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US gas prices this month are so far the highest ever recorded for August
as peace talks between the US and Iran have stalled and Donald Trump launched fresh threats against Oman.
The national average price of gas was $4.06 per gallon on Monday,
according to data from AAA,
$0.05 higher than last week
and $1 more expensive than a year ago.
In California and Hawaii, averages hit about $5.50 a gallon.

US gas prices reach highest ever recorded for August amid stalled talks with Iran
Energy prices have been high since the US-Israel war with Iran began and the strait of Hormuz was blocked

Great article about the loss of diversity induced by recommender systems (including LLMs):
Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same
"A world that keeps removing the unlikely also removes the things that could have become the next likely. Ecologists have known this for a long time already and even priced it: they call it the insurance value of biodiversity, the standing reserve of rare species that cost energy and contribute nothing, until the clim…

Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same
What 640 London shopping streets, 4,000 Billboard hits, a million films and synthetic AI personas tell us about why everything is flattening into sameness and how to regulate the algorithms behind it.

Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz US territory after 'finishing defeating Iran' (very badly, pretty soon).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-15/trump-says-he-will-declare-hormuz-us-territory/107041530

Trump says he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz US territory
US President Donald Trump says he will soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, escalating his rhetoric over the vital waterway that carries a significant share of global oil supplies. 

Low Carbon Investments @Home (2018) - How I cut carbon with negawatts, ISAs, SIPPs and start-ups. How best to put time and effort into a greener low-carbon future? - https://www.earth.org.uk/low-carbon-investing.html

Low Carbon Investments @Home (2018)
How I cut carbon with negawatts, ISAs, SIPPs and start-ups. How best to put time and effort into a greener low-carbon future?

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Brits were left shocked after millions across England and Wales were sent a blaring Government emergency alert tonight with a stark warning.
Phones sounded with the siren-like warning at around 7pm on Friday 14,
with British residents, and visitors urged not to do anything that could spark a blaze.
It was the first time a national alert to phones had ever been used by the government, following tests in the past and regional warnings sent to devices.

Millions startled by blaring emergency alert warning of 'very high' wildfire risk
The unexpected siren-like warning sounded on phones at 7pm, prompting startled reactions online as people were urged to avoid anything that could spark a wildfire

"Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #WindTurbinbes

Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.

Perversely, Trump is doing rather a lot to speed up the clean energy transition. See also the Straits of Hormuz.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/as-the-us-starves-it-of-oil-cuba-is-pulling-off-one-of-the-fastest-solar-revolutions-on-the-planet-with-chinas-help/

As climate change starts to hit hard in the US and around the world, Trump puts his foot on the accelerator and his tech billionaire buddies are building fossil fuel power plants like mad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/climate/epa-power-plant-climate-rules.h…

E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

A fire that started Saturday night in steep, rugged terrain in Big Sur
quadrupled in size Monday,
prompting the evacuations of residents and visitors from luxury resorts
including the Ventana Big Sur hotel
and Post Ranch Inn, along with the Nepenthe restaurant and other popular tourist attractions.