Tropical Storm Arthur formed Wednesday in the Gulf off the coast of Texas, becoming the first named system of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
Why it matters: The storm is forecast to bring life-threatening flash flooding to portions of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Frontier, the group of big companies trying to jump-start carbon removal, just unveiled $915 million in new purchase plans and added AI heavyweight Anthropic to its roster.
Why it matters: New or accelerated ways of pulling CO2 from the atmosphere could become a weapon against global warming — but massive scale-up is required to move the needle.
Uber has signed a long-term lease for a 50,000-square-foot Houston depot, with plans to house 40 EV chargers and 15 maintenance bays, laying the groundwork for a robotaxi launch in the Bayou City in 2027.
Why it matters: Behind every robotaxi fleet is a lot of physical infrastructure — and Uber's race to secure it is taking place in cities well before its driverless cabs ever hit the streets.
Invest 90L via satellite on Tuesday afternoon. Image: NOAA
Tropical Storm Arthur is expected to form Wednesday and make landfall later that night near the Texas-Louisiana state line, the National Hurricane Center said in its Tuesday forecast.
Why it matters: Arthur will be the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
The U.S. oil stockpile is at its lowest level since July 1983, when the country was still just building up its energy supply.
Why it matters: The stockpile, called the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, played a critical role in keeping a lid on oil and gasoline prices in the Iran war, but it's running low.
