In this op-ed, Texas A&M atmospheric scientist Andrew Dessler argues that Texas has removed climate change courses from the core curriculum at its public universities as part of a broader state takeover of higher education. He contends the move serves fossil fuel interests and will leave students and the state less prepared for climate impacts they will inevitably face.
Read MoreChina's exports of sustainable aviation fuel hit an all-time monthly high in August, with roughly 131,000 tons shipped, up 37 percent from July. Europe absorbed every ton, underscoring how tightly Chinese supply is now linked to European aviation decarbonization mandates.
Read MoreBannock County, Idaho, banned utility-scale solar and wind in 2024, but the Republican commissioner who first sparked the moratorium is now leading an effort to overturn it and allow renewables and nuclear. The reversal is a test case for whether a rural community can revisit its assumptions about the costs and benefits of clean energy.
Read MorePlug-in balcony solar panels, long popular in Germany, have rapidly gained legal ground in the US in 2026 as households look to cut soaring electricity bills. At the start of the year only Utah had legalized the technology; nine states now have balcony solar laws on the books, with more pending.
Read MoreElon Musk's SpaceXAI has quietly installed what may be the largest grid-connected battery in the US at its controversial Colossus 2 AI data center in Memphis, using hundreds of Tesla Megapacks. The project bypassed the usual multi-year permitting and utility contracting process, leaving its exact size and role unclear.
Read MoreA federal appeals court ruled that the Department of Energy exceeded its legal authority when it used emergency powers to force Michigan's J.H. Campbell coal plant to keep operating past its planned retirement. The decision could undermine the Trump administration's broader push to keep aging, costly fossil-fuel plants online.
Read MoreBattery deployment for electric vehicles and grid storage has surged roughly tenfold since 2020, driven largely by China's massive manufacturing scale-up and the resulting collapse in prices. Most of the world's batteries are both made and deployed in China, a dominance that is making the US and EU anxious about energy security.
Read MoreCarbon Brief factchecks 45 false or misleading statements made by Reform UK's leadership on climate science, the net-zero target, energy costs, oil and gas, climate impacts and clean energy. The piece systematically rebuts the party's anti-net-zero arguments using evidence from the IPCC, the Climate Change Committee and other authorities.
Read MoreNew analysis from 440 Megatonnes projects that Canada's current climate policy package would leave emissions high through mid-century, putting the country more than 20 years behind schedule on its 2030 target. The authors argue that weaker policies and new carbon-intensive development are the main reasons net zero remains out of reach.
Read MoreIKEA's new Life at Home Report finds that consumers increasingly want to act on climate change but are held back by cost, with saving money now the top motivator for choosing sustainable options. The furniture retailer argues that sustainability must be built into product design, pricing and accessibility rather than sold as a premium add-on.
Read MoreSyntholene Energy has completed the first phase of effects testing at its geothermally-integrated solid oxide electrolyzer demonstration facility in Husavik, Iceland, and has begun higher-power Phase Two operations. The company is testing whether geothermal integration can lower the cost of producing hydrogen and synthetic fuels.
Read MoreThe EPA extended the 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard compliance deadline by a month to October 1, 2026, following decisions on small refinery exemptions that exempt 1.76 billion RINs, with implications for biofuel market dynamics.
Read MoreInvestors poured a record $25 billion into colocated renewable-plus-storage projects — mostly solar paired with batteries — in the first half of 2026, nearly double the previous record, according to BloombergNEF data.
Read MoreFervo Energy signed a record 396-megawatt geothermal power purchase agreement with Google, which plans to use the power for a potential Utah data center. Analysts say the deal underscores growing scarcity of firm, dispatchable baseload power for AI.
Read MorePuro.earth will host its CDR Summit 2026 on September 21 at One World Trade Center in New York during Climate Week NYC, gathering carbon removal suppliers, buyers, investors, policymakers, and market builders for a full day of panels, roundtables, and networking.
Read MoreMaersk has signed an agreement with Anemoi Marine Technologies to install a wind-powered Rotor Sail on one of its container ships, marking the first such installation on a container vessel as the shipping giant tests ways to cut fuel use and emissions.
Read MoreOctopus Energy has closed its investment in clean-energy technology company Uplight, which will remain independent while pursuing targets of $1 billion in customer savings and more than doubling its flexible grid capacity to 20 GW over five years. Nick Chaset, CEO of Octopus Energy US, has been named CEO of Uplight to lead the expansion of its demand-side programs.
Read MoreThe Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has published a new report examining how oversight of validation and verification bodies (VVBs) can be strengthened to build confidence in carbon markets as they scale.
Read MoreCDR.fyi breaks down a European Commission proposal to auction 250 million additional EU ETS allowances and use the proceeds to buy an equivalent volume of permanent carbon removals, potentially one of the world's largest public demand signals for durable CDR.
Read MoreCarbon Brief compiles 28 past statements from new UK prime minister Andy Burnham on climate change, net-zero, and fossil fuels, revealing a track record of climate advocacy that contrasts with the guarded stance he took during his leadership campaign.
Read MoreA comparison of the newly released ISO net-zero standard and the SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard V2, focusing on how each treats carbon dioxide removal (CDR) requirements for companies aiming for net zero.
Read MoreAn opinion piece from Bioindustrial Innovation Canada argues that Canada's proposed $25-billion Canada Strong Fund should be directed toward the country's bioindustrial economy, which it values at up to $400 billion a year. It contends the fund is well suited to finance first-of-kind commercial facilities that conventional financing tends to avoid.
Read MoreReforestation nonprofit One Tree Planted won its first People's Voice Award at the 30th annual Webby Awards, in the Advertising, Media & PR – Sustainability & Environment category, for its viral "Meet the Moment" campaign.
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