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Environmental, Consumer Groups Challenge Trump’s Unlawful Coal Plant Extensions
Washington, D.C. — Today, seven environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed rehearing requests after Donald Trump’s Department of Energy unlawfully invoked Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act and forced two coal power plants in Indiana to stay online after their planned retirements. The seven groups include Sierra Club, Environmental Law and ... [continued]
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EU to Phase Out Damaging Soy Biofuels
Soy biofuels will no longer count towards EU renewable targets, with new EU Commission research confirming they contribute significantly to deforestation. The EU will phase out soy in an attempt to curb the use of biofuels linked to indirect land-use change (ILUC), a significant cause of CO2 emissions and biodiversity loss, new ... [continued]
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Rye On A Roll: US Developer Greenlit For Massive Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Project On Brownfield
The proposed Goldendale Energy Storage Project in Washington State is one step closer to adding 1.2 gigawatts of pumped hydropower storage to the nation's renewable energy profile.
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Chinese Vehicles Are Gaining Serious Traction in South Africa’s Overall Used Vehicle Market
AutoTrader’s latest pricing and mileage figures highlight a decisive shift in buyer behaviour as Chinese brands convert sceptics into confident second-hand shoppers. This shift could help accelerate the transition to electric vehicles in South Africa in the medium term, as Chinese brands have shown to be more aggressive when it ... [continued]
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Major success from the Electric Home Show – 3 months before it even happens
As you may know by now, CleanTechnica is producing its first large scale event, the Electric Home Show, in Honolulu, in April. It’s a 3 day festival of amazing earth-friendly fun, starting with a day for industry professionals, followed by 2 days of a consumer trade show with talks, workshops, ... [continued]
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PHEV Sales Up 280% In 2025 In South Africa, While HEVs Down 6% As Chinese Brands Grow Market Share
Plug-in hybrids are the hottest thing in South Africa right now in terms of sales growth. Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were up 280% in 2025 compared with sales figures from 2024. That’s because 738 PHEVs were sold in 2024 and 2,808 PHEVs were sold in 2025 in the passenger ... [continued]
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Wind & Solar Surpassed Fossil Fuels In EU In 2025
The latest report from Ember shows solar and wind outperformed fossil fuel generation in the EU in 2025 for the first time ever.
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Waymo Launches Robotaxi Service in Miami
As promised a couple months ago, Waymo has launched robotaxi service in Miami, Florida. (Thanks to a reader for pointing this out to me under my article about Tesla’s robotaxi coverage reaching 50% of the US population … or not.) After doing its usual process of testing, testing, and more ... [continued]
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Tesla Robotaxis Now Cover 50% of the USA
… in a fairytale. Naturally, there have been so many claims and forecasts about Tesla “Full Self Driving” and robotaxis over the past decade that it’s become easy to forget them and to brush new ones under the rug quickly. However, Elon Musk made a huge one last year, and ... [continued]
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16.6 Million People Work In Renewable Energy?
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has just published a report about renewable energy jobs: Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2025. What really jumps out is the fact that about 16.6 million people worked in renewable energy jobs last year. “At least 16.6 million people were directly or indirectly ... [continued]
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Vertical Aerospace Brings Valo to New York, Outlining Plans for Electric Air Taxi Routes
Valo makes its U.S. debut as Vertical shares plans for electric air travel routes in and out of Manhattan with Bristow and Skyports Infrastructure The routes would cut multi-hour journeys to minutes by air Valo will be on public display at the Classic Car Club in NYC on 23 January ... [continued]
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Is Donald Trump the Dumbest Block of Cheese in World Politics?
Many of us said it as soon as Donald Trump got elected again — he was going to drive the USA’s standing in the world down so much that we’d never recover. It’s clear that the USA’s influence in the world has been on a slow decline and in a ... [continued]
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US Startup Brings Diesel-Killing Energy Storage Down To Earth, From Mars
A new compact, containerized energy storage system can store up solar power and deliver it for more than 100 hours at a time, day or night.
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Sage Geosystems Raises Over $97 Million To Deploy World’s First Commercial Pressure Geothermal Power Generation Facility
Ormat Technologies and Carbon Direct Capital co-lead Series B financing, which will support the development of Sage’s first next-generation geothermal power generation project. Sage Geosystems, the company pioneering Pressure Geothermal, closed over $97 million in Series B funding to advance its geothermal power generation and energy storage solutions, including its ...
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ChargePoint & Midwestern Wheels Deliver Seamless EV Charging for Wisconsin Communities
ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, today announced that the company is enabling Midwestern Wheels, a licensee of Avis Budget Group, to deliver reliable EV charging to its rental car customers and those living in their local communities. New public charging deployments at Midwestern Wheels’ ... [continued]
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