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The legendary Citroen 2CV is back as a €15k electric concept for 2028 via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Citroën has unveiled a concept electric version of its classic 2CV, aiming to bring the vehicle to market in 2028 for just €15,000. more . . .
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This is a South African cheetah, and it's in trouble via EcoTopical RSS Feed

When researchers mapped almost 100,000 square kilometers of South Africa, or nearly 40,000 square miles, they only found 83 mature adults. They called their project the Free-Roaming Cheetah Census, and it's the most comprehensive survey of cheetahs ever conducted in the region. The cheetahs that inhabit the unprotected areas here move naturally across borders, going between South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. But farming, construction, development, and fences are making it harder for them to move around. Cheetahs need vast connected landscapes to survive. If they don't mix with . . .
2 hours ago
How America turned on data centers via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Mother Jones has been tracking the backlash to data centers on the ground long before the water-guzzling behemoths became the country's bête noire.
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Survey Sunday: Electrek readers find the silver lining in high fuel prices via EcoTopical RSS Feed

For the last few weeks, we've been running a sidebar survey about whether our Electrek believed there might be some silver lining to the record-breaking fuel prices following the start of the war in Iran. After nearly 2,000 responses, here's what you told us. more . . .
2 hours ago
4 ways AI data centers can affect schools via EcoTopical RSS Feed

As more data centers are built near schools, concerns are growing about how their proximity could affect students' health and that of the broader school community.
3 hours ago
Activists hope trial will stop 'forever chemicals' at Italy plant via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Egio Spineto filters his water and avoids eating locally grown produce in case it is contaminated, but the chemicals from a factory near his home in northern Italy are in the very air he breathes.
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Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world's best surf breaks, study warns via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfers.
3 hours ago
Climate lawsuits gain ground as governments scale back climate action via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Over the past decade, legal activists have successfully taken a number of national governments to court, triggering the adoption of more climate-friendly policies in countries including the Netherlands, Pakistan, Switzerland, South Korea and others.
3 hours ago
The green revolution may be turning purple via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The synthetic fertilizers behind the Green Revolution come at a steep climate cost. A sunlight-powered purple microbe just matched them in a 2-year field trial.
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At least 4 dead as cyclone Isaias drenches southern U.S. via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Four people died in the southeastern United States as post-tropical cyclone Isaias posed flooding and tornado risks Saturday as it moved northward after making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast.
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Back in the real world: electric equipment is saving job sites BIG MONEY via EcoTopical RSS Feed

For a lot of fleet managers, whether or not electrified equipment assets will lead to real world savings that are worth the higher up-front costs might feel theoretical, but early adopters Groupe Bellemare have been operating battery-powered heavy equipment for years – and their real-world results are real impressive. more . . .
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Hurricane Simon strengthens as it nears western Mexico via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Hurricane Simon strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm and was expected to make landfall or skirt the coast of west-central Mexico on Sunday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
6 hours ago
South Korea completes trial of Arctic shipping route via EcoTopical RSS Feed

A South Korean container ship returned on Sunday from a trial voyage through the Arctic, testing an alternative route opened by melting sea ice as conflict in the Middle East disrupts global shipping.
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As electric semi truck race heats up, SoCal is getting another charging hub via EcoTopical RSS Feed

As record-breaking diesel prices drive demand for electric big rigs, so, too is the demand for commercial truck charging climbing. To meet that demand, EV Realty as announced a new, Inland Empire site for its next electric semi truck charging hub. more . . .
9 hours ago
New algorithm could predict Arctic sea ice up to 9 months ahead, offering new climate insights via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Researchers at the Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (ACCESS) at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new algorithm that can forecast Arctic sea ice extent up to nine months in advance, offering a new way to anticipate changes in the Arctic that can affect the global climate system. The research is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
9 hours ago
In New Mexico, a river runs through 'the middle of a hellscape' via EcoTopical RSS Feed

It's an early May afternoon, and Charlie Barrett has parked his pickup in a pullout along a county road a few hundred feet from the Black River in southern New Mexico, just a mile from where it empties into the Pecos River. He has stopped to set up a video camera that detects heat and gasses invisible to the eye to check for emissions at a nearby oil and gas operation. Stepping out of the truck, Barrett finds the pullout muddy and dotted with puddles - an anomaly during an ongoing drought. A gray chunk of salt the size of a medicine ball sits near a mud puddle flecked with shimmering, . . .
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