How The U.K’s First Megafire Unleashed Nearly A Year Of Emissions

The study found the 2025 Dava Moor fire torched as much acreage as usually burns in an entire year in the U.K, and classed it as Britain’s first ‘megafire’.

Former Meta CTO raises $250 million for climate tech as the rest of venture capital chases AI
Former Meta CTO raises $250 million for climate tech as the rest of venture capital chases AI

Gigascale Capital, the venture firm led by former Meta chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer, has raised a $250 million fund to invest in energy, grid infrastructure, and critical minerals startups. The fund, announced on Monday, is Gigascale’s seco…

How Leaders Can Hone The Climate Adaptation Investment Story

Climate adaptation is having a moment and this article explores how investors can capitalize on it.

Robot Trucks Can Help Cut Fuel Consumption

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an emerging market for electric tugboats and boom times for a solar panel maker that doesn’t use Chinese components

How The Iran War Oil Shock Is Helping Launch A Market For Electric Tugboats

Arc Marine started out selling luxury electric boats. Now it’s chasing a bigger business: battery systems for tugs, barges and military boats.

How Four States Are Funding Wildlife Crossings For Better Safety

Drivers in Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Virginia will be safer due to new laws enacted to create more wildlife road crossing, reducing animal collisions with vehicles.

A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.
A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed an executive order on Friday establishing a “higher bar for data center development” in the state. The order is effective immediately. It follows months of community outrage over the Stratos Project, a 40,000-acre hyper…

Mauna Loa Observatory Survives Lava, Budget Cuts And Politics

After a volcanic eruption and funding threats, NOAA says Mauna Loa’s world-famous CO₂ record is secure, accessible again, and undergoing major upgrades.

ChargePoint partners with Powers Parts to fix the charging and support gap hitting electric transit fleets
ChargePoint partners with Powers Parts to fix the charging and support gap hitting electric transit fleets

ChargePoint and Powers Parts, a national distributor of electric vehicle components and fleet replacement parts, have announced a partnership to sell ChargePoint charging hardware, software, and fleet management services directly to transit agencies ac…

More Than 600 Million People Facing Severe ‘Cooling Poverty’, Study Finds

The report highlights the growing problem of “systemic cooling poverty”, describes situations in which people cannot stay thermally safe because of various factors.