Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert

Move comes as fourth heatwave of summer intensifies, edging temperatures in some areas close to 40C

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U.S. Diesel Prices Under Trump Surpass Biden-Era Average

On Westinghouse’s IPO, British fusion, and Spain’s renewables

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The American EV Industry Is Dazed and Confused

What’s next for electric cars? There’s no consensus.

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Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’

New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude

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Michigan winemakers have a new climate worry: More wildfire smoke

While “smoke taint” from last month’s hazy skies isn’t an immediate threat, it comes on the heels of a growing season already fraught with climate extremes.

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Wildfire season is changing. Spokane is showing how.

As climate change primes the Pacific Northwest to burn, hundreds in Washington state's second-biggest city lose their homes.

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A controversial plan to update Line 5 just suffered a major loss at the Michigan Supreme Court

Opponents are hopeful that a recent ruling by the court to vacate a key permit could eventually shut down the pipeline altogether.

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War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon

Mission accomplished

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‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities

Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock

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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London

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How Different Is Anyone’s Data Center Plan, Really?

There‘s a striking amount of agreement across the political system about what the big issues are.

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How Cyanobacteria Swamped New Hampshire

The state’s crystal clear lakes are turning into the Reflecting Pool.

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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves - Carbon Brief

Amid a slew of misleading claims, Carbon Brief explains how key power sources - nuclear, gas, solar, wind - cope with extreme heat.

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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

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What another Texas flood revealed about the state's warning system

Texas remade its early warning system after last year's deadly inundation. July's flood revealed what it accomplished — and what’s left to do.

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Hungary comes ‘within millimetres’ of shutting down nuclear power plant amid drought crisis – Europe live

PM Péter Magyar says country nearly forced into decision as extreme heat and low water levels in Danube pose challenges in region

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Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

In today’s newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the process

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Trump “Isn’t Happy” About Exxon and Chevron’s Monster Profits

Even though he is partially responsible for them.

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How Clean Cement Startups Are Riding the AI Boom

Data centers are a big test for the nascent industry. But they also can’t fill the orderbooks.

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Scoop: Clearway Cancels Plan to Swap Solar Farm for Data Center and Gas Plant

The energy developer is backing off after a Heatmap report.

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Rebecca Hendin on Britain’s air con debate – cartoon

Half of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought, and July is set to be the driest month on record

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July was driest month in southern England since records began

England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says

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Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor

Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output

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Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero? - Carbon Brief

In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores the role CCS is expected to play in achieving net-zero, its record to date and the reasons it has been criticised, using the UK as an example.

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Washington States Faces Its Worst Fire in Memory

On ‘draconian’ water cuts, Tesla’s China business, and Italian nuclear

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Transcript: Permitting Reform, Data Centers, and More With Senator Heinrich and Secretary Granholm

Rob talks with two senior Democrats about the future of energy in the U.S.

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Permitting Reform, Data Centers, and More With Senator Heinrich and Secretary Granholm

Rob talks with two senior Democrats about the future of energy in the U.S.

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Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.

The ruling pauses a California law dictating how the recycling symbol is used, teeing up a First Amendment fight over environmental marketing.

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It’s the debate of the century! Two climate ‘denialists’ battle it out to see who agrees the most denialistly | First Dog on the Moon

What a vibrant marketplace of ideas

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