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Britain Just Ordered 29 Battery Trains – What Each One Costs and Why They Beat Overhead Wires
[…] Britain Just Ordered 29 Battery Trains – What Each One Costs and Why They Beat Overhead Wires Britain has ordered 29 Alstom battery-electric trains for TransPennine Express in a deal worth roughly £1 billion (~$800M for the trains, ~$200M … Continue reading
Deadly daytime heat turns Japanese farmers nocturnal • FRANCE 24 English
21 Aug 2026 #Heatwave #Japan #Farming Japan’s farmers are opting for more nocturnal schedules as daytime summer heat makes working conditions dangerous. North of Tokyo, Motoaki Iijima harvests flowers in his illuminated greenhouse long after sunset. The farmer was pushed … Continue reading
The Solar Railway That Could Solve a Much Bigger Problem.
20 Sept 2026 What if the biggest challenge facing solar power isn’t making the panels cheaper, but finding somewhere to put them? From solar panels between railway tracks in Switzerland to photovoltaic motorway noise barriers in South Korea, engineers are … Continue reading
The World Map Resized by Carbon Emissions, 1750 to Present
18 Sept 2026 #carbon #cartogram #emissions In 1750 every tonne of fossil carbon dioxide anyone recorded came from one island. Today China alone emits more than the next four countries combined. Every country on this map is resized so that … Continue reading
China’s Pinglu Canal is open. What will change for locals?
17 Sept 2026 China’s “project of the century”, the Pinglu Canal, has opened, promising new opportunities for trade and development. But what does the mega project mean for people living along its banks? From residents hoping for new jobs and … Continue reading
Scientists Can’t Agree On The First Ancient City
[…] “Where and when did people build the first city?” sounds like a simple enough question. But archaeologists have been arguing about it for more than 70 years. Lots of people came up with the idea of cities, but for … Continue reading
How India is Building an Energy System the World Has Never Seen.
13 Sept 2026 India is entering one of the most energy-intensive periods of economic development in its history — but unlike China, Britain or America before it, much of its new electricity could come from the sun rather than fossil … Continue reading
