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Week brief · September 21 to 27, 2026

Climate news, week of September 21, 2026

In the week of September 21 to 27, 2026 the Climate desk recorded 33 news events on 6 days. Renewable energy led with 8.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Sep 21 france24.com: “Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: report” 5
  2. Sep 24 mcall.com: “Energy Department to announce $2 billion power grid upgrades at Allentown event” 4
  3. Sep 21 journal-advocate.com: “Polo rapidly intensifies to a hurricane, is expected to impact Mexico” 3
  4. Sep 23 Coalition plan: scrap net zero, remove 4 offshore wind zones, lift nuclear ban 3
  5. Sep 27 wmtw.com: “Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line” 3
  6. Sep 21 punchng.com: “No plan to increase electricity tariff, says FG” 2
  7. Sep 21 Canada funds Gaia Project green career expansion in Atlantic Canada 2
  8. Sep 22 H2SITE secures €3.4m Enova funding for maritime ammonia-to-power project 2

Monday, September 21, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for September 21, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 13:10 UTC france24.com: “Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: report” 5
  2. 20:00 UTC journal-advocate.com: “Polo rapidly intensifies to a hurricane, is expected to impact Mexico” 3
  3. 19:55 UTC punchng.com: “No plan to increase electricity tariff, says FG” 2

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for September 22, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 04:06 UTC H2SITE secures €3.4m Enova funding for maritime ammonia-to-power project 2
  2. 15:45 UTC EPA repeals power plant greenhouse gas emissions rules 2
  3. 23:02 UTC India reached 300 GW renewable capacity, 54% of 552 GW total, five years early 2

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for September 23, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 07:15 UTC Coalition plan: scrap net zero, remove 4 offshore wind zones, lift nuclear ban 3
  2. 19:57 UTC Guterres: 3 Nations Now Have Fossil Fuel Exit Plans as Renewables Surge 2
  3. 02:00 UTC US judge dismisses Michigan climate lawsuit against oil companies 2

Thursday, September 24, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for September 24, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 14:30 UTC mcall.com: “Energy Department to announce $2 billion power grid upgrades at Allentown event” 4
  2. 07:05 UTC Bloomberg: “Qatar Boosts LNG Traffic Through Hormuz as Global Shortage Bites” 2
  3. 19:45 UTC Armidale council advances proposed renewable energy Future Fund 2

Friday, September 25, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for September 25, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 04:15 UTC business-standard.com: “Oil prices fall as markets weigh Iran truce, oil facility attack risks” 2
  2. 08:15 UTC Europe uses subsidies, taxes, policy pauses to offset high fuel price pain 2
  3. 18:01 UTC sierraclub.org: “NEW: Sierra Club's Utility Report Card Shows NV Energy's Sierra Pacific Power Company ...” 2

Sunday, September 27, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for September 27, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 11:00 UTC wmtw.com: “Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line” 3
  2. 02:30 UTC thewesterlysun.com: “A persistent noreaster batters US Northeast, causing coastal flooding, outages and at least 1 death” 2
  3. 07:30 UTC UK scraps EV charging planning rule for 8M households without driveways 2

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. Renewable energy 8
  2. Regulation 8
  3. Extreme weather 7
  4. Funding 4
  5. Sustainability 2
  6. Market trends 2
  7. Ev 1

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).