Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax

Fossil fuel companies could be forced to pay some of the price of their damage to the climate, and the ultra-rich subjected to a global wealth tax, if new tax rules are agreed under the UN.

Negotiations on a planned global tax treaty will resume at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday, with dozens of countries supporting stronger rules that would make polluters pay for the impact of their activities.

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About 190,000 are still without power in the south-east as states scramble to prepare for more winter weather

Dozens of people have died in the teeth of a severe winter storm across the US south, with further freezing temperatures, snow and blizzards set to assail the east coast on Saturday.

At least 85 people have died across multiple states, according to an Associated Press tally, with frigid conditions and icy roads causing car crashes, hypothermia and other fatal incidents.

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Exclusive: Formal validation for claret reflects hotter conditions, falling consumption and shift towards chillable reds

Bordeaux's wine industry has historically adapted to consumer habits. In the 1970s the region leaned towards white, but by the 2000s was famed for powerful oak-aged reds.

Now it's turning to a much older form of red with a name familiar to anglophones: claret. With origins in the 12th century, when it was first shipped to Britain, claret was soon our favoured wine, an unofficial byword for bordeaux red, which in recent decades has become increasingly full-bodied.

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solid advice from a friendly proactive consumer advocate: Technology Connections

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We need thousands of people to become highly organized in community training and development around these 3 pillars. All over the country.

The democrats are controlled opposition. No institution-corporate or government-is to be trusted at this point. They all must be rejected and resisted while we build new systems. Protesting is asking for a system that hates you to work for your interests. New strategies and tactics are required.

I'm currently working on a manual about developing these three pillars and creating grassroots emergency response teams. This is not a call to violent action; as the effects of climate change continue to pose threats, it's unreasonable to expect the government to provide proper emergency management.

We must develop self-reliance. Phase 1 is this. Phase 2 will be the development of new economic systems based on mutual aid, bartering, the development of cottage industries and development of community-oriented communication technologies. Phase 3 will focus on cultural engineering to make systems that serve communities, not a sadistic pedophile cult.

Here is a brief outline of the 3 pillars:

1 Martial arts: - Emphasis is less on combat efficacy and more on fitness, confidence building, networking, physical conditioning, and community development. - Backyard, at home, or forest gyms must be developed by purchasing boxing gloves, stand alone punching bags, soft floor tiles, training pads, etc. - These trainings must be free or donation based. - Competent instructors are needed to volunteer. - Dedicated community members can travel to Thailand for Muay Thai training - Training must be widespread and highly accessible

2 Wilderness Medicine - WFR (wilderness first responder) training through NOLS and SOLO are comprehensive but expensive. Community who can afford it members must enroll in these courses IMMEDIATELY. - Wilderness EMTs, combat medics, and other medical professionals must volunteer to train community members en masse. - Regular training (2-5 times per week) must be establish and the use of moulage is highly encouraged. - This is not just about medical skill building, but also about stress expose training, and team building

3 Ham Radio - Civilian amateur radio is essential for effective emergency management - Study workshops must be developed to train people about amateur radio - Licenses should be acquired from ARRL as soon as possible - Radio equipment should be acquired en masse - Pirate radio stations would be disruptive, illegal, and openly discouraged even though they can provide alternatives to corporate communication networks.

On top of this, there should be things like book clubs that discuss books related to activism, documentary discussions (Adam Curtis documentaries are highly recommended), and non-monitary mutual aid efforts (think food, clothes, water, shelter, bedding, etc.). More about this in phase 2, which can only happen once we have thousands of emergency response teams prepared for it.

Get to work. The future is ours! Or the future is doomed!

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is banking millions on US Senate hopeful Nate Morris in Kentucky, though the move could backfire as the Epstein scandal grows.

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A new aquifer thermal energy system in St. Paul, Minnesota promises to lower utility bills for residents by 50 percent or more.

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(Note: There is a TL;DR at the bottom of this post for those who need it.)

Introduction: Pandora's Jar has opened

I've spent the majority of my 34 years as an outside observer of the human race. As a late diagnosed Asperger's and ADD kid growing up in the UK, I was never in the tribe, I was looking through the glass and observing the fabric of my culture, how it's changed drastically, and the cause and effects. My perspective isn't taught to me, it was forged through a lifetime abuse, isolation, addiction, and homelessness but a hunger for understanding and learning. I've come back from the edge with nothing but my logic and a resistance to the systems the masses live by. What I see from the fringes is a species that has outpaced its own biology. A lot of unfortunate truths that we are unable to admit our of fear. We are told we live in an era of unprecedented progression, but I see a society in the middle of a systemic collapse.

I've come to view our modern condition as a collision of two ancient warnings: Pandora's Jar and the Forbidden Fruit. We have opened the digital pithos (the jar), releasing a swarm of beautiful evils: addiction, tribalism, and the death of privacy, while desperately clinging to Hope, which in reality is just the deceptive expectation that things will somehow fix themselves. We have eaten the forbidden fruit of total Information, only to find that we weren't built to carry the weight of a god's knowledge with the brain of a primate. (Wilson, E.O. The Social Conquest of Earth)

I'm not here to talk politics, my perspective isn't right or left, it is my own and tribalism is part of the poison. I'm here to talk about the biological reality of what happens when a species prioritizes materialistic advancement over its own nature, and how the elites ensure we stay too divided to ever notice the jar is empty.

Part 1 - The loss of shame, community and meaning

I see the rotten core in our culture that stems from the death of social cohesion. In the UK, we have traded the social glue of shared responsibility for hyper individualism and damaging, unfulfilling meaningless consumerism. Nihilism is rife in communities that once thrived on the meaning provided by responsibility to each other. In many high trust societies, order is maintained by shame and mutual respect. An internal and communal understanding that you have a responsibility to both neighbours and the broader public.

In the West, we've branded shame as an evil, and in some case shame is harmful. No-one should be ashamed of who they are, but shame is also necessary for social cohesion. We've removed the social cost for anti-social behavior (in many ways it is rewarded with positive attention on the form of likes and shares and "clout") but we haven't realized the price: when no one is ashamed, the commons - our parks, our streets, and our safety are the first things to burn.

