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Ireland’s Grid Flexibility Assessment Shows Why Location Matters
Ireland's electricity regulator released its first national assessment of grid flexibility needs, identifying 234 MW and 58 GWh of potential upward fl…
Q&A: Why are UK energy bills so high – and how could they be lowered?
# UK Energy Bills Spiral in 2026 as Policy Fixes Remain Contested Energy bills across the UK continue climbing sharply into 2026, forcing policymaker…
As Election Day Nears, a Key House Race Remains in Flux
# Environmental Stakes Hang on New York's Hotly Contested House Race New York's 17th Congressional District has emerged as a critical battleground fo…
In Florida’s Gubernatorial Race, a Choice Between New Climate Policy or the Status Quo
# Florida Gubernatorial Race Hinges on Divergent Climate Agendas Florida voters face a stark choice in the gubernatorial election between candidates …
New Report Keeps Tabs on ACC’s Utility Bias that Ends up Hurting Wallets
The Sierra Club released a report this week accusing Arizona's utility regulator of favoring corporate energy providers over ratepayers. The report, t…
The EU Is Showing How Regional Maritime Rules Can Support A Global Framework At The IMO
In April 2025, the International Maritime Organization adopted the Net-Zero Framework, a global regulation aimed at aligning international shipping wi…
Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism
A California startup conducted a ground-based demonstration of space-based mirrors designed to reflect sunlight onto Earth at night, illuminating dese…
Battleground Ballots
# Climate Policy Becomes Contested Territory in 2024 Midterm Elections Environmental issues have emerged as a measurable factor in voter mobilization…
Ahead of Midterms, Republicans Court Iowa Farmers With Fuel Plans
# Republicans Target Iowa Farmers With Ethanol and Biofuel Pledges Ahead of 2024 Midterms Top Trump administration officials fanned across Iowa this …
Production Agriculture Is Driving Grasslands Loss Across North America
# Agricultural Expansion Destroys Two Million Acres of North American Grasslands Annually Commodity crop production is erasing North American grassla…
Volkswagen Negotiations With IG Metall To Begin November 24, Audi Factory In US Rumored
Volkswagen Group faces a profitability crisis that threatens its European manufacturing footprint and could reshape the company's electric vehicle str…
US Tech Leaders Are Urgently Calling for Rules on AI — China Already Has Them
# US Tech Leaders Push for AI Regulation as China Moves Ahead American artificial intelligence executives are calling for government intervention to …
‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won
Tim and Geli Harris, Norfolk farmers, have secured a third consecutive legal victory in the High Court to protect Catfield Fen, a rare calcareous wetl…
UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills
The UK government will directly intervene in water company pricing for the first time, ordering utilities to prioritize customer affordability and inf…
If Tesla’s Robotaxi Miles Keep Compounding at 20% a Week, the Math Gets Interesting Fast
Tesla's autonomous vehicle operation has crossed a deployment threshold that demands attention from regulators and the insurance industry. The company…
Trump’s War on Iran Has Broken the Oil Market
Crude oil markets have defied predictions of catastrophic disruption eight months into escalating U.S. tensions with Iran, yet the underlying vulnerab…
U-turn on EV policy could stall UK’s take-up of EVs | Fiona Harvey and Jasper Jolly
The UK government is considering slashing its zero-emission vehicle mandate from 80% of new car sales by 2030 to as low as 50%, a move that threatens …
A Homeowner’s Last Stand Against Alabama Power
# A Homeowner's Last Stand Against Alabama Power Fenn Church stands at the edge of a legal and personal crisis in Calera, Alabama. The homeowner face…
Alabama’s New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say
# Alabama's New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say Alabama released updated data center policies this week that represe…
A Landmark Youth Climate Trial Against the Canadian Government Is About to Begin
# Landmark Youth Climate Trial Against Canadian Government Begins Sadie Vipond was eight years old when torrential rain forced her family to evacuate…
Trump’s DOE Budget Request Cuts Weak Bets And Useful Energy Research Together
The Trump administration's Department of Energy budget proposal eliminates funding for research programs with indiscriminate scope, cutting both under…
Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills
# Expensive Gas Drives Nearly 90% of UK Electricity Bill Increases Wholesale gas prices, not renewable energy costs or network infrastructure, accoun…
Q&A: Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded its meeting in Ethiopia without resolving a critical procedural impasse that now threat…
The EU Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation: The Industrial & Economic Benefits of “Made-in-EU” Electric Company Cars
