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World:

¶ “August 2026 Tied For The World’s Hottest Month On Record, According To Copernicus” • August was the hottest month on record, tied with July 2023, according to data published by the European climate observatory Copernicus. The global average air temperature was 1.65°C higher than it was in 1850–1900, the pre-industrial reference period. [Euronews]

¶ “EU’s Plan To Gain Independence From Russian Energy Is Faltering, Auditors Warn” • Four years after the European Union launched a plan to break its dependence on Russian oil and gas and accelerate the clean energy transition, an audit presented by the European Court of Auditors said the bloc’s plan is falling well short of its ambitions. [Euronews]

¶ “European Gas Prices Keep Climbing The As IEA Calls For Emergency Reserves” • Europe’s benchmark wholesale gas price, the front-month Dutch TTF contract, traded above €79/MWh, its highest level since early 2023. PFighting between the US and Iran has intensified concerns about LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. [Euronews]

¶ “Are New Electric Entrants Serious Competition for European Truckmakers?” • Several new entrants, including Tesla, BYD, and others, set their sights on the European electric truck market. Looking at vehicle prices, key specifications, and stated sales ambitions, we can see they are serious competitors to today’s major European truckmakers. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Denmark Can Produce 140% Of Its Electricity Demand From Wind Power” • US President Trump may have a peevish vendetta against wind turbines, but the rest of the world’s nations enjoy bumper crops of clean kilowatts from the sky and turn them into export revenues. When windpower provided Denmark with 140% of its needs, the excess was exported. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “NRDC At Climate Week NYC 2026: Meeting The Moment” • The momentum is clear: Clean energy is increasingly the fastest, cheapest, and healthiest path forward, strengthening economies while improving energy security and cutting climate pollution. EV adoption is accelerating, and reforestation and ecosystem restoration efforts are expanding. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Mercury Unleashes 155-MW NZ Wind Farm” • Mercury has opened Stage 2 of its Kaiwera Downs wind farm in New Zealand, completing the South Island’s largest wind farm. Mercury said the $486 million expansion was completed in two years, adding 36 turbines and 155-MW of capacity to the development near the town of Gore. [reNews]

¶ “Irish Summer Solar Generation Jumps 58%” • Solar electricity generation in Ireland increased 58% in June, July, and August of 2026 compared with the same three months in 2025. Production reached 692 GWh. EirGrid said solar contributed 7.7% of the country’s electricity fuel mix in August, after achieving 9.4% in July and 8.2% in June. [reNews]

¶ “Google Makes Its Single Largest AI Investment in Europe: $15.1 Billion on AI in Finland” • Google is committing at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in AI infrastructure in Finland over 2027 and 2028, a company-announced capital commitment that the search giant is calling its single largest AI investment in Europe to date. [Yahoo Finance]

¶ “Subterranean Power Store Planned In Salt Caverns” • Plans have been drawn up to create a renewable power battery in underground salt caverns in England. Energy firm Storelectric has acquired hundreds of acres of land at Seal Sands on Teesside. It wants to take electricity from green sources and store it as compressed air. [Yahoo News Canada]

US:

¶ “Drones Hold Secret To Producing More Rain, Engineers Say” • Amid perpetual drought, population growth, and trillions of gallons of water used in desert agriculture, much of the West is in desperate need of more rain and snow. A team of engineers at California tech company Rainmaker say they believe drones could be part of a solution. [ABC News]

¶ “Dangerous Heat, Humidity Invades The West” • More than 90 million people from California to Kentucky are under alerts for dangerously hot conditions. Southern California is experiencing temperatures 20°F above average and very rare humidity. Some meteorologists call the conditions among the most extreme they can remember. [ABC News]

¶ “Research Suggests Auto Loans Should Account For Vehicle Efficiency” • As the cost of owning a car climbs, better efficiency is the best way to insulate drivers from oil price shocks. Now, research shows improving vehicle efficiency also saves lenders from loan defaults and missed payments, so lenders should take vehicle efficiency into account. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Activists From Across Indiana Demand That The State Reject Bailouts For Coal” • In Indiana, activists sent over 1,300 petitions to the state’s governor and attorney general, calling on them to challenge President Trump’s “emergency energy order” that will require two coal-burning power units to continue operating at ratepayer expense. [CleanTechnica]

¶ “Department Of War Announces Navy’s First Advanced Nuclear Microreactor Deployment At Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana” • The Department of War announced the planned installation of Indiana’s first advanced nuclear Micro Modular Reactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane no later than September 2028. [US Department of War]

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