An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2026-02-22 US coal jobs continue to decline, with Trump's tariff war among the factors credited with mangling the all-important overseas market for domestic metallurgical coal (courtesy of Congressional Research Service). The post Trump Promises More Coal Jobs, D …›
2026-02-22 A study by Fraunhofer ISI finds many German built PHEV models use far more gasoline than their manufacturers claim. The post Fraunhofer Study Finds Some PHEVs Use 3 Times More Fuel Than Claimed appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-22 We hear a lot about sea level rise and the effects it is having on coastal communities. The media sometimes morbidly plays and replays footage of homes collapsing from their high cliff footings into the pounding surf. As someone who is lucky enough to …›
2026-02-22 A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.By Katie SurmaIn one of his final acts before his death in 20 …›
2026-02-22 Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Martha Pskowski as they discuss plans for a border wall through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.By Martha PskowskiBuilding a wall along th …›
2026-02-22 Deep in the Arctic north, drained peatlands—once massive carbon vaults built over thousands of years—are quietly leaking greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But new field research from northern Norway suggests there’s a powerful way to slow tha …›
2026-02-22 In the second half of 2024, as it became clear Tesla was going to see a year-over-year sales decline, CEO Elon Musk maintained a higher sales target for 2024 than the company ended up hitting, and also indicated Tesla should see a significant increase …›
2026-02-22 The US is bleeding coal jobs again, despite the best efforts of US President Donald Trump to keep old coal power plants up and running. The post The US Is Still Bleeding Coal Jobs, Trump Or No Trump appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-22 Equinor’s decision to halt its blue hydrogen project in Groningen is not a story about engineering failure or lack of public support. It is a story about the absence of customers. The H2M project secured support from the EU Innovation Fund and was po …›
2026-02-21 Transport & Environment’s latest European city bus market report glossed in an article in CleanTechnica caught my attention for a reason that may not be obvious at first glance. Battery-electric buses now dominate new city bus registrations acros …›
2026-02-21 Production of the Tesla Cybercab has begun, but there are still many unanswered questions about it and who will be responsible for it. The post The Tesla Cybercab Is Here. Now What? appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-21 The US startup 1854 Motors aims to be the first domestic automaker to introduce sodium-ion batteries in a full sized EV, beginning with the Pierce pickup truck. The post Cultural Architects, Trojan Horses, And Another EV Startup To Challenge Tesla appe …›
2026-02-21 In short: the agency will no longer be able to regulate carbon pollution or greenhouse gases—though a couple of scenarios might prevent President Trump from getting his way.Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on EarthFrom our collaborating partner Liv …›
2026-02-21 Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influentialIn the timeless week between Christmas and the new year, two Spanish men in their early 50s – friends since childhoo …›
2026-02-21 The Supreme Court’s decision limiting presidential tariff authority should have reduced uncertainty. Instead, it introduced a new layer of it. The Court narrowed the use of one statute for imposing broad tariffs. The response from the administration …›
2026-02-21 Using local content criteria in the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) as a lever for public support is the only option on the table to build up a resilient and local battery industry across Europe. 1. The urgency & feasibility of Union content crite …›
2026-02-21 Proving heavy vehicles can electrify fast across Europe By Max Molliere, Principal Data Analyst, E-Mobility, T&E Six out of ten new EU city buses were zero-emission (ZE) in 2025, as battery-electric and fuel cell powertrains made up 56% and 4% of n …›
2026-02-21 The space solar field is emerging from science fiction to fact, regardless of US energy policy favoring fossil fuels. The post Space Solar Power Will Inevitably Trump Trump’s War On Solar Power appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-21 A fair and effective tool for Europe’s energy transition Fossil fuels still account for around 70% of the EU’s energy consumption, leaving it heavily dependent on imports and exposed to price shocks. In 2024 alone, the EU spent more than €375 b …›
2026-02-21 European truckmakers pledge a zero-emission future, yet green finance remains marginal in funding the sector’s transition. The European truck industry faces growing competitive pressure. Chinese manufacturers are scaling up electric truck productio …›
2026-02-21 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining. In an announcement late Friday afternoon, Interior Secret …›
2026-02-21 LOS ANGELES — Environmental and public health advocates are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman to investigate an AI-powered campaign that allegedly submitted public comments attributed t …›
2026-02-21 Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chrom …›
2026-02-21 Tesla has not been known as the king of reliability. To the contrary, it has been known to score badly in a variety of reliability studies in the US and Germany. It has gotten better over the years, though. And a new auto reliability study in France ac …›
2026-02-20 It’s been the case since the early days of electric vehicle (EV) adoption, but what’s good to see is this has not changed as more of the “mass market” has begun adopting EVs — electric car owners love their EVs and would buy a …›
2026-02-20 The Trump administration seeks to support a wider range of options, including natural gas buses, with the program’s remaining $2.3 billion. Critics see a lost chance to cut greenhouse gas emissions.By Marianne LavelleIn the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastruc …›
2026-02-20 As the climate warms, scientists are trying to better understand avalanche risks. The say risks for major avalanches at high elevation could be growing while the risk is decreasing at low elevations. …›
2026-02-20 America is under siege -- not by immigrants but by fascist wannabe dictators who seek to enslave us all for their private gain. The post In Search Of America appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-20 When I wrote about 12 new EV charging ports installed in central Pennsylvania some months back, it wasn’t clear how much or when the federal EV funding could be released to support the addition of more public chargers. Greater EV charging expansion m …›
2026-02-20 Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I sat down yesterday to talk about some of the hottest stories of the past week. We discussed the Tesla Cybercab (and some of our skepticism about it being the big hit Tesla wants it to be); the slow start to EV sales in …›
2026-02-20 Viridi recently announced one of its battery energy storage systems has replaced a diesel backup generator at a wastewater facility in New York State. When we write about battery storage on this site, sometimes it is paired with solar power to store ex …›
2026-02-20 Now back on land in New Zealand, Raymond reflects on the two-month expedition in The World newsletter. …›
2026-02-20 New York was looking to open up robotaxi expansion in the state, beyond New York City itself. New York Governor Kathy Hochul had put a proposal on the table to basically legalize robotaxis in the state beyond the Big Apple. However, that proposal has n …›
2026-02-20 Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from departmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government’s decision to allow the US mining giant Alcoa to continue …›
2026-02-20 Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, these elusive quakes turn out to cluster in regions li …›
2026-02-20 Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe.(Image credit: Nathan Ellgren) …›
2026-02-20 As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted. …›
2026-02-20 Data shows why NGOs, politicians, and businesses are urgently calling on the government to introduce legislation that will shore up supply chains as the climate crisis escalates, Nick Ferris writes …›
2026-02-20 In this week’s newsletter: The south-east of the country is suffering through the worst heatwave since 2019’s ‘black summer’, while the government continues to back fossil fuel projects • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sig …›
2026-02-20 Whatever you think of it, the Cybercab is Tesla’s next vehicle. The first production car has now been produced, and the model will apparently go on sale to customers this year — presumably fairly soon. Considering that the model doesn’t h …›