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Oct 5, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

More: Heatmap News, Inside Climate News

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Rivian Rolls to a New Record Quarter — The past three months have been crucial for Rivian, America’s biggest all-electric car company not run by Elon Musk.

Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo

What a President Can and Can’t Do Under the Senate Permitting Bill — One of the non-negotiables for Senate Democrats in putting together a bipartisan permitting bill was to limit the president’s ability to…

Inside Climate News · Stephanie Casanova, AZ Luminaria

Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona — Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

Virginia’s new energy plan: Make the AI boom work for — not against — us — For well over a year, the twin problems of rising utility bills and soaring electric demand spurred by the AI boom have consumed the energy…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Virginia hearing examiner tells Dominion to release memo on FPL investigation — Dominion said the memo wasn’t relevant to its merger with NextEra Energy, but Clean Virginia, a customer advocacy group, said it speaks to…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

🌎 Fervo flips the switch #316 — Our Q&A with Fervo COO after Cape Station commercial operation

Utility Dive · Zoya Mirza

Amazon, Constellation sign 20-year PPA to expand Maryland nuclear plant — The tech giant and energy producer are backing improvements and renovations at the 1,790-MW Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, the state’s…

Guardian Environment · Matthew Pearce

Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power — Party in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policy Green party members have voted to…

Utility Dive · Joe Burns

Heat pumps, electric water heaters continue to gain ground: reports — Mandates and long-term trends toward electrification are supporting demand for these HVAC technologies despite federal headwinds.

Guardian Environment · Katharine Gammon in Los Angeles

Snakes, bobcats, mountain lions: the secret animal world beneath the Hollywood sign — An international symbol for the city, the sign is also hallmark of the region’s environmental richness Atop Mount Lee, in the heart of Los…

EIA Today in Energy

Crude oil prices and refinery margins generally increased throughout the third quarter — Petroleum markets in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26) were characterized by increasing prices for crude oil and petroleum products amid…

Climate Home News · Mohamed Adow

Africa should not have to adapt to an unjust climate system — Adaptation must go beyond infrastructure and resilience to address colonial extraction, unequal development and debt dependency, which…

Guardian Environment · Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Man caught with 300 tortoises and 77 parrots bound for Malta at Sicilian port — Italian police say Maltese citizen under investigation for smuggling after animals found packed in car A Maltese man is facing animal…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Sumitomo invests in 500MW/200MWh solar-wind-storage project in India — Japanese trading company Sumitomo has invested in a utility-scale renewable energy park combining solar PV, wind and energy storage in…

PV Magazine · Brian Publicover

Flooded solar plant in Japan catches fire after typhoon — A solar plant east of Tokyo caught fire in late September after typhoon floodwater submerged its electrical equipment – a post-flood risk…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Waaree Energies commissions 1.1GW PV inverter nameplate capacity — Waaree Power Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian PV cell and module manufacturer Waaree Energies, has started commercial…

More: PV Magazine

PV Magazine · Ryan Kennedy

First Solar sues JA Solar and American Panel Solutions over TOPCon patents — The largest U.S. solar manufacturer has escalated its legal push against imported TOPCon cell technology, filing a patent infringement suit…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Enel finalises 270MW US solar PV portfolio acquisition — Enel has completed the acquisition of seven PV sites in the Southern US, via its wholly-owned subsidiary, Enel Green Power North America.

Climate Home News · Megan Rowling

At pre-COP, UN climate chief warns of heat threat to mothers and babies — The spotlight on maternal health came on the first day of the pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji, where Pacific concerns are set to top the agenda…

Oct 5, 2026 · 8:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Where are the barriers to flexible interconnection? — A live conversation with a utility and an RTO at GridFwd 2026 on the kinks that still need to be worked out.

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

More: Heatmap News, Inside Climate News

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Rivian Rolls to a New Record Quarter — The past three months have been crucial for Rivian, America’s biggest all-electric car company not run by Elon Musk.

Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo

What a President Can and Can’t Do Under the Senate Permitting Bill — One of the non-negotiables for Senate Democrats in putting together a bipartisan permitting bill was to limit the president’s ability to…

Inside Climate News · Stephanie Casanova, AZ Luminaria

Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona — Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

Virginia’s new energy plan: Make the AI boom work for — not against — us — For well over a year, the twin problems of rising utility bills and soaring electric demand spurred by the AI boom have consumed the energy…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Virginia hearing examiner tells Dominion to release memo on FPL investigation — Dominion said the memo wasn’t relevant to its merger with NextEra Energy, but Clean Virginia, a customer advocacy group, said it speaks to…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

🌎 Fervo flips the switch #316 — Our Q&A with Fervo COO after Cape Station commercial operation

Utility Dive · Zoya Mirza

Amazon, Constellation sign 20-year PPA to expand Maryland nuclear plant — The tech giant and energy producer are backing improvements and renovations at the 1,790-MW Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, the state’s…

Guardian Environment · Matthew Pearce

Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power — Party in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policy Green party members have voted to…

Utility Dive · Joe Burns

Heat pumps, electric water heaters continue to gain ground: reports — Mandates and long-term trends toward electrification are supporting demand for these HVAC technologies despite federal headwinds.

Guardian Environment · Katharine Gammon in Los Angeles

Snakes, bobcats, mountain lions: the secret animal world beneath the Hollywood sign — An international symbol for the city, the sign is also hallmark of the region’s environmental richness Atop Mount Lee, in the heart of Los…

EIA Today in Energy

Crude oil prices and refinery margins generally increased throughout the third quarter — Petroleum markets in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26) were characterized by increasing prices for crude oil and petroleum products amid…

Climate Home News · Mohamed Adow

Africa should not have to adapt to an unjust climate system — Adaptation must go beyond infrastructure and resilience to address colonial extraction, unequal development and debt dependency, which…

Guardian Environment · Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Man caught with 300 tortoises and 77 parrots bound for Malta at Sicilian port — Italian police say Maltese citizen under investigation for smuggling after animals found packed in car A Maltese man is facing animal…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Sumitomo invests in 500MW/200MWh solar-wind-storage project in India — Japanese trading company Sumitomo has invested in a utility-scale renewable energy park combining solar PV, wind and energy storage in…

PV Magazine · Brian Publicover

Flooded solar plant in Japan catches fire after typhoon — A solar plant east of Tokyo caught fire in late September after typhoon floodwater submerged its electrical equipment – a post-flood risk…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Waaree Energies commissions 1.1GW PV inverter nameplate capacity — Waaree Power Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian PV cell and module manufacturer Waaree Energies, has started commercial…

More: PV Magazine

PV Magazine · Ryan Kennedy

First Solar sues JA Solar and American Panel Solutions over TOPCon patents — The largest U.S. solar manufacturer has escalated its legal push against imported TOPCon cell technology, filing a patent infringement suit…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Enel finalises 270MW US solar PV portfolio acquisition — Enel has completed the acquisition of seven PV sites in the Southern US, via its wholly-owned subsidiary, Enel Green Power North America.

Oct 5, 2026 · 11:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Tech · George Heynes

Australia’s utility PV curtailment drops to 22% in September as renewables output hits 5.44TWh — Australia's utility-scale solar and wind assets generated a combined 5.44TWh across the NEM in September 2026.

More: PV Tech

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Where are the barriers to flexible interconnection? — A live conversation with a utility and an RTO at GridFwd 2026 on the kinks that still need to be worked out.

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

More: Heatmap News, Inside Climate News

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Rivian Rolls to a New Record Quarter — The past three months have been crucial for Rivian, America’s biggest all-electric car company not run by Elon Musk.

Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo

What a President Can and Can’t Do Under the Senate Permitting Bill — One of the non-negotiables for Senate Democrats in putting together a bipartisan permitting bill was to limit the president’s ability to…

Guardian Environment · Adam Morton in Funafuti, Tuvalu

Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘not open for renegotiation’, Pacific leader tells pre-Cop — International leaders visit Tuvalu as part of climate talks co-hosted by Australia ahead of Cop31 conference Pacific island leaders have…

More: Guardian Environment

Inside Climate News · Stephanie Casanova, AZ Luminaria

Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona — Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

Virginia’s new energy plan: Make the AI boom work for — not against — us — For well over a year, the twin problems of rising utility bills and soaring electric demand spurred by the AI boom have consumed the energy…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Virginia hearing examiner tells Dominion to release memo on FPL investigation — Dominion said the memo wasn’t relevant to its merger with NextEra Energy, but Clean Virginia, a customer advocacy group, said it speaks to…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

