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A few years ago, I started a deep dive into feminist literature. I started with bell hooks, and went from there. I think once you start down that road, there's no going back. That is, if you have a br...

Welcome 🌻 to Friday’s Roundup of Good News! Two sayings sound similar but have opposite meanings. To “leave something on the table” is to fail to take advantage of something, to not to do one’s utmost...

The math is quite simple.

In Irlbach, Lower Bavaria, BMW now produces high-voltage batteries for all German BMW plants. Thanks to high demand, production already started with two shifts.

Pakistan’s solar rush is becoming a battery rush. Falling technology costs, rooftop solar, expensive grid electricity, and unreliable supply are driving this

China’s new five-year battery plan targets 15,000-cycle lithium batteries by 2030 while expanding sodium-ion, flow-battery and emerging storage technologies.

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The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity.

Marshall’s Beacon of Hope was spared during Hurricane Helene. Thanks to a state grant, solar panels and batteries make i

SB 222 and AB 1738 will streamline heat pump permitting and inspections for homeowners and contractors statewide, while AB 2313 will offer homeowners the choice to electrify with a financial incentive...

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act would remove longstanding roadblocks to expanding the power grid and developing new energy infrastructure. Here’s our guide.

As free and abundant as sunlight may be, harnessing its power remains stubbornly difficult for homeowners. While the cost of solar energy has plummeted more than 90 percent in the last decade, panels remain a significant investment. And it’s not as easy as just slapping panels on a roof, as your home may need electrical upgrades too. It doesn’t have to be this way. Countries like Germany have encouraged the proliferation of balcony solar, also known as plug-in solar: smaller, cheaper arrays that hook into a home’s electrical outlets. This offsets some of a residence’s energy use, saving users hundreds of dollars a year, and opens up solar energy to renters with balconies or backyards. As a bonus, the less power homes have to draw from the grid, the less stress they put on the system, especially during heat waves when everyone is running energy-hungry air conditioners. On Wednesday, California officially got in on the balcony-solar action as Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing residents of the nation’s most populous state to adopt the technology. It joins a handful of states, like Utah and Maine, in seeing the potential of the technology to generate clean electricity and save residents...

Democratic-led coalition says gutting key protections will set US back decades and worsen climate crisis

Researchers planted acoustic recorders at 13 Midwestern solar farms and found nearly double the grassland bird species compared to nearby corn fields, plu

Discover the best electric sedans to buy in 2026—featuring top models with great range, performance, and cutting-edge tech from the experts at InsideEVs

The car is mighty cheap, even in China. It undercuts many compact Chinese EVs, like the BYD Dolphin.

The package delivery company will deploy Harbinger’s American-made EVs in the United States and Canada.

Ford CEO Jim Farley says that launching the affordable $30k Fathom on scale, on time, and at its promised price could present a major challenge.

A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council

The Trump administration demanded that Germany and France release diesel from national stockpiles, threatening potential U.S. export bans if they refuse. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright expressed confidence Europe would agree during a meeting with President Trump, while U.S. diesel prices have risen 70% since the war with Iran began.

Trump says it's 'possible' war on Iran will hurt Republicans in midterms US President Donald Trump said it was "possible" voters could punish Republican candidates in the upcoming midterm elections over the war on Iran. "When you say, is it OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon? I would say 100 percent of the people say no, including worldwide," Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for Texas. "So, when you say it that way, it would help. If you don’t say that, it could hurt," he added. US President Donald Trump said it was “possible” voters could punish Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections over the war with Iran but argued the conflict could help the party if framed around preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon. pic.twitter.com/myVNM5ZXDs — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) October 1, 2026

It’s been nearly 30 years since I co-founded Common Dreams with my late wife, Lina Newhouser. We had the radical notion that journalism should serve the public good, not corporate profits. It was clear to us from the outset what it would take to build such a project. No paid advertisements. No corporate sponsors. No millionaire publisher telling us what to think or do. Many people said we wouldn't last a year, but we proved those doubters wrong. Together with a tremendous team of journalists and dedicated staff, we built an independent media outlet free from the constraints of profits and corporate control. Our mission has always been simple: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. Building Common Dreams was not easy. Our survival was never guaranteed. When you take on the most powerful forces—Wall Street greed, fossil fuel industry destruction, Big Tech lobbyists, and uber-rich oligarchs who have spent billions upon billions rigging the economy and democracy in their favor—the only bulwark you have is supporters who believe in your work. But here’s the urgent message from me today. It's never been this bad out there. And it's never been this hard to keep us...

The energy giant said it had seen an "exceptional" performance at its oil trading business.

Going independent usually means losing the collaboration that comes from working in a newsroom. Journalists operating on their own don't have access to editors or colleagues to work through stories,…

Climate change’s greatest impact for many vulnerable people, particularly in lower income countries, will be food insecurity and under-nutrition.

Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.

Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses

Long-term changes in heat wave timing are poorly understood

The population was already in trouble, but now, the birds are starving to death.

A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production

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Unraveling a $130 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties.

Al Gore was mostly right, as the above chart shows. The former U.S. vice president's documentary on climate change, "An Inconvenient Truth," came out in 2006. It detailed the climate disasters we see today: stronger hurricanes; heated areas leading to massive wildfires; and rising sea levels as polar icecaps melt, to name a few. Here's what Gore said this past July when reflecting on the documentary's 20th anniversary:

A new report shows Toyota donated more money to climate denying Congressional candidates than other automakers, and the gap is increasing.

What the Supreme Court will do with this case is hard to predict, but the stakes for climate accountability and corporate liability are massive.

This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for poli...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia has withdrawn from a federal nuclear energy initiative after concerns about the potential handling of spent nuclear

President Trump said South Korea will invest up to $200 billion in U.S. energy projects, including a Texas gas plant, eight nuclear reactors, and Alaska LNG. Seoul confirmed the Texas project and said Alaska participation — and each nuclear site — still depends on commercial viability.