It’s the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:
What Caterpillar’s sustainability report reveals about construction’s carbon challenge (Construction Briefing) As regulatory and customer demands reshape the construction equipment market, Caterpillar’s latest sustainability report shows where real progress is happening and where structural limits remain.
The clean energy boom that could snarl the GOP megabill (Politico) Arizona Rep. Juan Ciscomani and other rank-and-file Republicans are facing a tough choice: resist Donald Trump’s efforts to gut Democrats’ climate law or incur the wrath of constituents who could lose billions in investments and thousands of new jobs.
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Europe’s 2025 blackout: A wake-up call for resilient renewable infrastructure (EU-Startups) The blackout underscored the urgency of building a grid that can withstand shocks while supporting the renewable transition already underway. While the cause was technical, the implications are structural, spanning energy policy, digital infrastructure, and the very design of the grid.
Geothermal research digs deep for future of industrial energy (Environment+Energy Leader) In South Dakota, 8,000 feet below ground, scientists are advancing geothermal technologies with potential to reshape commercial energy use. At the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), a project led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is leveraging the extreme underground conditions to conduct critical research on Enhanced Geothermal Systems.
The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica (Grist) Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.