External news feed — curated content from leading climate and ESG publishers.
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¡Llegamos a Madrid! Waymo is Coming to Spainby Press Release on October 21, 2026
Today, we are excited to announce that Waymo is laying the groundwork for our fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Spain, beginning with the […]
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World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN saysby EHN Curators on October 21, 2026
Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to the United Nation's environment body.
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World Bank and IMF should lead the financial system in responding to the climate crisisby Sandra Guzmán Luna on October 14, 2026
Multilateral development banks have a vital role to play in delivering on donors' climate finance promises and protecting the most vulnerable The […]
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Who shapes climate science? The equity question facing the IPCCby Megan Rowling on October 16, 2026
Early completion of the next global climate science assessment reports risks excluding research from the Global South, which is key to ensuring the […]
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Where fossil fuels are lurking in your home — room by roomby EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
Tour our miniature dream house to see how oil and gas became part of everyday products.
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What’s on the climate calendar for October 2026?by Matteo Civillini on October 1, 2026
Brazilians are heading to the polls, diplomats are gathering in the Pacific for pre-COP, and it's crunch time for the IPCC The post What’s on the […]
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What is driving the global resurgence of mangrove forests?by EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
After decades of losses, mangrove trees are gaining ground on coastlines around the world, often in places they have never grown before. […]
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What Can Grid Flexibility Actually Do Here?by Michael Barnard on October 23, 2026
Grid flexibility is not one resource or one number. A new open TFIE Strategy report maps how batteries, demand, networks, interconnection and other […]
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Washington state’s new cooling law protects farm workers. But do they know about it?by EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
As extreme heat intensifies in the Pacific Northwest, the state has expanded protections for renters who want to air-condition their homes.
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Under US pressure, World Bank says it will back gas “where appropriate”by Joe Lo on October 16, 2026
The US wants the World Bank to expand its gas support while climate campaigners are pushing for it to end - its head spoke this week of limited […]
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Ultium Cells to Bring LMR Prismatic Battery Cell Production to Tennessee for Future GM EVsby Guest Contributor on October 19, 2026
Spring Hill, Tennessee is blazing a new trail in battery technology, as Ultium Cells LLC — a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy […]
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US extreme weather survivors are a growing group — now they want to be a political forceby EHN Curators on October 21, 2026
At a gathering in Texas, near where floods killed 136 people last year, survivors are united on the need for urgent action
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US Tech Leaders Are Urgently Calling for Rules on AI — China Already Has Themby Guest Contributor on October 24, 2026
Recent warnings from American AI leaders have created the impression that the world is only beginning to confront the dangers of advanced artificial […]
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UN’s loss and damage fund set to give Nepal $20m for flood recoveryby Joe Lo on October 16, 2026
The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage is expected to allocate funds to respond to Nepal’s floods at an extraordinary board meeting on […]
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UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’by Carbon Brief Staff on October 21, 2026
A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN… […]
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UN sets steep emission cuts to reverse 1.5C overshoot by end of centuryby Vivian Chime on October 21, 2026
Emissions must by reduced by nearly 6% a year for the world to have a good chance of bringing global warming back down to the Paris Agreement limit, […]
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UN carbon market forces cookstove projects to protect against forest lossby Matteo Civillini on October 12, 2026
Despite lobbying for an exemption, the UN regulator has for the first time made cookstove projects cover the risk that the trees they save are later […]
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UK approves gas drilling despite admitting blow to “climate leadership” statusby Joe Lo on October 21, 2026
The government accepts that approving the Jackdaw field will weaken its climate reputation and downplays the legal weight of the International Court […]
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Twenty years after California’s landmark climate law, the state is not on track to meet its targetsby EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
California’s landmark 2006 climate law helped the state meet its first emissions target six years early, but upcoming goals are harder to reach.
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Turkish giant sponsoring COP31 cut climate goals then cashed in on oil boomby Matteo Civillini on October 21, 2026
COP31 sponsors should be screened for “climate integrity”. Yet Koç Holding has become a top partner while its oil refiner runs flat out and its […]
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Top Investor Predicts SpaceX Will Buy Tesla At $420/Share In Coming Weeksby Z. S. on October 20, 2026
There’s been a lot of chatter in recent days, weeks, and months about the possibility that SpaceX and Tesla will merge. Elon Musk has been a fan of […]
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Threatened by rising seas, small islands secure right to keep their statehoodby Sebastian Rodriguez on September 24, 2026
Efforts to protect marine ecosystems and coastal communities have risen up the political agenda at the UN General Assembly in New York The post […]
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This year’s powerful El Niño may preview California’s climate futureby EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
Researchers warn that this winter’s El Niño impacts could be a window into the future, with higher seas and more intense storms.
