Environment

• Inside Climate News2026-10-01✓ Read

  ‘Mega-Industrial’ Trawlers Threaten Europe’s Ocean Health

  Europe’s floating factories make up just one percent of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they cause the majority of environmental damage.By Johnny Sturgeon For Europe’s fishing industry, it turns out size does matter.

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-01✓ Read

  Regulators Release a Plan to Help Repair the Contaminated Roanoke River

  Federal and state regulators in North Carolina propose a fix to repair damage caused by more than 50 years of toxic pollution from a pulp mill.By Lisa Sorg PLYMOUTH, N.C.—Fall had just arrived when a nor’easter began stewing in the Atlantic Ocean, its gale-force winds carrying the pungent smell of chlorine westward, away from downtown. Against the backdrop of dingy stratus clouds, the Domtar pulp mill loomed.

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  Greenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over ‘extortionate’ offshore wind lease fees

  The Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process

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  Fresh Chinese offshore wind push turns screw on UK

  Envision Energy will be treated as a separate case to compatriot wind turbine maker Mingyang but experts say with OEMs queuing up, Britain needs to define its criteria

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• Climate crisis | The Guardian2026-10-01✓ Read

  The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods

  There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-30✓ Read

  EU Weighs Delaying Methane Rules as Energy Prices Rise

  Concerned climate policy experts and investor groups warn against weakening the landmark regulation.By Phil McKenna Amid political pressure and rising energy prices, the European Commission is considering pausing a part of its landmark methane regulation, which is set to take effect in January.

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-30✓ Read

  Watch: Climate Week Panel on China’s Global Development Push

  Speakers explore how China’s massive overseas development push is reshaping climate, energy, and extractive investment worldwide.As governments and global funds pour billions into oil, gas, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and mining, the future of cross-border investment is becoming a defining issue for environmental protection and climate action.

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  Envision Energy hires top BlackRock executive to smooth global push

  Ryan O’Keeffe joins wind and energy technology giant as it plans offshore wind push into Europe

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-30✓ Read

  Meta Announces Large Solar Purchase Agreement in Texas, But It’s Powering Some Data Centers With Gas

  The new solar project is less than half the size of a gas plant planned for Meta’s El Paso data center.By Lauren Nutall Apex Clean Energy and Meta have entered into a power purchase agreement that allows the technology company to financially benefit from energy generated from a solar project in Gonzales County, Texas.

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  Orsted and CIP reportedly facing off in Taiwan offshore wind auction

  Danish renewable energy developers have reportedly both bid major projects in latest auction round

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-30✓ Read

  Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts

  As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.By Bob Berwyn A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country.

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-30✓ Read

  Study of Groundwater Near Fracking Sites Finds Low Radium Levels, but Raises Concerns About Increased Salinity

  Researchers highlighted the challenges of studying this issue in western Pennsylvania, which has a long history of industrial pollution.By Jon Hurdle Testing in a limited number of shallow aquifers near fracking sites in southwestern Pennsylvania found low levels of radium overall, but there aren’t yet enough samples to draw firm conclusions about the region as a whole, according to a new report from researchers at Penn State University.

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  Vestas bags new onshore wind turbine orders totalling over 600MW

  Denmark’s Vestas set to supply two major new renewable energy projects in Australia, with delivery set for next year

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  From Saudi mega-batteries to factory heat: three under-the-radar storage developers to watch

  Experts nominate the battery energy storage developers that are shaping the industry but remain less familiar outside their home markets

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-29✓ Read

  Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine

  Federal regulators approved South32’s Hermosa mine despite identifying adverse impacts to multiple endangered or threatened species, the suit notes.By Wyatt Myskow

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• Climate Law Blog2026-09-29✓ Read

  Scrutinizing the Achievement of Climate Targets, Part II: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Implementation Litigation

  This is the second of two posts exploring the evolution of climate change implementation litigation. Part I detailed how governments’ duties to monitor and meet their climate commitments, and have transparent and attainable climate plans, are well-defined by international, regional, and domestic courts. This post focuses on how implementation cases are responding to a host

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  RWE, Equinor and Brookfield ‘among Uniper bidders’

  Big names said to line up for German power giant nationalised at height of Russia-Ukraine crisis

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-29✓ Read

  Long After Wildfire Smoke Is Gone, Heavy Metals Could Still Be Harming Survivors’ Lungs

  A new study from University of Hawai‘i researchers links metals found in the ash of the 2023 Maui wildfires with impaired lung function.By Keerti Gopal After three years helping Maui wildfire survivors track their health progress, Dr. Martina L. Kamaka is used to seeing high levels of heavy metals in their bodies.

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-29✓ Read

  Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

  As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Eastern Pacific, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything we've previously seen, it doesn't even fit on the same axis.”By Nina Dietz Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it.

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• Inside Climate News2026-09-29✓ Read

  Drones Are Already on the Front Lines of Wildfire Response. Robots and AI Could Be Next

  Federal agencies use drones to map fires, find hotspots and ignite burns, and researchers are testing robots on rough terrain and artificial intelligence in fire and smoke behavior forecasts.By Mosabber Hossain

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