This collapse is driven by an unfortunate truth we are too afraid to admit: Consequences are necessary regulators for our species. I do not condone abuse, but there is a massive gulf between abuse and the strict authority that once held society together. We have sterilized authority to the point of complete ineffectiveness. Youths today are acutely aware that adults, teachers, and even the police are legally and socially handcuffed. Playing football with your mates in the park is being replaced by being anti-social for fun because we've removed the deterrents.

But the youth aren't the only ones who are lost either. Many adults have abandoned their posts as role models. In the past, close knit communities with shared cultures provided a village of social activities that filled a family's time. Today, that physical community has been replaced by digital lobotomy. We consume media designed to brew division, sitting in isolated homes feeling lonely in the crowd. Social media is not a replacement for socializing but it a simulation that leaves us socially malnourished.

This digital pithos has poisoned our most intimate bonds. Finding love has turned into a swipe on a stranger, a system of dating apps that turns human beings into disposable commodities. It has created a culture of FOMO (fear of missing out) and "the grass is greener" syndrome. In this environment, relationships are weaker and easily discarded, especially when the next match is only a swipe away. We've replaced the meaning of long term partnership and community with a materialistic pursuit of better and more, leaving a trail of single parent homes and isolated individuals in its wake.

We are now a low trust society where we need cameras and guards for things that used to be self regulated by a look of disapproval or a sense of duty. We've traded the discipline of the village for the chemical rush of an endless scroll, and yet we are surprised when the world feels more dangerous and more alone.

Part 2 - The effect of division in social class and culture

I see a divide and rule strategy updated for the digital age, and it has created a profound blindness in the middle class. The university educated elite have become both confused and disconnected from reality. They are convinced that biological and social realities are meaningless, even in the face of a wealth of evidence. For them, empathy has been weaponized as a shield against any criticism, they will defend an ideology even when its effects are demonstrably negative to their own kin. In this environment, objective truth is dangerous, and identity must be protected at all costs. Rational thought is branded as bigotry, and discerning opinions are blocked to protect progress, even as the world crumbles around them. (Henderson, Rob. Luxury Beliefs Are the New Status Symbols)

To this class, the working people of their own nationality have become the enemy. They see the working man as stupid, lazy, and filled with hate for what he doesn't understand. While ignorance exists, the middle class refuses to see that the anger of the working class is a consequence of a lifetime of being ignored. Tens of millions of people have been stripped of meaning, community, and opportunity, only to be told their struggles are a fantasy or a victimhood of their own making. (The Centre for Social Justice. Two Nations: The State of the UK)

The reality is that the working class is at the bottom of a ladder where the rungs are being kicked away. We are living through an evolution that has no need for their labor and pays so little they cannot afford food. As they lose the fabric of their culture and the ability to live a life of reasonable quality, they are branded as evil for noticing the truths that only those at the bottom are forced to see.

The uncomfortable truth is that uncontrolled growth and immigration have placed an impossible burden on the working class. Our underfunded public services are collapsing under an ever increasing population. We are trapped in a housing crisis that leaves a growing population homeless in a market with more people than houses, at the mercy of wealthy landlords who raise rents while wages remain stagnant. Yet, the empathetic middle class refuses to extend that same empathy toward their own countrymen. Their familiar and cherished communities have become unrecognizable and alienating. It is noble to help those with less, but when help is offered to everyone except the people who built this country with their backs and endless toil, the social contract is broken.

We cannot allow uncontrolled growth to continue out of a fear of being labeled racist. No country has infinite resources, and a society that refuses to prioritize its own struggling citizens is a society that has lost its mind. (Putnam, Robert D. E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century)

Shared culture and meaning is necessary for a functioning society. Multiculturalism, whilst a desirable dream, is an impossible reality backed up by entire human history that proves cultural differences cause conflict. It's human nature to stand with your tribe, and to prove this, I ask one question. if cultural cohesion was possible, why has human history been filled with conflict against those that are different? Education is helpful, but how do you educate evolved biological reality built into our DNA. (Tajfel, Henri. Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination)

Part 3: Conclusion

I see it only getting worse. Progression and advancement have outpaced our species. We have taken the meaning from hundreds of millions of people, the meaning found in family, community, and responsibility and replaced it with the pursuit of materialistic goods and self fulfillment.

We are living in the post jar era. The evils are out, the forbidden fruit has been eaten, and the elites are busy making sure we stay too busy fighting over the scraps to notice that the foundation is gone. Something is going to give. You cannot strip a people of their identity, their security, and their future, and expect them to remain silent forever.

The deceptive expectation of hope is the only thing left in the jar, the internet, sold as free access to unlimited information to benefit mankind, but immediately morphed into a tool of repression, control, fear mongering and division. A tool abused by the evil to commit crime, manipulation and the cause of so much damage to an impossible number of people. It is, in all meaning of the word, an external evolution too powerful, that we are too primitive to handle.

The hope it offered is a fantasy, and as I've learned from deep observation from a lifetime on the fringe of society, hope without objective reality is just another form of poison. It's time we treated reality for what it is, before the "something" that is about to give finally breaks us all.

Humanity cannot play god. We must play by the rules set by nature or nature will punish us accordingly with no-one to blame but ourselves.

TL;DR: We've outpaced our own biology. By killing social cohesion, removing consequences for the youth, and ignoring the tribal reality of human nature, we've broken the social contract. The "educated" middle class uses empathy as a shield while the working class pays the price for uncontrolled growth and a hollowed out culture. The internet is an external evolution we aren't built for, used by elites to keep us divided while the foundation of our society rots. Nature has rules, and we are about to be punished for pretending we can ignore them.

