World:
¶ “Plastic Causing ‘Disease And Death From Infancy To Old Age'” • Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing and under-recognized danger” to health that costs the world at least $1.5 trillion per year, a report in the Lancet medical journal said. The report was published one day ahead of fresh talks in Geneva aiming for the first treaty on plastic pollution. [MSN]
Plastic spoon (Judesba, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “EVs Take A Record 98.2% Share In Norway” • July saw plugin EVs take a record 98.2% share in Norway, up from 94.3% year on year. Battery EVs alone took 97.2% share, setting a record high. Plugin hybrids took a 1.1% share of the market. Overall new auto sales volume was 9,563 units, up 48% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Global EV Sales: Plugin Vehicles Reach 28% Share!” • Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 22% in June 2025 compared to June 2024. There were over 1.8 million registrations. Battery EVs grew 24% year-over-year to over 1.1 million units, compared to plugin hybrids growing 18% to around 600,000 units in the same period. [CleanTechnica]
Electric car (Hyundai Motor Group, Unsplash)
¶ “BasiGo Deploys 100th Electric Bus In East Africa!” • BasiGo has quickly moved from just two pilot buses in Nairobi in early 2022, to a hundred electric buses now operating in Rwanda and Kenya, a milestone for electric public transport in East Africa. BasiGo says “This isn’t just about numbers – it’s about proof of concept at scale.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Inch Cape Installs Offshore Substation” • The offshore jacket foundation and substation for the 1,100-MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm have been installed in the North Sea. The Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module and its jacket foundation were lifted into place by Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Sleipnir. [reNews]
Sleipnir (Heerema Marine Contractors image)
¶ “Wind Power Blows Away Monthly Generation Records In Australia And Four States” • A windy July blew away a number of wind energy records in Australia, according to the latest monthly data from Rystad Energy. Monthly wind generation records were also set in four states: Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. [RenewEconomy]
¶ “RWE Secures Four North Star SOVs” • RWE signed long-term charter and reservation agreements with North Star for four service operation vessels to be used at offshore wind farms. One will serve the 857-MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm off the UK coast, one is for German offshore sites north of Heligoland, and two are to come in 2028 and 2029. [reNews]
Four North Star SOVs (RWE image)
¶ “Renewables Will Be World’s Top Power Source By 2026” • Wind and solar are increasingly under attack from politicians on the right, such as US president Donald Trump. Even so, they will meet over 90% of the increase in global electricity demand out to 2026, the IEA says, making renewables the world’s biggest source of electricity. [Reccessary]
US:
¶ “Gifford Fire Burns Over 72,000 Acres In California” • Over 1,000 firefighters are battling a wildfire in California that has grown to over 72,000 acres. It has prompted evacuation orders and caused three injuries, according to officials. The Gifford Fire, which is burning in the Los Padres National Forest is only 3% contained, Cal Fire says. [ABC News]
Gifford Fire (PG&E via Cal Fire)
¶ “New Jersey Says Three Chemical Makers Agree To ‘Forever Chemical’ Settlement Worth Up To $2 Billion” • DuPont and two other companies will pay New Jersey up to $2 billion to settle claims stemming from PFAS, the companies said. The deal calls for the companies to pay $875 million over 25 years and create a remediation fund of up $1.2 billion. [ABC News]
¶ “Tesla Awards CEO Musk Millions In Shares Valued At About $29 Billion” • Tesla is offering CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares of restricted stock valued at roughly $29 billion, just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his massive pay package. The EV maker said in a regulatory filing that Musk must first pay Tesla $23.34 per share. [ABC News]
Elon Musk (The White House, public domain)
¶ “The Huge Fraud Of DOGE” • It was obvious since the start that DOGE was built on lies. DOGE claimed it found “tens of millions of dead people” were getting social security, and the entire US government was riddled with fraud. A huge inquiry found two dead people might be getting social security checks. But that isn’t the worst of it. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The US Offshore Wind Industry Is Almost Dead, But Not Quite” • The US offshore wind industry was a tough nut to crack long before President Donald Trump took office with a vendetta against “windmills.” And now Trump has thrown one monkey wrench after another into the works. But some stakeholders are willing to play the long game. [CleanTechnica]
Offshore wind farm (Jesse De Meulenaere, Unsplash)
¶ “Minnesota Power Announces Plan For 200-MW Wind Farm In Central North Dakota” • Minnesota Power announced plans to build a 45-turbine, 200-MW wind farm in central North Dakota. It would deliver power to nearly 150,000 customers in northeast Minnesota. The company has a goal to be largely carbon-free within the next decade. [Grand Forks Herald]
¶ “DOE Selects Standard Nuclear To Kickstart US Nuclear Fuel Production” • In a major step to revitalize America’s energy independence, the US DOE has conditionally selected Standard Nuclear as the first company to join its new nuclear fuel line pilot program. This initiative is designed to strengthen the domestic nuclear fuel supply train. [Innovation News Network]
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