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Elon Musk says Tesla paid robotaxi service launching in Austin in June
Tech

Elon Musk says Tesla paid robotaxi service launching in Austin in June

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January 30, 2025
GM says its EV business has become ‘variable profit positive’— but experts say the automaker is still a ways out before it starts making money on electric cars
Tech

GM says its EV business has become ‘variable profit positive’— but experts say the automaker is still a ways out before it starts making money on electric cars

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January 29, 2025
Climate change made California wildfires more likely and more intense, scientific study finds
Environment

Climate change made California wildfires more likely and more intense, scientific study finds

BYSeth Borenstein and The Associated Press
January 29, 2025
Flawed emergency alert systems meant to warn residents lagged during Los Angeles wildfires
Environment

Flawed emergency alert systems meant to warn residents lagged during Los Angeles wildfires

BYChristopher L. Keller, Claudia Lauer, Amy Taxin, Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
January 29, 2025
Physics Nobel Prize winner Dr. Leon M. Lederman moves the hands of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists "Doomsday Clock"
Environment

Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight

BY
January 28, 2025
The Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, shows black smoke pouring into the air after the crash
Environment

Norfolk Southern reaches $22 million settlement after one of its freight trains carrying hazardous materials derailed and burned for days, releasing toxic chemicals into the air that polluted 16 states

BY
January 28, 2025
Southern California dodges serious mudslides as storms bring wildfire-dousing downpours
Environment

Southern California dodges serious mudslides as storms bring wildfire-dousing downpours

BYChristopher Weber and The Associated Press
January 28, 2025
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House
Politics

Citi analysts say Trump can’t reverse energy transition

BYBloomberg and Natasha White
January 27, 2025
An aerial view of a mudflow, which is like a quick-moving mudslide, in southern California
Environment

Rain is finally relieving the scorched and drought-stricken Los Angeles area, but it’s also triggering flood watches and dangerous mudflows

BY
January 27, 2025
A nuclear power plant blows off some steam
Tech

Utility companies are crying foul because tech giants like Amazon want to bypass the grid by plugging their data centers directly into power plants

BYMarc Levy and The Associated Press
January 27, 2025
California rain helps firefighters but creates another risk—flooding and toxic ash runoff
Environment

California rain helps firefighters but creates another risk—flooding and toxic ash runoff

BY
January 27, 2025
Portrait of child in floodwaters
Environment

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year

BY
January 26, 2025
A Canadian freighter has been stuck in Lake Erie’s ice for days, and more ships are arriving to help free it
Environment

A Canadian freighter has been stuck in Lake Erie’s ice for days, and more ships are arriving to help free it

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January 25, 2025
US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol
Environment

Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ as he heads to fire-ravaged California

BY
January 24, 2025
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt sit next to each other smiling
Environment

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing Los Angeles after losing their home to wildfires, claiming the city neglected to fix a reservoir that was out of commission for almost a year

BYJaimie Ding and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
Patagonia CEO: The ‘energy emergency’ is disingenuous—and we’re wasting time not addressing the real threat
Commentary

Patagonia CEO: The ‘energy emergency’ is disingenuous—and we’re wasting time not addressing the real threat

BY
January 24, 2025
Trump heads to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California in first trip of White House return
Politics

Trump heads to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California in first trip of White House return

BYWill Weissert, Chris Megerian and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
New fires erupt in Southern California as progress is made on huge fire north of Los Angeles
Environment

New fires erupt in Southern California as progress is made on huge fire north of Los Angeles

BYChristopher Weber and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
Trump is accusing California of sending too much water to the Pacific instead of to Los Angeles as he prepares to tour fire damage
Politics

Trump is accusing California of sending too much water to the Pacific instead of to Los Angeles as he prepares to tour fire damage

BYAmy Taxin and The Associated Press
January 24, 2025
A ‘cabbage shock’ squeezes Japan’s chefs and shoppers: ‘Mind-blowingly expensive’
Environment

A ‘cabbage shock’ squeezes Japan’s chefs and shoppers: ‘Mind-blowingly expensive’

BYTomohiro Osaki, Hieun Shin and AFP
January 24, 2025
Philanthropist Michael Bloomberg speaking at a podium at a climate event
Environment

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will fund the UN climate change body after Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement

BY
January 23, 2025
Trump says he may withhold federal wildfire disaster aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies
Politics

Trump says he may withhold federal wildfire disaster aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies

BYLisa Mascaro, Chris Megerian and The Associated Press
January 23, 2025
California republicans push back after House speaker threatens to saddle wildfire aid with conditions
Politics

California republicans push back after House speaker threatens to saddle wildfire aid with conditions

BYMIchael R. Blood, Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
January 23, 2025
Firefighters battle a huge new fire north of Los Angeles that’s already put 50,000 in evacuation zones
Environment

Firefighters battle a huge new fire north of Los Angeles that’s already put 50,000 in evacuation zones

BYChristopher Weber, Marcio Sanchez and The Associated Press
January 23, 2025
World leaders at Davos need to tax millionaires like me. The fate of our planet and democracy depends on it
Commentary

World leaders at Davos need to tax millionaires like me. The fate of our planet and democracy depends on it

BY
January 23, 2025
Major winter storm that dumped record-breaking snow on New Orleans is now moving into Florida and the Carolinas
Environment

Major winter storm that dumped record-breaking snow on New Orleans is now moving into Florida and the Carolinas

BYGerald Herbert, David J. Phillip and The Associated Press
January 22, 2025
California faces more fire risk and strong winds but potential rain coming over the weekend
Environment

California faces more fire risk and strong winds but potential rain coming over the weekend

BYChristopher Weber and The Associated Press
January 22, 2025
A bald overweight white man wearing an Under Armour shirt and shorts holds his hands up in disbelief as he stands in the wreckage of his former home, a result of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires
Environment

Experts tell Californians to stop mowing their lawns as they could spark more wildfires: ‘Conditions are ripe for explosive fire growth’

BY
January 21, 2025
Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark.
Environment

World’s largest offshore wind farm maker Orsted takes fresh $1.7 billion write-down in the U.S. as its Trump nightmare begins

BY
January 21, 2025

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