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From excavators to hypercars, these LEGO kits were made for EV fans (2026) via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Over the past few years, LEGO has quietly added an impressive array of plug-powered machines to its block-based lineup, from hybrid racers to battery-powered excavators and garbage trucks. We've rounded them up here. more . . .
2 hours ago
Houses of worship in New York City prepare for growing climate threats via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Free climate-readiness audits are helping religious organizations identify ways to buttress their buildings for extreme heat, flooding, and other dangers.
7 hours ago
'Subsidizing suicide': UN chief urges governments to stop propping up polluting fossil fuels via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Fossil fuels are 'boiling our planet', says Guterres. Yet COP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia are expanding them, a new report shows.
7 hours ago
US clean energy jobs fell in 2025 for the first time in years via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Employment in the sector dipped in Donald Trump's first year back in office - and many more expected jobs won't materialize thanks to canceled clean energy projects.
7 hours ago
Trump administration asks to reconsider Ocean City offshore wind permit via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The Trump administration has officially filed a request to reconsider the construction permit it issued to an offshore wind project proposed off the coast of Ocean City.
7 hours ago
Pennsylvania's aging prisons weren't built for today's extreme weather – leaving women and seniors especially at risk of illness and death via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Extreme hot and cold temperatures are associated with higher rates of deaths, infirmary admissions and transfers to external medical facilities, researchers found.
7 hours ago
The complicated environmental legacy Florida's next governor stands to inherit via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Top candidates for governor are balancing promises to continue some of the governor's publicly popular conservation policies with new challenges facing the state's environment.
7 hours ago
A scientist was pushed out for studying Iowa's water. Now he's running to regulate it via EcoTopical RSS Feed

How water, cancer and factory farming are fueling a grassroots political campaign in Iowa for Chris Jones.
7 hours ago
There's a surprisingly simple way to remove microplastics in your drinking water via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food and drink; research suggests there is something you can actually do about it.
7 hours ago
Paris Auto Show - European OEMs Strike Back via EcoTopical RSS Feed

(But will it be enough?) The 2026 Paris Auto Show felt different this year. Despite some notable absences (BMW, MG, most Japanese OEMs . . . ), it was bigger than in past editions. The bright, confident stands of Chinese automakers-from BYD to Geely to XPENG-signal a new era in Europe's car market, one ... [continued] The post Paris Auto Show - European OEMs Strike Back appeared first on CleanTechnica.
8 hours ago
Who will pay for climate reporting? via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Though reporters are busy telling the stories of our rapidly changing world, the news business is in a two-decade decline.
8 hours ago
Arizona moves to join lawsuit against federal Colorado River plan via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Officials warn the framework could dry up the Central Arizona Project, which serves nearly 6 million people.
8 hours ago
Despite recent rain, drought has reached all areas of Maine via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The conditions are already affecting the fall harvest for farmers, and there has been a rise in the number of dry well reports.
8 hours ago
US revives closed nuclear plants as electricity demand grows via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers.
8 hours ago
Electrification Changes What Energy Security Means via EcoTopical RSS Feed

For most of the fossil-fuel era, energy security meant securing a continuous flow of things that disappeared when they were used. Oil arrived in tankers, natural gas crossed pipelines or oceans as LNG, and coal moved by rail and ship. Burn the fuel and another shipment had to follow, which ... [continued] The post Electrification Changes What Energy Security Means appeared first on CleanTechnica.
8 hours ago
Warming could help make the Indian Ocean a stronger climate buffer via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The world's oceans help slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere, but how much they take up can vary throughout the year. New research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, suggests these seasonal patterns are changing across the Indian Ocean, potentially affecting how it helps to regulate Earth's climate.
9 hours ago
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