🌎 Fervo flips the switch #316 — Our Q&A with Fervo COO after Cape Station commercial operation

Utility Dive · Zoya Mirza

Amazon, Constellation sign 20-year PPA to expand Maryland nuclear plant — The tech giant and energy producer are backing improvements and renovations at the 1,790-MW Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, the state’s…

Guardian Environment · Matthew Pearce

Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power — Party in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policy Green party members have voted to…

Utility Dive · Joe Burns

Heat pumps, electric water heaters continue to gain ground: reports — Mandates and long-term trends toward electrification are supporting demand for these HVAC technologies despite federal headwinds.

Guardian Environment · Katharine Gammon in Los Angeles

Snakes, bobcats, mountain lions: the secret animal world beneath the Hollywood sign — An international symbol for the city, the sign is also hallmark of the region’s environmental richness Atop Mount Lee, in the heart of Los…

EIA Today in Energy

Crude oil prices and refinery margins generally increased throughout the third quarter — Petroleum markets in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26) were characterized by increasing prices for crude oil and petroleum products amid…

Climate Home News · Mohamed Adow

Africa should not have to adapt to an unjust climate system — Adaptation must go beyond infrastructure and resilience to address colonial extraction, unequal development and debt dependency, which…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Sumitomo invests in 500MW/200MWh solar-wind-storage project in India — Japanese trading company Sumitomo has invested in a utility-scale renewable energy park combining solar PV, wind and energy storage in…

PV Magazine · Brian Publicover

Flooded solar plant in Japan catches fire after typhoon — A solar plant east of Tokyo caught fire in late September after typhoon floodwater submerged its electrical equipment – a post-flood risk…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Waaree Energies commissions 1.1GW PV inverter nameplate capacity — Waaree Power Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian PV cell and module manufacturer Waaree Energies, has started commercial…

More: PV Magazine

PV Magazine · Ryan Kennedy

First Solar sues JA Solar and American Panel Solutions over TOPCon patents — The largest U.S. solar manufacturer has escalated its legal push against imported TOPCon cell technology, filing a patent infringement suit…

Oct 6, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Utility solar generation reaches record highs in Australia — Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants…

More: PV Tech, PV Tech

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

What’s driving Europe’s battery boom? Insights from EUPD Research’s Business Climate Survey and Storage Report — Europe’s battery storage market is projected to nearly double from 34 GWh in 2025 to 65 GWh in 2026, driven primarily by utility-scale…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Spain and Portugal record Europe’s highest number of hours with negative electricity prices in Q2 — Spain and Portugal recorded the highest number of hours with negative electricity prices in Europe in the second quarter of 2026, according…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Mixed self-assembled monolayer enables 18.88% efficiency in 5.2 cm² inverted perovskite solar cell — Researchers in India have developed an inverted perovskite solar cell based on a mixed self-assembled monolayer (SAM) that improves film…

Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez

Race to host High Seas Treaty HQ heats up as Chile reaffirms bid — Chile’s ocean protection record and concerns over a rival Chinese bid keep it in play, despite questions over the Kast government’s…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Where are the barriers to flexible interconnection? — A live conversation with a utility and an RTO at GridFwd 2026 on the kinks that still need to be worked out.

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

More: Heatmap News, Inside Climate News

Heatmap News · Robinson Meyer

Rivian Rolls to a New Record Quarter — The past three months have been crucial for Rivian, America’s biggest all-electric car company not run by Elon Musk.

Heatmap News · Emily Pontecorvo

What a President Can and Can’t Do Under the Senate Permitting Bill — One of the non-negotiables for Senate Democrats in putting together a bipartisan permitting bill was to limit the president’s ability to…

Guardian Environment · Adam Morton in Funafuti, Tuvalu

Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘not open for renegotiation’, Pacific leader tells pre-Cop — International leaders visit Tuvalu as part of climate talks co-hosted by Australia ahead of Cop31 conference Pacific island leaders have…

More: Guardian Environment

Inside Climate News · Stephanie Casanova, AZ Luminaria

Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona — Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing…

