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1. Trump administration to buy back another energy company's offshore wind leases for 4 more projects

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:26:18 -0000

   The Trump administration said Wednesday it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. The latest deal brings the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 …

2. Ford is now building low-cost LFP battery cells in the US that will power its $30,000 EV pickup

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:17:55 -0000

   Ford is set to become the first to use LFP batteries in a mainstream EV in the US, starting with its $30,000 midsize pickup. Ford begins LFP battery cell production in the US The team at Ford’s Bluoval Battery Park in Michigan is now assembling lithium iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic cells to power …

3. 'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:48:20 -0000

   The former vice president still believes climate change is a moral issue. The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former …

4. 150 Years Ago, a Super El Niño Killed 50 Million People. The Next One Is Right Around the Corner.

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

   From 1876 to 1878, a strong El Niño wreaked havoc on the tropics. In the past 150 years, humanity has faced a plethora of calamities. The first half of the 20th century was a horror show, with two world wars alone killing upwards of 100 million people and the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919 …

5. Western Europe Braces for Another Round of Heat

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:28:32 -0000

   After an early heat wave in May, people in France, Germany, Italy and other countries are again looking for respite. Just two weeks after an unusually early and severe heat wave, Western Europe has been hit by another round of scorching weather, with temperatures expected to reach 113 degrees …

6. How the Strait of Hormuz blockade has forever changed the world's energy trade

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:37:00 -0000

   President Trump said the Strait of Hormuz will reopen within "the next day or two." Semafor climate & energy editor Tim McDonnell explains why global …

7. Solar-powered fridges are boosting farmers’ incomes by 50% while cutting food waste

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:52 -0000

   Renewable energy is saving crops from going to waste. When dicing vegetables, few of us pause to think about the challenges farmers had to overcome to …

8. Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number

   Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:15 -0000

   When heat waves hit the Western United States, the risk of wildfires quickly rises. The prolonged heat dries out vegetation, but that’s only part of …

9. Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump's Renovation

   Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:44:23 -0000

   Warm weather has fueled a bloom that US National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead …

10. Rain along Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:04:27 -0000

    MIAMI — A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast could become the first named tropical storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the National …

11. Why is Trump’s threat to the Ocean Observatories Initiative so monumental to scientists?

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:45:45 -0000

    Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of United States senators delivered a letter to the National Science Foundation urging Acting Director Brian …

12. Turning sand into fertile soil: A Kenyan food experiment

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:08:00 -0000

    Extreme heat, salinity, little water, and no soil—yet crops are sprouting. Forget fertilizers, this Kenyan project uses algae and biology to revive barren land.

13. Did Jared Kushner Inadvertently Touch Off an Albanian Revolution?

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Protesters in the Balkan nation aren’t worried just about the environmental impact of a luxury development connected to Kushner. They’re worried …

14. China’s Electric Truck Revolution Is Reshaping Roads and Reducing Emissions

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:41:21 -0000

    A quiet but powerful transformation is underway on China’s highways, and its ripple effects could reshape how the world thinks about heavy …

15. Satellite images show 10 places where water is disappearing globally

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:15:34 -0000

    From lakes to rivers, freshwater is declining worldwide under rising climate and land pressure. The world is losing an estimated 324 trillion litres (85.6 trillion gallons) of freshwater each year, enough to meet the needs of 280 million people annually, according to a 2025 World Bank report. This …

16. El Niño is here, so what does it mean?

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    This summer was already predicted to be hot for much of the planet, after a near-record year of global heat last year. But El Niño — the influential weather pattern associated with heat, unlike the cooler La Niña — has arrived, and it's raising more alarm. "If we have a big El Niño on top of the …

17. Tropical Storm Arthur Forms Off of Texas, Bringing Flooding Rain

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:57:05 -0000

    Tropical Storm Arthur developed out of a swirl of thunderstorms and showers in the Gulf Coast, bringing flooding rain to Texas. Arthur had top winds …

18. Atlantic 'cold blob' is responsible for shifts in the Indian summer monsoon that threaten over 1 billion people

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:45:48 -0000

    An abnormally cold patch of water in the North Atlantic Ocean has triggered changes in the Indian summer monsoon via the jet stream winds, new …

19. Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    It was before dawn on a Friday in January when a Gulfstream G600 with the burnt-orange Texas Longhorns logo on its tail landed at Dulles airport …

20. Climate Change is Unleashing New and Deadly Microbes

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:02:22 -0000

    Airdate: Wednesday, June 17 at 10 AM We tend to focus on how climate change affects coral reefs, sea turtles and polar bears on melting ice. But we …

21. Travel anxiety: five tips from major thinkers to calm your nerves

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:21:45 -0000

    As an academic and journalist who has travelled extensively over the last 20 years – but also a diagnosed sufferer of generalised anxiety disorder – …

22. We finally got to drive the Aptera solar electric car

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    After a very long wait, Aptera’s solar car is finally rolling and ready for journalist drives. So we headed down to San Diego to check out how development is going on this unique solar electric vehicle. If you’ve been around the EV industry for a while, you’ve probably heard plenty about …

23. Nations Allege 'Attacks' On Science At Key Climate Talks

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:04:00 -0000

    Crucial negotiations ahead of the COP31 summit have been frustrated by a "small group of fossil fuels interests" attacking the science of climate …

24. Could the roofs of low cost houses be South Africa’s secret weapon against hunger?

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:04:44 -0000

    South Africa’s hunger crisis is no longer a distant warning. Millions of poor households are forced to choose between food, electricity, transport …

25. The White House’s Energy Policies Are Costing Americans Dearly

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:31:21 -0000

    When President Trump campaigned during the 2024 election, two promises became a refrain: that he’d cut the red tape of regulations to save Americans …

26. An EPA Researcher Details the Agency's Assault on Science

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:09:00 -0000

    Thomas Luben is an epidemiologist who for nearly 20 years worked for the scientific arm of the Environmental Protection Agency — the Office of …

27. Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet. Jim Franke pulls away the cover page of a …

28. No, Rolling Back These Environmental Rules Won’t Lower Your Grocery Bill

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a piece of bipartisan legislation introduced to phase …

29. Fungi help lock carbon into Arctic fjord sediments

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:01 -0000

    Arctic fjords are among the most efficient natural systems for absorbing and storing carbon long term. However, as the Arctic is warming about four …

30. Tropical Storm Arthur forms in Gulf, threatens flooding across Southeast

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:40:29 -0000

    Tropical Storm Arthur formed Wednesday in the Gulf off the coast of Texas, becoming the first named system of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Why …