupervised full self …

  26. The Most Radioactive-Tolerant Animal Can Survive Nuclear Fallout

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:00:35 -0000

    In the aftermath of nuclear disasters like Chernobyl and Hiroshima, most life forms perished due to lethal radiation exposure. Yet among the …

  27. If the planet is unhealthy and out of balance, everything on it will be, too—including humans

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:00:07 -0000

    Chioma Ugwonali is a student at UC San Diego School of Medicine who is heading up the Planetary Health in Medicine summer research fellowship at the …

  28. National Weather Service Warns of ‘Extreme’ 115-Degree Heat Through July 4 Weekend for 18 U.S. States – See the Map

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:52:31 -0000

    Eighteen states throughout the U.S. could see extreme heat this week with temperatures soaring past 100 degrees. The eastern third of the U.S. could …

  29. Trump's Most Sinister Legacy: He's Brought Out the Worst in America

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:05:19 -0000

    Jimmy Carter’s campaign motto in 1976 was “Why Not the Best!” declaring everywhere he went: “I want to see us once again have a nation that’s as good …

  30. Europe's heatwave 'linked to 1,300 deaths' as more records broken

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:38:55 -0000

    Europe's unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme …