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An abandoned coal mine in British Columbia may become a geothermal system that heats and cools an entire town

Scientists are turning sunlight and plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel

China’s ‘artificial sun’ broke a long-standing density barrier in fusion plasma — proving plasma can stay stable at extreme densities

General Fusion targets mid-2026 to go public on Nasdaq under ticker ‘GFUZ’ — the first fusion energy company to list on a major exchange

Israel’s nT-Tao and national water company Mekorot will explore using compact fusion reactors to power the country’s water infrastructure

A British-US consortium including Type One Energy, Tokamak Energy, and AECOM will build the UK’s first private-sector fusion power plant

Commonwealth Fusion Systems applied to connect its ARC fusion plant to the US power grid — the first fusion company in history to do so

ITER’s central solenoid — a 59-foot stack of six superconducting modules wound from 36 km of cable — is one module away from completion

The Strait of Hormuz crisis has stranded hundreds of ships in what the IEA calls the largest oil supply disruption in history

Over 90% of the western US is in drought as AccuWeather forecasts 5.5 to 8 million acres will burn in 2026

The first three months of 2026 were the driest on record for the lower 48 states — with only 70% of average precipitation

Mayon volcano’s pyroclastic flows have traveled 4 km as ash blankets 100+ villages in total darkness — 5,000 people are in evacuation centers

Michigan has already logged 15 tornadoes in 2026 — matching its full-year average by early May

Severe storms with tornadoes sweep southeast Alabama, south Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle as a cold front pushes through the Gulf

Super El Niño forecasts are converging — sea-surface temps could hit 3°C above average, potentially making this the strongest El Niño in modern history

ITER’s 59-foot central solenoid magnet is nearly complete after 15 years — the most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet ever built for fusion

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