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Electric vehicle sales in the United Kingdom had a strong September, with numbers climbing in ways that suggest the transition away from combustion engines is gaining real momentum there. It is a notable data point at a moment when EV adoption elsewhere in Europe has been uneven at best.
That momentum matters even more given the backdrop from Fiji, where Pacific island leaders opened UN pre-COP talks this week ahead of next month's full climate summit in Turkey. Rising seas are an existential reality for communities across the Pacific, and their push to hold warming to one point five degrees Celsius is landing with fresh urgency.
Closer to the practical and personal, Starlink has expanded its lineup of satellite internet dishes to cover everything from fixed home setups to mobile and maritime use. The options have multiplied enough that choosing the right hardware now requires real thought about how, and where, you actually connect.
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