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Europe is preparing to introduce a new requirement that could change how electric bicycle batteries are tracked, repaired, recycled, and potentially even resold. Starting in February 2027, new e-bike batteries sold in the European Union will be required to carry a digital battery passport, giving each battery its own digital identity and making important information about its origins and characteristics accessible throughout its lifetime. And while the rules are European, their impact could eventually reach American e-bike riders, too. more . . .

Every year, Kotzebue, a small city in northwest Alaska, has a three-month window to receive all the diesel fuel it will use throughout the following year. It sits on a gravel spit that juts into Kotzebue Sound just north of the Arctic Circle, and is accessible only by air and sea. Ice keeps freight barges from reaching it for most of the year. The community relies on diesel for 75 percent of its power, and residents put about 20 percent of their income toward buying it. That's more than three times the average energy burden for low-income households nationwide. "We're pretty much at . . .

This story was originally published by Osage News, and is published through the Indigenous News Alliance.​ At the entrance to Harvest Land Farms, Fred Beartrack prepares to plug another orphaned well. Records indicated a cement plug covered it, but excavation and a casing cutout revealed no cement. "There was no cement, so the data was wrong," Beartrack of the Nation's Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, said in a video posted to the Osage Nation's Facebook page. The well was open down to 2,400 feet. Instead of a quick cap, the crew now has to clean the well out to the bottom . . .

JAKARTA - Michael's 20-month-old daughter began coughing and had shortness of breath in early October, as thick haze from wildfires blanketed Balikpapan, the capital of Indonesia's East Kalimantan province. He and his wife took the toddler to a private hospital, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia. An X-ray showed an infiltrate in the upper part of the girl's left lung. "We were told that one factor that could have contributed to the illness was the smoke, which has also been getting thicker in Balikpapan," Michael told Mongabay Indonesia on Oct. 14, 2026. With the air quality . . .

A small, venomous primate that scientists thought had gone extinct still survives on Indonesia's Bangka Island, and to the communities there was never really "lost," according to a recent study. The Bangka slow loris (Nycticebus bancanus), native to parts of Borneo and the island of Bangka, was declared critically endangered, and possibly extinct, on the IUCN Red List in 2015, after last being documented in the scientific literature around 1937. While there have been sporadic observations of the loris since then, none have been documented in any scientifically published studies, . . .

Last month, I had a conversation with my daughter about what she wanted to do with her life. She likes the idea of being a lawyer, but isn't sure whether that job will still be around by the time she leaves school. She is not alone in being nervous about her livelihood. But advances in artificial intelligence are happening alongside the energy transition. To understand the intersection of these two mega-trends, my colleagues and I at the Futerra Solutions Union, an independent nonprofit that exists to push the cultural narrative on climate and nature toward solutions, commissioned a report . . .

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The movement to end seasonal time changes may be gaining momentum - but what would it mean for the safety of vulnerable road users? The perennial debate over whether or not to roll back the clocks on the first Sunday in November hit a milestone this summer when the House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would get rid of the fall and winter's "standard time" hours and adopt spring and summer's "daylight savings time" hours year-round. That would effectively mean that Americans with nine-to-five work schedules would leave for their jobs in darker . . .

A University of Bath–led study has estimated that the carbon dioxide produced by humans as our bodies turn food into energy rose by 74% between 1985 and 2015, reaching 2.05 billion metric tons a year. Researchers say the findings could help scientists better understand where carbon comes from, where it goes and how human activity fits into the bigger picture.

When we hear that climate change is damaging natural environments, it conjures images of rising seas eroding coastlines, or heat waves bleaching the Great Barrier Reef. But what about deserts?

Norwegian shipping company GMI Group is moving ahead with four hydrogen-electric bulk carriers for coastal freight. In October 2026, PowerCell confirmed a follow-up order that brings the program to 24 marine fuel-cell units with 5.4 MW of combined installed capacity. The first two ships, rated at 4,000 deadweight tonnes, are ... [continued] The post Batteries Beat Norway's Hydrogen Bulk Carriers on Cost in Two Modeled Routes appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Authorities in New Delhi stepped up anti-pollution measures on Sunday, including higher parking fees and work-from-home orders, seeking to curb toxic smog in one of the world's most polluted capitals.

Eli Electric Vehicles is getting ready to reveal a new version of its tiny electric microcar, and this one could expand its usefulness beyond the slow lane. more . . .

Long dubbed an "air-conditioned nation," Singapore is experimenting with cooling alternatives from chilled beams to "passive displacement" to curb its thirst for energy-guzzling air conditioning.

Nowhere in the Iberian Peninsula or the Balearic Islands has a tropical climate-for this to be the case, the average temperature in the coldest month would have to be 18°C (64 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher. The contrast between Spain's winters and summers, and the low temperatures reached in winter, do not resemble those of any tropical climate.

For years, the conventional wisdom surrounding electric motorcycles has been fairly straightforward: Build an electric motorcycle that's just as good as a gasoline-powered motorcycle, make it affordable enough, and eventually riders will switch. It's essentially the same playbook that electric cars have followed. Make the electric version competitive enough, and eventually the market will move in that direction. more . . .