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Der neu unter Druck gesetzte Abschnitt von Deutschlands Wasserstoff-Backbone ohne Lieferanten und ohne Abnehmer wird oft als klarer Bruch mit der Vergangenheit beschrieben, als notwendige frühe Investition in eine künftige Wasserstoffwirtschaft. Der Stahl erzählt eine andere Geschichte. Trasse, Durchmesser, Alter und Wirtschaftlichkeit der Pipeline verweisen zurück auf russisches Erdgas, nicht ... [continued]

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The global elites are beginning to lose their hold on their respective societies. The people no longer trust them.

Rapid technological advancements are threatening the post-WWII capitalist, dollar-based order that is dominant today. It's becoming impossible to sustain capitalism as we know it with the inevitable arrival of AGI (whether it arrives before the end of this decade or the one after). In a last-ditch effort to cling to power, the elites are looking to copy China's model by implementing techno-feudalism wherever they have control, like in the U.S. Russia is already an oligarchic Christo-fascist state, China is a one-party technocratic police state, and the U.S. is rapidly heading toward becoming a fascist techno-feudal police state. Israel is an apartheid state. Nonetheless, resistance is growing because the people no longer trust or believe in them. The recent release of the Epstein Files confirms many suspicions, and more leaks are likely as whistleblowers leak damaging information online about a system they no longer believe in. Then, as resources rapidly begin to diminish due to climate change, and the bare minimum bread and circuse becomes unattainable for most people, the system's facade will crack, especially as the dollar collapses and hyperinflation destroys the people, while the asset-owning elites hoard gold and crypto. This will spark genuine rebellion. Despite censorship attempts, there will always be an underground internet for people to communicate on. That genie is out of the bottle. Climate disasters destroying cities and towns, combined with hunger, misery, and the life they dreamed of becoming impossible, will be the final blow to the current world order. In response, each society's elites may grow paranoid and resort to war to distract their populations and keep them at bay. They'll try to secure as many of the shrinking resources as possible to keep their fragile systems running, but this plan will fail, especially since young people now have little reason to support any "national cause." There will likely be a behind-the-scenes understanding among the elites influencing all major powers and their leaders that nuclear weapons won't be used. However, once one collapses and the people take control of it and its nuclear arsenal, they'll panic, and the nukes will start flying. The end. Reset.

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In Minneapolis, the January sun
Lay stark and bright across the hardened sleet,
A mother kissed goodbye her youngest one,
Then turned for home, her morning near complete.

She saw the armored strangers in her street,
Their faces masked, their purpose cruel and clear,
And stopped to watch—no protest, no retreat—
Not knowing death was standing somewhere near.

"I'm not mad at you," she said—her final words
To men who'd come with weapons and with rage,
A sentence soft as song from morning birds,
A blessing from a woman in a cage.

Three shots rang out. She'd turned the wheel to leave
When bullets tore through glass and then through bone,
Her body seized, the car crashed—no reprieve—
They cursed her as she bled and died alone.

They blocked the doctor. Made the stretcher wait.
Let minutes bleed like mercy to the ground.
Then spoke of "self-defense" to hide the weight
Of murder that cameras had coldly found.

Her glove compartment held no gun, no knife—
Just stuffed animals for children yet to know,
Small relics of an ordinary life
Now splattered red on Minnesota snow.

She wasn't armed. She wasn't breaking laws.
She briefly paused, then turned to drive away—
Yet they would use her death to serve their cause:
A "terrorist"—the blood price she would pay.

We say her name because they wanted silence,
We light the candles where they spilled her blood,
We stand against the ordinary violence
That killed a mother with the name of Good.

And so we learn what "Good" can come to mean
In empires that have turned upon their own:
The guns fall silent, but her light is seen—
A mother's grace outlasts the tyrant's throne.

Turns out having secret meetings coordinated by shadowy fossil fuel funded groups with a pre-determined outcome aimed at overturning critical policies based on mainstream science is wrong. In the video above, the grifter DOE Sec-to-be took time out from his busy schedule as a Fracking millionaire to produce a video on the complete harmlessness of … Continue reading "Reagan Judge finds Fracker Energy Sec's Climate Denial Panel Illegal"

Bushfires, marches and a summer of sport - Guardian Australia's best photos from around the country

• Prayers, vigils and mitzvahs on the national day of mourning for Bondi beach terror attack victims - in pictures

• Drag racing at Sydney's weekly street meet offers a change of pace for all walks of life

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Canada and South Korea are working toward a new trade deal that would bring more auto manufacturing to that country.

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Two major utilities are protesting a federal order requiring them to operate the Craig Unit 1 coal power plant in Colorado, originally scheduled to retire on December 31 of 2025.

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Deutschland hat inzwischen rund 400 Kilometer Wasserstoff-Backbone-Pipeline fertiggestellt und unter Druck gesetzt, ohne angeschlossene Lieferanten und ohne vertraglich gebundene Abnehmer — eine Pipeline von nirgendwo nach nirgendwo. Die Infrastruktur existiert und ist betriebsbereit, aber es fließt kein Wasserstoff zu irgendjemandem, der sich verpflichtet hat, dafür zu bezahlen. Dies ist kein ... [continued]

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Governments around the world invest in fossil fuels for what is often framed as national security. However, there is a basic inconsistency of national investment in fossil fuels with mitigating climate change. Many oil and gas producers falsely claim they are simply meeting demand rather than accruing fabulous wealth. In ... [continued]

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Historically, collapse isn't a single event.
It's overlapping failures that don't line up neatly.

You get things like:

• Official stability + personal insecurity
• Economic "growth" alongside falling quality of life
• Institutions insisting everything is fine while quietly adjusting expectations

That mismatch seems to cause more stress than outright disaster.

Question for the sub:
Do you think we're already in early-stage collapse, or still approaching it?

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This post is in no way to humblebrag or boast about my HIsTorICaL gEnIUs for r/iamverysmart, but this is a grievance that I don't think 99.99% of people share with me.

It's sad, really. School's history classes are severely watered down. People's lack of curiosity is even worse.

I'm no certified historian, but the amount of free time I had and my natural curiosity had led me to... let's just say unsavory topics that I had to digest.

