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A federal program to restore forests after disaster has gotten too many funding requests
A federal forest restoration program has exhausted its funding due to overwhelming requests from disaster-affected landowners across the country, halting aid disbursements for recovery efforts.
Congress has a plan to stop Trump’s attack on offshore wind. It may not be enough.
Congress negotiated a bipartisan permitting reform bill to protect renewable energy projects from presidential interference, but experts question whether its provisions will effectively prevent future administrations from blocking wind and solar development.
COP17: Developed countries ‘fall far short’ of UN targets for nature finance
A UN report finds developed nations are significantly lagging in biodiversity finance, falling far short of the $200 billion annual target needed to reverse nature loss by 2030.
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules
Two scientists have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries explaining how chemical reactions can produce an excess of one mirror-image molecular form, with major applications in drug development.
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‘Look Back’ Breakouts Furi Nanase and Rokka Okada on Growing Up on a Hirokazu Koreeda Set
Child actors Furi Nanase and Rokka Okada star in Hirokazu Koreeda’s coming-of-age drama ‘Look Back,’ playing aspiring manga artists whose rivalry evolves into a formative friendship.
‘Happily Ever After’ Star Shuhua Yeh Makes the Leap From K-pop Idol to Actress: “It’s Really Happening”
I-dle member Shuhua Yeh makes her acting debut in director Feng-I Fiona Roan’s film “Happily Ever After,” which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, fulfilling a childhood dream.
Inside ‘NAZA,’ the Bombshell Exposé on IDF’s War in Gaza
A new documentary featuring testimony from 24 Israeli military officers details alleged systems used to target and kill civilians in Gaza, winning a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Households near new pylons to get £250 taken off annual energy bills
The UK government will provide £250 annual energy bill discounts to households within 500 meters of new power pylons, as part of extensive grid modernization infrastructure projects across the country.
Energy Vault Scaled Gravity Storage. The Battery Benchmark Is Brutal.
Energy Vault’s gravity storage project in China demonstrates the technology can work at utility scale, but faces steep competition from conventional lithium-ion batteries on cost and efficiency metrics.
U.S. Oil Rig Count Rises as Oil Tops $100
U.S. oil and gas rig counts increased this week to 591 total rigs, with crude oil production rising to nearly 14 million barrels per day, according to Baker Hughes data.
Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero
A Glasgow retiree who installed solar panels and a heat pump to lower energy costs found electricity prices too expensive compared to gas, raising questions about whether the UK’s focus on clean power generation neglects affordability concerns.
How the UK’s extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
UK housing authorities grapple with rising temperatures as recent heatwaves prompt debate over air conditioning adoption versus carbon emission reduction in aging building stock.
Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
A UN report warns global heating will reach at least 1.8C, surpassing the Paris agreement’s 1.5C target, with severe consequences for ecosystems, sea levels, food production, and coastal communities.
BoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influence
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology forecasts an El Niño event that may break heat records, with research suggesting climate change has significantly increased the likelihood of such extreme conditions.
Why it’s so hard to predict a tragedy like Nepal’s glacier collapse
A massive glacier collapse in Nepal killed over 1,300 people in August, highlighting how climate-driven ice loss destabilizes mountainous terrain in unpredictable ways that are extremely difficult to monitor across vast regions.
Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis?
Scientists in Alaska are studying whether five interconnected Arctic species can collectively adapt to climate change, examining how they evolve together to maintain ecosystem stability.