** Out of nowhere as far as many were concerned, the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled an important application window for its Rural Energy for America Program, which could send thousands of small farms and business owners scrambling. Canary Media reported that this wasn’t some scheduling hiccup; it was the last chance many had to finance clean energy projects this year, and the future of the program remains uncertain.
** A Penn State engineering student has cracked a 100-year-old aerodynamic puzzle, offering a refined approach that could transform wind turbine design. Divya Tyagi, an undergraduate at the Schreyer Honors College, developed a solution that addresses gaps in a 1935 model by British aerodynamicist Hermann Glauert, providing engineers with a more robust tool for renewable energy innovation.
** One Tesla owner received a major win against the electric vehicle company, and he’s giving others hope as well. According to Drive Tesla, arbitration lawyer Marc Dobin paid the $10,000 extra for the Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature for his wife’s 2021 Model Y, but wasn’t given access to it. Luckily for him, he knew how to fight it.
** Hilcorp oil and gas company seeks federal permission to accidentally kill or injure critically endangered beluga whales and other marine mammals while drilling in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
** Federal lawmakers from Oregon call on the Trump administration to rescind an executive order aimed at blocking state climate action laws, saying it could further delay Multnomah County’s $52 billion lawsuit against oil and gas companies.
** Iowa City, Iowa, has already met its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030 and plans to deploy climate change resilience hubs to aid residents during extreme weather events.
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** France denounced the trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S. as a “submission” on Monday though other EU states largely backed a deal they acknowledged was lopsided but which averts an economically damaging trade war with Washington.
** China’s industrial profits continued to fall in June, data showed on Sunday, as entrenched producer deflation put more margin pressure on businesses in the face of subdued domestic demand and lingering global trade uncertainty.
** Over the past couple of years, China has become the world’s largest importer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), surpassing Japan as the top buyer of super-chilled gas since 2021. China’s surging LNG imports have been shaping Asian energy flows, with the country accounting for more than 40% of the continent’s total LNG import growth. However, China’s dominance in LNG markets now appears in jeopardy, and we are seeing a prolonged decline in imports.
** Russia-backed Indian refiner Nayara Energy Monday said it has started legal proceedings against Microsoft following the abrupt and unilateral suspension of critical services by the U.S.-headquartered software giant.
** InsideEVs reported that Volkswagen’s share of the electric vehicle market in Europe’s largest automotive sector, Germany, is now 49%. This represents a 32% increase from the same time last year.
** India’s largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services will reduce its workforce by 2% in its 2026 financial year, primarily affecting middle and senior management, the company said on Sunday. The move will eliminate roughly 12,200 jobs from the company’s workforce of more than 613,000