An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2026-02-17 The Florida firm AccuSolar is among the stakeholders supporting forward movement in the US floating solar industry, despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy. The post The Evolution of the US Floating Solar Industry appeared first on CleanTechn …›
2026-02-17 The climate crisis is no longer a matter of concern to the US administration, which has decreed that global warming is a hoax that may be safely ignored. The post Rolling Back Climate Rules Will Cost Americans Bigly appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-16 Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory boar …›
2026-02-16 If you have been reading the recent takes on the “legacy EV retreat,” including at least one piece published here last week, you have likely seen the narrative that Detroit is just lazy, lobby-happy, and getting exactly what it deserves for …›
2026-02-16 In my recent article on America’s new maritime plan, I argued that it was competing for the wrong century by anchoring itself to legacy fuels and industrial logic that made sense when gasoline and diesel dominated global energy demand. A reader asked …›
2026-02-16 The Highlander was still at the show in the hybrid form. Toyota focused instead on the crowd favorite RAV-4 Hybrid Toyota’s push toward full electrification took an unusual turn at the 2026 Chicago Auto Show, where the brand’s newest batter …›
2026-02-16 Other than the new Rivians, the most anticipated new fully electric vehicle may be the Slate pickup truck. There have been many photos of the prototypes and test vehicles, but not a lot of video footage of the Slate being driven. Jay Leno, the noted …›
2026-02-16 All this year, we’ll be exploring the many reasons to love heat pump water heaters (HPWHs). Perhaps the top reason is that they save so much money on utility bills. In fact, besides heat pumps for space heating, HPWHs are the appliance with the m …›
2026-02-16 China’s national carbon market has reached another expansion point, and the signal is larger than it first appears. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has extended mandatory carbon reporting beyond the original heavy sectors to include petrochem …›
2026-02-16 Island’s reservoirs hit record lows even before tourist season starts as Cypriots are warned ‘every drop counts’Europe live – latest updatesAuthorities in Cyprus have urged residents to reduce their water intake by 10% – the equivalent of two …›
2026-02-16 December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 34.5% share in Germany, up from 23.4% year on year. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 30.0% share, decently up from 20.3% YoY. Overall December auto volume was 246,439 units, up some 10% YoY. Full year 2025 auto volum …›
2026-02-16 The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say. …›
2026-02-16 December saw plugin EVs at 43.8% share in the UK, up from 40.0% year on year, with BEVs alone taking 32.2% share. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 34.6% share, up from 28.1% in 2024. Overall December auto volume was 146,249 up some 4% YoY. Full year 2025 auto …›
2026-02-16 Remember the MiBot, that tiny Japanese EV predicted by many EV pundits to be the next spawn of electric mobility in Japan because of its affordable ¥1 million (~$7000) price tag? Well, MiBot manufacturer KG Motors delivered the first completed MiBot u …›
2026-02-16 The UK is putting up 1 billion pounds to promote local clean energy projects that will provide benefits to communities, not investors. The post In The UK, “Power To The People” Is Latest Clean Energy Trend appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-15 Typically, when people talk about electric vehicles, the metrics they focus on are price, range, energy efficiency, charging speed, battery size, and so on. For EV chargers, the focus may first be on charging speed, cost per charging session, and charg …›
2026-02-15 Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights. …›
2026-02-15 The US manufacturer Talon PV plans to launch a new generation of high-efficiency TOPCon solar cells into the US market, despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy. The post TOPCon Solar Cells Are Killing A Key Anti-Solar Talking Point appeared f …›
2026-02-15 December saw plugin EVs at 98.5% share in Norway, up from 89.8% year on year, with BEVs alone taking 97.6% share. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 97.5% share in Norway, up from 91.3% YoY, with all the growth coming from BEVs. Overall December auto volume was …›
2026-02-15 The president’s destructive policies enrich fossil fuel billionaires, while Beijing has bet big on the green transitionDevastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the US which c …›
2026-02-15 Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-dangerous chemicals now banned in the Games. …›
2026-02-15 I recently looked into Tesla’s January sales in 12 European markets, and the results were not pretty. Overall, across those 12 markets, Tesla’s sales were down 23%. However, one reader pointed out that it could be much more interesting goin …›
2026-02-15 While Tesla EV sales flounder, CEO Elon Musk engages in epic online poop-flinging against a leading Democratic donor. The post Tesla CEO Elon Musk Should Stop Flinging Poop And Start Selling More Tesla EVs, STAT appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
2026-02-15 Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called isotopes, shift in predictable ways as water evaporates …›
2026-02-15 December saw plugin EVs take 68.6% share in Sweden, up from 62.8% year-on-year. BEV share grew marginally YoY, while PHEV share increased. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 63.2% share, up from 58.4% YoY, with two thirds of the gain coming from PHEVs. Overall …›
2026-02-15 Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Kiley Bense as they discuss the push and pull of climate action in Pennsylvania.By Kiley BenseAs the Trump administration moves to dismantle the federal government’s ability to act a …›
2026-02-15 December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 34.4% share in France, up from 23.5% year on year. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 26.7% share, up slightly from 25.4% YoY, and let down by shrinking PHEV share. Overall December auto volume was 172,927 units, d …›
2026-02-15 The new U.S. Maritime Action Plan, available from the White House Maritime Insights page, is serious policy work. It acknowledges that American commercial shipbuilding has withered to less than 1% of global output and that only a handful of domestic ya …›
2026-02-14 Repealing the endangerment finding may tick of a lot of boxes for right wing extremists, but the result could be not what they expect. The post Whether The Endangerment Finding Stays Or Goes Will Be Up To The Supreme Court appeared first on CleanTechn …›
2026-02-14 Canada has just shifted its electric vehicle policy architecture. Instead of relying on an explicit EV sales mandate, the federal government has moved toward tightening fleet average emissions standards combined with credit trading and trade policy adj …›
2026-02-14 The greedy, grasping, living cartoon of a Scrooge who currently occupies the White House is leveraging coal power to support his plans for killing as many Americans as possible. Hopefully he will leave office again — peacefully, this time — …›
2026-02-14 6 years and 3 months ago my wife and I took delivery of our new long range, dual motor Tesla Model 3, on October 21, 2019, at the Salt Lake City Delivery and Service Center. At the time, I paid $6,000 for what was called Full Self Driving (FSD). I .. …›
2026-02-14 There are enormous geopolitical, economic and climate ramifications to the U.S. abandoning leadership on the energy transition. If you live in America, basically none of them are good.Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on EarthFrom our collaborating pa …›
2026-02-14 A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles. …›
2026-02-14 The question around electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aka Jetsons air taxi certification has shifted. It is no longer about whether regulators will create a pathway. Both the FAA and EASA have done that work. The FAA finalized powered lift …›
2026-02-14 This odd battle has been going on for so long that I had actually forgotten about it. There’s a quirk in some US state laws that they require automobiles to be sold through 3rd party auto dealers. That is actually rooted in something, in some pot …›
2026-02-14 Hyundai Motor Group claimed in an article today that it is “Driving the Future of Electrified Mobility with Advanced R&D.” It sounded positive and exciting, and Hyundai is a company producing some of the better EVs out there. But it is …›
2026-02-14 It’s clear one company entered into 2026 with a big booster in its backpack and pep in its step. Waymo started the year ready to rock and roll, from rapid expansion into new markets, to a new funding round to speed that up further, to a new stage …›
2026-02-14 In a period of struggling EV sales in the United States, when the market has been hurt by drastic changes to US policy and extreme tariffs, it’s hard to find bright spots or vehicle models that stimulate optimism and excitement. The Rivian R2 has …›
2026-02-14 The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established. …›