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$How can Europe achieve its growth potential?$

Europe

How can Europe achieve its growth potential?

By Sam ForsdickSeptember 17, 2026

$Polarized America united around one issue: the data centers powering the stock market and the biggest tech boom in decades$
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Polarized America united around one issue: the data centers powering the stock market and the biggest tech boom in decades
By Will Weissert, Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated PressAugust 26, 2026

$An energy crisis looms for Europe’s industrial giants. For GEA Group, it’s an opportunity$

Europe

An energy crisis looms for Europe’s industrial giants. For GEA Group, it’s an opportunity

By Kirsty McGregorSeptember 16, 2026

$‘The U.K. has a competitiveness deficit in its energy costs—that’s a real call to action,’ says EDF U.K. chair$

Europe

‘The U.K. has a competitiveness deficit in its energy costs—that’s a real call to action,’ says EDF U.K. chair

By Sam ForsdickSeptember 16, 2026

$Europe Fortune 500, 2026$

Europe

Europe’s Fortune 500 2026: Record revenue, shrinking margins, and a new No. 1 country

By Sam BirchallSeptember 16, 2026

$China may have a green energy overcapacity problem. Experts think AI can help solve it$

Energy

China may have a green energy overcapacity problem. Experts think AI can help solve it

By Angelica AngSeptember 15, 2026

$Trump’s ‘largest deregulatory action ever’ in the power sector will keep old coal plants online longer to fuel the AI boom$

Environment

Trump’s ‘largest deregulatory action ever’ in the power sector will keep old coal plants online longer to fuel the AI boom

By Jordan BlumSeptember 15, 2026

$The sun rises behind a Revolutionary War "witness tree" at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, S.C., historic site.$
North America
‘It’s very rare to have a witness tree’: Arborists try to save tree that dates to 50 years before Revolutionary War
By The Associated Press and Allen BreedAugust 25, 2026

$Hikers on the Tour du Mont Blanc look towards the looming Mont Blanc.$

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‘It hits us in the gut’: Mont Blanc faces defrosting and rock falls from climate change as communities ‘weep’ for the mountain peak

By The Associated Press, Alex Turnbull and John LeicesterSeptember 9, 2026

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Climate change pushes thirsty bears into Coloradans’ cars — one honked a horn for hours from 3am onward

By Brittany Peterson, Mead Gruver and The Associated PressSeptember 8, 2026

$VW cars are parked in a parking lot across from the brand's skyscraper at the VW main plant.$

Politics

‘Much better than feared outcome’: Volkswagen shares jump 6% after revealing plan to reduce workforce by 50,000—and phasing out four factories

By The Associated Press and David McHughSeptember 4, 2026

$Photo of data center in South Africa$

Environment

Civil rights groups call to halt South Africa’s data center boom over water and power use

By The Associated Press, Mogomotsi Magome and MICHELLE GUMEDESeptember 4, 2026

$The backside view of Half Dome from Olmsted Point in Yosemite Valley National Park.$

North America

As wildfires and floods batter national parks, a developer says it’s negotiating for a piece of Yosemite

By Joshua HongSeptember 4, 2026

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AI’s land problem is pushing data centers into the ocean
By Nir Kshetri and The ConversationAugust 25, 2026

$Chase Barfield walks to his truck as he takes belongings and his dogs away from floodwaters around his house in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Edouard near Honey Island, Texas.$

North America

Texas evacuates an assisted living facility as flooding from Tropical Storm Edouard strands drivers and cuts power

By The Associated Press, Jamie Stengle and Lekan OyekanmiSeptember 3, 2026

$The Vatican is smaller than a single data center. Now it’s spending $117 million to go carbon-neutral$

Environment

The Vatican is smaller than a single data center. Now it’s spending $117 million to go carbon-neutral

By Catherina GioinoSeptember 3, 2026

$Moody’s head of sustainable finance: Asia is embracing a ‘pragmatic transition’ on energy$

Environment

Moody’s head of sustainable finance: Asia is embracing a ‘pragmatic transition’ on energy

By Angelica AngSeptember 3, 2026

$‘If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’: Italy is turning its hated invasive crab into a multimillion-dollar business$

Environment

‘If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’: Italy is turning its hated invasive crab into a multimillion-dollar business

By Colleen Barry and The Associated PressSeptember 2, 2026

$Photo of wildfire$

Environment

World to surpass 1.5-degree climate goal ‘in the next few years,’ UN warns

By The Associated Press and Seth BorensteinSeptember 2, 2026

$Photo of Gavin Newsom$

Politics

California lawmakers stall Newsom’s wildfire liability bill, saying it doesn’t go far enough for victims

By The Associated Press and Sophie AustinSeptember 1, 2026

$Chevron is expanding in Venezuela as Trump pushes U.S. oil companies back into the country with 65 billion barrels up for grabs$

Energy

Chevron is expanding in Venezuela as Trump pushes U.S. oil companies back into the country with 65 billion barrels up for grabs

By Aamer Madhani, Collin Binkley and The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2026

$Buildings are seen in a flood damaged Bright Angel Canyon the Grand Canyon.$

Environment

‘We anticipate miles of the pipeline being destroyed’: Roughly 40% of the Grand Canyon’s critical infrastructure damaged from flash floods

By The Associated Press and Michael PhillisSeptember 1, 2026

$Cuba’s schools reopen with no fuel, no uniforms and a 27% teacher shortage, as 1.4 million students head to the classroom$

Politics

Cuba’s schools reopen with no fuel, no uniforms and a 27% teacher shortage, as 1.4 million students head to the classroom

By Danica Coto and The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2026

$Nearly 1,000 people are missing in Nepal’s floods, and hundreds more are trapped in hydropower tunnels as flood knocks 10% of power capacity offline$

Environment

Nearly 1,000 people are missing in Nepal’s floods, and hundreds more are trapped in hydropower tunnels as flood knocks 10% of power capacity offline

By Victoria Milko, The Associated Press and Sibi ArasuAugust 31, 2026

$Bright Angel Creek near the Phantom Ranger Station in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.$

North America

‘Heaven help us’: One dead and 15 missing after flash flood in Grand Canyon—with more flooding forecast

By The Associated Press, Jamie Stengle and Ty O'NeilAugust 31, 2026

$Cans of fish stacked on shelves$

Energy

‘We’re facing a double whammy’: America’s hottest tinned fish snack is shrinking by nearly half thanks to climate change and war in Iran

By Catherina GioinoAugust 31, 2026

$The mayor of this desert city likens the U.S. West’s water crisis to planning for a meteor. ‘You can see it coming, but you can’t get out of the way’$

Environment

The mayor of this desert city likens the U.S. West’s water crisis to planning for a meteor. ‘You can see it coming, but you can’t get out of the way’

By Wufei Yu, Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2026

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