Canary Media · Elizabeth Ouzts

Virginia’s new energy plan: Make the AI boom work for — not against — us — For well over a year, the twin problems of rising utility bills and soaring electric demand spurred by the AI boom have consumed the energy…

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Virginia hearing examiner tells Dominion to release memo on FPL investigation — Dominion said the memo wasn’t relevant to its merger with NextEra Energy, but Clean Virginia, a customer advocacy group, said it speaks to…

Sightline Climate (CTVC) · CTVC

🌎 Fervo flips the switch #316 — Our Q&A with Fervo COO after Cape Station commercial operation

Utility Dive · Zoya Mirza

Amazon, Constellation sign 20-year PPA to expand Maryland nuclear plant — The tech giant and energy producer are backing improvements and renovations at the 1,790-MW Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, the state’s…

Guardian Environment · Matthew Pearce

Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power — Party in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policy Green party members have voted to…

Utility Dive · Joe Burns

Heat pumps, electric water heaters continue to gain ground: reports — Mandates and long-term trends toward electrification are supporting demand for these HVAC technologies despite federal headwinds.

Oct 6, 2026 · 5:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Guardian Environment · Maya Yang

US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds — For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says US households are…

More: Inside Climate News

Heatmap News · Katie Brigham

Exclusive: Blaze Energy Raises $6.5 Million for Low-Carbon Shipping Retrofits — The shipping industry has a dilemma. The European Union and other jurisdictions are increasingly requiring vessels to cut their carbon…

Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights — Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year Drax’s planned…

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 — Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it…

Climate Home News · Helen Popper

Australia’s COP31 legacy should not be coal mines and hypocrisy — Still without a coal phase-out plan, Australia must course-correct to earn the mantle it has been given and do right by the Pacific nations…

PV Magazine · Ryan Kennedy

Heliene launches all-black solar module for residential rooftops — The North American module manufacturer has introduced its 108HC M10 SL All-Black residential solar panel, offering power outputs up to 410…

PV Magazine · Mark Hutchins

Spacebound silicon — Solar has a long history in powering satellites and space exploration, and high-powered devices based on multijunction PV cells made from…

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

Gas stoves put restaurant cooks’ health at risk, new study finds — In restaurant kitchens around the U.S., cooks are toiling away to create mouthwatering meals, from bibimbap to spaghetti puttanesca.

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Utility solar generation reaches record highs in Australia — Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants…

More: PV Tech, PV Tech

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Amy Nordrum

2026 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

More: MIT Technology Review · Climate

MIT Technology Review · Climate · You Xiaoying

WeLion New Energy and its semi-solid-state batteries — WeLion New Energy is on a quest to make safer, better batteries. The company’s semi-solid-state cells could improve safety and offer…

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Jonathan W. Rosen

Form Energy and its iron batteries — Form Energy is building iron-based batteries that can store energy for multiple days.

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Indian startup claims over 1,500 cycles for sodium-ion cell with Prussian white cathode — Indian startup Macsen Energy claims its Prussian white-based sodium-ion battery cell has exceeded 1,500 charge-discharge cycles in…

Inside Climate News · Leana Carbonez

Development Becomes a Flashpoint in a Key New York House Race — NY-17: The third in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races.

Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez

Race to host High Seas Treaty HQ heats up as Chile reaffirms bid — Chile’s ocean protection record and concerns over a rival Chinese bid keep it in play, despite questions over the Kast government’s…

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Where are the barriers to flexible interconnection? — A live conversation with a utility and an RTO at GridFwd 2026 on the kinks that still need to be worked out.

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

More: Heatmap News, Inside Climate News

Oct 6, 2026 · 8:00 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Guardian Environment · Maya Yang

US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds — For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says US households are…

More: Inside Climate News

Guardian Environment · Jimmy Tobias

Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’ — John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Saudi 250MW solar PV site is base for endangered species breeding programme — A 250MW solar park in the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve will be the site of a scheme to reintroduce endangered sand gazelles…

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Greenland Green Lights a Major Rare Earths Mine —

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Wireless bipolar electrodes raise zinc-air battery power by 80% — Researchers in Spain and Argentina have developed a zinc-air battery architecture that increases power output by up to 80% by reducing…

PV Tech · Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Quality issues raise PV systems’ LCOE more than 20% – HelioVolta — Poor solar PV project quality can increase the levelised cost of energy of a PV system by more than 20%, according to a report by…

