Stories To Save The World: 5 Novels Of Climate Solutions

Climate fiction is booming. Here’s five of the recent best novels – all focussed on solutions rather than doom.

Nvidia is not backing OpenAI’s rent. It is backing the buildings
Nvidia is not backing OpenAI’s rent. It is backing the buildings

A residual value guarantee is a promise about an object, not about a tenant. Someone builds a thing. Someone else rents it. A third party promises the thing itself will still be worth a set amount. If the renter walks, the owner relets or sells. The gu…

What Makes Someone A ‘Touron’? Travel Experts Share 11 National Park Mistakes To Avoid

From wildlife encounters to trail etiquette, discover how to avoid becoming a “touron” during your next national park adventure.

EV, Battery Sales Help Q2 Cleantech Investment Rebound

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at big funds flowing into long-duration battery makers and the impact of a big proposed cut to NOAA’s budget.

The Cost Of DOGE: America’s Environmental Intelligence Is Going Stale

Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout

Why The 89% Climate Majority Keeps Losing

Why does an 89% climate majority keep losing? Because political power depends on more than numbers. The majority already exists. Now it must become visible.

Growing Appeal Of Mass Timber Attacts Big Tech, Developer Investment

Mass timber has broad appeal for project efficiency and sustainability, giving it a very long runway for growth and investment in the next few years.

The Communities Choosing Managed Retreat As Climate Adaptation

As climate change becomes more severe, communities in regions like Isle de Jean Charles and Newtok are forced to adopt managed retreat in order to adapt.

Pipeline for $165 Billion Oracle Data Center Delayed to Next Year
Pipeline for $165 Billion Oracle Data Center Delayed to Next Year

The Green Chile pipeline that would fuel Oracle’s Project Jupiter data centre in New Mexico has been pushed from 15 August to 1 February 2027, according to a filing by Energy Transfer’s Transwestern unit. The state land commissioner has twice refused t…

Europe built the world’s largest electric plane. It flew in New York
Europe built the world’s largest electric plane. It flew in New York

Heart Aerospace flew its X1 demonstrator at Plattsburgh International Airport on 12 August, the company announced. The aircraft taxied, took off, climbed, manoeuvred and landed. It reached 335 metres, and its all-electric propulsion produced more than …