The European Union's Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation stands to generate substantial economic benefits for Europe's industrial sector, according to…
Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds
Texas regulators continued approving data center permits after Governor Greg Abbott issued a pause order last month, according to an analysis of publi…
The Most Annoying Neighbor in This San Antonio Subdivision Is a Leaking Oil Well
A plugged oil well sits in the middle of a San Antonio subdivision, creating tensions between residents and energy operators in a Texas community buil…
Healey backs pro-growth case for Heathrow third runway after Burnham ducks issue
John Healey, the current Chancellor, has stated there is a pro-growth case for approving a third runway at Heathrow Airport, despite Prime Minister Ke…
Arizona Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Federal Government’s Plan for the Colorado River
Arizona has joined a lawsuit challenging the federal government's plan for Colorado River operations over the next decade. The Arizona Department of W…
Severe drought declared in six areas of England as reservoirs run low
A severe drought has been declared in six areas of England following record summer heat and critically low reservoir levels. Parts of Devon, Cornwall,…
New York Candidates for Governor Clash Over Energy Policy
New York's gubernatorial candidates presented opposing strategies for addressing rising electricity costs during their only debate. Incumbent Gov. Kat…
America’s AI ambitions threaten Indigenous lands in the Philippines
Indigenous Aeta communities in the Philippines are resisting plans for a massive tech hub development that threatens their ancestral lands, according …
Factcheck: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder
The UK Conservative Party's opposition booklet contains a doubled cost estimate for achieving net-zero emissions, according to Carbon Brief's factchec…
Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence
Turkey's designated host for Cop31 is calling on wealthy nations to increase climate spending beyond the 5% of GDP that NATO members commit to defence…
The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart
A bipartisan permitting reform proposal divides climate advocates over its approach to accelerating renewable energy development, according to Grist. …
The Northeast’s reliance on heating oil is turning into a crisis
# The Northeast's Reliance on Heating Oil Faces Winter Crisis Heating oil prices have surged following the war in Iran, creating a potential crisis f…
Supreme Court wrestles with who should pay for climate change
The Supreme Court is examining a Colorado lawsuit that seeks to hold Exxon Mobil and Suncor financially responsible for climate change damages. The ca…
Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona
Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, southeast Arizona, on Monday morning, clearing the way for contractors to fell the final …
Extreme heat left this student athlete on life support. He won’t be the last.
Matthew Mayich, a student athlete, ended up on life support after extreme heat exposure, highlighting gaps in heat illness prevention across athletics…
Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
# Optogenetics Wins the Nobel Prize for Brain Research Innovation Optogenetics has earned recognition through the Nobel Prize, marking a major milest…
New California Law Aims to Stop ‘Predatory’ Developers from Moving In on Wildfire-Ravaged Community
California enacted new legislation to prevent developers from exploiting wildfire-ravaged communities through aggressive land acquisition tactics. The…
Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction
Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a preliminary injunction Friday halting border wall construction in Texas's Big Bend sector, which includes nati…
America’s Largest Producer of Foundry Coke Is Operating Under an Expired Permit. Who Is at Fault?
ABC Coke, America's largest foundry coke producer, operates its Birmingham, Alabama facility under an expired air permit. The Southern Environmental L…
Under Trump, California’s clean car rules are essential — and vulnerable
The federal government has eliminated its vehicle emissions rules, creating vulnerability for California's clean car standards. California maintains i…
EU Weighs Delaying Methane Rules as Energy Prices Rise
The European Commission faces mounting pressure to delay enforcement of its methane emissions regulation as energy costs surge across the continent. F…
Watch: Climate Week Panel on China’s Global Development Push
China's Belt and Road Initiative has emerged as one of the largest determinants of global climate outcomes, yet its environmental impact remains poorl…
Corrupt Oil Money & Football (Soccer)
# Oil Billions Flow Into Global Football, Blurring Sports and Climate Politics Fossil fuel money has become deeply embedded in professional football,…
Norway Found A Real Bus Cyber Risk. It Didn’t Show It Was Chinese.
