Headline News:

• “North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy For Damages Caused By ‘Climate Deception'” • Carrboro, North Carolina, a town with about 21,000 residents, claims it has suffered millions of dollars in damages to its roads and town buildings due to more frequent and extreme weather events. It sued Duke Energy for deception about the climate. [CleanTechnica]

Main Street, Carrboro (Digitalican, CC BY-SA 3.0)

• “China Starts First Railway Powered By Clean Energy” • CHN Energy put a train into operation as China’s first venture to use renewable energy to power a railroad. Its region has plenty of sunshine, so engineers installed solar panels that operate along with the conventional grid. It balances load and provides steady distribution of energy. [Railway Supply]
• “Six-Day Blackout At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Sparks Fears Of Nuclear Disaster” • The lack of external power supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant poses significant threats to nuclear safety. The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been disconnected from Ukraine’s power grid for six days. [RBC-Ukraine]
• “EU Energy Systems Vulnerable To Heatwaves, Droughts, And Rising Cooling Needs, EEA Says” • Future energy demand for cooling is expected to increase most in southern EU countries, such as Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, which could consume 71% of the total annual energy for cooling purposes in homes in the EU as global warming continues. [Euronews]
• “Trump Launches Broad Effort To Help Revive Flagging US Coal” • The Trump administration is opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for leasing to coal miners and putting up $625 million for power plants that burn coal as part of an initiative to revive the archaic industry. The measures come amid surging demand from data centers. [Energy Connects]

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