• Africa installs a record 17 GW of solar in 2026. Ember.
• Clean energy additions in the US will rise by a record 45 gigawatts this year, roughly 25 percent higher than the record set in 2024. Ars Technica.
• China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026. Carbon Brief.
• Delhi now has a metro system that is bigger than New York’s, and built it for a fraction of the price. It’s 33% solar-powered, captures brake energy in batteries, and ran 99.9% on time last year. It keeps an estimated 600,000 vehicles off Delhi’s streets, and every train reserves its first car for women. The New York Times.
• Researchers have rediscovered the spinach pipefish, a relative of the seahorse thought to be extinct, in Papua New Guinea. Yale Environment 360.

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