Now, it would be a whole PP presentation to even understand where I'm coming from and arriving at, but I'll just make it very brief: private ownership.

Everything that has happened that led to this point has always been the fault of your forebears, the very first monkey who declared that he inexplicably (justified by "god's divine right" later on) owned a particular patch of dirt, "justified" by "strength"/the threat of violence (via himself or through bribed desperate, but strong monkeys). Nowadays, they justify it by "meritocracy" (and held up by poor people who actually bought this lie).

Everything here is not new. Not capitalism (or more aptly, neofeudalism), not plutocracy (or neo-aristocracy). They are descendants of autocracy, theocracy and feudalism. Combine those 3 together, you get monarchy, aristocracy (or "oligarchy").

Throughout history, your predecessors had voiced the same grievances as you did. That's why there's revolutions.

They're not "billionaires" or "rich people". They're plutocrats, descendants of the same system that had oppressed your predecessors. They're a symptom of a bigger problem.

Instead of isolating everything and see it as some unprecedented novel phenomenon that's borne inexplicably out of nowhere, maybe actually pick up history and learn the patterns, and actually see cause-and-effect. They're all connected, I can promise you that.

And if you actually thought that you are "free", I have a beach front to sell you in Arizona. You are, financially, functionally and systematically, a serf, to put it nicely. You are still owned by the plutocrats, the new age aristocrats. You do not have financial freedom unless you're in their small club. They can influence the way you live, and they can take away your right to live at any time.

So yeah, imagine my anger when I see people talk about "rich people" as if it's some new phenomenon. How many people can even see what I'm seeing, much less understand what I'm getting at? If you had no prior historical knowledge, this post is about as valuable as a broken mirror.

It's exhausting, really.

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This post is a vent.

I'm a Latin American, and I'm very aware of how important what happens in the United States is. The rise of fascism is in full swing up there, and it projects its influence across all of Latin American society.

I don't know how to live under fascism. I was trained, by propaganda, by the education system, by the Empire itself (yes, I mean the U.S.), to move through a humanist world. And I did that well. I'm not even getting into whether that ideal world really existed in practice or not (I think the Canadian leader expressed my point of view quite well in his speech in Davos). My point is that I was trained to walk toward that ideal, to trust it, and to build my personal trajectory assuming it existed. And as a white, middle-class person, that actually worked for me to some extent.

I was betrayed. The postwar order collapsed much faster than I expected, and I was left behind. I don't know how to think like a fascist. I'm repulsed by fascism.

Death at the hands of the State feels like an increasingly real possibility for me as a vocal humanist with a "public" position (I'm a teacher). I hope that, if it comes to that, it's quick and doesn't serve to feed the infernal delirium of some torturer. The possibility of dying doesn't stop me from living. Fortunately, this clarity hasn't made me dysfunctional.

Does anyone else feel this way? What arguments have you been using with yourselves to keep "moving forward"?

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Honduras is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists - and the release of Juan Orlando Hernández has reinforced its 'crisis of impunity', say critics

When Donald Trump announced that he would pardon the former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, only the second world leader to be convicted of drug trafficking, Anna*, an environmental defender, was shocked.

In 2022, Hernández, also known as JOH, was extradited to the US and later convicted, along with his brother, on drug trafficking and weapons charges. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle more than 400 tonnes of cocaine into the US, becoming the first Honduran head of state to be tried and sentenced abroad for running a narco state. He was also accused of grave human rights violations.

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Detroit automakers just assumed they'd always be protected behind tariff barriers, and it looked like that would be the case for a while, at least, as Canada, understanding that it had a stake in US automaker's success, followed the US in applying 100 percent tariff barriers on Chinese cars.That was before Trump made it clear … Continue reading "China's EVs Will Destroy Detroit"

Ever wonder how it was that Elon Musk did that sudden switch to backing right wing politics? Maybe it was the Ketamine. Maybe it was going crazy when one of his (how many does he have again?) children came out as trans.Or maybe, maybe, it was something else.

"Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold.

"The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating weather extremes… The escaped polar vortex is just one instance of extreme weather playing out right now around the world…"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/climate/climate-change-extreme-weather.html

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"The entire temperate Northern Hemisphere is now frozen, with the exception of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain.

"It is rather rare to see the polar vortex spread out so extensively at the same time across both America and Eurasia." [Meteovillages]

https://x.com/meteovillages/status/2017183165056422071

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"Stratospheric Warming Confirmed: Polar Vortex Collapse to Bring Major Weather Disruption in the Coming Weeks.

"New forecasts confirm a Polar Vortex split and collapse in mid-February, following a Stratospheric Warming event. The latest predictions show a breakdown of the polar circulation, creating a prolonged cold weather pattern across North America and Europe, with early signs that it can last into early Spring."

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-collapse-february-2026-stratospheric-warming-forecast-winter-united-states-canada-europe-fa/

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"At least 28 killed in record snowfall across northern Japan, transport disrupted.

"Weather forecasters warn that more snowfall is expected over the next few days. Niigata Prefecture could receive up to 70 centimetres of additional snow by the morning of January 31, while northeastern regions of Honshu Island may see as much as 50 centimetres."

https://caliber.az/en/post/at-least-28-killed-in-record-snowfall-across-northern-japan-transport-disrupted

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"Moscow records heaviest snowfall in over 200 years…

"Snow piles on the ground reached as high as 60 centimetres (24 inches) in some parts of the capital on Thursday… The record snowfall was "caused by deep and extensive cyclones with sharp atmospheric fronts passing over the Moscow region", the observatory said."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260129-moscow-records-heaviest-snowfall-in-over-200-years

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"UK butterfly numbers flat despite hottest summer on record…

"A spokesman from Butterfly Conservation said: "Numbers are a vast improvement on 2024's record lows but 2025 was no more than an average year for butterflies and urgent measures are still needed to reverse long term declines.""

