An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2026-10-21 A decades-long mystery beneath the North Sea has finally been solved. Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried 700 meters below the seabed, was created when a 160-meter-wide asteroid struck Earth roughly 43 to 46 million years ago. T …›
2026-10-21 New independent modelling by Fraunhofer ISI shows that implementation of the Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation could deliver up to €48bn in value creation and 344,000 jobs by 2030. CCVR and IAA explained The CCVR sets binding minimum targets for ze …›
2026-10-21 Today, we are excited to announce that Waymo is laying the groundwork for our fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Spain, beginning with the Region of Madrid. With over 20 million trips completed and hundreds of thousands of commercial rides served …›
2026-10-21 Setting targets on companies to go electric and limiting financial support only for company cars that are electric and Made-in-EU would see economic gains of €20 bn and boost investments by €18 bn EU-wide electrification targets for large fleets, c …›
2026-10-21 From the air, Wainwright, Alaska, looks like a perfectly stable band of homes and roads between the Chukchi Sea and a vast, flat tundra. But just below the surface, the frozen ground that this town was built on contains large bodies of ice. Along the e …›
2026-10-21 By Melissa Flaherty, Director of Sustainable EV Battery Ecosystem, GM When it comes to EV batteries, most of us start with the same questions: How far can I go on a charge? How long will my battery last? Those are fair questions. But here’s something …›
2026-10-20 Jackdaw, a natural gas field off the coast of Scotland, would be the first new gas extraction project in the North Sea since a government moratorium in 2024. …›
2026-10-20 The reversal comes after environmental and Indigenous rights groups pushed the bank to acknowledge environmental concerns. More watchdogging of development banks is on the horizon, they say.By Georgina GustinThe world’s development banks continue to …›
2026-10-20 Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is extracted from the groundwater reservoirs beneath them. This sinking makes these coastal cities more exposed to rising seas as the climate warms. But as our new research shows, this pro …›
2026-10-20 For much of the climate-policy era, national self-interest and climate action could plausibly point in different directions. A country could let others spend more on emissions reductions while continuing to use familiar coal, oil and gas infrastructure …›
2026-10-20 A new study reveals that improved hurricane forecast graphics may help people identify threatened areas without making them more likely to recognize the danger or take protective action. Researchers also found that a widespread misunderstanding of the …›
2026-10-20 The US EV start up Slate Auto has opened for business in Chicago, in yet another indication that the war on EVs is fizzling out. The post The Treason Party Soldiers On, But At Least The War On EVs Is Fizzling Out appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-10-20 Story Spark: Home Insurance For this issue, we’re revisiting an important topic we originally covered two years ago; in the interim, this crisis has only gotten worse. The cost of US home insurance has risen nearly 50% nationwide over the last five …›
2026-10-20 In both terms, Trump has rolled back or blocked attempts to reduce highly warming methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.By Dylan BaddourIn the Permian Basin of West Texas, methane gas billows from oil wells. It blasts out of pressure valves o …›
2026-10-20 The pipeline of new coal mining, power, chemicals and infrastructure projects has grown to 1,510, report by German environmental group says …›
2026-10-20 The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel is a major departure from US policy and runs counter to Ukrainian and European interests. It also directly c …›
2026-10-19 In the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26), 23% of new light-duty vehicles sold in the United States were hybrid electric, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, down slightly from 24% in 3Q25. Between 3Q25 and 3Q26, hybrid electric vehicles c …›
2026-10-19 Chemistry is politically agnostic. It can give us wondrous new products, like nylon and Dacron, but it can give us destructive products like napalm and Agent Orange. Here are two stories in the news that came clattering into the teletype machines in th …›
2026-10-19 Spring Hill, Tennessee is blazing a new trail in battery technology, as Ultium Cells LLC — a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution — just announced plans to produce lithium manganese rich (LMR) prismatic battery cells at its p …›
