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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.

Global Choices: Fracking, or Distributed Renewable Energy Investments?

Writer's picture: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

We're sending out an evening edition today. More coming in the morning for those of you who are daily subscribers.


Top stories globally include US Senate confirmation of Trump's Secretary of Energy nominee, Chris Wright, an oil fracking CEO who says climate change is a global problem that must be dealt with. Good coverage at Politico.


Meanwhile and in contrast, in the 2nd-most discussed sustainability story globally right now, African leaders have unveiled the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration, an international plan to close the energy poverty gap across Africa, largely with renewables - both utility scale and distributed.


It includes $50 billion in total pledged investment to build solar, wind, and local power systems across the continent. There a ton of press coverage of this but no simple explanation of the renewables details, so I made this one using DeepSeek.


And now we offer you the best updates from across Friday and the weekend. Email subscribers get 3 just for you.


-Marshall Kirkpatrick

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Visual of the Day

From Conflict to Coexistence

Mongabay writes about the traditional migration route of Asian elephants across Nepal, where the village of Bahundangi (far right, right on the elephant path) has pioneered a remarkable transformation from deadly human-elephant conflicts to peaceful coexistence through innovative farming practices and community engagement.


They've got a rapid response team that gently guides the elephants out of the village, instead of yelling at them! As a result of all these steps, no human has been killed by an elephant in town for nearly a decade.


Today's Updates

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (12 stories) - MIT's geothermal ammonia production, Camelina's dual nickel/biofuel potential, and Montana's 1,300-acre prescribed burn highlight innovations in fertilizer, soil remediation, and rangeland management


  • Carbon (14 stories) - Microsoft-Chestnut Carbon's 60,000-acre forest deal, Rio Tinto's $45M carbon capture investment, and Halifax's DAC pilot highlight major carbon removal initiatives amid record 420ppm CO2 levels


  • Circular (10 stories) - Footwear recycling program in Atlanta, Li-Cycle's EV battery partnership, Bali's waste banks and Magi Farm, plus AI food waste solutions from Caribbean resort and Afterlife Ag's mushroom innovation


  • Ecosystems (29 stories) - Queensland floods force mass evacuations amid 1.2m rainfall, while global wetland projects advance in NYC, Chile, and Zimbabwe; climate impacts visible in Canadian lakes, Sikkim glaciers, and Hudson Bay polar bears


  • Efficiency (7 stories) - DeepSeek's energy-efficient AI, UK heat pump surge, Ghana's appliance standards, and DOE's smart humidity control advance resource conservation


  • Finance (18 stories) - Canadian banks exit UN alliance as global climate finance hits $2T; JP Morgan pioneers IRA credit transfer with GridStor; CEFC-NAB launch $300M green farming fund


  • Grid (23 stories) - Major grid operators PJM and SPP reshape markets while Tesla, Enphase, and Captona deploy record battery storage; Australia and Africa announce transformative grid modernization plans


  • Indigenous (27 stories) - Indigenous fire networks expand across US with 19 domestic events, while Pomo tribes restore Lake County watersheds and Wyoming tribes defend water rights; Honduras communities rush to protect 65,369-hectare Warunta Reserve


  • Industry (21 stories) - Major partnerships form as Lightbridge-Oklo explore nuclear fuel facilities, First Public Hydrogen launches in California, and Mattiq-Heraeus develop green hydrogen catalysts, while mining sees automation advances and Rio Tinto's $230m research initiative takes shape


  • Policy (74 stories) - Immigration policy threatens disaster recovery workforce, while global climate laws face shifts: Trump's worker restrictions, Australia's donation reforms, UK emergency response gaps, and Vermont's Clean Heat Standard setback


  • Renewables (15 stories) - China hits 357GW wind/solar record as IKEA reaches 75% renewable supply chain; Meta, Goldwind, Shell, and JA Solar make major moves in global renewables market


  • Transport (17 stories) - BYD dominates EV sales growth while Neoliner launches sail cargo route; Honda and Ford adjust EV pricing as Tesla faces mixed fortunes; ADB funds Philippines charging network


Agriculture

MIT's geothermal ammonia production, Camelina's dual nickel/biofuel potential, and Montana's 1,300-acre prescribed burn highlight innovations in fertilizer, soil remediation, and rangeland management



Carbon

Microsoft-Chestnut Carbon's 60,000-acre forest deal, Rio Tinto's $45M carbon capture investment, and Halifax's DAC pilot highlight major carbon removal initiatives amid record 420ppm CO2 levels



Circular

Footwear recycling program in Atlanta, Li-Cycle's EV battery partnership, Bali's waste banks and Magi Farm, plus AI food waste solutions from Caribbean resort and Afterlife Ag's mushroom innovation



Ecosystems

Queensland floods force mass evacuations amid 1.2m rainfall, while global wetland projects advance in NYC, Chile, and Zimbabwe; climate impacts visible in Canadian lakes, Sikkim glaciers, and Hudson Bay polar bears



Efficiency

DeepSeek's energy-efficient AI, UK heat pump surge, Ghana's appliance standards, and DOE's smart humidity control advance resource conservation



Finance

Canadian banks exit UN alliance as global climate finance hits $2T; JP Morgan pioneers IRA credit transfer with GridStor; CEFC-NAB launch $300M green farming fund



Grid

Major grid operators PJM and SPP reshape markets while Tesla, Enphase, and Captona deploy record battery storage; Australia and Africa announce transformative grid modernization plans



Indigenous

Indigenous fire networks expand across US with 19 domestic events, while Pomo tribes restore Lake County watersheds and Wyoming tribes defend water rights; Honduras communities rush to protect 65,369-hectare Warunta Reserve



Industry

Major partnerships form as Lightbridge-Oklo explore nuclear fuel facilities, First Public Hydrogen launches in California, and Mattiq-Heraeus develop green hydrogen catalysts, while mining sees automation advances and Rio Tinto's $230m research initiative takes shape



Policy

Immigration policy threatens disaster recovery workforce, while global climate laws face shifts: Trump's worker restrictions, Australia's donation reforms, UK emergency response gaps, and Vermont's Clean Heat Standard setback



Renewables

China hits 357GW wind/solar record as IKEA reaches 75% renewable supply chain; Meta, Goldwind, Shell, and JA Solar make major moves in global renewables market



Transport

BYD dominates EV sales growth while Neoliner launches sail cargo route; Honda and Ford adjust EV pricing as Tesla faces mixed fortunes; ADB funds Philippines charging network


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