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The case for low-carbon bamboo fuel starts at $2.75 a gallonby EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
The fastest-growing plant on Earth can be turned into biocrude with almost no waste. A new study finds it emits 26 times less carbon than petroleum […]
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The Treason Party Soldiers On, But At Least The War On EVs Is Fizzling Outby Tina Casey on October 20, 2026
The US EV start up Slate Auto has opened for business in Chicago, in yet another indication that the war on EVs is fizzling out. The post The Treason […]
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The Economics Of Climate Free Riding Have Changedby Michael Barnard on October 20, 2026
For much of the climate-policy era, national self-interest and climate action could plausibly point in different directions. A country could let […]
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The EU Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation: The Industrial & Economic Benefits of “Made-in-EU” Electric Company Carsby Transport & Environment (T&E) on October 21, 2026
New independent modelling by Fraunhofer ISI shows that implementation of the Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation could deliver up to €48bn in value […]
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The All New, Never Seen Anything Like It, Fourth Generation EV Platform From GMby Steve Hanley on October 22, 2026
At a splashy GM Forward event in New York City on October 21, General Motors laid out its plans to remain relevant in the auto manufacturing […]
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Tesla Reports A Great 3rd Quarter, Robotaxi & FSD Finally Taking Offby Paul Fosse on October 22, 2026
I haven’t covered a Tesla earnings release and call in a while, but I thought I’d give a quick summary since this quarter was pretty interesting. […]
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States Continue to Make Progress on EV Charging Infrastructureby Sierra Club on October 22, 2026
Sierra Club Urges Congress to Reauthorize EV Charging Program in Upcoming Funding Deal WASHINGTON, D.C. — The national electric vehicle (EV) […]
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Solar Power Keeps Insisting Upon Itself, Red State Or Blueby Tina Casey on October 22, 2026
Solar power has helped keep wholesale electricity rates down in Texas and California over the past five years, regardless of partisan politics and […]
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Sierra Club, Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Aimed at Restoring Protections for Threatened Wildlifeby Sierra Club on October 22, 2026
Butte, MT — On Wednesday, conservation groups sued to overturn a Trump administration rule that leaves threatened wildlife with no certain, […]
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Sierra Club Applauds Approval for Ameren Missouri’s New Solar & Storage Projectsby Sierra Club on October 23, 2026
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Yesterday, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Ameren Missouri’s proposal to build solar and storage projects. […]
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SE Asia speeds up plan for connected clean power grid after oil shockby Chloé Farand on October 13, 2026
Countries are redoubling efforts to link their grids to bolster energy security and reduce their dependence on fossil fuels - but many challenges […]
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Ron DeSantis Statue Melts in Rising Temperatures He Spent 8 Years Denying; Climate Change Non-Profit 350 Action, Art Collective Uncommon Creative Studio, and M ss ng P eces Staged a Striking Midterm-Season Installationby Press Release on October 24, 2026
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — On Tuesday, a life-size statue of Ron DeSantis began melting shortly after it was unveiled in front of supporters and […]
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Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity billsby Simon Evans on October 21, 2026
A surge in wholesale costs driven by expensive gas is responsible for nearly 90% of the rise in UK household… The post Revealed: Expensive gas […]
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Rapid Transition to Electric Company Cars Could Generate 344,000 EU Jobs by 2030 — Studyby Transport & Environment (T&E) on October 21, 2026
Setting targets on companies to go electric and limiting financial support only for company cars that are electric and Made-in-EU would see economic […]
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Race to host High Seas Treaty HQ heats up as Chile reaffirms bidby Megan Rowling on October 6, 2026
Chile’s ocean protection record and concerns over a rival Chinese bid keep it in play, despite questions over the Kast government’s environmental […]
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Q&A: Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’by Carbon Brief Staff on October 20, 2026
Countries have failed – for the sixth time running – to agree on the timeline for publishing the Intergovernmental Panel… The post Q&A: Why […]
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Push for cooking to be part of COP31’s electrification agendaby Vivian Chime on September 24, 2026
Kenya's president and Britain's climate envoy said Africa should use the global electrification push to roll out clean cooking The post Push for […]
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Protecting nature is a public duty, not a Wall Street profit opportunityby An Lambrechts on October 19, 2026
