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Pennsylvania was a pioneer on renewable energy before the fracking boom upended that trajectory, and environmental advocates think it’s past time for state leaders to once again prioritize clean forms of power. The nonprofit PennFuture outlined ways for Pennsylvania to do so in a new report, accusing the state’s legislature of “policy inertia” for failing to pass bills that would increase adoption and reduce the cost of energy for consumers.  The advocacy group said a majority of state lawmakers favor a policy of “more gas now” rather than enabling the development of increasingly cheap renewable energy and battery storage that…

BW LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping company that is part of Singapore-based BW Group, has shed more light on its move that pushes LNG carrier capacity beyond the conventional 174,000-cubic-meter (cbm) design with a new 177,000-cbm, three-tank configuration, described as being able to carry more cargo while retaining the flexibility and terminal compatibility of the established vessel class. Illustration; Source: BW LNG BW LNG has explained that the 177,000-cbm three-tank design will be used on four LNG carriers being built by HD Hyundai Samho, with deliveries scheduled between the fourth quarter of 2028 and the third quarter of…

International peacemakers and peace activists have little to cheer about these days. Multiple indicators confirm that we are in an era defined by hard power and deadly violence. The number of conflicts between states rose to a post-1945 record of 65 last year. Global military spending grew by 41 percent over the last decade. The United Nations Security Council, supposedly the guarantor of international peace, has failed to deal effectively with crises in Ukraine, Myanmar, Gaza, Sudan, and the like. Militaries and armed groups are resorting to tactics such as starvation and mass atrocities with impunity. Despair, however, is not…

Claim: In August 2026, actor George Clooney was “very upset” about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wealth tax, saying “it’s gotten way out of hand.” Rating: In August 2026, a rumor spread online that actor George Clooney was “very upset” about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wealth tax on second homes in the city, allegedly saying “it’s gotten way out of hand.” For example, on August 17, one X user posted a screenshot featuring the claim, which included text that read (archived): George Clooney’s $25+ million penthouse in NYC is technically his “second home,” because whenever he comes to NYC…

India’s long, hot summer of youth unrest shows no sign of cooling off, with protesters undeterred by monsoon rains or police crackdowns.The police trained water cannons on crowds in the city of Patna on Tuesday, 600 miles east of New Delhi, the capital, as protesters tried to storm the office of the chief minister, the top elected official in the state. The protesters were condemning irregularities in a civil service-entrance exam and demanding reforms of the testing system. Similar protests and clashes have gripped the nearby state of Jharkhand in recent weeks.At the same time, the organizers of this summer’s…

“Our armed forces, intelligence services, and, of course, the National Intelligence Center carried out the work that was and is required of them, and shared and analyzed this information with the state security forces and the staff of the government delegation,” the minister told lawmakers, defending the work of the agents she oversees. Robles’ statement directly contradicts the Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska’s version of events. For weeks, he has insisted the national government did not reinforce the border in Ceuta because it had no way of anticipating the sudden migrant surge. The minister underscored this point during an extraordinary meeting…

UK citizens will be told to stock up on tinned food and take steps to ensure they are prepared for national emergencies as part of a new government campaign to improve the nation’s resilience.The new campaign from the Cabinet Office will set out ways people can prepare for extreme weather events and potential attacks from hostile states, including stocking up on bottled water, sources told the Guardian.The aim will be to ensure most households have basic supplies and knowledge about how to cope in a crisis, in order to free up immediate government resources for the most vulnerable.Planning for a…

Waymo said Tuesday it plans to launch a robotaxi service in Munich, months after the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company set up an entity in Germany. The company still must weave its way through mapping and testing, as well as clear regulatory hurdles before it can launch commercial operations. Waymo will begin, as it has in other 11 cities where it has commercial robotaxi operations, by first manually driving its vehicles to map the streets of Munich. It will then test its autonomous vehicles with human safety drivers behind the wheel, before removing them. Waymo typically allows its employees, media, and…

Oasis Security has disclosed a weakness in NVIDIA NemoClaw that could let an attacker-controlled webpage take unauthenticated control of the local Ollama instance serving an AI agent and plant hidden instructions inside the model itself. The findings were shared with The Hacker News ahead of publication, and the report says Oasis Security reported them to NVIDIA’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) beforehand. The research carries no CVE identifier. No exploitation has been reported as of August 25, 2026. Oasis Security’s head of research, Elad Luz, told The Hacker News that NemoClaw v0.0.35 fixed the issue on macOS and Linux.…

Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury may be less vulnerable to a crypto market crash than to a prolonged loss of capital-market access, a risk that could threaten its ability to fund roughly $1.76 billion in annual obligations without selling Bitcoin, according to a recent analysis from Regime Intelligence.According to the report, Strategy’s 840,447 BTC stash sits behind roughly $22 billion in debt and preferred claims, meaning the company’s Bitcoin accumulation model depends on its ability to continually raise fresh capital to meet obligations.Contrary to popular belief, Strategy’s (MSTR) biggest vulnerability isn’t a Bitcoin-driven price drop or liquidity event, but its continued dependence…