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Families in Europe’s Scorched Cities Are Being Tested By Heat

Parents face difficult choices to protect children amid punishing extreme temperatures

Meqrane Sahraui, de 43 años, se sienta con su hija Jana, de 4 años, en la única gran zona verde del distrito de Puente de Vallecas durante una tarde de junio mientras esperan a que bajen las temperaturas. Foto: Scarlett Casciello para Bloomberg
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Climate Models Become More Precise Even as Political Attacks Sharpen

Computer simulations are vital to the work scientists and insurers do. The resulting studies may also be used to hold companies and governments liable for damage caused by climate change.

People walk down a street during a heatwave in the French Riviera city of Nice on July 6, 2026 (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)
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Modern Homes Leave Londoners Struggling to Cope With Extreme Heat

The British capital is baking as a heat wave sweeps through Europe.

A passenger using a handheld portable fan on the London Underground during a heat wave in London, UK, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Extreme heat across the south of the UK is shutting schools and disrupting travel, after overnight thunderstorms led to flash floods in parts of London. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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China’s Electric Vehicle Exports Reach Record High in May

Countries looking to cut fossil-fuel imports are leaning on China’s cheap electricity technologies

The Dreame Nebula Next 01X electric SUV at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing, China, on Saturday, April 25, 2026. China’s premier automotive event showcased the new technologies emerging out of cutthroat competition.
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What Starmer’s Resignation Means for the UK’s Climate Goals

The government has faced growing pressure to loosen its commitment to cutting emissions.

The Houses of Parliament during a heat wave in London, UK, on Monday, June 22, 2026. A heat wave gripping western Europe is forecast to strengthen this week, with days of dangerously hot and humid conditions and record-breaking temperatures in France, the UK, Spain and Germany. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
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Octopus Energy, CATL Announce Battery-Swapping Hubs for Trucks

UK energy supplier Octopus Energy Group Ltd. and Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., or CATL, will build a European network of battery-swapping hubs for trucks, the two companies said on Monday.

Visitors learn about CATL's battery swapping technology during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing.
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The Energy Transition Debate We Need to Have

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz argues that current plans for a global switch to renewables are unrealistic — because they’re not ambitious enough.

Workers prune goji berry bushes under solar panels at the Baofeng Agriculture-Photovoltaic Integration Industrial Base near Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. China plans to more than double its energy storage capacity in the next two years to further accelerate the deployment of renewables.
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Ben & Jerry’s ‘Cannot Criticize’ Trump, Co-Founder Says

Ben Cohen wants to free the ice cream maker from its owner, Magnum, which he says is holding it back from supporting social causes.

Tubs of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, manufactured by Unilever Plc, in a freezer at an Iceland Foods Ltd. supermarket in Christchurch, UK, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. "Britain's cost-of-living crisis -- on track to big the biggest squeeze since the mid-70s -- will continue to worsen before it starts to ease at some point next year," said Jack Leslie, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, a research group campaigning against poverty.
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Asia’s ‘Ukraine Moment’ Is Supercharging the Energy Transition

From the Philippines to France, policymakers see electrification and renewables as the key to energy security and stable prices.

A wind turbine in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Northern Sri Lanka, an impoverished, remote area within striking distance of India’s southern tip is where Gautam Adani -- the Indian billionaire who is Asia’s richest man plans to build renewable power plants, thrusting him into the heart of an international political clash.
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Iran Shock Jolts Asia and Europe to Speed Up Energy Transition

From the Yom Kippur war to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, history shows that major events in the oil and gas markets can drive enduring changes to the global energy mix, as governments and consumers look for new, more stable sources.

Walter Serrano, a 39-year old nurse, does a routine check of his solar installation in Manila, Philippines, May 12, 2026. Photographer: VEEJAY VILLAFRANCA
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How the Iran War Is Boosting Clean Energy in Asia and Europe

The conflict is Asia’s “Ukraine moment”

Floating solar panels on the sea in Goheung, South Korea, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. South Korean inflation decelerated by more than expected in February, easing domestic concerns for a central bank that’s also closely monitoring offshore risks including sharper U.S. policy tightening. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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