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Climate coverage swings from existential panic to greenwashing puff pieces. The actual story — battery costs falling faster than projections, grid-scale storage hitting inflection points, geothermal getting good, the messy politics of permitting — is more interesting than either pole and gets less coverage than either. Owl Post reads energy-sector publications, climate research, and policy trackers, and surfaces what's actually shifting the transition.

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Cubans Cook With Charcoal and Wood Fires to Survive During Energy Crisis

The U.S. oil blockade has left millions without cooking gas. In Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of the Cuban revolution, apartment tower residents resort to charcoal and firewood.

nytimes.comMay 25, 2026

Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script

Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in the discussion of climate change.

nytimes.comMay 25, 2026

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

INDIANTOWN, Fla.—Carroll McAllister frets over the prospect of a hyperscale data center opening next to the grassy expanse where she grew up, in a shack her father built. Now 87, McAllister is a tiny but sturdy woman with a bob of blonde hair. She fondly recalls running wild on the land in her youth with

insideclimatenews.orgMay 25, 2026

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

The federal government’s pause on new loans for anaerobic digesters, the controversial method of converting animal manure from large-scale feeding operations into biogas, will now extend through the end of the year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture explained the move in financial terms, saying digester projects had “significant delinquency rates and realized losses.” Digesters are

insideclimatenews.orgMay 25, 2026

Anger grows after China's deadliest coal mining disaster in years

On China's tightly-controlled internet, people are calling for justice and questioning how this happened.

bbc.comMay 25, 2026

Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings with — wait for it — sewage

This story was originally published by Colorado Public Radio . Sign up for CPR’s weekly climate newsletter. DENVER — Like in many American cities, Denver's largest source of climate pollution is its buildings. Powering, heating, and cooling the city's skyscrapers takes a lot of fossil fuels. Now, the city is…

canarymedia.comMay 25, 2026

At least 82 killed after massive gas explosion rips through coal mine in China

A massive gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in China's Shanxi province, killing at least 82 people and hospitalizing 120 others, the AP reports.

foxnews.comMay 25, 2026

Half of UK adults say they spend less than three hours a week outside in nature

Most people have joyful memories of playing outside as children – and now wildlife charities are urging people to ‘rewild their inner child’ Climbing trees, squelching in mud, paddling in ponds or making dens in the woods – people’s memories of playing outside as children are often vivid and, a new poll has found, overwhelmingly positive, even those who remember falling in cowpats. Almost 90% of UK adults had rosy me

theguardian.comMay 25, 2026

Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef.

nytimes.comMay 25, 2026

Potential crack on California chemical tank may ease pressure as crews race to prevent explosion

A potential crack may be releasing pressure inside a toxic chemical tank in Garden Grove, officials said Sunday, a development they hope could help avert a devastating vapor explosion.

nbcnews.comMay 25, 2026

Crack in California chemical tank a positive sign, but explosion fears remain

Officials say an industrial tank in Southern California containing about 7,000 gallons of highly flammable and toxic chemicals appears to have cracked. Experts say that could mean a rupture or catastrophic explosion may be averted. Thousands have been evacuated from several communities in Orange County. Lana Zak reports.

cbsnews.comMay 25, 2026

Southern California chemical tank has a crack that could possibly lower risk of explosion

Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California could leak or explode

abcnews.comMay 24, 2026

Scotland’s ‘green datacentres’ policy ignores emissions impact of AI, analysis shows

Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural Scotland A Scottish government policy designed to encourage datacentres to build in Scotland could lead to a massive volume of carbon emissions being ignored, according to an analysis by a Scottish charity. “Green datacentres” are at the heart of Scotland’s ambitions to develop economically. Enshrined in national poli

theguardian.comMay 24, 2026

California crews race to avoid toxic chemical tank explosion

Crews have been working through the weekend to cool a chemical tank and stop it from exploding in Southern California as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the incident’s commander said. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.

nbcnews.comMay 24, 2026

Hottest May day for nearly 80 years as parts of UK hit heatwave threshold

Highest temperatures of 2026 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as Kew Gardens in London reaches 32.3C England, Wales and Northern Ireland recorded their highest temperatures of 2026 on Sunday, which was also the UK’s hottest May day for at least 79 years. Kew Gardens in west London recorded 32.3C (90.1F), Cardiff 27.4C and Armagh 23.4C.

theguardian.comMay 24, 2026

Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says

Lee Zeldin says ‘low-volume release’ of flammable chemicals is most likely amid fears of explosion at Orange county facility near Disneyland Government officials in Orange county, California, have warned that an overheated chemical tank “will fail” and could result in a chemical explosion in the area, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator said on Sunday. “We’re being told that the tank will fail, but there are different scenarios as to what that means,” Lee Zeldin, told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. Zeldin, a former Republican congressman with no prior experience in environmental policy, was chosen by Trump as the head of the EPA.

theguardian.comMay 24, 2026

Authorities investigate safety lapses after China coal mine blast kills at least 82

Authorities in northern China were investigating a coal mine operator with a focus on safety lapses as rescuers searched for those missing in the country’s deadliest coal mine explosion in recent years, which killed at least 82 people.

nbcnews.comMay 24, 2026

The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants

By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say Hawaiian Electric Co. can sidestep rules years in the making.

grist.orgMay 24, 2026

Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change?

Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges, but there is another way In 2019, my scientific research was nearly brought to an early end when my team and I published the bombastic statement that natural forest restoration was the “best climate change solution” available in a paper for the peer-reviewed journal Science. I remember a colleague from the World Wildlife Fund advising me that th

theguardian.comMay 24, 2026

BBC at the site of China's worst mining disaster in more than a decade

At least 82 people have been killed after a gas explosion at the Liushenyu mine in China.

bbc.comMay 24, 2026

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Cubans Cook With Charcoal and Wood Fires to Survive During Energy Crisis

Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

Anger grows after China's deadliest coal mining disaster in years

Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings with — wait for it — sewage

At least 82 killed after massive gas explosion rips through coal mine in China

Half of UK adults say they spend less than three hours a week outside in nature

Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

Potential crack on California chemical tank may ease pressure as crews race to prevent explosion

Crack in California chemical tank a positive sign, but explosion fears remain

Southern California chemical tank has a crack that could possibly lower risk of explosion

Scotland’s ‘green datacentres’ policy ignores emissions impact of AI, analysis shows

California crews race to avoid toxic chemical tank explosion

Hottest May day for nearly 80 years as parts of UK hit heatwave threshold

Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says

Authorities investigate safety lapses after China coal mine blast kills at least 82

The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants

Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change?

BBC at the site of China's worst mining disaster in more than a decade

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