À la mi-septembre, la saison des ouragans bat son plein. Mais cette année n’est pas comme les autres. Dans l’Atlantique, c’est le calme plat. L’année 2026 vient d’établir un nouveau record. Et les chercheurs montrent du doigt un responsable que vous n’attendez peut-être pas.

Les galaxies satellites de notre Voie lactée ont appris beaucoup de choses aux astronomes sur l’évolution de notre Univers. C’est du moins ce dont ils étaient convaincus. Mais la découverte d’une toute petite galaxie dans le voisinage d’Andromède remet pas mal de choses en question.

The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.

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Michigan case is one of several legal disputes as Trump administration uses emergency powers to force a half-dozen coal-fired plants from closing

In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the energy department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year.

The energy secretary, Chris Wright, had said the 64-year-old JH Campbell Generating plant was needed to ensure reliable electricity in the region, and he used emergency powers to keep it operating. Environmental groups and three states – Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota – went to court to try to overturn orders keeping the plant online.

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© Photograph: Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette/AP

© Photograph: Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette/AP

The family has put together the Big Premise (a solar flare has flung Oak Street back to the Mesozoic era). The dad predicts, “God's not gonna let us die here.”

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