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Coal-powered plants are being repurposed in the US to store and produce solar and battery power for more renewable power sources.

Companies Are Turning Coal Plants Into Solar Farms

By Lonnie Lee Hood

While a Texas weatherman was warning that the ongoing heat wave might cause widespread blackouts, the news studio's power suddenly went out.

Studio Power Goes Out While Weatherman Warns About Rolling Blackouts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group of ten tourists miraculously survived a massive avalanche while exploring Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan mountains — and one of them got it on video.

Terrifying Video Shows Cameraperson Get Buried by Giant Avalanche

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A single snake found its way into the Tohoku Electric Power station in Japan and caused an outage that lasted an hour for 10,000 homes on Wednesday.

Unfortunate Snake Causes Power Outage for 10,000 Homes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Colorado researchers say 44 wildfire events were caused by electrocuted birds in the US between 2014 and 2018. Birds catch fire and fall to the ground.

Experts Say Birds Are Catching on Fire on Power Lines and Starting Wildfires

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NEWBrew hit the shelves in April this year and is made from recycled and treated sewage water. NEWBrew makes toilet water beer from Singapore's own NEWater.

Happy BBQ Season! There’s Beer Made From Toilet Water Now

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Germany is creating a giant thermos to heat homes in the winter in order to stall climate change and secure energy independence from Russia during war.

Germany Builds Colossal “Thermos” to Heat Countless Homes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Explorerers in China found a massive sinkhole that has an entire ancient forest inside. It could hold species previously not discovered.

Scientists Discover Ancient Forest at Bottom of Gigantic Sinkhole

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time.

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at the agency's jet propulsion lab in California, chained himself to a JP Morgan Chase bank last week to protest government inaction on climate change.

NASA Scientist Fights Off Tears Over Impending Disaster

By Lonnie Lee Hood

This week, Australian environment minister Sussan Ley announced the removal of the humpback whale species from the endangered wildlife list.

Humpback Whales No Longer Endangered, Australian Officials Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The 500-pound bear known as Hank the Tank became perhaps the cutest and yet most terrifying criminal in the US justice system in many centuries this week.

DNA Evidence Exonerates Giant Home-Invading Bear

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Union Pacific purchased 20 battery-powered locomotives for use in rail yards while other battery-powered train cars are getting to work.

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Major Railroad Buys 20 Battery Powered Locomotives for Its Trains

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Air conditioning needs will likely outpace the US's energy capacity because of climate change by the early 2030s according to a new study in Earth's Future.

Climate Change Air Conditioning Spike Will Cause Widespread Blackouts, Scientists Warn

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After fifty years of continuous burning, Turkmenistan officials are finally trying to close up a 230-feet wide fiery sinkhole in the Karakum Desert.

Authorities Attempting to Close Fiery “Gates of Hell”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

This week Kosovo announced a total crypto ban after spending the last 60 days in a government state of emergency over an ongoing energy crisis.

Another Entire Country Just Banned Crypto Mining

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Bill Gates reportedly owns more farmland than anyone else in the United States. He recently tried to explain why, and it was a little hard to follow.

Bill Gates Attempts to Explain Why He Bought More Farmland Than Anyone Else in America

By Jon Christian

Several climate change simulations predict drastically worse warming per level of greenhouse gas emissions, suggesting the problem is worse than thought.

Several Climate Change Simulations Just Snapped Into Doomsday Mode

By Dan Robitzski

Elizabeth Warren just announced a package of environmental protection policies focused on the ocean that she's calling the Blue New Deal.

Elizabeth Warren Announces Ocean-Protecting “Blue New Deal”

By Dan Robitzski

Experts argue that geoengineering, the umbrella term for hacking the planet to mitigate climate change, could lead to global conflict.

How Geoengineering Could Lead to World War III

By Dan Robitzski

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution

By Rachelle Dragani

A Call to Action on the First Day of Spring to Help Our Planet

A Call to Action on the First Day of Spring to Help Our Planet

By Dan Lambe, president of the Arbor Day Foundation

Famed investor Warren Buffett warned in his annual letter of a "megacatastrophe," which he said will cause unprecedented havoc.

Warren Buffett Warns of Upcoming “Megacatastrophe”

By Jon Christian

A new global survey presented to the World Economic Forum reveals a pervasive, worldwide optimism in the face of automation.

Globally, Most Workers Think Robots Couldn’t Handle Their Jobs

By Dan Robitzski

This Company is Ready to Fight Back Against Climate Change and “Fix the Planet”

This Company is Ready to Fight Back Against Climate Change and “Fix the Planet”

By Andy P. Smith

To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge

To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Warn That Humanity Must Create “Carbon Sucking” Tech by 2030

Scientists Warn That Humanity Must Create “Carbon Sucking” Tech by 2030

By Chelsea Gohd