An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2025-12-11 One of two things is true: 1) Waymo lives in Elon Musk’s head rent-free and is going to continue to be the robotaxi leader in North America for years to come, or 2) Waymo has been living on borrowed time, as Elon Musk claims, and Tesla will sprin …›
2025-12-11 Fans of new sodium battery technology suffered a big disappointment earlier this year when the once-promising US energy storage startup Natron shuttered its doors. However, other US innovators have picked up the slack. That includes California-based In …›
2025-12-11 MOKE electric cars are coming to the US, starting in California where the company aims to fill the demand for fun, open-air EVs with a vintage flair. The post The Appeal Of Vintage-Style Electric Cars Is About To Be Tested In California appeared first …›
2025-12-11 BMW electric vehicle drivers are the latest to gain access to certain Tesla Superchargers in the US (through the North American Charging Standard, or NACS). That makes it the 15th auto brand to get access, either through NACS adapters or a built-in NAC …›
2025-12-11 Faced with an affordability crisis and rising energy demands, Gov. Kathy Hochul has slowed progress on New York’s efforts to fight climate change. …›
2025-12-11 Tuvalu is already losing ground to encroaching tides and storm surges and could be underwater by 2050 …›
2025-12-11 “You must listen to the science,” Chris Packham, the veteran presenter of BBC nature shows, implored an audience a stone’s throw from the Houses of Parliament. An invitation-only crowd of about a thousand people, including more than 100 Members …›
2025-12-11 Manchester Metropolitan University again wins top spot for climate and social justice in league table More universities have severed ties with fossil fuel companies, banning them from recruitment fairs and refusing to advertise roles in the industry, a …›
2025-12-11 I was going to explore some European EV sales trends this week and ran across the following chart, which shows the 8 leading auto brands’ quarterly market share of the BEV market in 13 European countries (combined): There are three things that ju …›
2025-12-11 The Draft Plan Threatens to Undo New York’s Climate Progress and Raise New Yorkers’ Bills NEW YORK — Yesterday, the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter delivered over 1,000 State Energy Plan comments submitted by members and supporters to Governor Hochu …›
2025-12-11 T&E, Greenpeace and a coalition of 12 other environmental organisations asks the European Commission to keep article 20 in the EU Air Services Regulation (ASR). Two years ago, the European Commission’s implementing decision (EU) 2022/2358 confirm …›
2025-12-11 PARIS — Pension funds and other asset owners are exposing clients and beneficiaries to growing climate-related financial risks by failing to stop asset managers supporting fossil fuel expansion, according to new analysis published today by Reclaim Fi …›
2025-12-11 Critical minerals, such as copper, cobalt, and silicon, are vital for energy technologies, but most critical minerals markets are less transparent than mature energy markets, such as crude oil or coal. Like other energy markets, many supply-side and …›
2025-12-11 Vanadium flow battery technology will be the first to take advantage of a new energy storage test facility hosted by the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The post A New Flow Battery Will Get A Good Look-See From The US D …›
2025-12-11 Hyundai Motor’s work with Healthy Seas has removed 320 tons of marine litter, including abandoned fishing nets from “ghost farm” operations and other plastics Suitable recovered nets are recycled into new products, such as floormats for H …›
2025-12-11 Yokohama, Japan — Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Wayve today announced the signing of definitive agreements to collaborate on integrating the next-generation ProPILOT series with Wayve AI technology across a broad range of Nissan vehicles. This partnersh …›
2025-12-11 Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’The climate crisis supercharged the deadly storms that killed more than 1,750 people in Asia by making downpours more intense and flooding worse, s …›
2025-12-11 In June 2024, the European Union (EU) announced big new tariffs on electric vehicles produced in China. Among other details and clarifications, plug-in hybrids were not included. The high tariffs would only apply to fully electric cars. On a continent …›
2025-12-11 While this is a kind of “gee-wiz” story that just catches one’s attention, it does bring up an interesting point or three. Increasing Passenger Safety via Robotaxis First, the news: A lady hailed a Waymo robotaxi to the UCSF (Universi …›
