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Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief

Here’s an interesting twist: global carbon #emissions could actually fall in 2026. Higher #oil and #gas prices are pushing countries to use less fossil fuel and look harder at alternatives. It comes to show how quickly energy habits can change. ⚡

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Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

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Solar Power Is Getting So Cheap That It's Almost Unbelievable

#Solar power has gotten ridiculously cheap. Panels that cost $5–6 per watt 26 years ago are now around 12 cents. ☀️ It’s wild to think that something once so expensive is becoming one of the cheapest ways to make electricity.

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The cost of solar panels has dropped to just a few cents per watt, thanks to a massive supply of photovoltaics flooding the market.

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Indonesia Cash-for-photos Scheme Turns Animal Hunters Into Protectors

A cash-for-photos program in 🇮🇩 Indonesia is encouraging poachers to take on new roles as #wildlife photographers. The KehatiKu project aims to reduce poaching by paying individuals in nine participating villages in West Kalimantan province for animal photos and recordings.

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Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds. The...

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Philly-area schools are tapping the sun’s energy and saving money on utilities

Philadelphia-area schools are installing #solar energy systems to save on energy bills. It’s part of a state grant program that has awarded grants to 85 schools across the state, including 10 in Philadelphia, covering up to 75% of the solar project costs, or up to $900,000.

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Unionville High School in Kennett Square and Universal Audenried Charter School in Philadelphia are building solar arrays that will slash their energy bills.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

According to RTE it has a range of about 715 km (444 miles) with top speed at 120 km/h (75mph). It has a battery capacity of 50 kWh but charging from 10-80% it's a bit tricky to determine, as it constantly charges even while driving.

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Dutch students unveil solar-powered ambulance

A Dutch student team has unveiled what they believe to be the world's first solar-powered ambulance, which they hope can bring much-needed medical care to the remotest parts of the globe.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This coincided with the launch of Turkey’s first domestic electric car manufacturer, #Togg, which has since become the market leader. Imports of cheaper electric car models also made the market more cost-competitive.

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Electric car sales are growing rapidly in Turkey

If your job was to sell cars in Turkey in 2022, selling an electric one would be an unusual day at work. Just one new car out of every 100 sales was electric.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#EV sales in 🇹🇷 Turkey have skyrocketed over the last 3 yrs. Since 2022 they has increased from 1 in 100 to 1 in 5. In 2023, the Turkish government introduced tax relief for electric cars, making registration significantly lower compared to petrol and diesel cars.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Demonstrating the critical work of coexistence, 🇳🇵 Nepal’s wild tiger population has tripled. The new estimate, now 429 tigers up from 121 tigers in 2010, follows decades of sustained, collaborative conservation efforts and represents one of the world’s most significant endangered species recoveries.

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Nepal wild tiger numbers triple, showing coexistence matters

The new estimate of 429 tigers is the result of decades of collaborative efforts with local communities and the government of Nepal.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

New sensors are preventing high-speed trains from hitting elephants crossing railroads in Sri Lanka. The sensors are installed along the railway line rather than mounted to the top of the trains. They detect ground vibrations and capture the sound of approaching animals to slow trains down.

goodgoodgood.co

High-speed trains keep striking elephants across South Asia. New sensors will halt them in their tracks

Sri Lankan officials are taking a new approach to keeping elephants safe from high-speed locomotives.

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More than 70% of new solar is being built in states that voted for Trump

Here’s a twist: more than 70% of 🇺🇸 America’s new #solar power is being built in states that voted for Trump. Turns out cheap, fast energy can cross political lines. ⚡

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Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.

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Homicides down 51% since Sheinbaum took office: Tuesday's mañanera recapped

#Homicides are down 51% in 🇲🇽 Mexico since President Sheinbaum took office in September 2024. In July, there was an average of 42.5 homicides per day, representing the lowest monthly average in nearly two years. It was also the least-violent July in more than a decade.

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There have been over 63,564 arrests and consistent reductions in homicides each month since Sheinbaum took office on Oct. 1, 2024.

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Solar buoyed Europe's grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer

One energy source that performed better than normal this past summer in 🇪🇺 Europe was #solar power. When combined with batteries, it covered the rise in electricity used by air conditioning units amid the historically hot weather.

grist.org

The season of extreme weather holds lessons for how the continent can climate-proof its energy systems.

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Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules | TechCrunch

🔋 Under a new law, Massachusetts will require data centers larger than 25 megawatts of peak demand to supply their own power and guarantee that it adheres to the state’s clean energy requirements.

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Massachusetts has become the third state in as many months to slap new restrictions on data center development.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

99.9% of materials from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s first #wind farm have been recycled or reused. Most of it happened within 30 miles of the site of the wind farm. A report found that 79.5% of the materials were recycled into polymers for construction materials and 20.4% were reused.

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Thanks to abundant sunshine and smart policy, New Mexico’s electricity prices are some of the lowest in the 🇺🇸 US. The Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, said it delivered 80% carbon-free electricity in 2025 after investing in #solar energy, #batteries and #wind.

goodgoodgood.co

New Mexico's electricity prices are some of the lowest in the country. Solar is to thank

Abundant sunshine and smart policy have made New Mexico’s grid far more climate-friendly.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

California became the latest state to allow renters and homeowners to install balcony solar panel systems. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Plug and Play Solar Act into law. It lets people set small panels on their patios or fences and plug them directly into wall outlets without any utility permissions

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Want solar but don't own a roof? California just legalized plug-in panels, no permission required

A new California law legalizes the plug-in solar panels that are becoming popular in other states and in Europe.

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Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

After pivoting to planting crops under solar panels, farmers in 🇪🇬 Egypt are seeing their plants “growing well for the first time.” Called #agrivoltaics, the additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity.

grist.org

The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity.

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Athens Is Turning its Old Airport into One of Europe's Largest Parks

🇬🇷 Athens, Greece is turning its old airport into one of the largest parks in Europe. Planners designed each connecting space in Ellinikon Park to maximize thermoregulation of the air temperature with the goal of keeping it 7.2°F or 4°C cooler than surrounding asphalt and concrete areas.

goodnewsnetwork.org

it won't only add an unforgettable attraction to the birthplace of Democracy, but also a shaded refuge for residents of Europe's hottest city

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Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot

A critically endangered bird in 🇳🇿 New Zealand just had a record breeding season. The population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the #kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years.

theguardian.com

Critically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325

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‘World’s first solar ambulance’ just proved it works | CNN

The student team behind the world's first #solar-powered ambulance tested their vehicle in 🇰🇪 Kenya to see if it could manage long distance travel across tricky terrain. They found that even while stationary, it generated more energy than it consumed while using all its onboard medical equipment.

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The team behind Stella Juva hopes it can help bring healthcare to people in remote areas who are struggling to access it.

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Louisiana banned bear hunting in the late 1980s. Both residents and visitors are learning simple ways to safely coexist with the rising population of black bears, like transitioning to bear-resistant trash cans, and using safe deterrents that don’t that bear uncomfortable.”

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Decades after they were hunted to near extinction, #BlackBears are now rebounding in Southern US. Mississippi stopped hunting in 1932 after its populations dropped to an estimated 12 bears. Arkansas banned hunting with a population surge from 40-50 to around 5K.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🇷🇼 Rwanda welcomes 22 baby mountain #gorillas in a naming ceremony. In the early 1980s, fewer than 250 mountain gorillas survived in the Virunga Massif, a transboundary area shared by Rwanda, Uganda and the DR Congo. Today, it’s home to more than 600, out of around 1,000 mountain gorillas worldwide.

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Global #mpox vaccine stockpile now lets any country request doses on need, not purchasing power. #Gavi now pre-finances the stockpile, with the International Coordinating Group assessing requests within 48 hours; lower-income countries get vaccines free, wealthier ones repay afterward.

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How a new global mpox vaccine stockpile could help the world respond faster to outbreaks

The launch of a global mpox vaccine stockpile creates a long-term mechanism to ensure timely and equitable access to vaccines during outbreaks.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mexico’s door-to-door health workers have reached 10.9M people in the last year. The Health House by House program logged 22.8M home visits between July 2025 and June 2026, with over 21K workers checking blood pressure, updating vaccinations and referring roughly 900,000 people to specialist care.

mexicobusiness.news

Bienestar Home-Care Program Reaches 10.9 Million People

Health House by House reached 10.9 million people with 22.8 million home visits, feeding Mexico's 2027 Universal Health Service credential rollout.

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England widens free school meals to another half a million children. Any household receiving Universal Credit now automatically qualifies, ending what campaigners called a postcode lottery that left eligibility inconsistent across councils. The expansion is the result of 7 yrs of advocacy.

foodfoundation.org.uk

New era for Free School Meals in England

The Food Foundation: Free School Meals are extended in England helping around half a million families struggling with the cost of living

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🇹🇯 Tajikistan’s access to water in health facilities has more than doubled in five years. Before an EU-funded project began in 2021, just 36% of the country’s 3,297 health facilities had basic water access, 12% had handwashing stations and only 1% met basic sanitation standards. 💧

unicef.org

Clean Water and Safe Care

How WASH Is Transforming Health Facilities in Tajikistan

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🇬🇧 Imperial College London researchers, funded by the British Heart Foundation, trained an AI model on over 1.6 million ECGs to catch #heart-failure and #valve-disease that clinicians typically miss. The detection rates for each of those conditions wad at 81% and 90% respectively. 🩻

theguardian.com

‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds

Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@who.int Bhutan eliminates dog-transmitted #rabies, a southeast Asian first. The WHO validated the milestone on 4 September after Bhutan recorded zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies since June 2023, the result of over a decade of free post-exposure treatment in all 20 districts.

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WHO validates Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem in the country. Bhutan is the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Regio...

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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

California lawmakers passed a bill to make #balcony solar easier and cheaper to install, even for renters! No rooftop needed, just a small #solar setup to help power your home and lower your electric bill. 🔌

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California Legislature passes balcony solar bill

Unless Gov. Newsom blocks the bill, it will legalize plug-in solar in one of the world’s biggest economies. But the rules are more restrictive than some…

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@nytimes.com Since the Iran war began in February, the price of Brent crude, a global benchmark for oil, has increased more than 25%. Over that timeframe, E.V. sales have roughly doubled in Australia, Brazil, India and South Korea compared with the same period in 2025.

A chart showing electrical vehicle registration from 2020-20206 of approximately 50 countries around the world.

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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief

🇨🇳 China's CO2 emissions fell 1% in the second quarter of 2026. Oil consumption fell by a whopping 9%, with transport emissions down 16%. The amount of oil displaced exceeded the 🇬🇧 UK's total oil consumption over the same period.

carbonbrief.org

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.

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🇬🇧 London surgeons have removed a brain tumour with an AI system guiding them over their shoulder. Rhys Hibbert, 48, faced blindness from a tumour on his pituitary gland; the AI, trained on hundreds of past operations, colour-coded the nerves and blood vessels around it in real time. 👁️

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Voluntary assisted dying legal nationwide after laws pass NT parliament

🇦🇺 Australia’s Northern Territory has legalised assisted dying, completing a nationwide rollout 3 decades in the making. The bill passed reinstates the right for Territorians, alongside strict rules including a 12-month prognosis limit and a ban on doctors raising the option unprompted.

abc.net.au

Voluntary assisted dying laws have passed the Northern Territory Parliament tonight, in a move that will legalise the practice across Australia.

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F.D.A. Approves Drug Poised to Transform Care for Pancreatic Cancer (Gift Article)

@nytimes.com A #pancreatic cancer pill now has full FDA approval. The pill doubles median survival for deadly pancreatic cancer, with some patients living for years. The approval compressed a process that normally takes months into weeks because the benefit was so large, and the need so urgent.

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In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.

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A sun-powered siren: Inside the world’s first solar ambulance

The world’s first solar-powered ambulance has hit the road in the 🇳🇱Netherlands. A team of students at the Eindhoven University of Technology created an EV powered entirely by solar panels called #StellaJuva. It has medical equipment and is designed to deliver health services to remote areas.

euronews.com

Solar ambulance Stella Juva could transform access to healthcare in regions that lack reliable infrastructure, electricity and fuel.

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India is turning to ancient water systems as modern ones run dry

🇮🇳 India is refilling its #aquifers with an engineering technique that long predates the arrival of the British. India holds 18% of the world’s people but only 4% of its fresh water, so it’s now turning to its johads and stepwells, structures built to store water or slow it down until it soaks in.

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Water scarcity and climate change is driving communities to restore traditional water structures built centuries ago, bringing them back into use in the 21st Century.

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From a crashing fishery in the 1990s to whales in New York harbor today—what has it taken to clean up tristate waters?

The #NatureConservancy spent years pushing for tighter limits on the Atlantic menhaden catch, hoping it would help fish and seabirds. Nobody was thinking about whales, until they came back too. Now, a tourism industry has developed to watch them.

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Sound Solutions

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Coefficient Giving’s Largest Grant Ever: $276 Million, Co-Funded With GiveWell, to the Against Malaria Foundation

90 million malaria bed nets are going to the 🇨🇬 Democratic Republic of the Congo. Coefficient Giving and #GiveWell have put up $276 million, the largest grant either has made, covering all 26 provinces from 2027 to 2029. GiveWell’s estimates this will avert around 67,000 deaths in a country.

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Coefficient Giving’s Largest Grant Ever: $276 Million, Co-Funded With GiveWell, to the Against Malaria Foundation The combined $276 million grant — $212 million from Coefficient Giving and $64 million...

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Powering Progress: Expanding Electricity Access in Uganda

... but what’s striking here is the miracle of light itself. Letting markets operate late into the evening, open-air food stalls creating community (and boosting the economy), doctors attending births after dark, students studying and teachers marking their papers at 9pm.

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See how Uganda is expanding reliable electricity access to schools, health centers, markets, and homes with World Bank Group support.

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