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Clean Economy Works: December 2025 Analysis
Three dollars abandoned for every dollar announced: In 2025, clean energy cancellations and downsizes totaled $34.8 billion, nearly three times the $12.3 billion in new investment announced
Clean Economy Works | December and 2025 Year End Analysis | E2
Companies cancelled, closed, or downsized $34.8 billion in clean energy projects in 2025—almost three times the $12.3 billion in new investment announced during the year. This 3-to-1 imbalance marks a...
2025 Transmission Planning & Development Report Card
Publications & Fact Sheets
The South Sudan Country Climate and Development Report.
South Sudan - Country Climate and Development Report
South Sudan has fallen into a vicious cycle of fragility, conflict, and climate vulnerability, with climate change acting as a threat multiplier, exacerbating .
New England’s Offshore Wind Solution. The Region Can Ride Through Cold-Weather Demand Surges with Local Renewable Energy
New England’s Offshore Wind Solution
The New England winter is no match for what offshore wind offers.
Trump’s new Wildland Fire Service is failing to ignite
Trump’s new Wildland Fire Service is failing to ignite
Wildfires are a growing threat. Do we need a new federal agency to help?
Bypassing the Grid: How Data Centers Are Building Their Own Power Plants
Positive Images of Heat Waves Reduce the Effects of Messages About Extreme Heat among U.S. Adults
Positive Images of Heat Waves Reduce the Effects of Messages About Extreme Heat among U.S. Adults
As climate change intensifies, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and severe, posing growing risks to human health, ecosystems, and infrastructure. In a large-scale survey experiment (N...
Poll Shows GOP Voters Support Solar Energy, American-Made Solar
Poll Shows GOP Voters Support Solar Energy, American-Made Solar
Voters more likely to back Congressional candidates that support all-of-the-above energy agenda, including solar A national poll conducted by Fabrizio, Lee Associates and commissioned by First Solar,...
Beyond Power Demand: How AI-Driven Metals Inflation Is Testing Utility Regulation
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Morningstar DBRS is the world's fourth largest credit ratings agency and a market leader in Canada, the U.S. and Europe in multiple asset classes.
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
The Next Decade in PJM. A Path to Reliability and Affordability
The Next Decade in PJM: A Path to Reliability and Affordability – Advanced Energy United
Reliability and affordability are of paramount importance for PJM. Two paths lie ahead for the region: One in which primarily gas resources are deployed to meet
Study: Energy Efficiency Can Address Surging Electricity Needs at Half the Cost of Gas Plants
Faster and Cheaper: Lowest-Cost Solutions to Rapid Electricity Demand
Report finds energy efficiency and demand flexibility can significantly offset the power needs of new data centers
Right-Sizing Reactors: Balancing trade-offs between economies of scale and volume
Right-Sizing Reactors: Balancing trade-offs between economies of scale and volume | NIA
If a country wants to build a lot of nuclear power fast, should the industry follow the mantra of bigger is better, or shift to focus on small modular reactors, or even microreactors, to follow the pr...
nuclearinnovationalliance.org
Utility Bills are Rising: 2025 Review
Utilities Requested Record $31 Billion in Rate Increases in 2025, Double That of 2024 - PowerLines
PowerLines’ new report documents historic utility rate increase requests, which stand to impact 81 million Americans as utility bills become the fastest driver of inflation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, ...
UAH researcher tapped as Alabama’s new state climatologist
https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2026/01/uah-researcher-tapped-as-alabamas-new-state-climatologist.html
Heat Tabletop Exercises: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Heat Tabletop Exercises: Lessons Learned and Best Practices - Heat.gov
This report summarizes the outcomes, themes, and lessons learned from NIHHIS-supported heat tabletop exercises that took place from 2022-2025.
North Carolina Solar and Agriculture Study – 2025 Update
Reports & Publications - NC Sustainable Energy Association
Offshore wind stop-work orders are costing consumers, delaying needed electricity
Offshore wind stop-work orders are costing consumers, delaying needed electricity
At a time when the administration claims the U.S. is facing a nationwide energy emergency and consumers are increasingly concerned about rising electricity costs, its efforts to stop five large offsho...
Consumer Cost Implications of Offshore Wind Stop Work Orders
Consumer Cost Implications of Offshore Wind Stop Work Orders | ACP
Halting five offshore wind projects may raise electricity costs, increase gas reliance, and reduce access to stable energy in peak demand.
Unleashing Maryland’s Residential Solar Market
https://permitpower.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/Unleashing-Marylands-Residential-Solar-Market-1.pdf
2025 Climate Impact Report
Five years in, Climate Cardinals proves youth climate action is only getting started — Climate Cardinals
New York City, NY — December 1, 2025 — As Climate Cardinals turns five, we’re releasing our 2025 Impact Report — demonstrating how youth climate action is becoming sharper, strategic, and built for l...
Improvements Needed for Tracking and Reducing State Energy Consumption; BGS Overstated Savings in a Selection of Energy Efficiency Projects (Vermont)
The authors evaluate how Vermont is measuring state government’s progress in meeting the State Agency Energy Plan (SAEP) goals.
Performance Audits | Office of the Vermont State Auditor
NERC's 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment
Resource adequacy risks intensify across North America as demand growth surges
https://www.nerc.com/globalassets/our-work/assessments/nerc_ltra_2025.pdf
Climate Impact 2025
Climate Cardinals
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New rules change how La Niña and El Niño are classified. Here’s what that means
New rules change how La Niña and El Niño are classified. Here’s what that means
Scientists say the new index for El Niño and La Niña is a better indicator of ocean temperature extremes and atmospheric circulation patterns that influence weather in California and the U.S.
