Reclinker raises £10m to turn demolition waste back into cement
Reclinker raises £10m to turn demolition waste back into cement

Reclinker, a startup that turns demolition waste back into cement, has raised £10m in a Series A round. It will use the money to move from trials to full commercial production in Cardiff. The company said on Monday that its process cuts cement’s emissi…

The Power Grid Logjam Could Soon Break

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a limiting factor for Tesla’s Semi and The Ocean Cleanup’s push to deploy hundreds of plastic trash interceptors.

Water Bankruptcy Is More Than You Think—13 Misconceptions To Avoid

The architect of the water bankruptcy concept explains 13 misconceptions, how it differs from scarcity and crisis, and why the distinction matters for policy action.

This UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Nation Is Using A New Conservation Model

A tiny African island nation is making use of sustainable economic activity and community partnerships to protect its sensitive terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

China wants solid-state batteries in use by 2030, and CATL rates them four out of nine
China wants solid-state batteries in use by 2030, and CATL rates them four out of nine

China’s industry ministry and six other agencies set 2030 as the date for the first large-scale use of all-solid-state batteries, though CATL’s chairman rates the technology four out of nine and calls million-vehicle use before 2030 very unlikely. ProL…

Helsinki Turns AI’s Biggest Problem Into Heat For 70,000 Homes

A Vienna startup and Helsinki’s utility plan to heat 70,000 apartments with waste heat from AI chips. Can data centers become a city’s furnace?

How Eco-Tourism Can Help Protect Fragile Mediterranean Coastlines

Several Mediterranean hotels are adopting measures like sustainable architecture and marine conservation to help protect delicate coastlines.

Alibaba in early talks with Spain’s Solaria over power for a data centre
Alibaba in early talks with Spain’s Solaria over power for a data centre

Alibaba has held preliminary talks with Spanish solar producer Solaria about supplying power for a data centre at Puertollano, south of Madrid. Spain is drafting rules that would require data centre operators to be established in the EU and keep all da…

Inside Costa Rica’s Nearly 30-Year Sustainable Tourism Experiment

30 years ago, Costa Rica launched one of the world’s earliest government-led national programs to measure sustainability across tourism businesses. Let’s see where is it now.

America isn’t short of electricity. It’s short of places to plug in fast enough.
America isn’t short of electricity. It’s short of places to plug in fast enough.

On 22 July 2026, the Texas grid set an all-time record. Demand reached about 91 gigawatts on a punishing summer evening and the system met it, roughly half from natural gas and a third from solar. Nothing broke. Yet much of the discussion around artifi…