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Hydrogen Can’t Cut The Mustard, Even In Dijon
Dijon is a useful hydrogen transportation case study because it was serious, early, and well funded. This was not a symbolic pilot. The city committed real capital, built infrastructure, signed supply agreements, and intended to operate hydrogen vehicles at scale across buses, refuse trucks, and light municipal fleets. The intention ... [continued]
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Love the Smell of Wind in the Morning
In an uncharacteristic move, I got up early a few days ago. (We usually like to stay in bed till we have to get up — retirement has to have some rewards.) So, I thought I would check the NEM Widget and see where our electricity was coming from at ... [continued]
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US EV Tax Credit Loophole — Make Sure You Complete The Loop
It’s been a while since the $7,500 US tax credit for electric vehicles was ended, but the story is not over yet. As we noted a few months ago, a loophole was added, or confirmed, toward the end of the 3rd quarter. People who bought an EV before October 1 ... [continued]
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New Nissan Juke EV To Use New Nissan LEAF Platform
Nissan is electrifying its popular Juke model. About a month ago, spy shots of a camouflaged Juke EV were spotted in England. Now we also have intel that the Juke electric SUV will be based on the same platform as the new LEAF, a larger electric SUV. Nissan is using ... [continued]
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38 Coastal, Remote, & Island Communities To Pursue Energy Reliability via Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project
Latest Cohort Is Program’s Biggest Yet, With Broad Geographic Representation By Justin Daugherty, NLR Remote and island communities face unique energy challenges—but these challenges also present unique opportunities to increase energy affordability, reliability, and security. In their efforts to address their energy challenges, 38 coastal, remote, and island communities will ...
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New Jersey Sides With Solar! More State Leadership Needed
We’ve all seen the news of the disastrous SPEED Act and the Trump administration’s constant attacks on solar power. What’s the solution? Aside from tossing out the fossil-soaked politicians that run our country, we need state and local leadership. That’s our best hope for the next few years. The good ... [continued]
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Supported By Big Oil, Data Center Boom Faces Growing Local Opposition
Fossil fuel companies like Exxon see powering data centers as an important new revenue source and are making promises they can't keep.
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Rivian Training Veterans in Georgia
Rivian seems to be on a roll. As part of a new workforce development push (anticipating the need for more employees, no doubt), the all-electric automaker is scoring big points in a bipartisan way. It is now training veterans in technical trades in Fort Benning, Georgia. “Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) and ... [continued]
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3Wliners Tesla Floor Mats — All The Protection For Your Car You Want
Floor mats are a funny thing. If they are too fluffy like the shag carpet in a 1970s split level house, they look swell but are impossible to keep clean. If they are tough and durable, they are easy to keep clean, but they make the inside of your car ... [continued]
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Energy Efficiency Labor Force Is On The Rise — But More Workers Are Needed
The most recent US labor force analysis shows a four-year low — the unemployment rate is at 4.6%. Not since the end of the Covid-era pandemic has the job rate been so abysmal. But there’s a bright point in the employment equation: energy efficiency jobs continue to assist a flaccid ... [continued]
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Another Day, Another EV Charging Lawsuit Against The Lawless Trump Administration
Trump voters all over the country are running to the media with their tales of woeful buyers’ remorse. Well, sure, if it makes them feel better, let them whine. Meanwhile, the real action is taking place in court, where state attorneys general are trying to undo some of the damage ... [continued]
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Sierra Club Nebraska Reacts to OPPD Extending Life of Aging Coal Plant
OPPD breaks long-standing promise to stop burning deadly coal in North Omaha OMAHA, Neb. — Today, the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) board voted to extend the life of a dangerous coal-fired power plant that has been harming the health of North Omaha families for more than 70 years. In 2014, OPPD ... [continued]
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House Passes SPEED Act, Failing to Lower Energy Costs or Speed Clean Energy Deployment
Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or ... [continued]
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Sierra Club: Rising Prices Directly Linked to Trump Tariffs, Cuts to Clean Energy
CPI Data Released Today Shows Trump’s Trade, Energy Policy is on the “Wrong Course” WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released consumer price index data for September to November, showing a 2.7% increase in inflation for goods and services. BLS did not release an October report due to Republicans’ ... [continued]
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Cleantech Producers Call on EU to Boost Support for Green Shipping Fuels in Europe
The EU’s early industrial advantage could disappear while international markets mature, warn European cleantech producers. According to the recently published Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP), decarbonising the shipping industry is estimated to require between €35 and €47 billion in annual investments by 2035. While the majority will come from the ...
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