Methane is responsible for nearly one third of the rise in global temperatures since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/climate/trump-methane-rules-epa-greenhouse-gas.html?searchResultPosition=1

EVs will make up an estimated 38% of new US car sales by 2030 — quadruple the 8% share in 2025.

More info: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/09/record-38-of-new-vehicle-sales-to-be-evs-in-2030-study-finds/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=harvard_alumni_news&utm_content=haa_ade_all_alumni_2026-10-08

An estimated 11.2 million environmentalists didn't vote in the last election, so Patagonia launched an $11.2 million get-out-the-vote campaign.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2026/10/05/patagonia-ceo-political-apathy

New cars & light trucks were supposed to get an average of 50.4 mpg by 2031, but Trump has reduced the goal to 34.9 mpg.

More info: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/28/nx-s1-5918509/car-fuel-efficiency-cafe-standards-rollback

Revolution Wind, the 65-turbine wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that President Trump tried to shut down, is now finished.

More info: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/18/metro/revolution-wind-completes-construction-offshore-wind-farm-ri/?et_rid=1745350245&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter&utm_source=todaysheadlines:newsletter:sub

The Earth is expected to warm 2.6 degrees Celsius, or 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit, by the end of the century.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/climate/united-nations-climate-target-overshoot.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20260903&instance_id=181388&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=225974&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

Wind and solar now account for 34% of Europe’s power generation, up from 20% in 2021.

More info: https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-chastised-trumps-climate-rollback-now-its-delaying-its-own-green-goals-835b6724?mod=djem10point

EVs displaced 1.5 million barrels of oil a day in China during the second quarter of 2026, nearly doubling expectations.

More info: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/08/14/evs-drive-down-chinas-oil-demand-as-iran-war-slogs-on-01036876

The Trump administration has spent nearly $4 billion this year to get companies to terminate 12 offshore wind leases.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/climate/rwe-trump-offshore-wind-canceled.html?searchResultPosition=1

Global warming is expected to fuel the spread of a wide variety of food-borne pathogens.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/climate/climate-cyclospora.html