World:
¶ “Europe’s Crumbling Coastlines Face A €800 Billion Crisis” • Rising sea levels, largely due to human-induced global warming, are eroding vital infrastructure, family homes, and heritage sites. European economic losses from coastal erosion exceed €1 billion per year and could escalate to €800 billion annually before 2100 unless effective action is taken. [Euronews]
¶ “Record Demand Catches (Some) OEMs Unready – Europe, September 2026” • Full battery EVs remain in high demand in Europe, as pure electrics reached a record 31% share last month thanks to a record 422,000 fully electric passenger cars being registered. This is a 63% increase year over year and the fastest growth rate in over three years! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Antwerp’s Electric Cranes Can Handle More Than Today’s Cargo” • Katoen Natie has two all-electric mobile harbor cranes in service at the Port of Antwerp, with four more joining them in three deep-sea terminals. The fleet will include four 200-tonne cranes and two 150-tonne machines, eliminating up to 500,000 liters of diesel fuel annually. [CleanTechnica]
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¶ “Govternment Of Bangladesh To Generate 4,000 MW Of Solar Power In Three Months” • Shaikh Faridul Islam, State Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, said within the next three months the government will generate 4,000 MW of solar power. He was speaking at a seminar In Dhaka city as the chief guest. [Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]
¶ “Earl Bardsley Wonders Whether A New Government May Give Offshore Wind Farms The Type Of Leg Up The Current Government Is Giving LNG” • Importing LNG was advocated by New Zealand’s Government for electricity security against dry winters. Not unexpectedly, a recent poll showed a preference for using renewables instead. [Interest.co.nz]
¶ “All Turbines Installed At Baltic Power, Poland’s First Offshore Wind Farm, As Project Nears Commercial Operation” • Global Wind Service has completed the installation of all 76 turbines at the Baltic Power, Poland’s first offshore wind farm. This brings the project a step closer to full commercial operation. Its total capacity is about 1.2 GW. [Energies Media]
¶ “Germany’s Search For A Nuclear Waste Site” • The first nuclear power plant went online in the Soviet Union in 1954. Over seventy years later, Finland became the first country with a final storage facility for nuclear waste. Germany is still searching for a site. Some countries have yet to start. Costs are expected to total many billions of euros. [DW.com]
US:
¶ “Heavy Rains Could Bring Flooding To Already Saturated Parts Of The Southwest” • Heavy rains could bring flash flooding to already saturated areas of the Southwest, the National Weather Service says. As much as four inches of rain could fall across the region, where weather systems have brought a deadly autumn of soaking rains. [ABC News]
¶ “Climate Skeptics Used AI To Review Their Work. It Told Them They Were Biased” • Scientists handpicked by the Trump administration to write a critical review of climate science used various AI models to review their work, only to be told that they were cherry-picking their facts and using “outdated or narrow sourcing.” [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]
¶ “Elon Musk’s Attack Ads Are Backfiring As Midterms Near” • US Federal Election Commission data revealed this week that Elon Musk has donated at least $445 million into Republican-aligned political action committees and groups since last year. Interestingly, it seems that Musk’s deep influence isn’t enough, and he is worried. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Can Silicon Valley Build A Safe Class 8 Truck?” • This week a Tesla Semi traveling down Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, caught fire during the evening commute. There was no crash, no multi-vehicle pileup, and no obvious collision. But when it was all over, there was nothing left of the trucks cab but the rear axle and a pile of ash. [CleanTechnica]
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