To raise the money needed, governments should focus on redirecting subsidies that currently harm nature, while working on a new convention to recover […]
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Pre-COP draws attention to Pacific’s climate plight and 1.5C goalby Joe Lo on October 8, 2026
After visiting Tuvalu's shrinking land, COP31 President Murat Kurum said that the global 1.5C warming limit is "a matter of survival" for the […]
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Powerful waves destroy Long Beach homes as El Niño threatens further coastal erosionby EHN Curators on October 21, 2026
A series of tropical storms has battered Long Beach’s Alamitos Peninsula, destroying homes and sections of its historic boardwalk while […]
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Paris Agreement committee names three countries snubbing it over NDCsby Joe Lo on October 20, 2026
More than 30 countries have failed to submit an NDC, but only three have repeatedly ignored the committee’s efforts to engage with them The post […]
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Pacific leaders rail at climate finance failures after pre-COP trip to Tuvaluby Joe Lo on October 6, 2026
Island nations seek invest in their own Pacific Resilience Facility, as they struggle with the red-tape of international climate funds The post […]
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Optivolt Raises $32M to Build the Brain for Solar Panels of the Futureby Press Release on October 23, 2026
Series A led by VXI Capital, with backing from the people who built modern solar, including founding Enphase CEO Paul Nahi, former SunPower CEO Tom […]
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Opinion: Adaptation policies must be built around the local communities facing climate changeby EHN Curators on October 21, 2026
While Canada has made palpable progress in terms of climate adaptation, a fundamental governance problem remains.
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Oil and tech money back measure to limit California environmental lawby EHN Curators on October 22, 2026
Proposition 45 would ease development of a wide range of projects, including some fossil-fuel facilities and possibly AI data centers.
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Not the Future, It’s Now — Deepway Electric Semi Put to Work in Australiaby David Waterworth on October 22, 2026
Deepway Star semi trailer from China joins the growing number of trucking brands on Australian roads. Information was shared over LinkedIn, Facebook, […]
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New Zealand accused of breaching EU trade deal over climate rollbacksby Sebastian Rodriguez on October 7, 2026
The EU's climate trade rules face their first major test after a green group alleged New Zealand violated binding environmental provisions under its […]
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New EV Battery Gives Gasmobiles The Deep Freezeby Tina Casey on October 23, 2026
Mystery swirls around a new EV battery from the Finnish startup Donut Lab, which has just passed an extreme cold-weather performance test. The post […]
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New BYD Seagull Is A Big Dealby Larry Evans on October 21, 2026
BYD launched the new Seagull in China on Tuesday. BYD’s smallest car is not as small now. The EV adds technology and capability, while retaining […]
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Massachusetts withholds climate and energy studies costing taxpayers $1.2 millionby EHN Curators on October 21, 2026
Massachusetts officials have delayed or withheld the release of three taxpayer-funded studies examining the costs of transitioning to clean energy.
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Loss and damage fund agrees $20m for Nepal but rich nations warn it should not set precedentby Joe Lo on October 22, 2026
Board members from developed and developing countries disagreed over whether the decision should become a model for the fund in the long-term The […]
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Losing ground in the climate fightby EHN Curators on October 23, 2026
From Brazil to the North Sea, economic interests have been edging out climate priorities this week.
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Lessons In Chemistry — Microbes, Heavy Metals, And Waterby Steve Hanley on October 19, 2026
Chemistry is politically agnostic. It can give us wondrous new products, like nylon and Dacron, but it can give us destructive products like napalm […]
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Launch of Africa Energy Bank delayed again in blow to oil and gas hopesby Vivian Chime on October 9, 2026
Repeated delays are raising questions about the bank's momentum and whether it can mobilise investment to finance Africa’s oil and gas ambitions in […]
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Jordan’s mega-plan for water security risks locking in fossil gas demandby Joe Lo on October 1, 2026
A giant desalination plant will help Jordan confront water scarcity, but solar power’s limited role in the energy-hungry project has raised […]
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Is A PHEV Diesel Hybrid A Viable Option? Introducing the Chery Stockmanby David Waterworth on October 24, 2026
I was intrigued by the recent announcement from Chery that they were going to import a diesel plugin hybrid ute to Australia. With Australian […]
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Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP17 biodiversity summitby Carbon Brief Staff on October 12, 2026
Next week, diplomats from around the world will descend on Yerevan, Armenia, to negotiate a series of decisions under the… The post Interactive: […]