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Stranded travellers, evacuated homes and water rationing as extreme weather grips two continents

Extreme weather has upended life across Europe and Asia this week, with devastating flooding in Japan, heatwave wildfires in England, and a historic drought forcing two countries to power down nuclear reactors. The disruption spans two continents, leaving thousands of people stranded, evacuated or rationing water. In Japan, record rainfall triggered landslides and power

Scientists warn ‘collapse of civilisation is the most likely outcome’

Climate change threatens to bring about humanity's collapse as civilisations face mounting pressure from our planet's shifting conditions, scientists have warned. Multiple "global tipping" points are approaching dangerous thresholds that could spell disaster for our species. The most catastrophic milestones Earth is poised to cross include the collapse of the Amazon Rainforest, the complete

The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate

Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperature record. Lies are a lot like gourds. They come in hundreds of different varieties, sizes, and bulbous, twisty

July was the hottest month on record in the US

July was just the hottest month on record in the contiguous U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - and shows little signs of slowing down for August. Fortunately, it appears temperatures will drop for many areas this week - but much of the southern U.S. will see dangerous heat before the

Grid War: How Geopolitics And Anxiety Drive Home Solar

In December 2025, Russian state-sponsored hackers deployed a destructive “wiper” malware against Poland’s power grid, targeting the digital links between wind and solar farms and their distribution operators, along with two heat-and-power plants serving roughly half a million homes. The strike was not an abstract military maneuver. It was a calculated attempt to plunge

Peak Oil: Specter and Substance

It’s been a long time now since peak oil dropped off the radar screens of public consciousness. Mention it these days and the reaction you’ll get from the few people who remember it at all amounts to “Yeah, that’s right, weren’t people scared back in the day that we were going to run out

Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052

If you think the temperature uncomfortable today, let me take you to the last day of July 2052, the rays of the climbing sun reveal a city still sweltering in the residual heat of the day before. From the air, London resembles a colossal refugee camp. Streets, gardens and parks are teeming with tents

Octopus Energy boss: some people would accept blackouts if bills cut

Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills The boss of the UK’s biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills. A year on from Europe’s largest power outage – which left tens

How much home battery backup do YOU need?

Home batteries are getting a lot of attention lately, but are people really looking for a full “whole home” setup, or are they just interested in keeping their phones alive for some post-hurricane doom scrolling? We asked you, our brilliant Electrek readers, what you were looking for in your home battery. Here’s what you

You can’t make a cup of tea

When I was young, I remember being told about the Cutty Sark, a now preserved Victorian tea clipper. It was a story bound up in an empire that was coming to an end as I was growing up. And, less obviously, it was a story about the limits of renewable energy in a world

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