Norwegian transit authority Ruter discovered genuine cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a Chinese-manufactured Yutong electric bus during classified tes…
Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine
Environmental groups filed suit against the U.S. Department of Interior and other federal agencies this week, challenging the permitting of South32's …
New Sierra Club Analysis Shows U.S. Public Pensions Hold Billions in Fossil Fuel Bonds
The Sierra Club released analysis this week revealing that major U.S. public pension funds maintain billions of dollars in fossil fuel bonds, with inc…
Ameren Missouri Proposes Pollution-Heavy Future to Power Data Centers
Ameren Missouri, a major regional utility serving nearly 1.3 million customers across Missouri and Illinois, filed a controversial long-range energy p…
BAIC-Foton Debuts “Cavan Beacon” Freight Truck in Hannover
Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer BAIC-Foton announced an aggressive European expansion strategy at the IAA Transportation 2026 trade show in Ha…
Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?
Justice Samuel Alito announced his recusal Monday from a major climate case before the Supreme Court, reversing months of resistance to calls for his …
VLA 2.0 vs. FSD in Amsterdam — Part 2: Tesla Model 3
# Tesla's Full Self-Driving Faces European Challenges in Direct Amsterdam Comparison Tesla's Full Self-Driving system stumbles in real-world European…
Leipzig’s Hydrogen Garbage Trucks Fail The Tuesday Test
Leipzig's municipal waste collection program has exposed fundamental reliability problems with hydrogen fuel cell garbage trucks in real-world operati…
A coalmine on Trish’s Queensland farm has been abandoned. Will anyone clean it up?
Queensland's government is reviewing rehabilitation laws designed to prevent taxpayers from absorbing cleanup costs when coal mines close, creating un…
Ports Need More Capital As Their Bulk Cargo Base Shrinks
# Ports Face a Capital Crisis as Traditional Cargo Demand Collapses Port authorities confront a brutal infrastructure paradox. They must commit billi…
After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like?
# After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like? Nepal confronts a hard question after a glacier collapse and catastrophic floo…
Sierra Club’s Utility Report Card Shows NV Energy’s Sierra Pacific Power Company Receives Lowest Grade Yet
Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report on Tuesday, grading utilities nationwide on three metrics: coal retirement timelines, planned natura…
Groups Sue TVA Over Clean Air Act Violations at Kingston Site
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority on Thursday, charging that TVA violated the Clean Air Act by permitting co…
Tesla Claims Its Full Self Driving (FSD) Saves Lives, But Wants You To Pay $99/Month To Get It
Tesla has begun marketing its Full Self Driving (FSD) system as a lifesaving technology, citing reductions in traffic fatalities as justification for …
Waymo — Nearly 1,000 Avoided Injuries
Waymo released safety data claiming its autonomous vehicles have prevented nearly 1,000 injuries across 270 million miles of fully self-driving operat…
Utah Advocates Call for Air Agency to Hold Strong on Coal Plant Shutdown Date in Latest Regional Haze Plan
The Utah Division of Air Quality faced pressure this week to maintain a coal plant shutdown deadline as part of the state's updated regional haze plan…
Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
China released 72 five-year plans in the past year, with nearly three-quarters incorporating climate change policies or energy targets. This sprawl of…
AI’s Meet-Cute With Climate Denial
Trump dismisses climate science using a familiar talking point, conflating decades of environmental warnings with failed predictions in a Truth Social…
At the UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature
Panama introduced a sweeping proposal at the United Nations General Assembly this week to establish a binding international treaty recognizing nature …
Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant
# Corpus Christi Faces $235 Million Debt for Abandoned Desalination Project Corpus Christi city leaders declined this month to move forward with a st…
Glut Of Chinese Plug-In Hybrids Threatens European Automakers
The European Union's 2024 tariff strategy on Chinese electric vehicles has backfired in ways policymakers did not anticipate. By imposing duties speci…
Court Nixes Michigan’s Novel Antitrust Case Targeting Big Oil
A federal court in Michigan has dismissed a groundbreaking antitrust case brought by the state against ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell, and the America…
New National Sierra Club Report Spotlights We Energies Failing the Clean Energy Transition Amid Data Center Surge
The Sierra Club's 2026 Dirty Truth Report delivers a damning assessment of We Energies, the Wisconsin-based utility company serving 1.6 million custom…
NEW REPORT: Mississippi Power Failing to Lower Costs & Pollution
The Sierra Club's sixth annual Dirty Truth Report card has ranked Mississippi Power near the bottom of U.S. utilities for its environmental performanc…