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America’s getting a heat dome for July 4th — it won’t kill you at 2pm but might at 2am

Heat domes trap overnight temperatures too — and millions without air conditioning are facing this week's Eastern U.S. heat wave.

30.06.2026 4

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Alexa St. John

Europe is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet — and it would be impossible without climate change, study says

The World Weather Attribution rapid study found the heat is 200 times more likely today than it would have been 20 years ago.

26.06.2026 5

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‘It is time to come clean’: UN Secretary General calls out AI companies on their climate impact

António Guterres proposed a mandatory transparency initiative Tuesday, citing IEA data showing coal still powers 30% of global data centers.

23.06.2026 8

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Planet’s heat bill comes due as one billion more people face extreme heat stress than in the 1970s

A Nature Climate Change study finds Mexico, Kenya, Southern Europe and the U.S. Sun Belt are enduring up to 50 additional days of dangerous heat.

22.06.2026 5

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Ferrari presents Pope with its first ever electric car, stock plunges 8%

The €500,000 Luce earned a papal test drive at Castel Gandolfo — and an 8.4% stock plunge in Milan as critics said it doesn't "shout Ferrari."

27.05.2026 9

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‘I just keep seeing a lot of different aspects of life getting more expensive’: New car prices are up 30% over 6 years

The K-shaped car economy means the average for a new car is nearly $50,000.

12.04.2026 10

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Average price of new cars nears $50,000 as automakers focus on big pickups and SUVs while cheaper sedans get phased out

The share of vehicles listing for less than $30,000 is about 13% — down from 40% five years ago, per the car review site CarGurus.

11.04.2026 10

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This 55-year-old supply chain management professor took a gamble last year: he bought an electric vehicle

“Electricity can go up, but it won’t go up nearly as much as gas will and it won’t go up nearly as fast, either,” says Kevin Ketels.

12.03.2026 20

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The world isn’t ready for the electricity surge that’s coming, IEA warns, saying it’s ‘no longer limited to emerging and developing economies’

Electricity demand will rise much faster than overall energy growth in the coming decades, the IEA projects.

12.11.2025 20

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Senate GOP would gut EV incentives and provisions to move U.S. away from fossil fuels in massive tax cut bill

However, tax credits for clean energy and home energy efficiency would still be phased out, albeit less quickly, under Senate Republicans' latest...

18.06.2025 20

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Over $14 billion clean energy investments canceled or delayed so far in 2025, analysis finds

President Donald Trump's pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy...

29.05.2025 20

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