An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2025-08-08 Con Edison, city’s monopoly utility, cut off 88,000 households in first half of 2025 as climate crisis drives extreme temperaturesAn energy company seeking to hike utility bills in New York City by 11% disconnected more than 88,000 households during …›
2025-08-08 Sightings confirmed in County Durham and Suffolk as southern small white flutters in from European mainlandBritain has a new species of butterfly: the southern small white has continued its rapid colonisation of northern Europe by flying across the Nor …›
2025-08-08 Campaigners warn of ‘crisis of credibility’ as number of lobbyists attending plastics treaty negotiations rises …›
2025-08-08 July saw plugin EVs at 28.6% share in Germany, up from 19.1% share year-on-year. BEV volume increased by 58% YoY, while PHEVs grew 84%. Overall auto volume was 264,802 units, up some 11% YoY. July’s best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.3. July’s …›
2025-08-08 The Democratic Republic of Congo is putting one of the best-preserved tropical ecosystems left on Earth up for auction, and the impact could be felt worldwide• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in f …›
2025-08-08 By Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder, EVmath.org In the national conversation about electric vehicles, rural America is often treated as an afterthought—or worse, a lost cause. There’s a sense that rural communities are bought into all the myths about EVs— …›
2025-08-08 From 2020 to 2024, crude oil and condensate exports from Russia averaged 5.0 million barrels per day (b/d). Exports from Russia in the first half of 2025 (1H25) were 4.3 million b/d (compared with 4.8 million b/d in 2024). Even as crude oil export vo …›
2025-08-08 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Brimstone this week announced successful results from tests of Brimstone’s lower-carbon Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) for use in concrete construction with plans for more comprehensive testing to be conducted in 2025 an …›
2025-08-08 In Singapore, EcoSwift is bringing battery swapping to heavy duty trucks at less cost than conventional charging equipment,. The post EcoSwift Brings Big Rig Battery Swapping To Singapore appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2025-08-07 With the Trump administration raising doubts on climate science, the country’s premier science advisory group will fast-track a consensus document.By Marianne LavelleThe nation’s premier group of scientific advisers announced Thursday that it will …›
2025-08-07 HUD will stop monitoring a civil rights agreement over the General Iron matter and dropped a case alleging City Council members blocked affordable housing using “aldermanic prerogative” veto power.By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-TimesSaying it wants to …›
2025-08-07 Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governmentsThe US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wr …›
2025-08-07 The MAGA war on wind has ramped up with proposed new setback and height restrictions that endanger more than $300 billion in new projects. The post Government Overreach Now Wears A MAGA Hat As Assault On Wind Power Accelerates appeared first on CleanT …›
2025-08-07 Another bad week for Tesla is punctuated by another wrinkle in the Epstein scandal and word that the US Air Force wants to use Cybertrucks for target practice. The post As Tesla Sales Tank, CEO Elon Musk Pops Up In Jeffrey Epstein’s Photo Collect …›
2025-08-07 The court revived a legal challenge to a 2022 regulation that significantly reduced the compensation utilities paid to owners of home solar systems for the electricity they sent to the grid. …›
2025-08-07 After massive 15% EV penetration in June, July’s numbers are a little down. It looks like Tesla is back to its first-month-of-the-quarter slump, only delivering a little more than 900 Model Ys and Model 3s combined (compared to almost 5,000 in June). …›
2025-08-07 Drone footage of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse showed forests reduced to ash after the massive wildfire in southern France. The fire, which started on Tuesday afternoon, began in the village of Ribaute in the Aude department, before spreading across t …›
2025-08-07 Austria tried a combination of taxes and rebates to reduce emissions. …›
2025-08-07 Toyota South Africa (excluding Lexus) sold 4,257 plug-less HEVs and only 4 plug-in hybrids. Yes, just 4 plug-in hybrids in the first 6 months of 2025. The post Toyota Could Help Accelerate Transition To Electric If It Promoted More Plug-Ins in South Af …›
