Climate tech & energy transition
Clean energy, storage, grids and climate technology from trade press and research. For professionals and informed readers.
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The selected sources include Carbon Brief, CleanTechnica, Canary Media. Open each item at its original source for the complete article, episode or video. This is a selection of current coverage, not a complete archive.
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Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety
The spill just north of Detroit, similar to a jet fuel leak last year in Pennsylvania, comes as Republicans face political peril in Michigan.By Marianne Lavelle A crude oil pipeline spill last month in the Detroit suburbs has prompted federal authorities to open an investigation into the safety of all 20,000 miles of hazardous liquids pipelines operated by Energy Transfer.
SEC Issues Warning to Investment Firms That Challenged ExxonMobil
The commission issued a rare “report of investigation” into the largest asset managers and state pension funds, part of a broader campaign to curb investor activism on climate risks.By Nicholas Kusnetz The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an unusual warning this week to the country’s largest asset managers and a climate-focused investor group over their roles in a 2021 campaign that replaced board directors at ExxonMobil.
How Tech Billionaires Broke Democracy | The Spill
Tech billionaires have increasing influence over all aspects of our lives, and it’s not by accident. Amy Westervelt and Gil Durán both recently published books examining the ideas and individuals driving the phenomenon. They discuss what it has to do with the climate crisis and the deterioration of democracy.
Graphyte Can Bury Carbon. Should It Bury Biomass?
Graphyte’s Carbon Casting process is unusually tangible for engineered carbon removal. Residual biomass is dried, compressed into dense blocks, protected from water and microbes, and stored underground so its carbon stays out of the atmosphere for a very long time. Compared with direct air capture and some other carbon-removal proposals, ... [continued] The post Graphyte Can Bury Carbon. Should It Bury Biomass? appeared first on CleanTechnica.
IRU and T&E Call for EU Framework to Unlock Semi-private Truck Charging
As the Commission prepares the AFIR review, we call on the review to establish an EU framework for semi-private charging, alongside public and private charging. A substantial share of truck charging is expected to take place at operators’ depots and destinations, where charging can be integrated into daily operations. Depot ... [continued] The post IRU and T&E Call for EU Framework to Unlock Semi-private Truck Charging appeared first on CleanTechnica.
China’s Blue Mirage
Fish farming in Xinjiang is sold as proof that technology can overcome geography. The reality is a desert seafood boom built on political control and forced labor.By Ian Urbina This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.
Hurricane Isaias Halts Two-Thirds of U.S. Gulf Oil Production
Current conditions: Tropical Storm Simon is expected to intensify into a Category 4 storm as it tracks northeast into Mexico and Texas from the eastern Pacific • Further north in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Rachel is barreling toward Southern California and northern Mexico • Hurricane Isaias, the first major storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is poised to make landfall as a Category 2 sometime between 8 p.m. ET and 1 a.m. and somewhere between Alabama’s Dauphin Island and Destin, Florida.
South Baltimore Residents Grapple With Contradictory Incinerator Decisions
Residents expressed confusion and frustration as regulators shut down one incinerator and considered extending the lifespan of another.By Aman Azhar Around 100 Baltimore residents packed a community hall in the Curtis Bay neighborhood on the evening of Oct. 1. One after another, they implored the Maryland Department of the Environment not to renew the air permit for the city’s largest trash incinerator.
Heat pumps have so far withstood the death of federal tax credits
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . America’s demand for heat pumps isn’t going away just because federal incentives did. Shipments of heat pumps stayed strong in the first half of 2026, and the tech is on track to match or exceed its best year, according to a recent report from the Building
We Got $9.99 Problems, and Energy is One
The war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz created a global energy supply crisis. And while gasoline prices didn’t reach the extreme highs some predicted a few months ago, the global markets are still in flux. “What has been disrupted most is the confidence in the old energy system where you could reliably and affordably dig up a source of energy thousands of kilometers away from where you expected to ignite it and expect that process to be smooth,” says Gerald Butts, chairman of political risk consultancy the Eurasia Group.
Factcheck: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder
A booklet published by the UK’s opposition Conservative party includes a “cost of net-zero” that appears to have been doubled
Why VIP climate shocks aren’t the worst thing, with Dana R. Fisher
Listen to Why VIP climate shocks aren’t the worst thing, with Dana R. Fisher from Climate Curious. When Nicholas Cage’s Malibu home nearly got swallowed by a sinkhole last month, we knew climate change had hit the rich. And after a summer of deadly heatwaves sweeping Europe and North America, governments and businesses were forced to sit up a little straighter and start clocking the climate crisis.
Launch of Africa Energy Bank delayed again in blow to oil and gas hopes
Repeated delays are raising questions about the bank’s momentum and whether it can mobilise investment to finance Africa’s oil and gas ambitions in an era of energy transition Repeated delays are raising questions about whether the bank can mobilise investment to finance Africa’s oil and gas ambitions in an era of energy transition
Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the Trend
A new report by leading conservation nonprofits found populations of thousands of vertebrate species dropped 73 percent on average from 1970 to 2022.By Kiley Price A new report paints a dark picture of the state of global wildlife—but also highlights flickers of light where some populations are on the upswing.
Big Tech’s Nuclear Hedge
When America’s tech titans started plowing money into nuclear technology to power data centers in 2024, companies such as Google and Amazon opted to invest first in next-generation reactor startups. But electricity demand is soaring today, and those projects are still years away — at least — from generating power at reasonable commercial rates.
To Block Solar Energy Projects, One Community Lumped Them in With Junkyards and Adult Bookstores
A local fight in Indiana shows that even streamlined permitting can’t overcome deep community resistance to solar development.By Dan Gearino In Montgomery County, Indiana, utility-scale solar projects appear on an official list of undesirable land uses that also includes “adult-oriented businesses.”
Exxon Mobil Eyes Its Next Offshore Oil Patch After Guyana: Trinidad and Tobago
Current conditions: Singapore’s air is the worst in the world as wildfire smoke from Indonesia chokes the city state and neighboring Malaysia • Following a summer-like heat wave, temperatures in the American West are set to drop by as much as 50 degrees Fahrenheit as a cold snap moves in • In the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Isaias officially strengthened into the first Atlantic hurricane of the season this morning.
Pre-COP draws attention to Pacific’s climate plight and 1.5C goal
After visiting Tuvalu’s shrinking land, COP31 President Murat Kurum said that the global 1.5C warming limit is “a matter of survival” for the Pacific
Data centers and the race to power AI (part 2)
In the first half of our two-parter on data centers and the U.S. energy system, we dug into the challenges that these huge, concentrated electricity users pose for communities and power grids. In this second installment, Prof. Costa Samaras of Carnegie Mellon University and Dr. Vijay Gadepally of MIT return to talk through some of the options on the table for responding to these challenges.
Maryland Demands Answers as Fuel Leak Persists From Joint Base Andrews
Water testing across several locations continues to show diesel-range hydrocarbons flushing into Piscataway Creek even after the base says it halted the leak.By Aman Azhar Maryland environmental regulators say jet fuel continues to seep into Piscataway Creek from Joint Base Andrews more than six months after the spill was reported, despite the base’s assurances that it has isolated the damaged fuel system and stopped the leak.
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