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Utilities and aggregators are expanding virtual power plants in 2025 across the United States and other markets to coordinate flexible electricity assets for grid balancing.

Amid current U.S. grid security concerns, the authors argue that distributed solar, batteries, and software security measures can strengthen electricity resilience across the United States.

Since Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in 2023, Brazilian forest-code enforcement has kept an estimated 20,000 square kilometres of Amazon forest standing relative to a modeled unenforced scenario, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

Ahead of COP31 in Türkiye, climate-policy researcher Patrick Schröder urged governments to embed ambitious material circularity targets in national climate commitments and climate finance.

A federal court preliminarily barred EPA from reclassifying four California Clean Air Act waivers as Congressional Review Act rules on September 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

EnerVenue opened a production line with 250 MWh of initial annual capacity on September 24 in Changzhou, China, to manufacture stationary nickel-hydrogen batteries.

At DTECH Northeast in Boston, Dash Power leaders Damir Novosel and Chris Root discussed how utilities must adapt grid planning and operations to rising demand, renewable variability and resilience risks.

In the 2020s, the US Department of Transportation announced weaker nationwide fuel-economy requirements for cars and light trucks, prompting concerns about higher fuel use and emissions.

In the 2020s, Amazon, Meta, Google, and other technology companies expanded data centers reliant on gas power across the United States, drawing emissions scrutiny and community opposition.

In the 2020s, Hawaii officials and coastal communities used shoreline restrictions, risk disclosures and retreat planning to address rising sea levels and beach erosion across the Hawaiian Islands.

The World Meteorological Organization says an exceptionally strong El Niño may continue through February 2027, threatening agriculture with drought and floods in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Peru and Central America.

In 2025, Noel Healy and coauthors argued that political and corporate pressure threatens independent climate research at universities across the United States.

Rhode Island's Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council awarded $1.5 million to climate and resilience projects at its September 24, 2025 meeting in Providence.

A Pacific Kelvin wave is expected to raise California coastal water levels by up to a foot for months as El Niño strengthens this winter, increasing storm-surge and flooding risks.

Ghana's updated Renewable Energy Master Plan sets 2026-2030 solar and wind deployment targets for Ghana, amid financing and institutional challenges.

Australia's National Electricity Market recorded a 46.5% renewable generation share in Q1 2026, as batteries shifted electricity toward afternoon and evening peaks across Australia.

U.S. lawmakers, utilities, and energy companies pursued permitting reform and nuclear and solar projects amid grid constraints and drought-related shipping costs in the United States and Germany.

U.S. senators, utilities, and energy companies advanced or reconsidered clean-energy projects in 2020s proceedings across the United States as extreme weather and drought disrupted infrastructure and fuel shipping.

As it plans a $65 million addition in the 2020s, a rural Colorado hospital is evaluating battery storage, geothermal, solar, and combined heat and power to reduce reliance on generators.

Con Edison customers in New York can select alternative electricity suppliers with renewable energy content through the state's Power to Choose website, with 48 plans offering at least 50% renewable energy as of September 2026.