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Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran, but it is not yet enough to help address climate change. https://iono.fm/e/1731957 Read more here: https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-climate-change-oil-gas-prices-48bb12e1cd5713764bca103e9104309d

Mozambique has formally protected Mount Mabu, a hotspot of endemic wildlife and home to more than 200 species of butterflies, located in the Lugela district of northern Mozambique. https://iono.fm/e/1731452 Read more about this good news here: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/mozambique-protects-mount-mabu-butterfly-forest/

Scientists have discovered a remarkable “Pac-Man enzyme” that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution. https://iono.fm/e/1730998 Find out more here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261014015509.htm

London’s newest green wall is also its largest. The 3,770-square-foot bio-tapestry cloaks the southern end of the Rubens Hotel at the Palace, just a stone’s throw away from the symbolic seat of British rule. https://iono.fm/e/1730474 Find out more here: https://www.fastcompany.com/3017384/londons-largest-living-wall-takes-root

New technology supported by researchers at Murdoch University has the potential to solve water scarcity issues in remote and rural Australia. https://iono.fm/e/1729975 Read more here: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-small-scale-desalination-technology-remote.html

A new study by researchers, including those in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering, has found that the fastest-growing plant on Earth may offer a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to petroleum-derived transportation fuels. https://iono.fm/e/1729143 Find out more here: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-bamboo-emerges-potential-source-carbon.html

A European energy developer has switched on a major biomethane plant in southern Italy that will save some 9,000 tons of CO2 annually by producing a natural gas substitute with agricultural waste. https://iono.fm/e/1728707 Read more here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/italian-biomethane-plant-comes-online-providing-renewable-gas-supply-to-over-3000-homes/

A relatively small share of the world’s population may be causing environmental damage on the same financial scale as the global effort needed to repair it. https://iono.fm/e/1728259 Find out more here: https://scitechdaily.com/the-richest-10-cause-up-to-5-7-trillion-in-environmental-damage-each-year/

A solar-plus-storage project, claimed as the first of its kind in Africa to deliver 24/7 renewable electricity, has come online at a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. https://iono.fm/e/1727820 Find more here: https://www.energy-storage.news/africas-first-24-7-solar-baseload-power-plant-enabled-by-batteries-goes-online-at-drc-copper-mine/