See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . America’s demand for heat pumps isn’t going away just because federal incentives did. Shipments of heat pumps stayed strong in the first half of 2026, and the tech is on track to match or exceed its best year, according to a recent report from the Building…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday . This week, the Transportation Department finalized its plan to roll back fuel efficiency standards for automobiles. Automakers will now be required to achieve an average fuel efficiency of 34.9 miles per…

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . The market for battery-powered trucks may be slowing in the U.S. — but globally it’s a very different story. Worldwide, sales of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks hit a record high in the first half of this year, according to research firm…

On a sunny September day in New York City, I followed a throng of people off the subway and into Queens’ Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The crowds were there for the U.S. Open tennis tournament, but I wasn’t — I’d come to see a novel experiment to wean the city’s iconic food carts off dirty generators. Street vendors…

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . Have you ever gazed up at power lines and wondered how clean the electrons passing along them are? The answer is very different depending on where you are. Just look at the spectrum of blues in the map above. It charts the carbon intensity of power…