An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2026-09-02 In today’s newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres they feel have been forced upon them, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climateGood morning. This summer, datacentres have become targets of re …›
2026-09-02 Northern landscapes could soon look different, as wildfires and storms disturb boreal forestsA warmer world is making high latitude forests more deciduous and less evergreen, research shows. Global heating has increased the likelihood of extreme events …›
2026-09-02 NASA-funded studies suggest Earth’s climate has been influenced by both the Sun’s travels through dense regions of the Milky Way and the violent superflares of its youth. Those events may help explain ancient ice ages as well as how early Earth sta …›
2026-09-02 If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes.”By Bob BerwynFossil fuel emissions are pushing Earth’s climate toward a dangerous new phase of climate “overshoot,” scientists warned Wed …›
2026-09-02 But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphereGlobal heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, a …›
2026-09-02 U.S. battery energy storage capacity nearly doubles in the first 18 months of the Trump administration as grid operators turn to storage to strengthen grid reliability WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record 20.2 gigawa …›
2026-09-02 The first days of the 2026-2027 school year are upon us. Students of all ages are getting ready for another year of learning, and some of them may notice a new addition to their campus: solar panels. Today, over 7 million K-12 students (~1 in 7) atten …›
2026-09-02 Our safety case comprehensively assesses how hardware, software, and operations integrate and interact to deliver a safer autonomous ride. Our approach to safety at Zoox At Zoox, safety is foundational to our mission and the guiding principle for every …›
2026-09-01 Thunderstorms triggered flash floods that killed at least two people at one of the United States’ most-visited national parks.By Kiley PriceAn intense downpour at Grand Canyon National Park transformed hiking trails and shallow creeks into deadly rap …›
2026-09-01 Three storms, spurred on by El Niño, are inching closer to Hawaii. Could one of them even affect California this weekend? …›
2026-09-01 Today we visit Pennsylvania, where there’s a high-stakes clash over A.I. jobs and the environment. …›
2026-09-01 If you happen to be attending the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, this weekend, stop by Booth VITW2200 to view the Moonrider battery electric tractor from GoSun, a pioneer in solar-powered appliances and portable clean energy solutions. The Moonride …›
2026-09-01 Jeremy Konyndyk, who ran the US Agency for International Development (USAID) response to the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, has criticised the government for closing climate and disaster-focused programmes in the Himalayas …›
2026-09-01 The court said the measure, which required energy companies to pay $75 billion to the state, conflicted with federal law. …›
2026-09-01 A new report on the cost of solar power indicates that clean power can beat coal and gas for the 74 members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, with some interesting implications for the growth of the US solar manufacturing sector. The post Solar Power Le …›
2026-09-01 This summer I invited a group of talented writers who specialize in food systems to participate in a special Media Education Lab publication called MediaEd Insights. Our issue is called, “What’s for Dinner? Food as an Ecomedia Literacy Inquiry.” …›
2026-09-01 Rare storms covered huge stretches of Chile’s Atacama Desert in snow and dumped extraordinary amounts of rain on one of the driest regions on Earth. The extreme weather shut down observatories, triggered damaging floods and mudflows, and unfolded aga …›
2026-09-01 As governments push oil and mining expansion, thousands of Indigenous leaders and activists gathered in Ecuador to chart another path.Story and photos by Katie SurmaPUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands d …›
2026-09-01 The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action nowFor millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement – permafrost and glacial ice that bound …›
2026-09-01 The state’s ratepayer protection representative says the grid operator’s proposed reliability backstop could expose customers to as much as $562 million in long-term costs.By Aman AzharMaryland’s ratepayer protection agency is fighting on two fro …›
2026-09-01 CUTRIC has a credibility problem that extends well beyond its long enthusiasm for hydrogen buses. The underlying issue is whether an organization whose mission includes commercializing technologies should receive a presumption of neutrality when it adv …›
2026-09-01 Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?This week the Euro summer comes to an end – and so does a certain type of posting on Instagram.Wai …›
2026-09-01 In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggeredYou may not have felt it, but the earth beneath our feet is getting twitchier, and global heating is to blame. As temperat …›
2026-09-01 More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe.By Liza GrossMost people decide if it’s safe to eat an …›
2026-09-01 Empowering women through greater access to finance could “strengthen” households’ resilience to “climate shocks,” according to a new study. Published in Climate Risk Management, it analyses the impact of financial access on “women-headed ho …›
2026-09-01 I was born in 1940, and I just turned 86, so with help from my dad, I have photos from 100 years of history. My grandparents were born into the horse-and-buggy era and lived into the era of modern cars, airplanes, and telephones. Therefore, the technol …›
2026-09-01 Fellows Aim To Make Critical Minerals in the US, Generate Affordable Geothermal Energy, and Build Ultralight and Advanced Batteries—With Some Help From NLR Experts This article is part one of a two-part series featuring the laboratory’s seven newes …›
2026-09-01 Only 5% of EU ships’ tonnage was dismantled in Europe despite the capacity to recycle much more. Vast majority of end-of-life ships are sent for beaching in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh under poor environmental and safety standards. The vast m …›
2026-08-31 The word “science,” according to Wikipedia, is derived from the Latin verb “scire, meaning ‘to know,’ specifically its present participle sciens, meaning ‘knowing.'” The root word scire is also connected to Eng …›
2026-08-31 Flash flooding in Arizona tourist destination was likely triggered by compounding climate factors, such as drought and warming in Pacific OceanRemote Grand Canyon lodge hit by deadly flash flood boasts fabled historyA deadly flash flood in the Grand Ca …›
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2026-08-31 The US startup Operation Bluebird has launched a new social media platform under the Twitter name, claiming that Elon Musk's X Corporation abandoned the trademark. The post Pssst, Hey There Elon Musk! Twitter Is Coming Back appeared first on CleanTechn …›
2026-08-31 Exclusive: Data from Unicef UK suggests climate risks faced by children are being overlooked by UK aid – as the UN agency prepares to launch a major campaign calling for children to be better prioritised by the Foreign Office …›
2026-08-31 Andy Burnham urged to seek consensus over response to extreme heat and forthcoming ‘super El Niño’Andy Burnham should call a cross-party meeting to discuss the UK’s response to worsening extreme weather, including the forthcoming ‘super El Ni …›
2026-08-31 An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. …›
2026-08-31 Hydrogen occupies an unusually large share of the energy-transition information stream for the amount of physical deployment behind it. Fuel-cell trucks, buses, trains, ships, storage projects, demonstrations and records recur through corporate release …›
2026-08-31 Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gasTurkmenistan has started plugging the mega-leaks of methane that spew from its ageing oil and gas facilities, the latest UN data …›
2026-08-31 Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny itClimate breakdown is happening on one Earth, but two different worlds. In one, its impacts increasing …›