Solar power soared last year — and it’s not slowing down

Published on April 24, 2026

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Last year was a huge one for renewable energy around the globe — but nothing showed up quite like solar power. This week, energy think tank Ember released its review of where the world’s electricity came…

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Publisher’s Note: Kermit was wrong

April 24, 2026
When I was a kid, David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things ran an episode on the decimation of the Amazon rainforest that filled me with wonder and a burning need to do something. That imprint has never left me.I recently watched Suzuki and his wife Tara – a force in her own right – perform a play called What You Won’t Do for Love. It made me cry and laugh in equal measure. During the Q&A, Suzuki lamen

Fossil fuel promoters tied to campaign to keep Ohio county renewable ban

April 24, 2026
A group fighting to uphold an Ohio county’s ban on renewable energy has significant financial ties to individuals and organizations that promote fossil fuels, as a campaign finance report filed this week reveals. Last summer, Richland County became one of the more than three dozen Ohio counties that bar…