New Financial Model With High ROI To Drive Scientific Innovation

A novel “decoupled risk investor model.” provides a new way to fund open hardware development to accelerate sustainable science innovation.

The Fastest Climate Cuts Are Still Being Left On The Table

Cutting methane and other superpollutants could limit near-term temperature rises. Business and government already have many of the tools to act.

Is It Time To Take A More Circular Approach To Parks And Urban Spaces?

The notion of a circular economy is already gaining traction in the built environment, but what about the refurbishment and regeneration of parks and urban spaces?

Invasive Species Cost Billions. Can Online Shoppers Cut The Losses?

With invasive species causing $138 billion in annual U.S. economic losses, an online database by the Great Lakes Commission can help buyers in 50 states know what to avoid.

A solar mobile clinic has successfully driven 800km across Kenya
A solar mobile clinic has successfully driven 800km across Kenya

Solar Team Eindhoven drove its solar ambulance Stella Juva more than 800km across Kenya with Amref Health Africa, and found it generated more energy than it used while running an X-ray machine, ultrasound scanner and vaccine fridge at a clinic with no …

Oslo doesn’t need fast chargers everywhere, and it proves it daily
Oslo doesn’t need fast chargers everywhere, and it proves it daily

Oslo had 120,469 electric cars at the end of 2025, nearly half its passenger fleet, and about 78% of its 4,519 public charging points are slow AC units placed where people already park. The EU’s own right to plug sits in Article 14(8) of the recast bui…

LG Energy Solution signs a 10-year Arkansas lithium deal starting 2029
LG Energy Solution signs a 10-year Arkansas lithium deal starting 2029

LG Energy Solution has signed a binding 10-year take-or-pay agreement for 8,000 tonnes a year of battery-grade lithium carbonate from Smackover Lithium in Arkansas, a joint venture 45% owned by Norway’s state-controlled Equinor, starting in 2029. LG si…

Can Safer Fuel Power A Nuclear Energy Boom?

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how human-caused climate change is making El Niño stronger and growing demand for community solar projects

Marine Heatwaves Hampering Coral Reef Recovery, Study Finds

A report published by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network warns global hard coral cover has declined by approximately 9.5%, driven by climate-induced heat stress.

Two U.S. Ports Explore Nuclear Power For Next-Gen Commercial Shipping

The U.S. government is pushing new strategic applications of nuclear energy to power maritime operations at the ports of Long Beach and Corpus Christi.