Heatmap News · Jael Holzman
Aug 14, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez
South Africa's top court blocks Shell's offshore oil exploration — South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that Shell and its partners failed to consult affected communities and did not properly consider…
Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup
Evergy extends coal plants to power Midwest data centers as utility tariffs align — As utility tariff approvals make data center pipelines less speculative, Evergy doubles down on existing plants.
Canary Media · Dan McCarthy
Home battery installations climb despite loss of federal tax credits — See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . Last fall, as generous federal incentives for consumer cleantech were set to…
Heatmap News · Jael Holzman
Libertarian think tank shapes Republican data center energy policy — This week’s conversation is with Ryan Norris, senior fellow for energy policy at the Abundance Institute.
Heatmap News · Jael Holzman
Data center opposition falls short in Wisconsin as Trump envoy struggles to sway utilities — 1. Shelby County, Alabama — The Trump administration’s widening effort to intervene in rural energy project fights is facing an early test:…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Solar industry sees policy gains as tariff measures and subsidies advance — PV Talk: 'There’s a lot of good news here,' Hasan Nazar, head of policy at Crux, tells PV Tech Premium of the US solar policy landscape.
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Extreme heat tests performance of solar panels and battery storage systems — Photovoltaics rely on sunlight. Battery storage systems rely on absorbing and releasing energy precisely when the power grid needs it.
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Solar eclipse in U.S. produced comparable energy losses to higher-obscuration European events — In a new weekly update for pv magazine , Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the Aug.
Grist · Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
EPA removes cancer-risk air pollution data from public databases
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Ireland records 1,258 MW peak solar generation on grid ahead of eclipse — The solar coaster came to Ireland this week as EirGrid recorded an all-time high peak generation followed two days later by generation lows…
Grist · Frida Garza
Congress may block OSHA's federal heat standard before implementation
Utility Dive · Herman K. Trabish
Quantum computing power demand poses planning challenge for utilities — “The load profile is different from anything utilities have planned for before,” said Aparna Prabhakar, chief strategy and sustainability…
Guardian Environment · Rupert Jones
UK home searches for air conditioning surge amid summer heatwaves — Most owners would consider installing aircon as heatwaves lead buyers to focus on ability to stay cool, Rightmove says Searches for homes…
Guardian Environment · Gavin Blair in Tokyo
Heavy rain kills four in Japan, strands thousands at Tokyo airport — Evacuation orders issued for 400,000 as torrential rains hit Chiba prefecture as flooding risks remain high despite rainfall easing At…
Guardian Environment · Guardian staff and agencies
Romania shuts last nuclear reactor as Danube hits record low — Cernavoda shutdown poses immediate problems for Moldova, which relies on Romanian power to cover its own electricity shortages Romania has…
Guardian Environment · Jasper Jolly
UK government launches consultation on cutting EV sales targets to 50% by 2030 — Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwaves Andy Burnham’s…
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Carbon Brief · Anika Patel
China releases five-year climate plan targeting 2026-2030 period — China has published a new five-year plan for coal, the latest in a slew of important policy documents for the… The post Q&A: What does…
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Inside Climate News · Aman Azhar
Maryland records highest heat-related death toll with summer still ongoing — Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of heat-related deaths with…
Latitude Media · Catherine Boudreau
Pacific Northwest planners target 14 GW clean energy buildout by 2032 — Regional planners called for a massive expansion of solar, wind, and batteries to meet data center demand.
Aug 14, 2026 · 8:01 PM PT edition · 20 stories
Heatmap News · Jael Holzman
Trump administration considers farmland rule that could reshape renewables investment — The Trump administration is considering changing its interpretation of an obscure law related to farmland ownership to transform it into a…
CleanTechnica · Steve Hanley
European demand for Russian natural gas falls as renewables expand — There’s a line in a Bruce Springsteen song that goes like this: “Foreman says these jobs are going, and they ain’t comin’ back.” Something…
Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez
South Africa's top court blocks Shell's offshore oil exploration — South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that Shell and its partners failed to consult affected communities and did not properly consider…
Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup
Evergy extends coal plants to power Midwest data centers as utility tariffs align — As utility tariff approvals make data center pipelines less speculative, Evergy doubles down on existing plants.
Heatmap News · Jael Holzman
Libertarian think tank shapes Republican data center energy policy — This week’s conversation is with Ryan Norris, senior fellow for energy policy at the Abundance Institute.
Heatmap News · Jael Holzman
Data center opposition falls short in Wisconsin as Trump envoy struggles to sway utilities — 1. Shelby County, Alabama — The Trump administration’s widening effort to intervene in rural energy project fights is facing an early test:…
PV Tech · JP Casey
Solar industry sees policy gains as tariff measures and subsidies advance — PV Talk: 'There’s a lot of good news here,' Hasan Nazar, head of policy at Crux, tells PV Tech Premium of the US solar policy landscape.
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Extreme heat tests performance of solar panels and battery storage systems — Photovoltaics rely on sunlight. Battery storage systems rely on absorbing and releasing energy precisely when the power grid needs it.
PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini
Solar eclipse in U.S. produced comparable energy losses to higher-obscuration European events — In a new weekly update for pv magazine , Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the Aug.
Canary Media · Dan McCarthy
Home battery installations climb despite loss of federal tax credits — See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . Last fall, as generous federal incentives for consumer cleantech were set to…
Inside Climate News · Lisa Sorg
Data center PR campaigns draw scrutiny from rural communities over economic claims — HENDERSON, N.C.—On a recent summer evening Mitzi Parrott, who lives in Vance County, saw a television commercial on the evening news that…
Guardian Environment · Andy Beckett
British weather forecasts become politicized amid climate debate — Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that’s a problem for the experts – indeed, for all of…
Inside Climate News · Lisa Spear
Florida restricts lawsuits over radiation exposure from abandoned phosphate mines — “What happens when you get exposure to radioactivity?” Andy Mele remembers the man asking earnestly as he pulled up his shirt.
Grist · Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
EPA removes cancer-risk air pollution data from public databases
PV Magazine · Blathnaid O'Dea
Ireland records 1,258 MW peak solar generation on grid ahead of eclipse — The solar coaster came to Ireland this week as EirGrid recorded an all-time high peak generation followed two days later by generation lows…
Grist · Frida Garza
Congress may block OSHA's federal heat standard before implementation
Utility Dive · Herman K. Trabish
Quantum computing power demand poses planning challenge for utilities — “The load profile is different from anything utilities have planned for before,” said Aparna Prabhakar, chief strategy and sustainability…
Guardian Environment · Rupert Jones
UK home searches for air conditioning surge amid summer heatwaves — Most owners would consider installing aircon as heatwaves lead buyers to focus on ability to stay cool, Rightmove says Searches for homes…
Guardian Environment · Gavin Blair in Tokyo
Heavy rain kills four in Japan, strands thousands at Tokyo airport — Evacuation orders issued for 400,000 as torrential rains hit Chiba prefecture as flooding risks remain high despite rainfall easing At…
Guardian Environment · Jasper Jolly
UK government launches consultation to weaken 2030 EV sales targets — Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwaves Andy Burnham’s…
More: Carbon Brief, Electrek, Electrek, CleanTechnica