US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act
Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to coal-fired power plants in the US, the latest move by the president to bolster what he called “clean, beautiful coal”, despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels.
“Today, we’re taking historic action to bring down the price of energy and the cost of living for all Americans with the power of clean, beautiful coal,” he said at a press conference on Thursday.
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06/04/2026 - 12:28
06/04/2026 - 11:00
Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader
Democratic-led states are eroding their climate policies, as red states are scaling up their clean energy deployment.
California on Friday scaled back its cap-and-invest program, offering more than $3bn in free pollution allowances to polluting companies. Earlier the same week, New York weakened its groundbreaking climate law, delaying a plan to regulate carbon from 2024 until 2028 and reducing emissions-slashing targets. Rhode Island’s governor, meanwhile, is attempting to roll back aggressive clean-energy programs.
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06/04/2026 - 10:00
Snow arrives in time for the start of ski season, but climate change and El Niño mean it may not stick around for long, experts say
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There was optimism across Australian alpine resorts this week as their social media channels filled with footage of snow flurries that arrived just in time for the opening of the ski season this weekend.
“We couldn’t be more excited,” said the Instagram account of Perisher, the southern hemisphere’s biggest ski resort, in Kosciuszko national park in New South Wales, as hands swept the fresh snow from outdoor tables.
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06/04/2026 - 07:54
USDA confirms first case of new world screwworm fly in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry
A flesh-eating parasite rarely seen in the US in six decades has been found in a calf in Texas, agriculture officials said, in an alarming development for the country’s cattle industry.
The new world screwworm fly (NWS) was confirmed in the animal in the south of the state, about 50 miles from the Mexico border, Brooke Rollins, the agriculture secretary, said late on Wednesday.
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06/04/2026 - 07:28
Registrations up 7% in the month, with battery EVs recording fastest growth and Tesla jumping 45% as motorists look to cut fuel bills
British car sales rose in May to their strongest level for the month since before the Covid pandemic, driven in part by strong growth from the Chinese manufacturers BYD and Chery.
Car registrations rose by 7% to 160,662 during the month, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.
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06/04/2026 - 07:22
Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns
The poorest and most nature-deprived communities in England will be further left behind in their access to green spaces if proposed changes to planning laws go ahead, a report finds.
More than 7.4 million people in England live in areas completely devoid of immediate biodiversity, including 1.4 million children under 15, the report commissioned by a number of wildlife and environmental NGOs says.
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06/03/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 04 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00211-3
Ecosystemism: harnessing biological and 3D new design technologies to regenerate reef functions
06/02/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00210-4
A practical approach to assess equity in fisheries management
06/01/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00213-1
Empirical analysis of project–purchaser dynamics in Japan’s blue carbon dioxide removal credit scheme
06/01/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00209-x
Interdisciplinarity in marine sciences is key to addressing ocean challenges