Ghost recycling: how Big Oil re-brands and sells fossil fuel as green plastic
Ghost recycling: how Big Oil re-brands and sells fossil fuel as green plastic
Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s top corporate greenhouse gas emitters, supplies fossil-based plastics to global brands that sell them as “recycled.” Loopholes in industry-backed rules let these brand...
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Abstract. Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsou
Power Outages Cost More Than We Account For. Better Data Could Help. What insurers, utilities, and communities need to better assess power outage risk and boost resilience
Power Outages Cost More Than We Account For. Better Data Could Help. - RMI
Extreme weather power outages cause hidden economic losses. Better data can guide smarter resilience investments for utilities and communities.
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall 2025
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (72% versus 13%).
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs and Attitudes, Fall 2025
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 5 to 1
climatecommunication.yale.edu
The Fiduciary Case for Divesting the New York State & Local Retirement System’s Common Retirement Fund from Fossil Fuel Companies
Assessment of EU and Member States Adaptation and Investment Needs. Study on the macro-economic impacts of the climate transition
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d2039eac-f742-11f0-b9bc-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
Texas Data Center Boom Could Consume Up to 161 Billion Gallons of Water Annually by 2030
Texas Data Center Boom Could Consume Up to 161 Billion Gallons of Water Annually by 2030 - Houston Advanced Research Center
HARC (Houston Advanced Research Center) released a new white paper revealing the significant and largely unaccounted-for pressure that the rapid expansion of data centers places on Texas’ water resour...
Vineyard Wind 1: Impact on Jobs and Economic Output, Annual Report 4
https://newbedfordlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/VW1-Monitoring-Year-4-Final-2.pdf
Americans are more likely to think climate change will be harmful to the world than to them personally
Americans are more likely to think climate change will be harmful to the world than to them personally | YouGov
One-quarter of Americans believe it is very or somewhat likely climate change will cause the extinction of the human race.
2025 Global Change Outlook
2025 Global Change Outlook
Our latest Global Change Outlook investigates how human activities interact with complex Earth systems and affect the natural resources on which we depend.
Climate change eclipses La Niña cooling in Australia to drive extreme heatwave and heightened fire risk
Climate change eclipses La Niña cooling in Australia to drive extreme heatwave and heightened fire risk – World Weather Attribution
worldweatherattribution.org
New UCS Report: Powering Wisconsin Data Centers with Clean Energy Could Avoid Billions in Climate, Health Costs
New UCS Report: Powering Wisconsin Data Centers with Clean Energy Could Avoid Billions in Climate, Health Costs
New UCS Report: Powering Wisconsin Data Centers with More Clean Energy Could Avoid Trillions in Climate, Health Costs
New Study Finds Distributed Solar and Storage Could Save New Yorkers Nearly $1 Billion a Year, Cut Energy Bills Statewide
New Study Finds Distributed Solar and Storage Could Save New Yorkers Nearly $1 Billion a Year, Cut Energy Bills Statewide | Coalition for Community Solar Access
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Europe's Selective Blindness on Gas. US LNG and the Limits of Supply Diversification
Europe's Selective Blindness on Gas
A new policy brief shows that Europe is rapidly replacing its dependence on Russian pipeline gas with a dependence on US liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Building Corporate Climate Resilience
Building Corporate Climate Resilience
Physical climate impacts are fundamentally reshaping the risk landscape for global businesses. Through six dialogues conducted in 2025, the Climate Resilience Foresight Series brought together leaders...
Deschutes County considers biochar to handle wildfire fuels waste
Deschutes County considers biochar to handle wildfire fuels waste
Deschutes County is seeking solutions to one of Central Oregon’s longstanding wildfire challenges — what to do with the woody debris that is left over from fuels reduction projects.
Carbon Majors: 2024 Data Update
Carbon Majors: 2024 Data Update
A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.
Demonstrating the Full Value of Managed Electric Vehicle Charging
https://www.brattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Demonstrating-the-Full-Value-of-Managed-Electric-Vehicle-Charging.pdf
Climate Update 2026: Social Perspectives on the Climate Protection Debate
Klima-Update 2026: Gesellschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Klimaschutzdebatte
Neue Forschung von More in Common zeigt, wie Menschen in Deutschland auf Klimaschutz blicken – mit Daten, Analysen und Orientierung für die Klimadebatte 2026.
Insurance and reinsurance under climate stress: managing systemic risk in global supply chains
Insurance and reinsurance under climate stress: managing systemic risk in global supply chains
How are the insurance and reinsurance sectors are responding to climate vulnerability in supply chains, and what does this mean for economic stability?
Another White House Power Grab: PJM
Another White House Power Grab: PJM - Legal Planet
Why emergency power auctions for the artificial intelligence overlords will do little to reduce electricity prices.
World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions
World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions
Flagship report calls for fundamental reset of global water agenda as irreversible damage pushes many basins beyond recovery
Renewable Energy and Jobs. Annual Review 2025.
Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review 2025
This twelfth edition of IRENA’s Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review, produced in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides the latest data and estimates of renewabl...
CEQ Finalizes Rescission of NEPA Implementing Regulations
CEQ Finalizes Rescission of NEPA Implementing Regulations
Regulatory Background and Context CEQ’s 1978 NEPA implementing regulations were issued pursuant to President Carter’s EO 11991, which directed the agency to issue NEPA regulations and required other f...
Critical Minerals at a Critical Point: NOAA’s Decision Point
Critical Minerals at a Critical Point: NOAA’s Decision Point | Perkins Coie
On December 23, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) formally announced receipt and commencement of public review of exploration license applications for deep seabed mining...
