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How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive

Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines spinning above fields and solar panels shining in the sun on barns and machine sheds.

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UN urges Australia to lead global renewable energy race

Australia should set bolder targets to cut pollution and produce renewable energy, the UN says, to secure green exports and avoid further climate harm.

AAP

Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up

One-time Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce sought to dominate the first sitting week of the current federal parliament by proposing a divisive plan to reverse Australia’s net zero emissions target.

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Trump Warns Europe Immigrants and Windmills Are 'Killing the Beauty of Your Countries'

Trump claimed that immigration and renewable energy present imminent threats to Europe, warning leaders to stop "killing your countries."

Latin Times

Data centers guzzle huge amounts of power—and that might end up supercharging investment in renewable energy, executives argue

Solar power, natural gas, and even nuclear could eventually become compelling options over a mid-to-long term horizon.

Fortune

More than 90% of new renewable energy capacity is now cheaper than fossil fuels, study shows

The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point”, according to two United Nations reports released on Tuesday.

Euronews

UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for ever lower costs

The United Nations reports a global shift toward renewable energy, calling it a "positive tipping point."

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Japan Sees Bright Future For Ultra-thin, Flexible Solar Panels

Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector.

International Business Times

EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just

If you choose to buy a sustainable product at the supermarket, or invest in a sustainable portfolio at your bank, how far does that sustainability reach? Does the product’s “sustainable” label account for the environmental and labour costs where the raw materials were extracted? Does the portfolio include renewable energy…

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From coal to crops: Dayak women lead a just transition through backyard farming

The global shift toward renewable energy is no longer a choice but a necessity: the climate crisis intensifies, with 2024 confirmed as the warmest year on record.

The Conversation

Trump unveils $70bn AI and energy plan at summit with oil and tech bigwigs

Pittsburgh event angers climate groups as Trump ties AI expansion to oil and gas, sidelining renewable energy

The Guardian - US

Food bowl put ahead of coal with mine proposal rejected

A state government has been accused of sending "mixed signals" after rejecting a proposed coal mine in a major food bowl.

AAP

Renewable energy delays make Australia less attractive

Investing in Australian renewable energy is only 'somewhat attractive' according to a study that identifies transmission and planning delays among concerns.

AAP

Trump brutally ended Obama’s flagship project to power Africa – but the dream is not dead

IN FOCUS: Power Africa – established more than a decade ago – aimed to help bring stable electricity to 600 million people across Africa, writes Nick Ferris, before being cut by the current president. But all hope is not lost

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish councillors reject plans for solar farm over 'prime agricultural land' row

PERTH and Kinross councillors have refused an application for a solar farm on prime agricultural land near Coupar Angus ...

Euronews

‘Europe is becoming a solar powerhouse’: Solar tops EU electricity as coal sinks to new low

The Netherlands and Greece were the top solar record setters, while wind power also hit new highs in May and June.

Windows Central

Microsoft sees its carbon emissions soar on a 168% glut in AI energy demand, "we recognize that we must also bring more carbon-free electricity onto the grids."

Microsoft's pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030 has hit an AI-shaped snag, as the firm's hunger for cloud growth impacts emissions targets.

Benzinga

Options Corner: Why First Solar Can Trump The "Beautiful" Blow To Clean Energy

Renewable energy specialists like First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) are feeling the heat following President Donald Trump signing a tax and spending bill, known as the "Big Beautiful Bill." Unfortunately, enterprises associated with clean energy — particularly solar-related companies — don't view the law quite as favorably. On Tuesday afternoon, FSLR…

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Solar Stocks Get A Reprieve As Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Lands Softer Than Feared

As President Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill” reshapes the landscape of the renewable energy sector, a KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst is reacting with cautious optimism, noting that the impact on key players may be less severe than initially feared.

Euronews

Turbine in Scotland hits ‘very significant milestone’ in a breakthrough for tidal energy

The turbines generated enough electricity collectively to power up to 7,000 homes annually.

The National (Scotland)

'Major breakthrough': Scottish tidal stream energy project 'sets new world record'

A SCOTTISH renewable energy project has set a “new world record” in what has been hailed as a “major breakthrough” ...

The Guardian - UK

Rise in legal action against renewables companies over minerals

Renewable energy and critical minerals projects often want to mine on sacred lands but minority groups are fighting back through the courts

The Independent UK

Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread poverty and the city’s violent takeover by Congolese rebels early this year

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Elon Musk ambushes Donald Trump again, says the President’s ‘massive error’ will leave U.S. dangerously ‘vulnerable’

Massive strategic error.

The Conversation

Offshore wind in the Mediterranean: renewables can, and must, protect biodiversity – here’s how

The oceans – engines of life on Earth and our single greatest climate regulator – are caught in a catch 22. We urgently need to decarbonise our economy, which means rolling out renewable energy on a massive scale, including offshore sources such as fixed and floating wind farms. However, we…

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