In brief | 5 January '26

Guardian: Leftwing militants claim responsibility for arson attack on Berlin power grid

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes, which may take days to fully restore.

Euronews: Denmark’s Ørsted files legal challenge to Trump’s wind project block

The move comes after the US government suspended leases on all large US offshore wind projects in December.

Bloomberg: The 14 global trends that will shape the climate in 2026

From a split in the global electric vehicle market to how China will factor climate into its five-year plan, these are the themes Bloomberg News reporters are watching.

Politico: Why Europe’s night-train renaissance derailed

Aging carriages, high costs and reluctant incumbents choked off the night-train revival — even as passengers clamor for more.

Euractiv: Bricks and sand are the next big thing in Europe's energy transition

Thermal storage is nothing new, and now it might be time to go back to the future.

Bloomberg: Banks notch higher fees from green bonds than fossil fuel debt

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year.