Heatmap News · Katie Brigham

Exclusive: Blaze Energy Raises $6.5 Million for Low-Carbon Shipping Retrofits — The shipping industry has a dilemma. The European Union and other jurisdictions are increasingly requiring vessels to cut their carbon…

PV Magazine · Brian Publicover

Japan proposes four categories for priority commercial solar support — Japan wants to prioritize future subsidies for new commercial solar projects it considers compatible with local communities, as…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

German startup offers AI platform to accelerate battery storage engineering — German startup Morreon has developed an AI-based platform to streamline engineering, design optimization, tendering, and project scheduling…

Guardian Environment · Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights — Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year Drax’s planned…

TechCrunch Climate · Tim De Chant

Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 — Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it…

Climate Home News · Helen Popper

Australia’s COP31 legacy should not be coal mines and hypocrisy — Still without a coal phase-out plan, Australia must course-correct to earn the mantle it has been given and do right by the Pacific nations…

Canary Media · Alison F. Takemura

Gas stoves put restaurant cooks’ health at risk, new study finds — In restaurant kitchens around the U.S., cooks are toiling away to create mouthwatering meals, from bibimbap to spaghetti puttanesca.

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Utility solar generation reaches record highs in Australia — Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants…

More: PV Tech, PV Tech

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Amy Nordrum

2026 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

More: MIT Technology Review · Climate

MIT Technology Review · Climate · You Xiaoying

WeLion New Energy and its semi-solid-state batteries — WeLion New Energy is on a quest to make safer, better batteries. The company’s semi-solid-state cells could improve safety and offer…

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Jonathan W. Rosen

Form Energy and its iron batteries — Form Energy is building iron-based batteries that can store energy for multiple days.

Inside Climate News · Leana Carbonez

Development Becomes a Flashpoint in a Key New York House Race — NY-17: The third in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races.

Oct 6, 2026 · 11:01 AM PT edition · 20 stories

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

Clean energy industry backs permitting bill as environmental groups oppose — A new federal permitting bill is a huge deal for clean energy. So why are environmental groups fighting it?

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

Maryland awards 440 MW of battery storage in first procurement, falls short of 800-MW target — The first round of awards under the Maryland Next Generation Energy Act fell short of the state’s 800-MW target as the PJM…

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

DOE plans $4.2B loan to Vistra for nuclear capacity upgrades — The loan would cover 433 MW of uprates at Vistra’s nuclear plants and preserve around 4 GW of existing capacity to help meet growing demand…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Europe battery storage capacity projected to nearly double to 65 GWh by 2026 — Europe’s battery storage market is projected to nearly double from 34 GWh in 2025 to 65 GWh in 2026, driven primarily by utility-scale…

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Greenland approves major rare earth mine project outside China —

PV Magazine · Brian Publicover

Japan to end solar subsidies for ground-mounted projects in 2027 — Japan wants to prioritize future subsidies for new commercial solar projects it considers compatible with local communities, as…

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Australia's utility solar output hits record as renewables surge 7% year-over-year — Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants…

More: PV Tech, PV Tech

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Poland opens €258 million home storage subsidy for existing prosumers — Poland's latest subsidy scheme will offer existing prosumers support to purchase and install home storage units.

Climate Home News · Helen Popper

Australia faces pressure to adopt coal phaseout before hosting COP31 — Still without a coal phase-out plan, Australia must course-correct to earn the mantle it has been given and do right by the Pacific nations…

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Casey Crownhart

Energy Dome's CO2 battery technology targets long-duration grid storage gap — There’s a growing need for long-duration storage to meet energy demand and balance out renewables on the grid.

