Semafor • Oct 31, 2025
Rail companies look for new ways to electrify trains
Installing overhead cables or electrified rail is difficult, and local grids often struggle with power demands.
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Semafor • Oct 31, 2025
Hurricane Melissa wreaks devastation in Caribbean
Dozens were killed in Haiti and Jamaica, while many more remain missing.
Chris Hedges • Oct 30, 2025
The Death House
The genocide in Gaza is not a freakish anomaly. It is a harbinger of what awaits us as the ecosystem disintegrates and governments embrace climate fascism.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Ukraine needs urgent investment to avoid blackouts: IEA
A seven-year-old girl was among the fatalities of the latest bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid by Russia on Thursday.
Semafor • Oct 30, 2025
Global climate diplomacy is shifting focus
Climate adaptation is moving up the agenda, but a ‘yawning’ finance gap remains.
Lever News • Oct 28, 2025
Exxon Takes A Drill To New Emissions Accountability Rules
The oil and gas giant is using a free speech argument to challenge new emissions standards.
Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
US energy department takes new steps to power AI data centers
Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright told federal regulators to consider a rule that would accelerate the connection of data centers to electric grids.
Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
Bill Gates' plea for climate investors
Bill Gates has a bone to pick with climate advocates, a group that he was nominally the deepest-pocketed leader of over the past decade.
Semafor • Oct 28, 2025
Wood pellet power is under the microscope like never before
Pressure on the biomass sector is mounting in the UK, South Korea, Japan, and the US.
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299 headlinesJapan Embarks on a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment With Unknown Consequences
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
Mother Jones •
Snowstorms Are Hell for Wheelchair Users—But They Don’t Have to Be
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Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
The Conversation •
Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?
The Conversation •
In a Warming World, Winter Olympics Organizers Will Have to Adapt
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Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats
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