2025-08-07 Heybike recently launched its new X Series, a pair of folding fat-tire e-bikes built for riders who want it all — speed, comfort, control, and off-road capability — in a compact design. The new models, the Mars 3.0 and the Ranger 3.0 Pro, a …›
2025-08-07 Experts at NOAA updated their prediction for the Atlantic on Thursday. Forecasters say there could be up to nine hurricanes before the end of November. …›
2025-08-07 After holding steady for decades, the beloved Perito Moreno has thinned considerably since 2019, scientists said. …›
2025-08-07 No journalist has covered the climate story longer or better than Bill McKibben. In 1989, as a 27-year-old staff writer at The New Yorker, he published the first mass market book on the subject, The End of Nature. Since then, he has reported from aroun …›
2025-08-07 While moving forward with plans for a lithium-sulfur EV battery, the US supermaterials startup Lyten is also busily snapping up the pieces of Northvolt's failed BESS empire. The post US Startup Lyten Is (Still) Determined To Make A Lithium-Sulfur EV Ba …›
2025-08-07 The other day at a discount grocery store there was a sale on Royal Split Pigeon Peas, which some people say is a type of lentil if you have never eaten them. Each bag was marked down from $4 for two pounds to $3 so I got 2 bags for ... [continued] T …›
2025-08-07 When I was a kid, my grandmother’s house in New Hampshire was always ready for the electricity to go down. The kitchen range was wood-fired, though there was a newer kerosene alternative (horrible). There were two sconces in every bathroom, each with …›
2025-08-07 General Motors aims for a refresh of its BrightDrop electric van under a new five-vehicle collaboration with Hyundai. The post General Motors Cooks Up A New Electric Van Plan With Hyundai appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2025-08-07 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA’s) outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which continues until November 30, predicts a 30% chance of a near-normal season, a 60% chance of an above-normal season, and a 10% chance of …›
2025-08-07 Federal agencies have recently issued a barrage of restrictions that could halt construction of solar and wind farms on public and private lands. …›
2025-08-07 Humans face three existential threats, from super-intelligence, nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, says blockbuster director as he announces new Hiroshima projectThe director James Cameron has warned that the use of artificial intelligence in a gl …›
2025-08-07 Five people killed and over 50 missing after disaster strikes in the Himalayas …›
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2025-08-07 South32’s Hermosa mine would be the first approved under a new, fast-tracked process. The company recently notified local homeowners that it could impact their wells.By Wyatt MyskowPATAGONIA, Ariz.—When Becky and John Ball retired from careers in f …›
2025-08-07 Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.(Image credit: Jim Vondruska) …›
2025-08-07 In response to our latest thorough report on global EV sales, one of our readers, trackdaze, added a bit of useful data and analysis. Instead of just looking at electric vehicle sales (which is what the world EV sales reports cover), trackdaze figured …›
2025-08-07 Deep beneath the ocean's surface, a groundbreaking DNA study reveals that the deep sea is far more globally connected than once thought. By analyzing thousands of brittle stars preserved in museum collections, scientists discovered these ancient creatu …›
2025-08-07 While urban greening can help mitigate extreme heat, such spaces are not distributed equitablyIt has been a summer of heatwaves in western Europe, with record highs of 46C (115F) in Spain and Portugal.An estimated 2,300 people died of heat-related caus …›
2025-08-07 BYD newest roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel just delivered 1,500 new energy vehicles to the Philippines. The BYD Zhengzhou, named after company’s manufacturing hub serving the burgeoning Asia–Pacific market, is number one of a planned eight-ship …›
2025-08-07 I recently wrote an article about the used electric vehicle tax credit that is available from the US government through September 30, and the key details to know about it. However, I apparently got something wrong in there. Here’s something I wro …›
2025-08-07 A prehistoric predator changed its diet and body size during a major warming event 56 million years ago, revealing how climate change can reshape animal behavior, food chains, and survival strategies. …›