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Earth Catalyst gathers & hand-filters the most recent updates from over 1,000 green tech and sustainability organizations. Here are all of the updates; if you subscribe to our free newsletter, we'll send you 3 each weekday we think will be meaningful to you.

From Federal to Local Focus

Writer: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

In this edition: ◔ Global Intro ◑ Visual of the Day ◕ Table of Contents ● Full Collection (Email subscribers get 3 just for you)


This morning we've gathered 179 updates from across the world's work on green tech and sustainability.


Today's updates tell a story of regulatory volatility, geopolitical fragmentation, and climate responsibility deferred to state and corporate interests.


The EPA granted West Virginia state-level control over permitting for CO2 injection and geological storage in wells. What does that mean? Interior Secretary Doug Burgum put it this way: "When you turn the power of the federal government back to the states where it rightfully belongs, those people live there - they care about the water, the soil health, the air. They care about that more than anyone coming in from the outside could. This is not a risk to delegate to responsible energy states; it's actually the way that our country was set up."


Net carbon reduction at 1/15th the cost of EV subsidies, they say! (And the oil companies can keep selling oil.)


None the less, that really is clearly the strategy for defending the Earth in the Trump II era: to local, regional, and corporate efforts we go!



-Marshall Kirkpatrick

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Visual of the Day

Ice Towers for Climate Adaptation

In India's high-altitude Ladakh region, this towering ice structure is a human-made glacier that provides crucial water to farmers during the dry summer months.


Photographed by Ciril Jazbec for Onewater's photo contest, these "ice stupas" are constructed using pipes and valves that sprinkle water which immediately freezes, creating structures that can store up to 7.5 million liters of water to irrigate farmland in a region that receives just 100 mm of annual rainfall.


Today's Updates

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (8 stories) - La Via Campesina mobilizes globally as Nestlé-Mars-Fonterra fund dairy emissions cuts; Enhanced Rock Weathering gains traction in Brazil while cyber threats to ag rise 27%


  • Carbon (15 stories) - West Virginia joins CO2 well control states, Twelve raises $83M for CO2-based fuel, INGKA Group unveils net-zero plan, while Mast Reforestation secures $25M for carbon burial projects


  • Circular (2 stories) - Oregon food waste bill advances as MOA Foodtech raises €14.8m for byproduct-to-protein fermentation


  • Ecosystems (21 stories) - Protected areas expand in Ecuador's Manabí and Machángara-Tomebamba; seagrass restoration success in US/UK; Australian bushfires impact parks; orca calf brings hope; Tasmanian whale strandings; global wildlife conservation efforts from Nepal to Scotland


  • Efficiency (7 stories) - AIKO leads module efficiency at 24.2-25% with new designs, as heat pump adoption faces cultural hurdles and duct sealing programs expand


  • Finance (10 stories) - Record $1.9T from China's clean energy GDP share, Maine's $118.2M solar funding, Encore's $389M Brookfield deal, plus TNFD and Global Energy Alliance appointments


  • Grid (16 stories) - Grid operators PJM, MISO, and PG&E advance storage and renewables integration while Hydrostor, tem., and UK batteries boost capacity; Virginia, California push VPPs as Southeast Asia plans $24B transmission network


  • Indigenous (6 stories) - Indigenous land rights threatened by mining projects in Brazil's Xingu River and Amazon, while North American initiatives spotlight traditional ecological knowledge and BIPOC community spaces


  • Industry (19 stories) - Major steelworks seizure disrupts GFG's green plans; Vema Hydrogen secures $13M for subsurface tech; TotalEnergies-Air Liquide hydrogen partnership; Chinese solar firms DMEGC, Sungrow, Risen lead tech advances; methane mitigation industry grows 88%


  • Policy (49 stories) - EPA beach waste sites, SEC climate rule retreat, oil/gas emissions reporting changes, energy groups' hydrogen credit push, state drilling halts, and global policy shifts shape regulatory landscape


  • Renewables (10 stories) - Wave energy firm CorPower Ocean's €17.5M boost, AIKO's European solar expansion, Queensland and NSW wind developments, while Codrington Wind Farm plans 2027 closure


  • Transport (16 stories) - West Coast renewable diesel surge, SARTA's solar hydrogen facility, Volvo's Australian EV plans, EVPassport's 3,600-charger rollout, and Heybike's budget cargo e-bike launch amid Tesla protests and IMO biofuel concerns



Agriculture

La Via Campesina mobilizes globally as Nestlé-Mars-Fonterra fund dairy emissions cuts; Enhanced Rock Weathering gains traction in Brazil while cyber threats to ag rise 27%



Carbon

West Virginia joins CO2 well control states, Twelve raises $83M for CO2-based fuel, INGKA Group unveils net-zero plan, while Mast Reforestation secures $25M for carbon burial projects



 Circular

Oregon food waste bill advances as MOA Foodtech raises €14.8m for byproduct-to-protein fermentation



Ecosystems

Protected areas expand in Ecuador's Manabí and Machángara-Tomebamba; seagrass restoration success in US/UK; Australian bushfires impact parks; orca calf brings hope; Tasmanian whale strandings; global wildlife conservation efforts from Nepal to Scotland



Efficiency

AIKO leads module efficiency at 24.2-25% with new designs, as heat pump adoption faces cultural hurdles and duct sealing programs expand



Finance

Record $1.9T from China's clean energy GDP share, Maine's $118.2M solar funding, Encore's $389M Brookfield deal, plus TNFD and Global Energy Alliance appointments



Grid

Grid operators PJM, MISO, and PG&E advance storage and renewables integration while Hydrostor, tem., and UK batteries boost capacity; Virginia, California push VPPs as Southeast Asia plans $24B transmission network



Indigenous

Indigenous land rights threatened by mining projects in Brazil's Xingu River and Amazon, while North American initiatives spotlight traditional ecological knowledge and BIPOC community spaces



Industry

Major steelworks seizure disrupts GFG's green plans; Vema Hydrogen secures $13M for subsurface tech; TotalEnergies-Air Liquide hydrogen partnership; Chinese solar firms DMEGC, Sungrow, Risen lead tech advances; methane mitigation industry grows 88%



Policy

EPA beach waste sites, SEC climate rule retreat, oil/gas emissions reporting changes, energy groups' hydrogen credit push, state drilling halts, and global policy shifts shape regulatory landscape



Renewables

Wave energy firm CorPower Ocean's €17.5M boost, AIKO's European solar expansion, Queensland and NSW wind developments, while Codrington Wind Farm plans 2027 closure



Transport

West Coast renewable diesel surge, SARTA's solar hydrogen facility, Volvo's Australian EV plans, EVPassport's 3,600-charger rollout, and Heybike's budget cargo e-bike launch amid Tesla protests and IMO biofuel concerns


 
 
 

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