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25788270.uk-butterfly-numbers-flat-despite-hottest-summer-record/

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"Environmental experts have expressed concern about climate change after more than 700 fish - including hundreds of endangered European eels - died at one of Jersey's most ecologically sensitive sites last summer.

"St Ouen's Pond, which is home to a plethora of wildlife, is the island's largest freshwater lake and one of 30 protected Sites of Special Interest (SSI) as of 2018."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98pmrem7v5o

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"Netherlands' 10 hottest years all in this century; 2025 was exceptionally sunny, dry…

"The year had the highest number of mild days on record… 2025 was the second sunniest year since records began in 1965, just behind 2022 (138 watts). Spring, in particular, was ridiculously sunny, getting almost a quarter more sunshine than is usual."

https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/29/netherlands-10-hottest-years-century-2025-exceptionally-sunny-dry

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"Threat of global warming looms large on next winter Olympics despite being at a high-altitude Alpine city: Study…

"The games are to be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the heart of the Italian Alps. However, a recent study has noted that even the high-altitude Alps do not seem to have enough snow at the peak of winter to hold Winter Olympics due to the impact of climate change."

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/threat-of-global-warming-looms-large-on-next-winter-olympics-despite-being-at-a-high-altitude-alpine-city-study

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"The tornado in Plasencia leaves numerous damages to facades, roofs and enclosures of the buildings of the Ministry of Health. [Spain]

"Sixty percent of the enclosure of the Cereza center, which has not yet been inaugurated, has been destroyed, while the Virgen del Puerto Hospital continues its activity despite the damage."

https://www.hoy.es/plasencia/tornado-plasencia-deja-numerosos-desperfectos-fachadas-cubiertas-20260130211714-nt.html

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"Severe storms flood Izmir streets, knock out water to three districts [western Turkey]…

"Flash flooding transformed streets into rivers in several neighborhoods, trapping motorists and forcing shopkeepers to evacuate water from their businesses."

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/severe-storms-flood-izmir-streets-knock-out-water-to-three-districts-3213751?s=1

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"Heavy rainfall paralyzed life in Adana: Roads turned into lakes, and citizens were stranded. [southeastern Turkey]

"Heavy rainfall that hit Adana on January 30th negatively affected life throughout the city. Following warnings from the meteorological service, the rain, which intensified from the morning hours, caused water to accumulate on many streets and roads , and traffic came to a standstill in some areas."

https://www.habereguven.com/adanada-saganak-yagis-hayati-felc-etti

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"Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village threatened after record rains…

"Last week, Tunisia saw its heaviest downpour in more than 70 years. The storm killed at least five people, with others still missing. Narrow streets of this village north of Tunis—famed for its pink bougainvillea and studded wooden doors—were cut off by fallen trees, rocks and thick clay."

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-tunisia-famed-blue-white-village.html

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"Morocco Mobilizes Army, Emergency Services as Flooding Hits Northern Regions…

"Authorities have urged residents in affected areas to remain vigilant, follow official safety instructions and avoid unnecessary risks, as efforts continue to mitigate the impact of the flooding and ensure public safety."

https://www.assahifa.com/english/morocco/morocco-mobilizes-army-emergency-services-as-flooding-hits-northern-regions/

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"SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE broke for the SEVENTH TIME this month its national record of its hottest January day in history with 34.0C [93.2F].

"Records have been falling all over Africa from the first day of the month every day."

[Extreme Temps]

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2016940979811733900

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"Endless record heat in the Gulf of Guinea with another extraordinary hot night and MINIMUMS up to 28.6C [83.5F] at Cotonou BENIN one of the highest in January in history in the whole Hemisphere.

"Hottest January night on record at Ibadan NIGERIA Min 26.4C."

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2017146223497793825

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"Western Cape faces mounting water crisis as consumption spikes and municipalities across the province sound alarm…

"lower annual rainfall has resulted in reduced inflows to major dams, placing increased pressure on the metro's water supply system at a time when usage remains well above recommended targets."

https://iol.co.za/weekend-argus/2026-01-08-western-cape-faces-mounting-water-crisis-as-consumption-spikes-and-municipalities-across-the-province-sound-alarm/

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"Mozambique: Aid workers scramble to reach starving communities after devastating floods but it's a mammoth task…

""We are alive, but the floods are troubling us. We are coughing, we don't have a place to live, we don't have food, we don't have water - the water we are drinking is contaminated because of these floods," says one of his patients, Raqualina Tamele."

https://news.sky.com/story/there-is-no-food-in-this-community-it-is-hard-flooding-brings-devastation-and-disease-to-thousands-in-mozambique-13500787

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"Death Toll Reaches 200 After Landslides Collapse Mineral Mines in Eastern Congo.

"At least 200 people were killed this week when heavy rains triggered a series of catastrophic landslides at a major coltan mining site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to reports from rebel authorities on Saturday."

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/890959/death-toll-reaches-200-after-landslides-collapse-mineral-mines-in-eastern-congo

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"Israel's freshwater balancing act: The Kinneret under strain…

""The Sea of Galilee now faces a huge problem," Nadav Tal, a water expert and hydrologist at EcoPeace Middle East, told The Jerusalem Report in a recent interview. "If we do not get a good rainy season, we will be in deep trouble. We're already in deep trouble, but it will get worse and worse.""

https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-884475

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"Dust storms in Tajikistan reach record numbers in 2025.

"In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Bahodour Sheralizoda, Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection, revealed on January 29 that in 2025, Tajikistan recorded 63 dust storms, which lasted a total of 216 days."

https://www.asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/society/20260129/dust-storms-in-tajikistan-reach-record-numbers-in-2025

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"India's wealthy embrace a new luxury symbol: water…

""They will all taste different … you should be choosing a water that can give you some sort of nutritional value," said Mehta, who is 32 and calls herself India's youngest water sommelier, a term usually associated with premium wine. Her family owns the Aava mineral water brand."

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/indias-wealthy-embrace-new-luxury-symbol-water-2026-01-31/

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"Lives at stake as man-elephant conflict continues unabated in Coimbatore forest division [southern India].

