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The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year.

Tom’s Hardware

New Zealand handed a $5b bill for climate inaction

Comment: NZ's first Paris target was set by National's John Key, who always expected to send billions offshore to meet it.

Newsroom.co.nz

Temperatures could soar to 30C next week, forecasters say

The Met Office said high pressure building across the country will bring warm and humid conditions.

Evening Standard

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Yes, EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars. Here's By How Much

A new MIT-led study finds EVs beat gas cars on emissions almost everywhere, but your ZIP code and driving habits decide how big the advantage is.

InsideEVs

Solar energy Generates More Electricity Than Coal in The U.S. for First Time Ever

Once the dominant source of U.S. electricity, coal has steadily lost market share due to competition from cheaper natural gas, renewable energy expansion, aging power plants, and environmental regulations.

International Business Times

Florida’s Heat and Humidity Can Be Tough on Skin and Beards—6 Fixes Barbers Recommend

Florida offers sunshine, beaches, and outdoor adventures nearly year-round, but that tropical climate comes with a challenge many residents know all too well. Heat and humidity can quickly turn a well-groomed beard into a frizzy mess and leave skin feeling oily, irritated, or dry at the same time. The combination…

Clever Dude

A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea

Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river

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Pentagon reviews are blocking wind farms, putting jobs at risk, lawsuit says

A coalition of renewable energy groups is suing Pentagon officials over their failure to complete national security reviews for new onshore wind farms on private lands

The Independent UK

$Texas agency to set rules for using treated fracking wastewater on farmland$

Texas agency to set rules for using treated fracking wastewater on farmland

The state’s environmental regulator will hold a public hearing June 15 on its proposed rules for how the toxic wastewater can be reused. Here’s what you should know.

The Texas Tribune

SEC formally proposes rescinding Biden-era climate disclosure rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally proposed rescinding its 2024 climate-risk disclosure rule on May 29, 2026. SEC Chair Paul Atkins directed the proposal, which states that the 2024 rules are "a dramatic overreach of the Commission's statutory authority and, independently, unsound as a matter of policy."

Ballotpedia

Would you buy milk from a gene-edited cow? Consumers may be more open than you think

As temperatures rise, New Zealand’s dairy farmers face a growing challenge: keeping cows cool enough to remain productive.

The Conversation

El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather

Meteorologists in US predict it will be the strongest of century, while UN secretary-general calls it ‘urgent climate warning’

The Guardian - US

The Gardening Mistake That Can Ruin an Entire Harvest Overnight

A garden can look perfectly calm in the evening and turn into a disaster by morning. One overlooked mistake often triggers sudden crop loss that leaves gardeners frustrated and confused. Many plants collapse overnight because conditions shift faster than most people expect. Small decisions made late in the day can…

Frugal Gardening

Amazon deforestation is falling, but progress is stalling

In 2025, the area deforested in the country fell below one million hectares in a year for the first time since 2019. A total of 984,794 hectares of native vegetation were cleared during 2025, a reduction of 20.6% compared to 2024.

The Conversation

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Everybody Loves Your Money

Why Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners — Even Far From the Coast

Insurance companies once treated inland homes like the “safe zone” of the housing market, but that mindset has shifted fast. Homeowners far from oceans now face cancellations, non-renewals, and steep premium hikes that feel out of nowhere. Many families who never worried about hurricanes or rising sea levels suddenly receive…

The Independent UK

Palisades Fire arson trial begins as prosecutors detail alleged motive

The Palisades Fire ultimately killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes as it incinerated hillside neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and the city of Malibu

The Times of India

Senegal’s billion-tree climate project sold ‘ghost carbon’: Scientists say much of it never existed

Plastic bottles and smokestacks are easy to blame for climate change. Carbon credits are more complicated. They exist largely out of sight, traded between companies, investors and certification bodies, all built on the promise that a measurable amount of carbon has been removed from the atmosphere.

The Independent UK

Utah is so bone dry amid drought that a squirrel and kids with a lighter started separate brush fires

The two fires were sparked within hours on Tuesday

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Medical Daily

America's Deadliest Season Arrives Early: Phoenix, Houston, and Chicago Face a Dangerous Summer as Heat-Related ER Visits Surge

Phoenix confirmed its first 2026 heat death in April. Houston heat-related ER visits surged 329% since 2019. With summer just starting, public health officials are sounding the alarm.

Euronews

'Europe should evolve its carbon market, not dilute it,' investors say

A group of investors managing €11.4 trillion in funds are advocating for complementary industrial policies such as grids, electrification and clean tech financing, reflecting a broader shift in European climate policy from setting targets toward managing industrial transformation.

The Guardian - UK

Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says

Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions

Euronews

‘Coal power has lost its status’: Solar power outstrips coal in US despite Trump's attacks

States won by Trump in the 2024 election accounted for 74 per cent of all solar capacity installed in the first quarter of 2026.

Euronews

Heatwaves are killing tens of thousands in India. Officials are barely counting them

Experts warn that official heatwave death figures are grossly underestimated.

The Independent UK

Solar power hits new milestones despite Trump’s effort to boost coal over clean energy

The findings, supported by a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, highlight solar’s continued growth and coal’s ongoing decline

The Independent UK

Lake Mead nearing ‘system crash’ as experts warn a ‘world of hurt’ could be coming for some states

The warning follows another unusually dry winter in the Colorado River Basin, which supplies water to about 40 million people across seven Western states

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