Nuclear Reactors Are Shrinking. Some Will To Float

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at the economics of Tesla’s Cybercab and Mazama Energy’s CEO on the benefits of super-hot-rock geothermal energy

Biodiversity Is Pharma’s Largest, Oldest And Most Under-Priced Supplier

Until companies start to fund nature restoration & governments create the right incentives to unlock private finance, a healthy pipeline of breakthrough drugs is at risk.

How Safe Is It To Live Near A Data Center?

Data centers are expanding near more communities. Here’s what research says about potential health, environmental, quality-of-life risks and what still is not clear.

Hunger Games IRL: 2.1% Of US Alcohol Land Could End Global Starvation

Research shows eliminating U.S. alcohol production could prevent 178,000 deaths/year. Repurposing this land for potatoes could feed an >641 million people each year.

Why The U.S. Needs The Gulf States’ AI Minerals Bet

Gulf sovereign wealth funds are pouring billions into copper, lithium, and rare-earth mines worldwide—and Washington is treating them as partners and a China buffer.

At Climate Week NYC 2026, Leaders Choose Hope Over Doom

Inside the Emerald Summit at Climate Week NYC 2026, where investors and founders bet empathy, not fear, is what actually unlocks capital for climate tech startups.

This Backyard Hack Turns Your Lettuce Patch Into A Power Plant

Neutral solar panels in agrivoltaic cold frames yielded a remarkable 300% increase compared to open-air controls, with green, red, and blue panels also showing gains.

Mr. Bean Goes Solar

A new study focused on previously untested leguminous crops, specifically organic green bush beans, exploring thirteen different solar shading to increase revenue.

Why Women’s Leadership Matters For Climate Progress

Women’s leadership is shaping climate action – from public policy to boardrooms – and showing how collaboration can turn influence into results.

Porsche has built a battery cell whose cathode is entirely recycled from its own old packs
Porsche has built a battery cell whose cathode is entirely recycled from its own old packs

Porsche and the Aachen recycler cylib have produced pilot battery cells in which 100% of the cathode active material, the lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese, came from Porsche’s own end-of-life packs. The EU Batteries Regulation will require only 6%…