Climate crisis

The climate crisis demands action — and action is happening. This archive tracks real progress: policy wins, clean-energy milestones, community resilience, and scientific advances that show meaningful change is possible. Stories here come from every corner of the world.

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American fusion scientists claim net energy gain, in potentially huge renewables breakthrough

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Fusion energy just cleared a barrier scientists have been chasing since the 1950s — producing more energy from a reaction than was needed to trigger it. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved this by blasting tiny hydrogen fuel capsules with lasers until they released roughly 20 percent more energy than the lasers delivered. The result doesn’t mean fusion power plants are imminent; enormous engineering challenges remain between this laboratory milestone and a working grid. But it does confirm that fusion’s central promise is physically real — and that gives scientists, investors, and policymakers something genuinely new to build on.

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World’s first solar car goes into production

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Solar-powered cars have moved from moonshot idea to manufacturing reality — and that shift matters more than any single vehicle rolling off the line. Lightyear’s debut model uses curved solar arrays across its roof and hood, harvesting enough sunlight to cover up to 40 miles daily — matching most people’s actual driving habits. At $255,000, it targets early adopters, though with solar panel costs having dropped over 99% since the 1970s, wider accessibility may follow. A car that generates its own fuel from sunlight quietly answers one of the strongest critiques of electric vehicles.

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Turkish companies go solar at record pace

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Solar power applications in Turkey jumped dramatically when more than 300 companies filed for installation permits in just two weeks, according to the head of the country’s energy market regulator. The driver wasn’t a new climate policy — it was math. As the lira weakened and imported fuel costs climbed, rooftop solar suddenly became the financially obvious choice for businesses trying to keep the lights on. Turkey is well suited for it, with southern and central provinces soaking up more than 2,700 hours of sunshine a year. The bigger lesson reaches well beyond Turkey: in countries with strong sun and fragile currencies, clean energy is quietly becoming a tool of economic resilience, not just environmental progress.

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World’s first test run of a hydrogen jet engine proves a success

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Hydrogen-powered flight moved from theory to reality when Rolls-Royce and easyJet successfully ran a modern jet engine on green hydrogen produced entirely from wind and tidal energy. Unlike battery-electric approaches, hydrogen burns clean — releasing water vapor instead of carbon dioxide — and this test proved a real engine can handle it. Aviation has been one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize, so a confirmed proof of concept opens a genuine path forward. Every major breakthrough in flight history started exactly here: on the ground, with an engine, and a question that finally got answered.