"Coimbatore: It's a fight for survival for both humans and wild elephants, as the conflict between them continues unabated in the Coimbatore forest division."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/lives-at-stake-as-man-elephant-conflict-continues-unabated-in-coimbatore-forest-division/articleshow/127808800.cms

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"Sam, an orangutan aged approximately 18-20 years old, was spotted by residents foraging in a garbage heap in East Kutai [Indonesia]…

"The orangutan was captured because it was located in a high-risk area, near roads, palm oil plantations, and mining areas, making it deemed unsuitable for wild animal behavior."

https://news.detik.com/berita/d-8332552/sam-orang-utan-di-kaltim-tertangkap-cari-makan-di-tempat-sampah/amp

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"BNPB: Heavy Rain for 24 Hours Triggers Flooding in Bekasi, Jakarta to Cirebon.

"The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) stated that heavy rain in the last 24 hours caused flooding in several areas in Jakarta and West Java, including Cirebon Regency and Bekasi City… "Nine villages spread across four sub-districts in Cirebon Regency were flooded after heavy rain," said Head of the BNPB."

https://voi.id/en/amp/555101

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"Day and night, there's no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia's worst on record.

"In Australia's alps, where an average January day might be expected to reach 18C, temperatures climbed above 30C [86F] for the first time. On 28 January, the ski town of Falls Creek recorded 30.5C, and Perisher Valley in NSW reached 30.8C - records for both places. "Those are pretty remarkable temperatures," Grainger says."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/day-and-night-theres-no-relief-five-ways-this-heatwave-is-one-of-australias-worst-on-record

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"Congratulations to Port Augusta AUSTRALIA for recording the most Southern 50C (122F) in world climatic history.

"It's one of the several world records being set in this unbelievable heat wave… More records Saturday."

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2017314637704778086

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"'We shouldn't be surprised': bushfires in Victoria push threatened species to the brink.

"As tinderbox conditions continue to hamper wildlife assessment and rescue efforts, bushfires in Victoria have burned habitat crucial to bird and animal species, including eastern bristlebirds and dingoes. Some plant species are feared extinct."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/30/victoria-bushfires-threatened-species-australia

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"Bay of Plenty families remain isolated two weeks after Waioweka Gorge slips [NZ]…

"Even before last week's storm laid waste to North Island communities - families in the Waioweka Gorge were isolated. On Friday, January 16, torrential rain brought down multiple slips on SH2, trapping around 40 motorists, who had to be evacuated by helicopter."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/bay-of-plenty-families-remain-isolated-two-weeks-after-waioweka-gorge-slips/XT3LIYOUNFGP3ABQQUE76DD77E/

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"La Niña is Dissolving Rapidly, Marking the Start of a Major Atmospheric and Oceanic Shift for 2026.

"The tropical Pacific Ocean is undergoing a strong transformation as we enter 2026, with La Niña dissolving faster than initially expected. A powerful Westerly Wind Burst has swept across the tropics, erasing a lot of the cold anomalies and signaling the end of an era for the current atmospheric cycle."

https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/la-nina-dissolve-el-nino-forecast-weather-shift-2026-united-states-canada-europe-fa/

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"Record heat in the WAKE ISLAND - 90F [32.2F] - Hottest January day in history.

"For whoever has no idea of where it is: It's an AMERICAN territory; part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands In The Northern Pacific Ocean."

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2016889767829656055

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"Record heat in EASTER ISLAND/RAPA NUI.

"The Minimum Temperature last night was 24.3C [75.7F]: hottest January night in history. Oceania has been breaking heat records nearly everywhere, every day of 2026 so far."

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2016959570204082540

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"The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find…

"The research team identified a recurring pattern of extinction that follows human arrival: deforestation and the indirect impacts of invasive species began with the initial arrival of people and became even more extensive and catastrophic following Western colonization."

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-devastation-island-snails-pacific-global.html

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"RECORD HEAT IN THE PATAGONIA - another exceptional heat wave in this scorching South America summer: Yesterday 36.4C [97.5F] at Rio Gallego, Argentina HOTTEST DAY IN HISTORY." [Extreme Temps]

"Yesterday El Calafate (yes, the town near famous Perito Moreno Glacier) broke its all time record! Almost 30°C at the fronts of the Patagonian ice giants… insane!" [Melaine Le Roy]

https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/2017196011433709736

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"The Argentine government has declared a state of emergency over the wildfires in Patagonia, which have been blazing in the region since the start of the month.

"The decision was made official through Decree 73/2026… It declared the provinces of Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa both as under fire emergency and as disaster zones."

https://buenosairesherald.com/society/argentine-government-declares-state-of-emergency-over-patagonia-wildfires

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"Hot and dry weather in Argentina is threatening corn and soybean yields, Reuters reports.

"In recent days, air temperatures in the country have climbed to nearly 40°C, while key agricultural regions are in urgent need of rainfall. However, no significant improvement is expected until February."

https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/heat-wave-hits-argentina-threatening-corn-and-soybean-crops/

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"Impressive hailstorm in Buenos Aires: the shocking videos.

"…residents of Cañuelas and Lobos posted shocking videos on social media of the storm passing through those areas… In the case of Cañuelas, in addition to images of the shocking storm, some destruction and material damage were recorded on route 205."

https://www.minutouno.com/sociedad/impresionante-tormenton-granizo-buenos-aires-los-impactantes-videos-n6240835

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"New data highlight Peru's growing oil and gas footprint in the Amazon.

"Peru has the most oil and gas projects heading into production in the Amazon, according to a new data set published by the Stockholm Environment Institute. At 85 blocks in pre-production in the rainforest, that's more than the 68 in Colombia and 53 in Brazil."

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/new-data-highlight-perus-growing-oil-and-gas-footprint-in-the-amazon/

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"Caribbean heat waves intensify over five decades, study finds.

