World:
¶ “Saving Bison From Extinction Has Brought Big Benefits To Europe” • Once widespread, Europe’s largest wild land mammal was driven to the brink of extinction a hundred years ago. Now reintroduced, herds can be found in the UK, Romania, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Belarus and Lithuania. They have had many positive impacts on the environment. [Euronews]
Bison in Bulgaria (Анна Василева, CC BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Oil Prices Rise Again And Asian Stocks Retreat On The Fragile Iran Ceasefire” • Oil rose again to above $97 a barrel and Asian stocks were trading lower Thursday on skepticism over a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Investors were closely watching whether a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran was already slipping. [ABC News]
¶ “Finland’s Plan To Bury Spent Nuclear Waste Carries Risk To Future Generations” • The world’s first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is nearly ready to begin operations in Finland. It will be a final resting place for dangerous nuclear waste. But it will take hundreds of thousands of years before the radioactivity falls to normal levels. [ABC News]
Rafael Mariano Grossi, 2020 (IAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “Electric Trucks Go Mainstream In Europe” • European truckmakers are calling on the European Commission to bring forward the review of the CO₂ standards for heavy duty vehicles to 2026. Here, some of the arguments made by the European trucking industry are debunked and we see why an early review of the CO₂ standards is not justified. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “E-SAF Made In Europe: Source Of Jobs, Growth, And Energy Security” • E-SAF can play a key role in reducing European aviation emissions. While the climate benefits of e-SAF are well understood, less attention is paid to what scaling up European production could mean for Europe’s economic growth, jobs and energy security. [CleanTechnica]
Jet (John McArthur, Unsplash)
¶ “DESNZ Approves 800-MW Solar Giant” • The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero approved what would be the UK’s largest solar farm. The 800-MW Springwell Solar Farm in the east Midlands, developed by EDF power solutions UK and Luminous Energy, would produce enough power for around half the homes in Lincolnshire. [reNews]
¶ “Engie Acquires 278 MW Of Battery Storage In Spain” • The multinational utility ENGIE has acquired two large-scale battery storage projects in Spain from Rolwind Renewables, the 200-MW Palmosilla battery storage project in Tarifa, Cádiz and the 28-MW Cerrillo proposal in Álora, Málaga. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027. [reNews]
Battery storage (Engie image)
¶ “Where Does India Stand In Achieving Its 500 GW Renewable Energy Target By 2030?” • According to The Energy Statistics India 2026 report by The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the total renewable energy installed capacity in India reached 172 GW as on March 31, 2025, from 143 GW, a year ago. This is an annual increase of around 20%. [MSN]
¶ “Statkraft Launches Consultation On 500-MW Solar Farm” • Statkraft launched public consultations on plans for a 500-MW solar farm in the East of Yorkshire. The Mylen Leah Solar Farm would be on land on and near the former airfield at Melbourne. Statkraft is proposing connecting to the grid at the Thornton substation via underground cable. [reNews]
Solar power (Statkraft image)
US:
¶ “South Carolinians Fret Over Price Tag Of Proposed Gas Plant At PSC Hearing” • Dozens of South Carolinians testified before the state Public Service Commission at two hearings, expressing concerns that a proposed gas power plant may drive up energy costs for customers of Santee Cooper and Dominion Energy South Carolina. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “The US Just Had Its Warmest March Ever, And By A Historic Margin” • March 2026 was a historic month for temperatures in the US, fueled by an extraordinary and prolonged heat wave that shattered temperature records in much of the West, according to a new report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was 9°F above average. [ABC News]
Mountains near Taos (Moriah Wolfe, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Top Democrats Demand Answers From TotalEnergies” • Two top US Democrats have written to TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné demanding answers about the French oil-major’s deal with the Trump Administration that saw the company receive nearly $1 billion for handing back offshore wind leases. They called the deal outrageous. [reNews]
¶ “Good News: A Bunch Of AI Data Centers In Limbo” • How much is the AI boom and data center boom really improving our lives? It might be useful in some sectors, but it could be harmful in various ways. Perhaps we could cheer with news that half of the data centers that are supposed to go online this year in the US are being delayed or canceled. [CleanTechnica]
Data center (Paul Hanaoka, Unsplash)
¶ “New Jersey Becomes The Second State This Year To Lift Its Nuclear Moratorium” • New Jersey is the sixth state in the last decade, and the second this year, to fully repeal its moratorium on building new nuclear power stations. Governor Mikie Sherrill signed legislation lifting a de facto ban that barred construction of new reactors. [Canary Media]
¶ “As Trump Pushes To Quadruple Nuclear Power, Not All Of The Projections Show Growth” • The US Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook 20, a sweeping look at how the country’s energy system could evolve through 2050. The agency’s best read on the nuclear future is essentially a flat line. [Cowboy State Daily]
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