Green

• EU Wants to Track Potential Rogue Efforts to Block Out Sun
  The European Union has launched a €35 million ($39.4 million) tender to fund research and coordination on, among other things, detecting rogue efforts to alter the earth’s atmosphere by blocking out the sun.
• EU to Push Global Emission-Cutting Ambitions at COP31 Summit
  The European Union will push for a so-called “mitigation package” at the COP31 climate summit next month after a recent United Nations report said the world would breach the key 1.5C temperature goal laid out by the Paris Agreement.
• France’s Drought Strains Drinking Water for 1 Million People
  France’s historic drought is stressing the country’s drinking-water system, forcing tens of thousands of people in some areas to rely on bottled water and tanker truck deliveries as dry conditions linger into autumn.
• Rising Water Bills Have Added to the Squeeze on American Households
• Toyota’s ‘Baby’ Land Cruiser Seen Bolstering Asia Car Sales
  Toyota Motor Corp. is counting on a new Land Cruiser, the smallest in its lineup, to defend its foothold in Asia as China’s automakers rapidly expand across the region.
• Lucid’s Cost-Cut Plan Leads to Pullback in Quarterly EV Output
  Lucid Group Inc.’s production fell sharply as the struggling maker of electric vehicles worked to rein in costs and prioritize selling existing inventory.
• US Gulf Faces Heavy Rain Threat From Developing Tropical System
  A tropical system developing in the Bay of Campeche may reach the US Gulf Coast this weekend, threatening heavy rain while potentially skirting major oil and gas hubs.
• A Surge in US Solar Exports Helps Cuba Keep Some of Its Lights On
  When Cuba suffered its seventh national blackout this year, the guests at La Campana in Havana kept partying. Thanks to the event center’s solar panels and backup batteries, they didn’t even realize the lights were out.
• India’s Richest State Rations Water After Worst Monsoon in Years
  Maharashtra, India’s wealthiest state, will cut water supplies to homes by at least 10% after a powerful El Niño left the country with its weakest monsoon in more than a decade.
• Rare Shark, Orca Sightings Off Mozambique Raise El Niño Question
  Growing numbers of orcas and whale sharks have started appearing off the coast of Mozambique, in an unusual development that’s coincided with the formation of the El Niño weather cycle.
• Vietnam’s LNG Power-Plant Ambitions Are Well Behind Schedule
  Vietnam’s ambitions to rapidly expand liquefied natural gas imports to feed growing electricity demand are unraveling, as red tape and financial hurdles delay nearly all of the country’s planned power projects.