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Geoffrey Kamadi

BasiGo expands electric bus fleet in sub-Saharan Africa with pay-as-you-drive model — BasiGo aims to replace the tens of thousands of diesel-powered buses on sub-Saharan African roads with electric ones that generate far…

Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez

Chile reaffirms bid to host High Seas Treaty headquarters — Chile’s ocean protection record and concerns over a rival Chinese bid keep it in play, despite questions over the Kast government’s…

Guardian Environment · Maya Yang

US water bills rise 62% in decade, outpacing inflation and household income — For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says US households are…

More: Inside Climate News

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Constellation, Google and Amazon sign 20-year nuclear PPAs totaling 1.1 GW — Constellation Energy has signed 20-year power purchase agreements with both Google and Amazon in the last week, supporting almost 1.1 GW of…

More: Utility Dive

Electrek · Reinette LeJeune

Amazon Prime Day features discounts on power stations, e-bikes, and green tech — It’s the very first day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, and we’ve got a jam-packed edition of Green Deals for you, with the many…

More: Electrek, Electrek

Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Panelists discuss remaining obstacles to flexible grid interconnection — A live conversation with a utility and an RTO at GridFwd 2026 on the kinks that still need to be worked out.

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

Supreme Court hears oil companies' bid to block climate liability lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

More: Heatmap News, Inside Climate News

Oct 6, 2026 · 2:00 PM PT edition · 20 stories

Latitude Media · Stephen Lacey

Clean energy industry backs permitting bill as environmental groups oppose — A new federal permitting bill is a huge deal for clean energy. So why are environmental groups fighting it?

Utility Dive · Brian Martucci

Maryland awards 440 MW of battery storage in first procurement, falls short of 800-MW target — The first round of awards under the Maryland Next Generation Energy Act fell short of the state’s 800-MW target as the PJM…

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi

DOE plans $4.2B loan to Vistra for nuclear capacity upgrades — The loan would cover 433 MW of uprates at Vistra’s nuclear plants and preserve around 4 GW of existing capacity to help meet growing demand…

Heatmap News · Alexander C. Kaufman

Greenland approves major rare earth mine project outside China —

PV Magazine · Brian Publicover

Japan to end solar subsidies for ground-mounted projects in 2027 — Japan wants to prioritize future subsidies for new commercial solar projects it considers compatible with local communities, as…

PV Magazine · David Carroll

Australia's utility solar output hits record as renewables surge 7% year-over-year — Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants…

More: PV Tech, PV Tech

PV Magazine · Patrick Jowett

Poland opens €258 million home storage subsidy for existing prosumers — Poland's latest subsidy scheme will offer existing prosumers support to purchase and install home storage units.

Climate Home News · Helen Popper

Australia faces pressure to adopt coal phaseout before hosting COP31 — Still without a coal phase-out plan, Australia must course-correct to earn the mantle it has been given and do right by the Pacific nations…

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Casey Crownhart

Energy Dome's CO2 battery technology targets long-duration grid storage gap — There’s a growing need for long-duration storage to meet energy demand and balance out renewables on the grid.

MIT Technology Review · Climate · Geoffrey Kamadi

BasiGo expands electric bus fleet in sub-Saharan Africa with pay-as-you-drive model — BasiGo aims to replace the tens of thousands of diesel-powered buses on sub-Saharan African roads with electric ones that generate far…

PV Magazine · Emiliano Bellini

Europe battery storage capacity projected to nearly double to 65 GWh by 2026 — Europe’s battery storage market is projected to nearly double from 34 GWh in 2025 to 65 GWh in 2026, driven primarily by utility-scale…

Climate Home News · Sebastian Rodriguez

Chile reaffirms bid to host High Seas Treaty headquarters — Chile’s ocean protection record and concerns over a rival Chinese bid keep it in play, despite questions over the Kast government’s…

Guardian Environment · Maya Yang

US water bills rise 62% in decade, outpacing inflation and household income — For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says US households are…

More: Inside Climate News

Utility Dive · Robert Walton

Constellation, Google and Amazon sign 20-year nuclear PPAs totaling 1.1 GW — Constellation Energy has signed 20-year power purchase agreements with both Google and Amazon in the last week, supporting almost 1.1 GW of…

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Electrek · Reinette LeJeune

Amazon Prime Day features discounts on power stations, e-bikes, and green tech — It’s the very first day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, and we’ve got a jam-packed edition of Green Deals for you, with the many…

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Latitude Media · Maeve Allsup

Panelists discuss remaining obstacles to flexible grid interconnection — A live conversation with a utility and an RTO at GridFwd 2026 on the kinks that still need to be worked out.

Guardian Environment · Hilary Beaumont

Supreme Court hears oil companies' bid to block climate liability lawsuits — Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level The US supreme court begins its new…

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