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Everett Sloane

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Stromboli is overflowing lava from its north crater again, spilling glowing rock down the Italian island’s flank in its near-constant eruption

A startup just brought America’s first privately built nuclear reactor to criticality in Idaho, clearing it to start making power by 2027

A derecho can flatten trees across hundreds of inland miles with hurricane-force straight-line winds

The Energy Department is pushing to bring at least three privately built reactors to criticality outside its national labs by July 4

A US Nimitz-class carrier runs on two nuclear reactors and can sail more than 20 years without refueling

Solar and wind now generate electricity more cheaply than new coal plants across most of the world

High-voltage power lines move electricity long distances by raising voltage and cutting current

Forecasters warn of severe storms with large hail and a few tornadoes across the northern High Plains on Tuesday as a trough sweeps in

Electricity on the grid must be used almost the instant it is generated, because it cannot be stored at large scale

A fingertip-sized uranium pellet holds about as much energy as a ton of coal

Solar has overtaken wind as America’s largest clean-power source

The U.S. added 3.6 gigawatts of solar and 2.4 of storage last quarter, while new wind crawled in at 415 megawatts

Texas now holds 96.4 gigawatts of clean power, nearing the 100-gigawatt mark

The year ending in April ran 1.42 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels

April 2026 tied for the third-warmest April on record, with 86% odds of a new heat record by 2031

Europe staged its largest-ever wildfire defense, pre-positioning 777 firefighters and 22 aircraft across six countries

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