Sierra Club Welcomes MassPRIM Climate-Risk Review, Urges Accountability in Manager Selection

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Massachusetts pension fund says review findings will inform manager-quality evaluations & selection. The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (MassPRIM) has completed a review of how active equity managers assess climate-transition risk in high-emitting portfolio companies and incorporate that analysis into their investment decisions. The fund plans to use the findings in … [continued]

TFIE infographic unpacking Germany’s nearly 6 GW hydrogen reservation headline into 2.7 GW of entry capacity, 2.3 GW of exit capacity and 0.6 GW of inter-cluster transport. It shows reservations equal only about 3.3% of planned entry capacity and 2.7% of planned exit capacity, while reservation fees are only 2.5%–4% of annual capacity tariffs. Germany’s 6 GW hydrogen headline shrinks sharply once the reservations and planned network are unpacked.

Germany’s Hydrogen Industry Is Overselling Its 6 GW Reservation Headline

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Germany’s hydrogen industry finally has a demand number it can put in a headline: nearly 6 GW of paid reservations on the country’s emerging hydrogen core network. FNB Gas presented the reservations and customers’ willingness to pay as a strong indication that the hydrogen economy is gathering momentum. Six gigawatts … [continued]

At a workshop in June 2026, researchers and industry members met at the National Laboratory of the Rockies to discuss the challenges—and solutions—to computing facility cooling with cold underground thermal energy storage. Photo by Tara Wertz, National Laboratory of the Rockies.

Computing Facilities Can Save Big and Keep Cool by Looking Underground

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A New National Laboratory Study Finds that Underground Thermal Energy Storage Can Keep Servers Cool Year Round To ensure equipment in computing facilities function, they need to be kept cool, which can require a lot of energy and water—as much as 40% of their total annual energy consumption. Typical cooling systems … [continued]