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Tokyo is throwing out its strict office dress code and asking workers to wear shorts amid the war in Iran energy crisis

Tokyo is encouraging workers to start work early, log in from home, and wear shorts to the office in a bid to cut energy costs and reduce heatstroke.

By Emma BurleighMay 5, 2026
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Clean energy’s winning argument is the one it refuses to make
By David CraneMay 5, 2026
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Palisades Fire suspect ranted about Luigi Mangione and being angry at the world before sparking the deadly blaze
By The Associated Press and Christopher WeberMay 4, 2026
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Meet ‘Green Death’: the burial practices for activists worried about climate change and carbon footprint
By Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressMay 2, 2026
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A month after police used pepper spray on animal activists, 1,500 beagles are freed from a shadowy research facility
By David Fischer and The Associated PressMay 4, 2026
Can the ‘blue economy’ deliver on its promise? Investors are starting see the ocean as an asset worth protecting
Can the ‘blue economy’ deliver on its promise? Investors are starting see the ocean as an asset worth protecting
By Natalie Sum Yue ChungMay 2, 2026
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InvestingSupermicro CEO insists ‘no one’ beyond indicted employees were involved in alleged $2.5 billion smuggling scheme
By Amanda GerutMay 5, 2026
Over 98% of stablecoins are dollar backed. That’s good for the U.S.—until it’s not
CryptoOver 98% of stablecoins are dollar backed. That’s good for the U.S.—until it’s not
By Jeff John RobertsMay 5, 2026
The 10 Best Mother’s Day Gifts in 2026: Must Haves for Your Mom
HealthThe 10 Best Mother’s Day Gifts in 2026: Must Haves for Your Mom
By Christina SnyderMay 5, 2026
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Future of WorkCoinbase’s Brian Armstrong replacing ‘pure managers’ with ‘player-coaches’ is another sign the org chart is changing in a big way
By Nick LichtenbergMay 5, 2026
Wage garnishment: How it works, limits, and what you can do
Personal FinanceWage garnishment: How it works, limits, and what you can do
By Joseph HostetlerMay 5, 2026
Gen Alpha is using makeup to pass age verification tech online. One mom caught her son using an eyebrow pencil
CybersecurityGen Alpha is using makeup to pass age verification tech online. One mom caught her son using an eyebrow pencil
By Catherina GioinoMay 5, 2026
OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman (left) and cofounder and CEO Sam Altman (right) dressed in suits and walking through the lobby of a court house.
NewslettersMusk’s court fight against OpenAI produces more heat than light on the control of advanced AI
By Jeremy KahnMay 5, 2026
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CybersecurityJamie Dimon and Dario Amodei sidestep question about whether the AI cyber ‘freakout’ is warranted
By Nick LichtenbergMay 5, 2026
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CommentaryBypassing Hormuz: how technology, not territory, will win the new energy war
By Siddharth MisraMarch 6, 2026
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    EnvironmentTrump to stick it to Obama by reversing 2009 finding that climate change is real
    By Matthew Daly, Seung Min Kim and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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AITrump admits the hyperscalers ‘need some PR help’ because the American taxpayer is on the hook for their data centers
By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2026
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EnvironmentThe last 3 years were the hottest ever recorded. Here’s why we may look back at them as some of the coolest we remember
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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Commentary$3.7 billion whisper: the explosive growth of quiet corporate activism
By Sona KhoslaMarch 6, 2026
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PoliticsBill Gates-backed firm gets permission to build sodium-cooled nuclear reactor in Wyoming
By Mead Gruver and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
A family sits against the backdrop of a dockyard off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on February 25, 2026. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP via Getty Images)
EnergyTrump pledged the ‘free flow of energy’ from the Middle East, and he has a week to show progress before prices really spike again
By Jordan BlumMarch 5, 2026
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    EnvironmentThe drought in the western U.S. is about a lot more than ski season
    By Dorany Pineda, Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
Air France will suspend flights to Havana after the U.S. Venezuela strike chokes Cuba’s oil lifeline
EnergyAir France will suspend flights to Havana after the U.S. Venezuela strike chokes Cuba’s oil lifeline
By The Associated PressMarch 4, 2026
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LawExxon can sue California’s AG for defamation over recycling comments, judge rules
By Janie Hair and The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2026
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Europe‘I sell millions of Halloween costumes to Americans. Mr. President, here’s my takeaway from the wild tariffs ride’
By Kamal AhmedFebruary 26, 2026
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North AmericaAfter the Snow Day, the Sick Day: One in 6 New York City teachers called out of work on Tuesday
By Jake Offenhartz, Mike Catalini and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2026
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North America32 inches of snow were enough for the Boston Globe to call off print for the first time in 153 years
By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2026
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    PoliticsTexas ramps up effort to keep Mexican flesh-eating parasite away from its cattle ranches
    By John Hanna, Eric Gay and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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HealthScientists are pushing back on warnings that microplastics damage your health, saying people are just obese and calling some studies ‘a joke’
By Catherina GioinoFebruary 24, 2026
Sam Altman gets defensive about AI’s massive electricity usage: ‘It also takes a lot of energy to train a human’
AISam Altman gets defensive about AI’s massive electricity usage: ‘It also takes a lot of energy to train a human’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 24, 2026
Snow falls on the U.S. Supreme Court building.
