China's Power Demand Hits Records As Heatwave Grips Key Regions

Climate Change: No. 1 Problem Of No Nation? Despite claims of new records for global high temperatures every few years now, the topic of climate change has still not reached the top of the agenda for many people. As Valentine Fouurreau reports, data from Statista Consumer Insights shows respondents in none of the 32 nations covered by the survey collectively rated climate change as the most important problem for their own country when asked to name the issues that were of the biggest significance to them. You will find more infographics at Statista Of the countries included...

Heat Dome Threatens America's 250th Birthday As Power Grid Crisis Continues A massive heat dome continues to threaten the eastern half of the US, with the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast at the epicenter of the sweltering conditions. The summer heat is already disrupting July 4 celebrations and World Cup matches, while pushing the nation's largest power grid toward crisis mode later this afternoon for the third consecutive day. The annual Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC, set for later today was canceled "due to extreme heat," organizers said in an overnight memo.  Cooling demand will...

Supreme Court Block President Trump's Mail-In Ballot Order The nationwide injunction stands; the suspended rule would have required unique barcodes and scanner-ready envelopes... The Supreme Court late on Sept. 14 declined to lift a nationwide injunction blocking a United States Postal Service (USPS) rule on federal ballot mail, leaving it on hold for the 2026 midterms. The ruling in USPS v. California took the form of an unsigned order. "The Government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court's preliminary injunction," the order said. "And the equitable...