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Think the plug-in Ford Ranger PHEV isn’t capable enough? I just drove one up an active volcano in Iceland!

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I’ve just climbed Iceland’s Hengill active volcano – lava bubbling close to its surface – in a Ranger PHEV Stormtrak. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Stormtrak in Iceland. The plug-in Ford managed the task using battery power alone, and this being Iceland, said battery was charged using hydro and geothermal power. Back to our volcano.

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XPrize in Carbon Removal Goes to Enhanced Rock Weathering

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For example, Climeworks last year switched on a 36,000-tonne DAC facility in Iceland. In the field of air capture, there are DAC facilities that can remove well over 1,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere in a year. And Carbon Engineering is building a 500,000-tonne DAC plant in Texas through a partnership with 1PointFive.

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Flights Resume at Heathrow After Substation Fire Shut Down Airport

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The closure of Heathrow came 15 years after one of Europes most severe air travel disruptions, when a volcano eruption in Iceland sent ash miles into the sky and obstructing travel for millions , including at Heathrow. But he said such disruption had never happened before.

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