2026-10-19 By Shilpan Amin, Global Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer, GM Long before electric vehicles became a familiar sight on American roads, General Motors engineers were developing technologies that help make today’s EVs possible. One example sit …›
2026-10-19 FracTracker and Public Citizen identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a moratorium.By Dylan BaddourRegulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. …›
2026-10-19 Concerns about siting, water and electricity demand have led to calls for more oversight of data center construction in the Cowboy State, but not alignment on how to achieve it.By Jake BolsterCODY, Wyo.—On a warm October evening at a bar in downtown …›
2026-10-19 Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, with little evidence of recovery.By Bob BerwynAcross hundreds of miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico, a deep-water ecosystem c …›
2026-10-19 Florida governor has consistently opposed any legislation to curb planet-heating emissions, calling it a ‘radical climate agenda’A life-sized statue of Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, was unveiled and promptly began melting in front of an audie …›
2026-10-19 Verdox has completed a useful industrial demonstration at Hydro’s Sunndal aluminum smelter in Norway. During a two-month test, its electrochemical process captured carbon dioxide from exhaust containing only about 1% CO₂ and operated in the presenc …›
2026-10-19 SpaceX is in hot water over a decision to throttle back its Starlink and Starshield service in Ukraine last week, a decision for which nobody seems to have made. The post Gee Whiz Ma, Elon Musk Gave Me One Share In SpaceX, Isn’t He Great! appeare …›
2026-10-19 Trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade. …›
2026-10-19 A massive landslide in Alaska triggered the second-highest tsunami ever recorded, sending water and debris 1,580 feet up a mountainside just hours after tourists visited the area. Scientists discovered that the disaster was preceded by several warning …›
2026-10-19 37 kWh battery (net) offers a range of up to 324 km and is particularly suitable for city traffic and commuting Two output levels with 85 kW (116 PS) and 99 kW (135 PS) available, maximum speed of 160 km/h DC quick charging with 90 kW from 10 to 80 …›
2026-10-19 Scientists have discovered evidence of two hidden magma sources beneath Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano, where satellite observations revealed mysterious ground movements suggesting magma is shifting deep underground. The findings could improve eruption f …›
2026-10-19 ‘We are looking into which companies may be responsible for the fires,’ PM of Singapore says …›
2026-10-19 The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state. …›
2026-10-19 The issue, which barely registered with candidates last year, looms large in a race that could determine control of Congress.By Dan GearinoSUNBURY, Ohio—A proposal for a large data center has upended politics in this Republican-leaning suburb of Colu …›
2026-10-19 Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the worldResidents of a remote town in Norway that is in one of the fastest-warming places in the world have been …›
2026-10-19 Data centers have emerged as part of Trump's plan for a new era of collaboration between the US and Russia -- wait, what? The post A Data Center Deal Lurks Behind Trump’s Russian Diesel Debacle appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-10-18 The Amazon rainforest has been a crucial battleground in the country’s presidential runoff. …›
2026-10-18 (But will it be enough?) The 2026 Paris Auto Show felt different this year. Despite some notable absences (BMW, MG, most Japanese OEMs…), it was bigger than in past editions. The bright, confident stands of Chinese automakers—from BYD to Geely to X …›
2026-10-18 For most of the fossil-fuel era, energy security meant securing a continuous flow of things that disappeared when they were used. Oil arrived in tankers, natural gas crossed pipelines or oceans as LNG, and coal moved by rail and ship. Burn the fuel and …›
2026-10-18 In January, 1949, two Volkswagen Type 1 Beetles arrived in New York City. Six years later, Volkswagen of America was founded. The original Beetle was cute in an ugly sort of way. It was under-powered and its heater was anemic, but it was cheap and that …›
2026-10-18 Disclaimer: Many of our readers have criticized me for supporting an Elon Musk company. It does present a conundrum for me. Musk has supported Donald Trump with millions of dollars of campaign contributions and has served as a member of his administrat …›