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Hochul Repeals Rule Allowing New Customers Free Gas Hookups
Gov. Kathy Hochul struck down a decades-old provision that raised gas bills for millions of New Yorkers. The move could help curb the use of fossil fuels.
Controversial Dakota Pipeline Gets a Big, Belated Government Boost
A delayed environmental review cleared the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating. Separately, a North Dakota judge expressed unusual exasperation over the tangled legal battles.
Trump Media Merger With Nuclear Fusion Firm Raises Ethics Questions
Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway.
A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue
News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual gathering of Earth, ocean and space scientists. Many say American science is suffering under the Trump administration.
Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians
Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is using retro-style video games to rally its US workforce behind its corporate goals, including lobbying to relax environmental rules, the Guardian can reveal. Through an internal platform called Toyota Policy Drivers, employees can play games with names such as Star Quest, Adventure Quest and Dragon Quest, earning prizes by engaging with company messaging about policy and by contacting federal lawmakers using company-provided talking points. Continue reading...
BP Names New Boss After Its C.E.O. Steps Down
Meg O’Neill of Australia’s Woodside Energy will lead the British energy giant, replacing Murray Auchincloss, who will exit after less than two years in the role.
UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’
Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates The UK’s largest proposed datacentre is understating the scale of its planned water use, according to an analysis. The first phase of construction for the hyperscale campus in Cambois in Northumberland has been given the go-ahead by the local council. The US operator QTS, which is developing the site, has promoted its “water-free” cooling system as proof of its sustainability. Continue reading...
They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisis In the southern Peloponnese, the Greek fir is a towering presence. The deep green, slow-growing conifers have long defined the region’s high-altitude forests, thriving in the mountains and rocky soils. For generations they have been one of the country’s hardier species, unusually capable of withstanding drought, insects and the wildfires that periodically sweep through Mediterranean ecosystems. These Greek forests have lived with fire for as long as anyone can remember. So when Dimitrios Avtzis, a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) of Elgo-Dimitra, was dispatched to document the aftermath of a spring blaze in the region, nothing about the assignment seemed exceptional. He had walked into countless burnt landscapes, tracking the expected pockets of mortality, as well as the trees that survived their scorching. Continue reading...
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales' breath
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales.
Massachusetts Battery Start-Up to List on Stock Exchange
Factorial, the start-up, said the listing would provide money that would help it bring new solid-state batteries to market as soon as 2027.
BBC Inside Science
President Trump continues to shake up science. We look at the impact it’s already having.
Europe Begins to Tiptoe Away From Key Climate Policies
Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate goals, but in recent months it has backtracked on rules governing automobile emissions and deforestation.
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