World:
¶ “Commission Unveils Nearly €3 Billion To Scale Up Green Fuels For Aviation And Maritime Transport” • The European Commission announced a €2.9 billion plan to scale up funding for green fuels by 2027 to curb CO₂ emissions from aviation and maritime transport. Together they are roughly 26.4% of EU transport-sector emissions. [Euronews]
Container ship in port (william william, Unsplash)
¶ “2025 Is On Track To Be Among The Three Warmest Years On Record” • October 2025 was the third-warmest month on record, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows. Copernicus says 2025 is almost certain to finish in the number two or number three place. Currently, the second-warmest year is 2023, and the warmest is 2024. [Euronews]
¶ “XPENG Unveils A868: A Leap Toward Long-Range Flying Mobility” • XPENG Aridge pulled back the curtain on what could be the future of intercity travel. The A868 Vertical Take-Off and Landing flying car represents more than just another concept vehicle. It’s a signal that the VTOL flying car is entering a new phase of development. [CleanTechnica]
XPENG Flying Car and the Land Carrier (XPENG image)
¶ “Zero Emission Fuel Cells Will Replace Kerosene In Fifteen Cessna Caravan Utility Planes” • The EU Innovation Fund has greenlighted a €21.4 million grant to the US-UK firm ZeroAvia. The funds will support a pilot project under which ZeroAvia will retrofit fifteen Cessna Caravan aircraft with its ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell electric engines. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “RWE Finishes Nordseecluster A foundation Installation” • RWE completed installation of all wind turbine foundations for its 660-MW Nordseecluster A project in the German North Sea. RWE said all 44 monopiles and accompanying secondary steel structures were installed, marking a milestone in construction of the 1.6-GW Nordseecluster. [reNews]
Offshore installation (RWE image)
¶ “Ember Predicts Record Renewables Surge In 2025” • Ember said the world is on track to add record renewable capacity again in 2025. The think tank said monthly solar and wind deployment data to September indicate 793 GW of additions in 2025, up 11% from 717 GW in 2024. The group projected that solar additions would rise 9% and wind 21%. [reNews]
¶ “Scotland Approves 152-MW Wind Farm Double” • The Scottish government has granted planning permission for two onshore wind farms totaling around 152 MW. Section 36 consent was awarded to Energiekontor’s 92.4-MW Craiginmoddie and to Statkraft’s 59.4-MW Knockronal, both in South Ayrshire. A third wind farm was refused due to visual effects. [reNews]
Wind turbines (Alex Eckermann, Unsplash)
¶ “Renewables To Account For 73.3% Of Australia’s Electricity By 2035” • Australia is in a rapid energy transition, driven by strong government policies, abundant solar and wind resources, and ambitious net zero targets. Renewables are forecast to account for 73.3% of the country’s total power production by 2035, data and analytics company GlobalData says. [Energy Global]
¶ “Hungary To Buy US Nuclear Fuel And Technology For Russian-Built Plant” • Hungary will sign a nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, including agreements to purchase American nuclear fuel and US technology for storing spent fuel at its Russian-built Paks nuclear power plant, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. [News Azerbaijan]
Peter Szijjarto (IAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0)
US:
¶ “USGS Designation For Coal Ignores Law” • The US Geological Survey added metallurgical coal to a list of “critical minerals,” which could let the Trump administration to steamroll bedrock environmental laws for mining it. Sierra Club and over a dozen other groups wrote to detail why met coal does not meet any of the criteria for this designation. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Elon Musk Awarded Nearly $1 Trillion Pay Package By Tesla Shareholders” • Tesla shareholders awarded CEO Elon Musk a pay package that could grant the tech entrepreneur nearly $1 trillion in compensation over the next decade. The full amount would only be delivered if Musk vaults the company from its present value of $1.1 trillion to $8.5 trillion. [ABC News]
Elon Musk at CPAC (Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Sierra Club Wisconsin Applauds Data Center Accountability Legislation” • There is no requirement that data centers pay the full costs of extra infrastructure or the grid problems they cause. All ratepayers could be made to foot the bill for these massive energy users. New legislation gives safeguarding Wisconsin’s natural resources a priority. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “With Democrats In Charge, Spanberger Targets Lower Energy Bills And Higher Costs For Data Centers” • Fresh off a decisive election night, Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy, vowing to boost in-state power generation, lower costs, and force data centers to “pay their fair share.” [Virginia Mercury]
Abigail Spanberger at a rally (Adnan Masri, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Cuts To Renewable Energy Incentives Will Drive Up Costs For Consumers In Oklahoma” • Over 40% of Oklahoma’s energy generation comes from wind turbines, and solar companies are showing interest in building projects in the state. Yet Oklahoma’s position as a top-tier renewable energy producer may fade due to the One Big Beautiful Bill. [Oklahoma Voice]
¶ “The US Cut Climate-Changing Emissions While Its Economy More Than Doubled” • In the past thirty years, the population of the US rose 28% and the economy more than doubled. Yet US emissions from many of the activities that produce greenhouse gases have remained about the same. And emissions declined in the past ten years. [Down To Earth]
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