Thursday, October 15, 2026
Solar cells and wind turbines at the Technical University of Łódź. Photo: Zorro2212 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Clean energy finance passes fossil fuels for the first time, but little reaches low-income...

Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. report G20 and development bank clean energy finance averaged $52.7 billion a year from 2023 to 2025
Aerial view of forest cleared for oil palm in Borneo. Photo: T. R. Shankar Raman / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

World Lost More Than 7 Million Hectares of Forest in 2025

The world lost more than 7m hectares of forest to deforestation in 2025, a modest improvement but still far from what is needed.

I work for a major insurer. My industry is fudging the numbers in the...

Our refusal to confront reality could prove catastrophic for homes, communities … and the entire economy
Rain forest in Papua, Indonesia. Photo: WidodoMargotomo / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Indonesia says it no longer needs forests for rice. What happens to projects underway?

Officials say rice self-sufficiency arrived three years early, but food and biofuel projects already underway have not been explained
A natural gas flare at a petroleum well site in New Mexico. Photo: James St. John / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA plans to rescind methane Super Emitter Program, citing estimated $45 billion in savings

Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the plan to oil and gas executives in Santa Fe, and the agency's release gives no method for its savings figure.
Wildlife in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Photo: Bureau of Land Management (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

Interior creates exemption from case-by-case environmental review for winter oil exploration in Alaska’s petroleum...

The notice cites 47 earlier environmental assessments over 28 years; Earthjustice calls the administration's broader Western Arctic plan an attack on protections.
A fishing trawler with gulls off Makkum, the Netherlands. Photo: Arne Nordmann (norro) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Retailers Warn Europe’s Fishing Industry to Stop Overfishing

European supermarkets say the industry needs a long-term sustainable solution to keep mackerel and herring stocks healthy.
Satellite view of a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico (Hurricane Dennis, 2005, file image). Photo: NASA/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an eerily...

An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.
Petrochemical refineries in the Houston area. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About 200 industrial plants have received presidential exemptions from Biden-era air rules

The EPA says it did not review the exemptions, and environmental groups have sued over those covering chemical plants.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No