The energy developer is backing off after a Heatmap report.

Lakes Mead and Powell have sunk to unprecedented lows, jeopardizing their generation capabilities — but drought persists in the Northeast, too.

The National Weather Service said a trained spotter reported a tornado in Dover, Del., during Thursday's storms. Photos and video on social media show the roof of a motel being blown off and damage to other buildings along Route 13 northeast of downtown.

Solar energy hits a global milestone while Hurricane Polo brings flooding to Mexico. Other stories include US electricity shutoffs during heatwaves and updated fuel standards in California.

Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoid

On solar pivots, NYPA solar, and a receding Rhine

Europe saw at least 30,000 excess deaths across a blistering summer of back-to-back heat waves and drought that scientists have blamed on man-made climate change, according to provisional figures.

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Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought

Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that’s a problem for the experts – indeed, for all of us, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Renewable and pipeline companies alike have come out against the administration’s attempt to leverage an obscure Cold War-era law.

Agricultural equipment largely runs on diesel, and with the harvest season coming up, that spells bad news for farmers.

The ruling was a blow to California, as the federal judge upheld Trump administration orders that helped restart the operation off Santa Barbara's coast.

The money was mandated by Congress to help manufacturers like Cleveland-Cliffs adopt low-carbon tech. Now it’ll be used to extend the life of a polluting…

Today we look at global solar growth and a new milestone for geothermal energy. The digest also covers shifts in clean car policy and rising sea levels in California.

On Trump’s mineral deals, the gas turbine backlog, and Turkic offshore wind

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research

Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars

Researchers have created an interactive map identifying 1.8 million individual trees in New York City, using a new approach that could optimize the placement of trees for cooling in cities around the world.

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House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.

Exclusive: Planning documents show annual emissions from North Ockendon project would be equivalent to 8,480 flights to New York

Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction

Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at election

Storm also caused destructive flooding and damage to homes and infrastructure with one woman dead

The second-largest reservoir in the US reached a record-low water height on Sunday days after the largest reservoir broke its own record.

The chair of the California Senate’s utilities committee said Tuesday he was “deeply troubled” by electric company executives’ recent threats to take action to protect their shareholders if they don’t get legislation in Sacramento to limit their wildfire liabilities.

Today we cover fuel economy rollbacks and pollution loopholes in the US. There is also a look at the drought risks threatening the UK's food supply.

The prime minister plans to bring in the National Crime Agency to tackle the gangs behind dumps

Dense evergreen plantations in Canada's boreal forest absorb so much winter sunlight that the resulting surface warming can offset 6% to 20% of the climate benefit they are credited with. Canada's current carbon accounting frameworks measure the carbon stored but largely omit the heat absorbed by these forests, according to a new policy brief from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). The result is inflated mitigation estimates and public investment in forests that may not deliver the cooling they promise.

Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to move Canada's last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain.

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Extreme precipitation events are among the most damaging natural disasters and a major concern in our changing climate. In the U.S., since 1980, the most destructive events alone have caused more than 2,800 deaths and $700 billion in damages. But what is the total area of the country affected by these events each year? And how have these patterns changed over the past several decades? In a recent study in Geophysical Research Letters, led by researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, which is part of the Columbia Climate School, the authors discovered some unexpected trends.

The Trump Administration has unveiled a comprehensive Section 232 trade framework on polysilicon and downstream solar components, establishing stage-by-stage import price floors and a 15% tariff to force foreign equipment pricing into direct alignment with U.S. manufacturing costs.

A proposed 1 GW solar and storage facility in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, faces mounting opposition from a state lawmaker and local residents over land-use and community impact concerns.

France saw more than 7,300 excess deaths during heat waves so far this year, health authorities said Wednesday, as the country has also endured a record number of hot days since mid-June, according to an AFP analysis.

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Here’s where things stand after some major recent decisions.

The UK has experienced several heat waves this summer—heat stress among workers is one of the biggest causes of weather-related sick leave. Very high temperatures can cause symptoms like heat rash and cramps, or even exhaustion and heatstroke.

A strengthening tropical storm named Lala is set to hit Hawaii's Big Island with hurricane-force gales on Saturday, bringing dangerous winds, rainfall and heavy surf.

The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity.

Total capital expenditure across clean energy and manufacturing reached $74 billion in the first half of 2026 and remains on pace to hit $180 billion for the full year, driven by surging power market investment, data center load growth, and shifting risk profiles, according to a mid-year market report by Crux.

AI optimists will be encouraged by a recent report on the state of the world's plants and fungi by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

As data centers boom and electrification spreads, demand for big grid batteries is surging — but aging infrastructure and clogged interconnection queues are keeping crucial storage projects in limbo.

Today we look at record home battery use in California and the shrinking recovery time for global coral reefs. The digest also covers acidic waters in Alaska and shifts in U.S. energy policy.

European coastal waters recorded unprecedented sea surface temperatures in July 2026. A new study has found that human-induced climate change primarily drove the temperature surge, pushing marine ecosystems past their limits. The rapid analysis was conducted by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global network of researchers who analyze the influence of climate change in extreme […]

Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaigners