The Snow Moon is certainly living up to its name this year. But then, the Wolf Moon was snowy also. In fact, there have been only a handful of days in 2025 when it was not snowing here in central Vermont — and only a couple days above freezing. So the garden is deeply buried
I tested the Tesla Powerwall 3 – going off-grid feels good, but it's a long-term investment rather than a quick fix With all of the distractions impacting Tesla’s bottom line at the moment, it’s easy to forget that the Elon Musk dabbles in so much more than rocket ships and electric vehicles. Tesla Powerwall
I’ve started a stockpile, but that isn’t the answer. If crisis strikes, the government needs a strategy to protect us all I hate to sound like a prepper, but I feel bound to confess that over the past month I’ve been stockpiling food. I think, if you can, you should do the same. I’ve put
"[The] only thing missing was AC. But we could plug in a fan." Hurricane Helene caused millions of people to be without power when it hit the U.S. in September, but for one Alternative Energy Southeast customer, the lights stayed on all because of their solar power system. Talking to AES, the homeowner explained how
Modern, overdeveloped societies in the West are already in a severe crisis, which will eventually turn into a long global emergency in the decades ahead. A five-century-long era of economic growth, ushered in by colonization and leading to the plundering of natural, mineral and most of all fossil fuel resources, is about to come
Storm Herminia brought more strong winds and heavy rain just days after Storm Éowyn battered parts of the UK and Republic of Ireland. The Met Office said that Éowyn was one of the most exceptional storms of the decade - with 100mph (160km/h) winds recorded in Scotland. It warned that stormy weather is likely to
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis The global economy could face 50% loss in gross domestic product (GDP) between 2070 and 2090 from the catastrophic shocks of climate change unless immediate action by political leaders is taken to decarbonise and restore nature, according to a new report.
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Climate Change (Image: Tumisu/Pixabay) Last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’s record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius
Incoming US president Donald Trump, whose campaign ran on the slogan “drill, baby, drill”, has already reopened a quarrel with the UK’s offshore wind development in the North Sea and is unlikely to stop there. Perhaps in anticipation of this, current American president Joe Biden has rushed through legislation banning offshore oil drilling across the
As the new price cap comes into force this year, energy consultancy Cornwall Insight has predicted further increases for the year ahead. The April cap, which will be officially announced in February, is now expected to be £1,785 a year for a typical dual fuel consumer. This is a 3% increase on January’s cap of