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A man with a hard hat and neon vest on, posing in front of an oil refinery

Germany to abandon fossil fuels by 2045. How does the rest of Europe compare?

Germany has become the third country in Europe to unveil a national roadmap away from fossil fuels. But experts say targets still 'fall short'.
www.euronews.com
Aerial view of Panama Canal on the Atlantic side

At the UN, Panama champions a universal declaration on the rights of nature

Panama’s center-right president called on world leaders to adopt a new non-binding treaty, building on his nation’s own national rights of nature laws.
insideclimatenews.org
Al Gore and Kevin Wall at a press conference to announce the Global Climate Crisis Campaign Concert "Save Our Selves". California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA. 01-15-07

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight

The former U.S. vice president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary.

www.theguardian.com
The Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan

Carbon capture proposals draw mixed responses from environmental groups in Michigan House committee

As Michigan continues to examine its options for meeting its 100% clean energy goal, members of the state House gathered to consider a slate of bills to give the state authority over efforts to capture and store carbon emissions.
michiganadvance.com
Two workers in blue jumpsuits and white hard hats looking at industrial equipment

Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust

Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative, and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.

hechingerreport.org
Seemingly chaotic Cairo rooftops

The solar boom in developing nations: Fast, chaotic, and unequal

Soaring energy costs are driving a solar rush in developing countries, but as households unplug from the grid, those who remain face higher electricity bills. If governments fail to manage the buildout, the growth of solar could destabilize power systems and deepen economic inequality.
e360.yale.edu
A view of the entrance to the United Nations building with rows of world flags lined along a green lawn

Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
insideclimatenews.org
A person lighting a match on a gas stove

‘World’s largest untapped energy source’: How waste heat could help Europe end its reliance on gas

“We are throwing away energy that we have already paid for."
www.euronews.com
An illustration of a geothermal power plant

A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it

Geothermal companies face tough tradeoffs over water as they aim to power the data center buildout in western states.

grist.org
An aerial view of a wastewater plant

Researchers may have solved wastewater's climate problem

Scientists expected their artificial floating wetland to help only after cleaning the water. Instead, greenhouse gas emissions dropped months earlier, and nobody is sure exactly why.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Workman installing solar panels on a residential roof

Rhode Island judge reverses Trump administration’s cancellation of $7B solar grant program

Rhode Island District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy ruled federal administrators broke the law when they canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program after awards had already been given to recipients nationwide.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
Sheep and solar energy photovoltaic panels against a sunny sky. Agrivoltaics in action.

Minnesota project shows promise of mixing farming, solar power

Winifred Sylvah picked a handful of plump cucumbers on a cold, wet September morning as raindrops trickled off rows of solar panels in the background.
sahanjournal.com
A government building in a downtown area with a tall building in the background

How to stick up for renewable energy projects near you

Showing up at local government hearings to support a proposed wind, solar, or battery project could be the most effective climate action you ever take.
www.canarymedia.com
An open door in the middle of a desert with a sunset behind

Opinion: We have a climate imagination problem

We’re missing an emotional architecture for change: how it feels to want a different future and believe we can reach it, writes Solitaire Townsend.
time.com
Aerial drone view of oil storage tanks in foreground with oil refinery behind.

How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports

Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict-of-interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’.

www.theguardian.com
A housing tract with a house with solar panels on the roof

Judge says US EPA illegally canceled $7B solar program

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans.
apnews.com
Himalayan lakes along Padum Trek, Ladakh, India.

Nepal’s Gen Z is taking on the world’s polluters over climate disasters

The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.
www.nytimes.com
Pipelines extending toward a geothermal energy plant with steam rising from it

Mazama Energy raises $135M for superhot geothermal at Oregon volcano

The startup hit a milestone last year when it drilled the world’s hottest next-gen geothermal well. Now it’s working to prove its tech can scale commercially.

www.canarymedia.com
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