World:
¶ “Meet The Bavarian Hop Farmer Securing His Harvest And Income With Solar ‘Hats'” • As of 2026, there are just over 900 agricultural businesses in Germany specialising in hops. This is a drop of 40% since two decades ago, as climate change affects production. One farmer decided to shade the plants with solar panels, and it made his farm profitable. [Euronews]
¶ “VinFast’s Vietnam Sales Surge as EVs Enter a Tipping Point” • VinFast delivered 21,781 electric vehicles in Vietnam in July, bringing its sales for the first seven months of 2026 to 137,697 vehicles and putting the company on course to exceed last year’s record in its home market, when its 175,099 sales represented about 29% of the total. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Bombshell! Porsche To End Taycan Production” • It came as somewhat of a shock last week when Germany’s business weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported that the Porsche works council agreed in principle with a plan presented by company management to end Taycan production. “The company has decided to phase it out by 2030,” the magazine said. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Scientists Detect A Surprising Shift In Human Blood As CO₂ Rises” • Rising levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere may already be influencing human biology. Research has identified long-term changes in blood chemistry that appear to track CO₂ rising in the atmosphere, so an important blood marker could be at the upper end of its healthy range within decades. [ScienceDaily]
¶ “Hungary Begins Sinking Barges To Protect Paks Nuclear Power Plant” • Hungarian authorities on Saturday began the controlled sinking of two barges in the Danube near the Paks nuclear power plant as decreasing water levels threatened the plant’s operation again, according to the country’s Prime Minister Peter Magyar. [CGTN]
US:
¶ “Just 7% of America’s Nuclear Fuel Comes From Home” • The US is still the largest producer of nuclear energy in the world, but that won’t last long without drastic changes. The US’ nuclear energy fleet is aging out, with far fewer plants coming online than are being decommissioned. Also, the US depends heavily on imports for nuclear fuel. [OilPrice.com]
¶ “Community-Led Climate Resilience: The Solution Project Help People To Thrive” • The Solutions Project has a website to show their grantees’ community-led climate resilience projects. From California, Texas, and Florida to Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas, community climate resilience projects are more important than ever. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “‘It’s Like Plugging In A Toaster’: California Weighs Plug-In Balcony Solar As Renters Seek Relief From High Power Bills” • Lawmakers in Sacramento are considering whether residents should be able to use small solar panels by placing them on balconies, patios, and fences and then plugging them into ordinary household outlets. [The Cool Down]
¶ “US Pulls Last Aircraft Carrier In Asia As Trump Focuses On Iran, Western Hemisphere” • The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East amid growing concerns about mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed carrier. This comes just as China is showing more aggression. [ABC News]
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¶ “New Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Cells Could Power Data Centers” • Researchers at Washington University in St Louis have now unveiled a fuel cell catalyst breakthrough that could help these facilities generate more of their own clean power instead of leaning entirely on an overstretched grid, according to a paper in Nature Nanotechnology. [Intelligent Living]
¶ “Southern California Power Line Proposal Carries A $1.62 Billion Price Tag” • A new power line proposal in Southern California could reshape how electricity moves across the state and how much it costs to build out that infrastructure. San Diego Gas & Electric’s proposed Golden Pacific Powerlink carries an estimated price tag of $1.62 billion. [The Cool Down]
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