"A new study led by climatologists at the University at Albany has found that extreme heat waves across the Caribbean are becoming significantly more frequent, longer and severe. This study examined extreme summer heat waves in the Caribbean over the last five decades…"

https://www.preventionweb.net/news/caribbean-heat-waves-intensify-over-five-decades-study-finds

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"Just insane the heat in MEXICO:

"33.1C [91.6F] Ciudad Guzman 1500m asl January record pulverized… Chipalcingo at 1270m asl in The Guerrero State after a max. Temperature of 34.3C yesterday Today recorded a Minimum of 19.2C, warmest January night in history, typical of the hottest part of the year."

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2017411930705826267

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"Did Winter Forget The West? Records Are Being Broken For Mild Temperatures And Low Snowpack.

"Out of the 365 sites monitored by the Midwestern Regional Climate Center, nearly 30 have experienced their mildest winter so far on record according to their Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI)."

https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/2026-01-30-western-united-states-mild-winter-snow-temperatures

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"Colorado is gearing up to fight for water rights as the Colorado River stalemate continues…

""If it comes to a fight, we will be ready," said Becky Mitchell, the Colorado River commissioner, who represents the state on the Upper Colorado River Commission, at the Friday, Jan. 23 SMART Act hearing for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources…"

https://www.thefencepost.com/news/colorado-is-gearing-up-to-fight-for-water-rights-as-the-colorado-river-stalemate-continues/

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"Plastic pollution may be supercharging algae blooms.

""In the petroleum tanks, fewer zooplankton consuming algae meant more algae remained in the system, which led to the algal blooms we observed." In other words, plastics may not only be adding stress to ecosystems. They may also be removing key players that normally prevent algae from taking over."

https://www.earth.com/news/plastic-pollution-may-be-supercharging-algae-blooms/

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"Climate crisis pushes global food system to breaking point.

"Climate change is tightening its grip on the food system. Floods are destroying crops and endangering livestock, while droughts and extreme high temperatures are turning previously fertile land into no‑grow zones. On top of this, devastating storms are wiping out entire ecosystems."

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/01/30/climate-crisis-pushes-global-food-system-to-breaking-point/

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Bruce Friedrich argues the only way to tackle the world's insatiable but damaging craving for meat is like-for-like replacements like cultivated and plant-based meat

For someone aiming to end the global livestock industry, Bruce Friedrich begins his new book - called Meat - in disarming fashion: "I'm not here to tell anyone what to eat. You won't find vegetarian or vegan recipes in this book, and you won't find a single sentence attempting to convince you to eat differently. This book isn't about policing your plate."

There's more. Friedrich, a vegan for almost four decades, says meat is "humanity's favourite food".

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Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex: Look out for the alders - they're remarkable trees and one of our first to come to life as winter recedes

A few wet weeks have left the ground here sodden, making walking a challenge. It doesn't help that my wellies have sprung a leak. On the rainiest days, I find my range reduced to a few splashy circuits of the village fields, the nearby Downs receding into hanging cloud.

Nevertheless, there are signs of drier times to come. Today, my eye is drawn by a line of alders (Alnus glutinosa) that marks the course of a stream. Their graceful silhouettes are bathed in a distinctive maroon haze. Up close, the cause resolves into delicate clarity: purple catkins dangling in bunches from the tip of each twig. Formed at the end of last summer, they have recently begun to lengthen and unclench, coaxed by warming days. Soon (and well before the tree's round leaves unfurl), they will split open, revealing hundreds of vivid yellow stamens: tiny, lantern guides through the murk and mire of late winter.

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Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia's 'most significant' heatwaves

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Heatwaves and hot days during an Australian summer may seem unremarkable. Days spent at the beach, sunburn and mosquitoes are part of the national psyche, along with outback pubs serving crisp lager as relief from searing afternoon heat.

But when the opal mining town of Andamooka (population 262) in the far north of South Australia reached 50 degrees on Thursday, it was only the eighth time in recorded history anywhere in Australia.

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Inspired by YouTube creators, some people are limiting beef to a handful of 'feast days' a year to cut their climate impact

"I love beef," says Vlad Luca, 25. But unlike most other self-proclaimed steak lovers, Vlad eats it only four times a year, on designated "beef days".

The "beef days" phenomenon has been popularised by the brothers John and Hank Green, known collectively as vlogbrothers on YouTube. John, 48, is better known for his YA fiction, including The Fault in Our Stars, while Hank, 45, is a self-described science communicator and entrepreneur.

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SS: 'The climate crisis is here and now and this is its face in Britain, scientists told the Guardian. But the devastating impacts are accelerating faster than the work to keep communities protected, they said: torrential winter rains are arriving 20 years earlier than climate models projected. While those forced from homes engulfed by filthy water are suffering today, a darker question is looming: will some settlements have to be abandoned?

Storm Chandra, which pummelled the south-west this week, followed hot on the heels of Storms Goretti and Ingrid. New 24-hour rainfall records were set in places in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Setting new records is the new normal in the climate crisis.' Much more negative than last weeks article which was full of 'ifs'.

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Eggs from hobby chickens in the Netherlands contain too high levels of PFAS which makes it unsafe for human consumption. Because exposure to PFAS can cause detrimental effects like decreased fertility and higher risk of developing cancer.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725020686

The spread of PFAS in the Dutch food system may have spread even further than eggs as it shows that crops grown in PFAS polluted soil contain too high levels of the chemical.

https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/hoe-veilig-is-groente-uit-de-eigen-tuin-bezorgde-volkstuinders-laten-grond-op-pfas-testen-149857

Research journalists found that the spread of PFAS can also be found in consumer products. Like store bought meat, fish and eggs. https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/pfas-in-voedingsmiddelen

No surprise that the government is not saying much about that our food is toxic as that would hurt our economy.

I have a friend who lives in a city called Dordrecht where there is a large chemical plant that emits large quantities of PFAS. He told me that many of his friends in the region developed cancer and that it was well known that the chemical plant has something to do with it. Sadly the government was putting economic growth before citizen health as the plant is still standing there emitting poison in the environment.

