World:
¶ “Three Central Asian Countries Jointly Building 2,000-MW Hydropower Plant” • Three countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, are set to launch a joint hydropower plant with a capacity of nearly 2,000 MW, enough to power up to 1.5 million homes of the region. The facility will be built on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan. [Euronews]
Naryn River (Azamat E, Unsplash)
¶ “Powerful El Niño, Projected To Be 2°C Warmer Than Normal, Puts 2026 On Track For Second Warmest Year” • Scientists have developed a new model purporting to skillfully predict El Niño and La Niña 15 months ahead of time. Experts say it shows 2026 could be the second warmest year ever, with a 19% chance to be the warmest year on record. [Euronews]
¶ “Suspected Somali Pirates Hijack Oil Vessel Headed To The Capital” • Suspected Somali pirates hijacked a fuel tanker off the northeastern coast of Somalia, according to a local official and the British military. The tanker was heading to the Somali capital of Mogadishu when it was intercepted, a local official told the Assiciated Press. [ABC News]
Coastal Somalia (Saacid Ahmed, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Electric Garbage Trucks Are The Heavy-Duty EV Story Hiding In Plain Sight” • The electric garbage truck is not the poster child for vehicle electrification. It is a boxy municipal workhorse that blocks the lane, lifts bins, crushes waste, and wakes people up before breakfast. Some of the best electrification opportunities are not glamorous. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Should We Dam The Bering Strait To Keep The AMOC From Collapsing?” • Scientists in the Netherlands this week published a study that examines whether building a dam across the Bering Strait would help keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, better known as AMOC, from collapsing. You’re not worried about it? Put on a sweater! [CleanTechnica]
Please click on the image to enlarge it. (NOAA image)
¶ “Drought Could Be Making Antibiotic Resistance Worse, Scientists Say” • Antibiotic resistance is often associated with hospitals and the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture. Both are genuine problems, but new research suggests another potential culprit that many people haven’t considered: droughts caused by climate change. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Renewables Now Cheaper And More Secure Than Fossil Fuels, UN Chief Says” • Global clean energy investment hit $2.2 trillion, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres says that renewable energy can deliver what fossil fuels never could: real and lasting energy security. The world is moving away from imported fuels and toward clean energy. [Microgrid Media]
Solar farm (Zbynek Burival, Unsplash)
¶ “Nuclear Energy Experiences Global Revival Four Decades After Chernobyl” • The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in the Middle East. [MSN]
US:
¶ “Volunteers Work To Expand The Healthy Reach To Trees” • In a park in Newport, Rhode Island, many native trees are crowded out by invasive plants, killed by disease, or eaten by wild animals. This year, in a new effort, the Newport Tree Conservancy wants to dig up native seedlings, nurture them, and replant them later to improve their chances. [ABC News]
Miantonomi Memorial Park (Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped)
¶ “Do-Over! Republicans Cry Uncle On Federal Tax Incentives” • Now that the bloom is off the rose of President Donald Trump, some Republicans in Congress are scrambling for the off-ramp. Exhibit A is a Republican-sponsored bill extending several tax incentives that will expire prematurely under Trump’s beloved “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Six US Cities Powered Entirely By Renewable Energy Sources Like Wind, Solar, And Hydro” • The shift toward the use of sustainable energy sources is a profound transition in the energy system in the US. Here are six towns and cities in the US that are successfully using renewable energy for their electricity supplies, doing away with fossil fuels. [MSN]
Burlington, Vermont (Carol M Highsmith, public domain)
¶ “Solar & Storage Industry Statement On US Court Order Blocking Interior Memo Slowing Permitting” • This statement from Darren Van’t Hof, interim president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, came after a federal court blocked enforcement of an Interior Department memo slowing solar and storage project permitting. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump’s ‘Cooling Planet’ Claim Clashes With Scientific Data Showing Sustained Global Warming” • The President made remarks disputing the reality of climate change contrasts with solid data compiled by NOAA. A national report shows that March 2026 recorded a global average surface temperature at 2.36°F (1.31°C) above the long-term average. [MSN]
Have a majestically untroubled day.
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