Green Planet Pulse

EU Carbon Policy Signals

• 🔥 Portugal Urges EU Rethink: Portugal has urged Brussels to pause cuts to free carbon allowances, warning they could...

Turning carbon to commerce, Vidhi Patel's presentation examines recycling CO₂ into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a path to decarbonize aviation.

The EU’s carbon border tax is now fully operational in 2026 — but will it cut emissions or just raise costs?

• New rules in action: Certificate...

Climate narratives are shifting across forums, revealing how action persists under new labels.

• National duty gains traction as Japan joins 141...

A new ShanghaiEye video titled Breaking Barriers highlights China's latest hydrogen fuel cell system developments.

A new 41-minute podcast probes whether deep geothermal energy could complete the UK's green transition. Hosts Tim Fryer and Jack Loughran unpack its potential as the overlooked solution.

A $41M UAE company is integrating solar technology directly into building facades, turning architecture itself into a source of clean energy.

Michigan's new pilot program offers $10 million in grants to develop renewable energy and storage projects on brownfield sites. This approach repurposes contaminated land for clean energy, potentially providing a scalable model for other states.

Climate change is driving interconnected impacts from mass displacement to daily disruptions and rising costs.

• Displacement surged to 13.6 million...

Lightsource bp and Contact Energy have hit financial close on a major utility-scale solar project, adding a large block of renewable generation to New Zealand's mix alongside existing hydro and wind.

AESO has implemented centralized power forecasting for daily grid operations, enabling better utilization of wind and solar generation. This step directly supports higher renewable penetration by improving integration of variable resources.

• SunZia wind farm (916 turbines, 3.65 GW) now delivers power from New Mexico to California and Arizona, setting multiple grid records
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Phelan Green Hydrogen has licensed Johnson Matthey's HyCOgen and FT CANS technologies for Phase 1 of its $2.5-billion eSAF plant in Saldanha Bay,...

• 50 lawmakers led by Sen. Merkley and Rep. Huffman urge EPA to keep pyrolysis facilities under Clean Air Act incinerator standards.
• Toxic emissions...

Climate governance shows incremental progress at state and global levels.

• California issues Scope 3 reporting template for 2027 value-chain...

AI-driven data center growth is forcing urgent grid and emissions fixes.

• FERC orders six U.S. grid operators to justify or overhaul large-load...

Sodium-ion and LFP batteries are advancing fast in EVs and trucks, cutting dependence on scarce lithium and cobalt.

• Sodium-ion breakthrough: FAW...

States and innovators are hitting plastic waste from three angles at once.

• Policy investment: CalRecycle's $41M grants expand redemption sites,...

Vincent Martinez of Architecture 2030 stresses that decarbonizing the built environment is less about missing technology and more about aligning...

• FERC ordered six regional grid operators covering 200 million people to justify or overhaul data center connection rules, aiming to speed AI-driven...