PROGRESS
Off-grid solar now reaches 149 million people—up 26% in two years.
Small solar systems are powering homes, jobs and 7.4 million microenterprises.
SOURCEWorld Bank / GOGLA
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ALL THE SLOP
Every serving. No expiration date.
PROGRESS
The world's largest battery-electric ship entered commercial service.
A 130-metre electric ferry is now carrying passengers and vehicles across the Río de la Plata.
SOURCEIncat Tasmania
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PROGRESS
Rhode Island will pair solar carports, batteries and EV charging on one civic campus.
A government parking lot is becoming a small, flexible power system.
SOURCERhode Island Office of Energy Resources
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ANIMALS
North America’s largest wildlife crossing cut animal-vehicle collisions 91%.
A bridge for wildlife became a safety system for everyone.
SOURCEThe Guardian / Colorado Department of Transportation
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PROGRESS
Solar and batteries helped cut summer wholesale power prices 42% in Texas and 51% in California.
More clean capacity arrived—and midday wholesale power got cheaper.
SOURCESolar Energy Industries Association
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ANIMALS
Wild bobwhite coveys were spotted as Tennessee restored 5,000 acres of habitat.
Multiple coveys are an early sign that open-savanna restoration is rebuilding room for a long-declining bird.
SOURCEUniversity of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
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PROGRESS
Colorado funded $13.9 million in practical industrial emissions cuts.
Six implementation projects and one study will test cleaner equipment from landfill methane sensors to factory batteries.
SOURCEColorado Energy Office
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PROGRESS
A 3.75-megawatt-hour battery moved into affordable housing.
Big storage. Lower bills.
SOURCEAssociated Press
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PROGRESS
NYC's toll zone cut fine-particle pollution 13%.
The estimated air-quality gain closely tracked an 11% drop in vehicles entering the zone.
SOURCEColumbia Climate School / Environmental Science & Technology Letters
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PROGRESS
London's super sewer cut modeled storm-overflow volume 86%.
London's new tunnel intercepted most of the storm-overflow volume its designers modeled for 2025.
SOURCETideway
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ANIMALS
Fifteen frogs the size of a pencil tip just made history.
The first Afia Birago's puddle frogs ever born under human care are now hopping at London Zoo.
SOURCELondon Zoo (ZSL)
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PROGRESS
Nearly 12,000 Californians used a new EV rebate in ten weeks.
The instant discount is reaching first-time electric-car buyers at the dealership.
SOURCECalifornia Energy Commission
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PROGRESS
California will offer electrification cash instead of some gas-line replacements.
A pipe budget can become a heat pump.
SOURCECalifornia Legislature / AB 2313
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PROGRESS
Hungary is reusing fish-farm water on drought-hit land.
Post-harvest pond water is getting a second job on farms and wetlands.
SOURCEReuters
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PROGRESS
Teenagers are unplastifying 400+ schools.
A school challenge has engaged 3,500+ young people in 23 countries to redesign everyday plastic use.
SOURCEUnplastify / Reasons to Be Cheerful
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PROGRESS
Old buildings made room for 21,934 homes.
Nine hundred thirty-nine completed rehabilitations turned underused historic buildings back into homes, businesses, workplaces and community spaces while supporting an estimated 163,000 jobs.
SOURCENational Park Service
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PROGRESS
Australian homes installed 276,011 batteries in six months.
Battery installations jumped 52% from the previous half-year while households added a record 1,894 MW of rooftop solar.
SOURCERenewEconomy / Clean Energy Council
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ANIMALS
Georgia counted a record 4,292 loggerhead nests.
The 2026 count was the highest in Georgia’s statewide record. The long-run nesting trend has risen about 4% a year since the early 1990s.
SOURCEThe Current / Georgia DNR
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PROGRESS
Texas’ grid had a boring summer.
Demand broke records. The emergency alerts did not arrive. Since 2023, Texas added 19.5 GW of solar and 16 GW of battery storage.
SOURCEU.S. Energy Information Administration / ERCOT
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ANIMALS
Eight orangutans were moved from fire-threatened forest to a protected home.
Three mother-and-young pairs and two adolescent males passed health checks before being released into a protected 23,000-hectare forest.
SOURCEANTARA News / YIARI
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PROGRESS
10 NYC food carts just went quiet.
A six-month pilot will replace gasoline generators with batteries, cutting fumes and noise while gathering real-world data for thousands of street vendors.
SOURCENYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice
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PROGRESS
Hot rock is now feeding a commercial power grid.
The first 33-megawatt block is earning revenue under a power-purchase agreement. Two more blocks are due to complete the 100-megawatt first phase.
SOURCEFervo Energy
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PROGRESS
California legalized plug-in balcony solar.
SB 868 treats certified portable solar more like a household appliance: utilities may require a simple online registration, but not prior approval.
SOURCECalifornia Legislative Information — SB 868
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ANIMALS
Thailand counted 210 wild tigers.
The national estimate is up from 148–189 in 2022. A monitored tigress has raised three litters—nine cubs—and one daughter is already breeding.
SOURCEWorld Wildlife Fund
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