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Pricing Fertilizer Emissions Cuts Climate Pollution Without Making Food Expensive
Pricing fertilizer emissions sounds like a recipe for more expensive food, but when the numbers are worked carefully, it turns out to be a policy that cuts emissions sharply while barely moving grocery prices. The reason is simple and counterintuitive. Fertilizer is a large share of farm costs and an ... [continued]
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Oh, So That’s Why EV Charging Stations Are Still Hot Property
It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma: If EV sales are crashing, why are hundreds of new public EV charging stations still popping up all over the country like mushrooms after the rain? There are more than a few answers to that question, and the coming wave of used EVs ... [continued]
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Pressurized Steel, Missing Demand: Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone In Energy Flows
The German hydrogen backbone without customers or suppliers—a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere—is real steel in the ground, pressurized and defended as inevitable, yet it is being built for an energy system that does not need it. That claim sounds provocative until the energy flows are laid out in full. ... [continued]
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US EV Sales Drop 2% in 2025, But Up 162% Compared to 2021
I just wrote about 4th quarter US EV sales. As expected, they don’t look great. Sales dropped a ton in the 4th quarter after Republicans killed the $7,500 US EV tax credit. However, we all know that the 3rd quarter was a blockbuster quarter for US EV sales for the ... [continued]
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Lowest US EV Sales Since 4th Quarter of 2022 — CHARTS
As expected, the US electric vehicle market took a hit in the 4th quarter. With the $7,500 federal EV tax credit ending at the end of the 3rd quarter (after Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump prematurely killed it), people rushed to buy EVs before October, and then the market ... [continued]
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Geoengineering The Ocean — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The latest research examines the risks and rewards of geoengineering the ocean to make it absorb more carbon dioxide.
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Thousands Of EV Fast Chargers Planned In Various States
After writing about how EV fast chargers are coming to Walmarts in 19 states, here’s another big announcement related to a brand name retailer. Thousands of EV fast chargers will be installed in a variety of US states at Kroger, Foods Co., Fred Meyer, Fry’s Food Stores, Harris Teeter, King ... [continued]
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Trump Sends A Geothermal Love Letter To Coal, Oil, And Natural Gas
With new, advanced drilling systems in hand, the domestic geothermal energy industry can spread into new parts of the US.
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Data Center Demand For Electricity Provokes US Government Response
The US has issued a new "emergency" plan to force data centers to pay for the electricity they need but it undercuts renewables,
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Yet Another US Startup Has A Global Energy Transition Plan Up Its Sleeve
A new, energy efficient desalination system leverages natural water pressure to make a 40% cut in energy consumption.
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Losing Loser Loses Another Offshore Wind Fight, Again
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the saying goes, and US President Donald Trump is desperate to avoid losing. But, losing he is. Take his ferocious, no-holds-barred attack on the thousands of workers employed by the US offshore wind industry. While successfully obliterating many wind jobs during the course ... [continued]
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US Electric Ship Innovator Aims For Global Impact
A new business model for electric ships deploys battery swapping and smaller vessels to cut the total cost of ownership below conventional cargo ships.
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The Complex Process Of An Urban Water Supply System
Have you ever thought about where your water comes from? The question occurred to me when I moved to a southeastern condo community. In my former rural New England home, we had an artesian well. Now we are part of an urban water supply system, and I became curious about the ... [continued]
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Yup, What We Said Would Happen Is Happening Thanks To Trump’s Idiotic Approach To International Relations
I’m not a huge fan of “there are two kinds of people in the world” statements, but there is certainly a spectrum in human beings from, on the one hand, always looking for a fight, and, on the other hand, looking for similarities and reasons to collaborate or be friends. ... [continued]
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Canada’s New Trade Agreement Has Far Reaching EV Implications
As Steve recently wrote, Canada announced a trade deal with China that will allow a quota of 49,000 EVs at a tariff rate of 6.1%, raising to 70,000 vehicles over five years. This is big news. While the quota volume might look small compared to the Chinese market, it makes ... [continued]
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