Climate tech & energy transition
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Trump Slashes Fuel-Economy Standards in Blow to Climate, Health, EV Market
One observer called the move a "disaster for people’s health, the planet, and even U.S. automakers.”By Dennis Pillion The Trump administration Monday finalized the rollback of a major fuel economy standard for cars and trucks, a move critics say will cause more climate-warming pollution, human health problems and higher fuel costs for consumers.
In global first, a next-gen geothermal plant goes live at utility…
The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah — marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat worldwide. The Houston-based firm turned on an initial 33-megawatt unit late last week and has been testing
Data center backup power contributes to health risks: report
Federal regulatory actions are allowing on-site generators at data centers and other power plants to release dangerous emissions with fewer checks, according to the Environmental Protection Network.
Brightline shows people want more trains. But who will pay for them?
The company helped demonstrate the appeal of rail service in Florida. Its restructuring — and the billions in public financing sought for Brightline West — reveal the limits of private capital.
SPP’s ‘stop-gap’ resource adequacy plan for Western balancing area panned at FERC
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reject the proposal, in part because it would stifle markets, the Southwest Power Pool’s market monitor said.
NYSERDA taps 950 MW lithium batteries, 700 MW renewables
Lithium batteries and solar, wind and hydroelectric renewable generation were selected in the state’s first bulk energy storage procurement and its 2025 Tier 1 Renewable Energy Standard solicitation.
As El Niño intensifies, we should be investing more in the world’s farmers
Finance to help agriculture adapt to a hotter world and more extreme weather is vital for food security – but new data shows it’s on a downward trend
How to Protect Yourself From Disaster Scams
Contracting fraud and misconduct are rampant after storms and fires. Experts share tips for the increasing number of Hawaiʻi communities in recovery.By Erin Nolan, Keerti Gopal This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Honolulu Civil Beat.
Planet China
From electric vehicle exports to massive overseas infrastructure projects, China is having a big—and contradictory—environmental impact worldwide.By Kiley Price, Dan Gearino, Nicholas Kusnetz
Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat
Thermal imaging shows how people experience scorching heat varies depending on their circumstance.Story by Bob Berwyn, photos by Michele Lapini The extreme heat scientists have warned about for decades came to Europe again this summer, killing at least 30,000 people like a silent, invisible plague. It came for poor people, the very young and very old, and those suffering from debilitating conditions.
From data centers to AI factories: What utilities need to know about the next wave of load growth
The AI boom is here. Can utilities plan fast enough to power it?
Illinois passed the nation’s first climate migration law. The effort has languished since
More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline for a required report.
After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in
All the claims on the 1.2 million acres of newly opened land appear to have been filed by small-scale miners in Utah with an interest in uranium.
The Senate wants to pass a permitting reform bill. So what’s the…
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter. Senators are looking toward the Capitol doors as they prepare to head home and campaign for the midterms. Meanwhile, a group of them has been scrambling to reach a deal that some analysts believe is critical to meet the
Why cutting down trees can save Britain's woodlands, with Luke Barley
Listen to Why cutting down trees can save Britain’s woodlands, with Luke Barley from Climate Curious. “It seems quite counterintuitive to wade in with our chainsaws, but we are replicating a natural process that we’re missing,” says National Trust woodland advisor and author, Luke Barley. Whilst one side of the battle for our world’s forests involves protecting trees from destructive deforestation, Luke shares that British woodlands are actually suffering from the opposite problem, being left entirely alone.
UK energy secretary on net zero and cheaper power: live from New York
Miatta Fahnbulleh, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, discusses the country's energy transition, the push for affordable and secure power and the UK’s role in the global climate action with Bloomberg's Aaron Rutkoff at Bloomberg Green New York 2026. Watch the video of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdgTzMIgS9g See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why Germany is building an ark for US climate data
As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.
The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for America’s ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’
Under the banner of “Dig, Baby, Dig,” the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals?By Wyatt Myskow, Carla Samon Ros, Johanna Hansel This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations.
A Century of Sand Debt Comes Due in Malibu
A new study finds the world’s great surf breaks are vulnerable to climate change. In Malibu, the problem is more specific: a coast with few defenses, with a record El Niño winter closing in.By Kate Waxman On a clean summer swell, the wave at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach arrives from the south, wraps around a cobblestone point and unspools toward the pier in a long, shimmering wave that can carry a surfer for hundreds of feet. It breaks slowly, forgivingly, over rounded stones that were delivered by Malibu Creek across millennia.
A rural Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts
Some residents oppose renewables. Others see property rights — and the chance to benefit from energy developments on their land — as fundamental. This fall, county leaders will decide.
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