Nadhim Zahawi, a high-profile defector from the Conservatives to Reform UK, chairs the advisory board of a luxury property developer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), DeSmog can report. Former Tory chancellor Zahawi joined Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party on 12 January amid a string of recent Conservative defections. FarageContinue Reading
This piece is copublished by DeSmog and ExxonKnews . ExxonKnews is a reporting project of the Center for Climate Integrity. The U.S. oil lobby aims to bulldoze European climate regulations as a top policy goal in 2026. In a policy agenda published this month by the American Petroleum Institute (API), theContinue Reading
Scientists have created a device that captures carbon dioxide and transforms it into a useful chemical in a single step. The new electrode works with realistic exhaust gases rather than requiring purified CO2. It converts the captured gas into formic acid, which is used in energy and manufacturing. The systemContinue Reading
NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher is seen at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist ChristinaContinue Reading
Traitor 47’s antipathy for wind power is only one obstacle the proposal must overcome. Another involves who will benefit from the project in far northern Maine, where the power will be generated but not used. By Nathaniel Eisen New wind projects could be coming to Northern Maine–just not new power.Continue Reading
The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights. The post An EPA proposal would make it harder for tribes to protect their water appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence.Continue Reading
The modern world runs on chemicals and fuels that require a huge amount of energy to produce: Industrial chemical separation accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the world’s total energy consumption. That’s because most separations today rely on heat to boil off unwanted materials and isolate compounds. The MITContinue Reading
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the International Space Station’s 25-year legacy to the public on Jan. 24, 2026, during a community day event in Houston. Johnson’s visitor center, Space Center Houston, hosted the celebration commemorating 25 years of continuous human presence in space. For a quarter century, astronauts have lived and worked aboard the orbitingContinue Reading
A group of people affected by disasters across the country is calling on Congress to restore federal emergency management as an independent agency, rather than an arm of Homeland Security. By Arcelia Martin Heather Talley’s life savings are tied up in a Swannanoa, North Carolina, home she can’t live inContinue Reading
Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last., Read MoreContinue Reading
Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though the planet was warmer than today. Oxygen levels only plunged millions of years later, after the climate cooled, defying expectations. Powerful monsoons and ocean circulation appear to have delayed oxygen lossContinue Reading