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Everett Sloane

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Colorado imposes the earliest water restrictions in state history as snowpack hits an all-time low

Hoover Dam may lose 40% of its power this fall as the feds drain one reservoir to save another

Solar combined with storage now costs $54–82 per megawatt-hour — cheaper than new coal in China and new gas almost everywhere

Renewables will surpass both nuclear and coal worldwide in 2026 as battery storage hits industrial scale for the first time

California’s batteries just discharged 12,000 megawatts at once — the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants firing simultaneously

Orano USA signs $5 billion deal for new uranium enrichment plant at Oak Ridge

Commonwealth Fusion is 75% built and already has Google and Eni signed up to buy its power — the first fusion company ever to apply to a U.S. power grid

El Niño could reach +3°C above average by fall and +4.5°C in the eastern Pacific by November — European models show a potential record-smasher

Mount Dukono’s 10 km ash column killed 3 climbers who ignored restricted zone signs to film content for social media

Mayon volcano pyroclastic flows cover 87 Philippine villages in ash as SO₂ emissions hit 2,785 tonnes per day

Georgia’s most destructive wildfire season in history has burned 55,000 acres as Florida rain finally chips away at exceptional drought

AccuWeather forecasts 65,000 to 80,000 wildfires will ignite across the U.S. in 2026 — burning up to 8 million acres

62% of the U.S. sits in drought after the driest spring in recorded history — and wildfire season hasn’t even peaked

Washington state declares statewide drought emergency over dismal snowpack

Record-breaking heat pushes from California into the southern Plains next week with record-tying highs and moderate to extreme HeatRisk

14 tornadoes ripped through southern Mississippi this week including two long-track EF3s that damaged 500 homes and injured 17

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