B1 English News | Panama Canal Limits Ships as El Niño Tightens Water Supply

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Waymo spends much more on lobbying as it pushes for fully driverless taxis and competes with Uber over the future of robotaxis. Also: The Panama Canal will let fewer ships through because El Niño has reduced rainfall and water levels. Today’s English focus: will be able to pass, be allowed to go through in the future = be allowed to go through in the future. Vocabulary: vessel (ship or boat), transit (movement through a place), sustainability (ability to continue for a long time without harm or running out). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-22