EU’s energy crisis response is broader than expected: remote work mandates, heat pump subsidies, EV leasing schemes — plus electrification targets and new laws to tax electricity below fossil fuels.

UK £1bn investment in community energy to create opportunities for communities to take “a direct stake in a clean, green, more affordable energy future,” to deliver 8GW of locally owned clean energy by 2030. www.positive.news/environment/...

Stunning growth of battery storage puts it at centre of global energy security needs, for cars and for grids reneweconomy.com.au/stunning-gro...

Pakistan went from <5% to 25%+ solar in 4 years. Remarkable. I was cited in Pakistan's Express Tribune on exactly this — but also on what the Hormuz crisis revealed: electricity resilience ≠ energy security. tribune.com.pk/story/2602438/ending-oil-dependency-cycle

Fully renewable electricity supply. German Federal Network Agency confirm this is fundamentally possible. www.elektroauto-news.net/news/100-pro...

2026 Oil/Gas Price Spike is different! Why? Cheap EVs, cheap home solar, cheap batteries and better heat pumps are available to substitute for oil and gas burners. China's low-cost, high quality EVs are also available in UK. www.theguardian.com/business/202... #energysky

Good morning with good news: Cheap EVs arrive in UK with 2026 Oil Price Spike & UK solar/heat pump sales surge. 1. EVs cost less to buy for the first time! 2. Solar home system sales skyrocket ~80% in March. 3. Heat pump installations double in March. www.publicnow.com/view/5B62B1A... #energysky

Can paying people to photograph wildlife save species? KehatiKu, a program in Indonesian Borneo, is testing this model by paying citizens to log sightings. While the app has collected 175,000 records in its first year, experts question if financial incentives can sustain long-term conservation.

HUGE! China will DOUBLE its non-fossil fuel energy (not just power) supply by 2035! China's 2025 electricity was ~42% non-fossil fuel or about 4,000TWh. Given demand growth, doubling clean generation output would raise its share to ~66% by 2035. HUGE! www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

The golden-headed lion tamarin’s range has shrunk by 42% since 1992. To combat a 60% population decline, a new Brazilian center is rehabilitating tamarins displaced by urban sprawl. The goal: move them from dangerous city streets back into the native forests they need to survive. Learn more! 👇️

Blue-and-yellow #macaws 🦜 are flying over #Rio again after about 200 years, thanks to a project that’s bringing back animals lost from the forest 🌳. They disappeared mainly because of #deforestation and wildlife trade, but scientists are slowly reintroducing them to rebuild the #ecosystem 🌎

Waterway experts connect in Paris, bringing together project partners, ecosystem stakeholders, and key representatives from across Europe for a multi-day exchange on the future of resilient waterways. www.linkedin.com/posts/connec...

The latest public deliverables from REWET are now live, bringing together research, methodologies, and practical insights to support wetland restoration across Europe. www.rewet-he.eu/deliverables

Lisbon to Host Global Bike Bus Summit as Movement Continues to Grow. momentummag.com/bike-bus-sum...

Planting trees to remove carbon can harm the environment – or protect it: study highlights trade‑offs The takeaway: it’s not just more trees - it’s the right trees, in the right places. theconversation.com/planting-tre...

Sales of Full Electric Vehicles in New Zealand skyrocket 278% during March 2026, compared to March 2025. Full-electric autos were 16.5% of sales. Plug-in-hybrid (PHEV) were about another 8% plus of sales. ~25% of autos sold in New Zealand during March had a plug. evdb.nz/ev-stats #energysky

Installing a heat pump can be costly and complicated. Enter Merino Energy’s new single-room system, which it says a contractor can get running in an hour.

Five “missing” bird species were rediscovered in 2025, including one not documented in 94 years. These finds in Southeast Asia and Oceania offer hope for conservation as the Lost Birds List drops to 120 species, down from 163 in 2022. @spoorthyraman.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

The ocean has reached a 10% protection milestone, but hitting the global 30% target by 2030 requires protecting an area the size of the Indian Ocean in just four years. Experts warn that progress must accelerate to secure our marine future. @elizabethalberts.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

Dr. Larry Stevens of Springs Stewardship Institute joins the Rewilding Earth #podcast to discuss how springs are largely unmapped, misunderstood, & managed as mere “hydrologic commodities”—despite being keystone ecosystems that support a massive array of biodiversity and the world’s major rivers.