2025-12-10 The young plaintiffs, who won a major case over climate change policy in 2023, argue that legislators are illegally ignoring the effects of fossil fuels. …›
2025-12-10 If you didn’t have enough reason to dislike Uber before, you probably do now. The app-based ride-hailing company followed Lyft’s lead and made some bold-ish EV targets several years ago, then also provided its drivers with incentives to go …›
2025-12-10 A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen. …›
2025-12-10 FIAT says it is bringing its minuscule Topolino EV to the US next year, because people are lusting after its cuteness. The post Stellantis Says It Will Bring Electric Topolino To US appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2025-12-10 Managers of very large companies are very smart people. With the right information, they will make the best decision within the world as they know it. So, why are European carmakers digging their own graves? Make no mistake, asking for a stay in the en …›
2025-12-10 Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, those victims’ tax dollars will go to Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001.By Katie SurmaOver a quarter century in …›
2025-12-10 The European car market and the Osborne effect was the topic of an article I wrote nearly 7 years ago. I made bold predictions for the future, and as all predictions of the future, they were wrong. I should have written a followup on it, but I did not …›
2025-12-10 Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon fixation in the sunless depths, experiments show that …›
2025-12-10 The US geothermal industry is gearing up to move into new territory, helping to get fossil fuels out of the power generation business. The post The Geothermal Energy Part Of “Unleashing American Energy” Is Beginning To Pay Off appeared firs …›
2025-12-10 New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through a solid iron lattice. This unusual behavior makes the core soft, matching seismic observations that have puzzled scientists f …›
2025-12-10 Decision wins stricter pollution rules in face of rising asthma rates. DETROIT, Michigan — Detroit area residents will be able to breathe easier as Sierra Club’s latest win for clean air will result in stronger pollution standards at a time when as …›
2025-12-10 Radar Clima es el boletín en español de Covering Climate Now. Cada dos semanas repasamos un tema clave para periodistas -especialistas o generalistas- desde la conexión climática y la lente de los tres pilares del periodismo climático: Humanizar, …›
2025-12-10 The nonprofit said in a new report that pipeline company Energy Transfer reported hundreds of oil spills to federal regulators in recent years, among other incidents.By Martha PskowskiThe environmental nonprofit Greenpeace was under the microscope in a …›
2025-12-10 The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.By Phil McKennaPollution from gas stoves accounts for more than half of some Americans’ total exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxin linke …›
2025-12-10 Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest peopleFewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control …›
2025-12-10 Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter conditions were less likely to reach key learning milestones, especially in reading and basic math skills. Those facing economic h …›
2025-12-10 Donald Trump has had a problem with wind farms for decades. It seems that it all started with a wind farm that was being proposed offshore near a golf course of his in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He sued the Scottish government in 2006 regarding this. Thi …›
2025-12-10 By Waymo AI Team Autonomous driving is the ultimate challenge for AI in the physical world. At Waymo, we’re solving it by prioritizing demonstrably safe AI, where safety is central to how we engineer our models and AI ecosystem from the ground up. As …›
2025-12-10 Kia PV5 Cargo earns the top five-star rating in the 2025 Euro NCAP Commercial Van Safety assessment Strong performance across key categories, including Occupant Protection, Safety Assist/Crash Avoidance and Post-Crash Safety Standard ADAS technologies …›
2025-12-10 Pulp and paper mills sit at the intersection of several decarbonization pressures. They burn large volumes of fossil gas in lime kilns and recovery boilers. They buy significant amounts of industrial oxygen for delignification and bleaching. They opera …›
2025-12-10 I just wrote about ONVO President Shen Fei torching the idea of extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs). He’s not a fan. However, he had something else much more interesting to say in the interview with The Paper, a Chinese media outlet. ONVO, l …›