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Government policy, regulations, and climate laws
A federal court seems to have struck down a swath of Trump administration moves to paralyze solar and wind permits.
The National Green Tribunal has ordered Bhopal authorities to stop untreated sewage from entering Laharpur dam, decentralise sewage treatment.
Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ support Europe live – latest updates The EU will cut electricity taxes and provide consumers with fresh incentives to ditch fuel-burning cars and boilers, the European Commission has announced, as the en…
The UK government has announced a series of measures to “double down on clean power”...
The gap between what international courts say and what governments do is stark.
In an open admission that Trump's beloved "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is a massive failure, four Republican members of the US House of Representatives propose preserving and extending key tax incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy.
Climate protests, rallies, strikes, and direct action by grassroots movements and activist organizations
Study of 1,300 campaigners finds arrests, fines and jail terms increase determination of activists to take direct action The criminalisation of direct action climate protests in the UK is counterproductive and increases the determination of activists to undertake disruptive demonstrations, accordin…
After deadly 2023 fires, recent storms and ICE raids, Lahaina residents are determined to rebuild the town for their community In March, Hawaii was hit with two back-to-back storms, bringing the worst flooding it’s seen in 20 years.
Faced with a devastating snow drought and record-high March temperatures, some resorts closed early.
China’s new solar installations slowed sharply to hit a four-year low for the month of March, underscoring mounting pressure across the struggling sector.
The first three months of 2026 have been the fourth warmest on record, with each...
A slew of applications by a little-known mining group to explore for critical minerals in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, including within the buffer zone of a nature reserve, has alarmed environmental groups and activists.
Corporate climate action, finance, and market trends
European carbon allowances posted a 3.35 weekly drop despite ending Friday with a marginal gain, as EUAs gave up gains from a sharp burst of aggressive buying that took prices up by €1 in just 10 minutes, while traders reported a market that appeared largely content to trade around a technical leve…
Fervo, the enhanced geothermal company that uses hydraulic fracturing techniques to drill thousands of feet into the Earth to find pockets of heat to tap for geothermal power, is going public.
Well before the introduction of ChatGPT and Claude, Ireland underwent a data center construction boom similar to the one the U.S.
A planned biochar carbon removal plant in eastern Germany will supply heat under a long-term offtake agreement, the companies involved said last week.
IEA's updated scenario outlines a global pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050, focusing on clean energy electrification and efficiency.
Germany wants the European Union to place industrial transition to cleaner energy at the heart of a planned review of its carbon market, after rising power and fuel prices prompted criticism of the bloc’s key climate tool.
Climate effects, extreme weather, and environmental consequences
Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water—as much as 50,000 toilets flushing constantly at the same time—in a desperate attempt to maintain electricity generation for thousands of homes across much of the Western U.S.
Drought conditions have been worsening for months in the Southeast.
Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly feed purchases, prompting some to abandon plans to expand their herds.The dryness is expected to persist through spring after weeks of scant rainfall…
Antibiotic resistance is often associated with hospitals and the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture.
With more severe heat likely in the coming years and another El Niño poised to test unprepared systems, the priority is to move from crisis response to heat readiness The post Extreme heat is rewriting food security.
While New York City leads in terms of the absolute number of people threatened by flood, more than 98 percent of New Orleans’ population is at risk, according to a new study
Clean technology, renewables, and climate solutions
Ohio resembles a torture chamber for renewable energy developers, according to new research that examines how regulators in 19 states handle wind and solar project applications.
The electric garbage truck is not the poster child for vehicle electrification.
The leases on hundreds of thousands of battery-powered cars and trucks will end in the next three years, and many will end up on used-car lots.
In their quest for power, data centers are building gas and battery power off the grid.
A comprehensive report on the latest trends in the power sector, focusing on renewable energy adoption and emissions reductions.
Nacre-inspired ceramics could be the basis for the next generation of energy-efficient technology
Climate research, studies, and scientific discoveries
California now has about 550 more fire-friendly hours a year than it did in the 1970s.
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10257-5 A time-dependent model shows chondrite precursors formed by non-equilibrium condensation: cooling rate and pressure alone generate three mineral classes with increasing oxidation, matching enstatite, ordinary and carbonaceous c…
NASA's latest satellite data indicates a significant acceleration in Arctic ice melt, raising concerns about rising sea levels and global climate patterns.
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10449-z A new calculation for the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon using a hybrid approach combining experimental and lattice data in different energy ranges represents a validation of the standard model to 11 digits.
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10439-1 Genomic data from snow carps reveal that the fusion of chromosomes initiates rediploidization following whole-genome duplication.
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10413-x Decade-long warming increased soil antibiotic-resistance genes by about 24%, enriching resistant microbes and gene transfer, driven by selection for thermal tolerance and linked traits, with implications for public health.