Microplastics create macro problems.​ Nurdles are tiny pellets made from fossil fuels and are raw materials for plastic goods. Chemical companies spill 1 billion pounds of these nurdles every year, polluting the communities they operate in and floating out into the ocean.

Great Redwood Trail Master Plan Approved, Advancing 300-Mile Northern California Route. momentummag.com/great-redwoo...

#Mongabay has launched a dedicated Solutions Desk to report on how people and institutions respond to environmental challenges. By tracking what works for the planet through rigorous, evidence-based journalism, we aim to support more informed decision-making globally. Learn more! 👇️

The Amazon’s ecosystem connectivity is under threat from dams, mining and deforestation. Experts say Indigenous territories and conservation units suffer less disruption, proving that supporting Indigenous governance is vital to protecting the basin’s future. @constancemalleret.bsky.social reports.

We’re only a few weeks into spring, but renewable power generation is already soaring.

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Renewables are on the rise in the EU. Will war in the Middle East push them to new heights?

Restoring mangroves alongside dikes creates a powerful defense against sea level rise. Research shows these benefits help lower-income areas. As climate change intensifies, the value of this combined "green-gray" strategy only grows. cgeib.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

Wind and solar installations hit another global record last year. Here’s how much got built.

The Return of Slow Roll: Rebooting Detroit’s most joyful bike ride. momentummag.com/the-return-o...

Panel upgrades often keep homes from electrifying. This new study shows they may not have to.

Even a few scattered trees on farmland can give a big boost to wildlife, new research finds.

Australia’s ampurta is defying the odds. This small marsupial expanded its range by an area the size of Denmark between 2015 and 2021. While the drop in feral predators has fueled this resurgence, scientists warn that a lack of conservation investment still threatens its future. By Jenny Denton.

"Gas is only needed to cover demand during 15 percent of an average day in Spain, compared to nearly 90 percent in Italy." Since 2019, Spain doubled its wind & solar capacity. By 2025 Spain's wholesale power prices were 32% below the European average. www.politico.eu/article/spai... #energysky

[Commentary ] Slow-moving and peaceful, manatees are vital to the health of our oceans. This Manatee Appreciation Day, we honor the dedicated people working to save them. As a new op-ed by conservationist Omar Vidal argues, whether these giants survive the next 100 years is up to us.

[Founder's Briefs] The future of the ocean depends on consistent rules. Tools like satellite imagery and tracking are making it easier to detect illegal fishing. To reach our 2030 goals, governments must close the enforcement gap and move from pledges to real protection. By Rhett Ayers Butler.

In North America’s Great Lakes region, river #otters are coming back from the brink thanks to decades of effort on both sides of the border.

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help countries facing complex climate-related challenges to address disaster risks while providing important socioeconomic benefits. This guide focuses on NBS for climate resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR). openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...

A technical report commissioned by WWF collects evidence and case studies from more than 30 countries across 6 continents to demonstrate the importance of rivers and wetlands not only environmentally but economically and socially, and how they can be restored. wwf.panda.org/discover/our...

AI infrastructure startup Crusoe is investing in two of the most potentially transformative battery technologies on the market.

Once considered locally extinct, the dhole, an Asian wild dog, was recently captured on camera-trap footage in the Pu Hoat Nature Reserve in Vietnam. Experts argue that for the dhole to truly recover, we must adopt a "holistic approach" that combines improved patrolling with reduced wildlife demand.

In just over a decade, Chile went from no utility-scale wind or solar at all to having more electricity from these sources than from all fossil fuels combined: In 2000, wind+solar provided 0% of Chile's electricity, fossil fuels 45%.By 2025, wind+solar had risen to 36%, fossil fuels fallen to 28%.

Time and time again surveys of heat pump owners show that the vast majority of people are happy with their heat pump. Here's data from Canada, a place known for its very warm winters. cleanenergycanada.org/report/heat-...

UK's biggest energy firm has seen a 50% rise in solar panel sales after the US-Israel war with Iran pushed oil and gas prices up www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Electricity generated from wind and solar is largely insulated from fossil fuel price volatility – once built, the fuel is free." This is what I told @dharna.bsky.social @theguardian.com who published this article. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This new XPrize hopes to spur the next generation of geothermal power plants.