EnvironmentSupreme Court will hear Big Oil’s attempt to block lawsuits seeking to hold it liable for climate change
By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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LawNortheast Corridor gathers snow at 3 inches an hour as National Weather Service calls traffic ‘nearly impossible’
By Anthony Izaguirre, Claire Rush, Julie Walker, Adam Geller and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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North AmericaNew York City-area blizzard warning suddenly upgraded, 2 feet of snow possible
By The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2026
Farmer turns down $15.7 million offer from data center developers: ‘It breaks my heart … the rest of every square inch is going to get built on’
Real EstateFarmer turns down $15.7 million offer from data center developers: ‘It breaks my heart … the rest of every square inch is going to get built on’
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
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EnvironmentHappy Pangolin Day: the prize for the shy scaly creature as world’s most trafficked mammal
By Gerald Imray and The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2026
NASA pushes for March lunar mission after fixing dangerous hydrogen leak, marking “a big step toward America’s return” to the moon
EnvironmentNASA pushes for March lunar mission after fixing dangerous hydrogen leak, marking “a big step toward America’s return” to the moon
By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressFebruary 20, 2026
Hawaiians cry fowl, grow murderous over scourge of feral chickens
North AmericaHawaiians cry fowl, grow murderous over scourge of feral chickens
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated PressFebruary 19, 2026
It’s no time to go quiet on sustainability. Just ask beauty giant L’Oréal
EuropeIt’s no time to go quiet on sustainability. Just ask beauty giant L’Oréal
By Kamal AhmedFebruary 19, 2026
Skiers paid $1,165 to join a guided tour that left 8 dead and 1 missing in a California avalanche
North AmericaSkiers paid $1,165 to join a guided tour that left 8 dead and 1 missing in a California avalanche
By Christopher Weber and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026
Florida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes
EnvironmentFlorida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes
By Cody Jackson, David Fischer and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026
Procter & Gamble thinks it’s unlocked the future of the $25 billion laundry industry. Meet the Tide evo tile, a waterless detergent pod
EnvironmentProcter & Gamble thinks it’s unlocked the future of the $25 billion laundry industry. Meet the Tide evo tile, a waterless detergent pod
By Matty Merritt and Morning BrewFebruary 18, 2026
Fortune Archives: Pivot to coal
NewslettersFortune Archives: Pivot to coal
By Indrani SenFebruary 15, 2026
Newsom pleads with U.S. allies in Europe to see Trump as temporary
PoliticsNewsom pleads with U.S. allies in Europe to see Trump as temporary
By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergFebruary 14, 2026
Sam Altman’s fusion startup Helion Energy hits 150 million degree plasma temperature—a milestone that could bring first grid power in 2028
EnergySam Altman’s fusion startup Helion Energy hits 150 million degree plasma temperature—a milestone that could bring first grid power in 2028
By Jordan BlumFebruary 13, 2026
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BankingFord CEO Jim Farley knew the EV pain would be bad, but the ‘punch line’ is a $4.8 billion loss: ‘The customer has spoken’
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 12, 2026
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EnvironmentRural America’s $23.6 billion wipeout: the drought that wouldn’t quit
By Joel Lisonbee, William Baule and The ConversationFebruary 12, 2026
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CommentaryIt isn’t partisan politics to admit that stakeholder capitalism went too far, too fast 
By Robert ProfusekFebruary 11, 2026
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