World:
¶ “Climate Crisis Now A Health Emergency Of ‘Pandemic Scale,’ UN Climate Chief Warns” • From air pollution to extreme heat, climate change poses a growing threat to the health of people worldwide. “The climate crisis is now a global health crisis of pandemic proportions,” said Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary. [Euronews]
¶ “Fossil Fuel Emissions Are Expected To Fall In 2026, But The Climate Experts Aren’t Celebrating” • Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to fall in 2026. The anticipated drop of 0.4% comes as renewables are growing quickly, but that is largely because of the energy crisis caused by the Iran war. We need an emissions decline that is sustainable. [Euronews]
¶ “Why El Niño Could Change What Ends Up On Your Breakfast Table” • The Super El Niño was already threatening to disrupt agriculture, energy supplies, and transport. Now, it is coming for Europe’s breakfast cereal. The UK producer of Kellogg’s cereals is adjusting the ingredients of cereals due to quality and availability issues with rice and other grain. [Euronews]
¶ “EVs Displace Five Times More Oil Globally Than They Did Five Years Ago” • At COP26 in Glasgow, twenty-four countries and a group of leading car manufacturers committed to ending the era of fossil-fuel powered vehicles by 2040 “or earlier.” Five years and two energy crises later, oil savings from EVs globally are up fivefold, T&E analysis shows. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “New BYD Seal 07 Illustrates Chinese EV Evolution” • BYD has introduced the next generation Seal 07 EV. It replaces the first BYD Seal, which entered the market in late 2022 and put the brand on the map for many people around the world. The Seal 07 illustrates many of the changes that have happened for the EV market in China.[CleanTechnica]
¶ “China: World’s Largest Renewable Energy System Reaches 60.1% Of Power Capacity” • For the first time, the global supply of electricity from green energy sources (33.8%) exceeded the supply from coal (33.0%). In China, renewable capacity reached 2,337 GW at the end of 2025, making up 60.1% of the country’s total electricity generation capacity. [Yahoo]
¶ “China’s Renewables Dominance Set To Ease: IEA” • China’s share of global renewable power capacity growth is set to fall to an average of 53% in 2026-2031 from more than 60% in 2025, with accelerating deployment in emerging markets, a report by the International Energy Agency says. But the global capacity is expected to grow almost 60%. [Asian Power]
¶ “Both Cernavodă Nuclear Reactors Shut Down After New Fault” • Both nuclear reactors at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant in Romania were shut down one day after they restarted. Nuclearelectrica announced that a fault had occurred in the conventional section of Unit 1, just three days after the unit had been restarted. [The Romania Journal]
¶ “Siemens Gamesa Gets Nod For 500-MW Wind Complex In Egypt” • Alcazar Energy Partners has given Siemens Gamesa’s notice to proceed on development of the 500-MW Niat and Rasgha wind complex in Egypt. The OEM said the projects, which are in Ras Ghareb in the Gulf of Suez, will use its SG 5.0-145 (2.0) wind turbines. [reNews]
¶ “Nuclear Would Slow Down Net Zero Transition: Groups” • Environmental advocates called on the government of Taiwan to develop renewable energy, power storage facilities, and resilient power grids, instead of going back to nuclear. Generating electric energy with solar and windpower has surpassed nuclear power globally this year. [Taipei Times]
US:
¶ “Ørsted’s Revolution Fully Commissioned” • Ørsted has fully commissioned its 704-MW Revolution Wind array off the coast of southern New England. The Danish developer confirmed in an earnings report that the 65-turbine array got to commercial operations in October, under its offtake contracts with utilities in Connecticut and Rhode Island. [reNews]
¶ “More than 300 Solar And Storage Companies Urge Congress To Pass Permitting Reform” • More than 300 solar and storage companies are urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, S. 5653. They say outdated federal procedures and grid bottlenecks delay critical energy projects and drive up electricity costs. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Five Years In, Mustang Mach-E Battery Data Shows What Real Durability Looks Like” • As part of Ford’s quality process, design and validation engineering starts long before a vehicle reaches a customer. Rigorous quality tests are designed to help show how battery systems perform across a wide range of charging and driving conditions. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Sierra Club Welcomes CalPERS’ $71 Billion Climate-Solutions Investment Milestone, Urges Fund To End Financing Of Fossil Fuel” • The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has reported that the value of investments it classifies as climate solutions reached $71 billion as of June 30, 2026, up from $59.7 billion a year earlier. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “X-Energy And Dow Secure Historic Permit For Texas Nuclear Project” • The US NRC approved a construction permit for four advanced small modular reactors at Dow’s Seadrift chemical complex in Texas. The project will use four X-energy Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, each able to generate 80 MW of electricity. [OilPrice.com]
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