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The Las Rozas solar park, operated by Zelestra, near Seville, Spain, on June 18, 2025. In the coming months, about 40 terawatt-hours of solar-generated electricity, enough to power Greater London for a year, could go to waste in Europe.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
May 14, 2026
Solar power is so big in Europe that electricity is being wasted
A record amount of electricity is being wasted because grids can¡¯t handle the surge in output.
An agrivoltaic crop, in which solar panels are raised about 3 meters off the ground so that agricultural machinery can freely operate on the crops underneath, in Sosa, Chiba Prefecture.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
May 3, 2026
As Iran war sends oil prices soaring, some see fresh potential for solar in Japan
While megasolar projects are facing headwinds at the government level, some see renewed potential for solar sharing and smaller-scale, off-grid systems.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro (right) and Colombian Environment Minister Irene Velez attend the International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 30, 2026
Nations urged to ¡®go further¡¯ as fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia
Ministers and envoys from nearly 60 countries gathered in Colombia in the hope of speeding up the shift away from fossil fuels and breaking a stalemate at the U.N. climate talks.
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has exposed many countries' heavy dependency on oil and gas imports.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 28, 2026
Nations meet to discuss fossil fuel exit as Iran war drives up prices
The gathering will focus on practical steps to shift economies away from fossil fuels, rather than setting new global targets of the kind agreed to at U.N. climate summits.
A mini laboratory at a blending and fuel pump station for the B50 road test in Lembang, Bandung, Indonesia
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 28, 2026
War hastens an Indonesian biofuels push that has global stakes
With energy bills rising due to the Iran war, the Southeast Asian nation is fast-tracking the rollout of a diesel blend comprised 50% of biofuels from its vast palm plantations.
Workers install solar panels in Lianyungang, China. Wang Changlin, the vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said on Friday the country will ¡°significantly increase¡± the supply of non-fossil energy by 2030 and double it by 2035 compared with 2025 levels.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 17, 2026
China lifts green push with plan to double clean energy by 2035
A hydropower project in Tibet and desert-based renewable hubs will help propel clean-energy generation, the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission says.
Beth Gutzler views air quality data on the AirWatchSTL website on a laptop in Florissant, Missouri, in February. Last year, metro St. Louis residents had "good" air to breathe during only one-third of the days of the year.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 10, 2026
How the AI boom derailed clean?air efforts in one of America¡¯s most polluted cities
Trump¡¯s environmental rollbacks in support of AI mark ?a reversal in U.S. policy and have proven painful for America¡¯s clean air activists.

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Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity

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