See more about the Dutch situation in this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/y3kzHc-eV88?si=7FLjInE-TsxNMFpv

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This week Colorado utilities filed a request for reconsideration against the Trump administration's illegal coal orders following similar requests from public interest groups and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. Tri-State Generation and Transmission and Platte River Power Authority's (PRPA) argue the federal government's intervention to keep the Craig 1 coal unit operating violates ... [continued]

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A wave of affordable Chinese-made EVs is accelerating the shift away from petrol cars, challenging long‑held assumptions about how transport decarbonisation unfolds

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Last year, almost every new car sold in Norway, the nature-loving country flush with oil wealth, was fully electric. In prosperous Denmark, which was all-in on petrol and diesel cars until just before Covid, sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reached a share of 68%. In California, the share of zero-emissions vehicles hit 20%. And at least every third new car now bought by the Dutch, Finns, Belgians and Swedes burns no fuel.

These figures, which would have felt fanciful just five years ago, show the rich world leading the shift away from cars that pump out toxic gas and planet-heating pollutants. But a more startling trend is that electric car sales are also racing ahead in many developing countries. While China is known for its embrace of electric vehicles (EVs), demand has also soared in emerging markets from South America to south-east Asia. BEV sales in Turkey have caught up with the EU's, data published this week shows.

The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised

The 16-month battle to reveal the truth about Sydney Water's poo balls

Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution

'My Tesla has become ordinary': Turkey catches up with EU in electric car sales

The electric vehicle revolution is still on course - don't let your loathing of Elon Musk stop you joining up

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American Automobile Labeling Act reports show that the 2026 vehicle models with the biggest gains in domestic content — US and Canadian content, that is — are electric vehicle models. Experts indicate that is most likely due to policies put in place during the Biden presidency. Subsidies were implemented as ... [continued]

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As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

When flooding hit the low-lying Somerset Levels in 2014, it took two months for the waters to rise. This week it took two days, said Rebecca Horsington, chair of the Flooding on the Levels Action Group and a born-and-bred resident. A fierce barrage of storms from the Atlantic has drenched south-west England in January, saturating soils and supercharging rivers.

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The announcement that WEX, a major US fleet card provider, can finally combine gasoline and public EV charging into one card, one account, and one invoice lands as a small milestone that only looks novel if the frame of reference is strictly American. For US fleet operators, this closes a ... [continued]

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Volkswagen Group China started on-schedule production of the first vehicle built on its China Electronic Architecture (CEA), the Group's first zonal electronic architecture. Developed, tested and produced entirely in China, the VW ID. UNYX 07 is the tech trailblazer for a new generation of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV). The CEA is ... [continued]

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A Waymo robotaxi in California hit a child, a 10-year-old girl, this week. That headline is, naturally, going to get people's blood boiling and fears soaring. But it's quite important to look at the details before jumping to conclusions. So, the young girl apparently ran into the road after being ... [continued]

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I keep running the numbers in my head and they simply do not add up anymore.

The entire economic system we've built requires constant consumption. Growth every quarter. People buying houses, cars, appliances, furniture, clothes, experiences. The GDP number goes up or the whole thing starts shaking.

But here's the problem: an entire generation has been priced out of participating.

Median home price in 1980 was roughly 3x median household income. Today it's pushing 8x in most markets, significantly higher in any city with actual jobs. Starter homes don't exist anymore because institutional investors buy them for cash above asking and rent them back to the people who would have bought them.

Wages have been functionally stagnant for 40 years when adjusted for inflation. Meanwhile the cost of housing, healthcare, education, and childcare - the big four - have increased by multiples. Not percentages. Multiples.

So you have a system that requires consumers who cannot afford to consume. People making $60k trying to exist in a $100k cost of living reality. The gap gets filled with debt for a while, but debt has limits. Credit cards max out. Student loans come due. Medical bills pile up.

What happens when the consumer base that the entire economy depends on simply cannot afford to buy things anymore? When they're spending 50% of income on rent and another 30% on necessities and there's nothing left for the discretionary spending that actually drives growth?

The people at the top seem to think they can just keep extracting forever. Keep raising prices. Keep suppressing wages. Keep buying up housing stock. Keep cutting benefits. But you can't squeeze blood from a stone. At some point the foundation cracks.

I'm not talking about some dramatic overnight collapse. I'm talking about slow motion structural failure. Declining birth rates because nobody can afford children. Shrinking consumer spending because nobody has disposable income. Gutted small towns because nobody can afford to stay. An entire generation that will never build wealth, never buy homes, never have the purchasing power their parents had.

The system requires infinite growth on a finite planet from consumers with finite resources. The math doesn't work. It never worked. We just postponed the reckoning with debt and cheap overseas labor and asset bubbles.

Now we're watching the foundation crack in real time and the only response from leadership is to tell us the economy is strong because the stock market is up.

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Time to fly! Starting yesterday, Bay Area travelers can catch their next flight at San Francisco International Airport via convenient and fully autonomous Waymo rides. We'll start by offering SFO access to a select number of riders and will gradually welcome all riders over the coming months. Initially, pickups and ... [continued]

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Vision Pulse leverages ultra-wide band (UWB) signals to detect precise object positions in real time and issue timely alerts, increasing driving safety UWB-based detection enables real-time accuracy of up to 10-centimeters within a 100-meter radius, even in visually obstructed environments Enables development of advanced driver assistance functions that maintain high ... [continued]

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Renewable energy in China is surging, with follow on effects that impact the entire world community on the way to the future.

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Preparing to kick off the Burnaby Board of Trade's 2026 Clean Energy Summit next month felt like the right moment to take inventory. Burnaby sits inside a province where roughly 98% of electricity is already non emitting, hosts a dense cluster of clean energy companies, and also contains a noticeable ... [continued]

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A week ago, one of our writers who owns a Tesla Model 3 (like myself) wrote an article about potentially trading it in for a new Tesla. His article compared his 2019 Model 3 with a new Model Y and examined what would be better and what would be worse. ... [continued]

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