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From Optionality to Outcome: How Germany Can Reset Hydrogen Without Losing Face
Germany now has a pressurized segment of its hydrogen backbone that is physically complete and operationally empty. There are no connected suppliers feeding hydrogen into it, no contracted customers drawing hydrogen out, and no credible near-term pathway to change either of those facts. This is no longer a question of ... [continued]
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Germany’s Audit Court Calls Time on Hydrogen Inevitability
The October 2025 special report from Germany’s Federal Audit Court, Implementation of the Federal Government’s Hydrogen Strategy, lands with unusual weight because it is not a policy critique or an academic intervention, but a statutory budgetary assessment delivered to Parliament. It evaluates the hydrogen strategy against the legal requirements of ... [continued]
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India Poised To Become World’s First Electrostate?
The economy of India today is where China's was twenty years ago. Ember suggests India can bypass fossil fuels on its way to growth.
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When Europe’s Economic Institutions Step Away From Hydrogen
Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, working jointly with France’s Conseil d’analyse économique, has already stepped away from hydrogen as a broad energy carrier, and that shift sits uneasily alongside a 400 km pressurized segment of Germany’s hydrogen backbone with no suppliers and no customers. The joint guidance from these two ... [continued]
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Over 20 Million EV Chargers Operating In China Now
Of course, we who follow electric vehicles know China is the world’s largest EV manufacturer. It’s also clear there are many affordable Chinese EVs — much more affordable than in some other countries. There might be less clarity about how much China is also leading in the number of EV ... [continued]
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Elon’s Promises At Davos: A New Era?
Elon Musk surprised attendees with an appearance in Davos at the World Economic Forum. His remarks were delivered as part of a conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and filled with ideas that ranged from the future of AI and human longevity to driverless transportation. “We are in the most ... [continued]
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Gogoro’s Reset: From Electric Scooter Brand to Energy Infrastructure Company
Most of CleanTechnica’s contacts at Gogoro have cleared the deck. Luckily, we have one or two of them still in the Taiwan HQ and we will get more insider information during Computex 2026. But for now, here are the goods. Gogoro is trying to stop the bleeding. After years of ... [continued]
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Tesla Became Popular Selling the Fun of Driving, Now Selling Cars to Not Be Driven
It is quite ironic: Tesla became such a popular company, sold millions of vehicles, and became profitable by selling people on the fun of electric driving. The instant torque, all of the YouTube videos of drivers stepping down on the pedal and passengers getting pushed back into their seats and ... [continued]
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Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging; Cleaner Air, & Lower Driving Costs Across the Country
Seattle — Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin of the Western District of Washington entered final judgment in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program—a $5 billion federal initiative to build reliable, high-speed electric vehicle
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Energy Affordability & Clean Air on the Line in Washington State
OLYMPIA, Washington — On January 22, 2026, the Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments centering on the legality of I-2066, centering on how the initiative’s title misled voters by its ballot title and instead silently amended existing climate and clean air laws and programs across multiple state agencies, utilities, ... [continued]
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Arkansas PSC Opens Door For Higher Electricity Bills
Governor-appointed commissioners allow SWEPCO to raise rates by 23% Little Rock, Arkansas — Yesterday, as the region focused on an impending winter storm, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a move to raise customers’ electricity costs in much of Northwest Arkansas. With the go-ahead from the three governor-appointed PSC commissioners, SWEPCO will ... [continued]
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Advocates Challenge Georgia Power’s Overbuilt, Flawed Data Center Plan
ATLANTA — Yesterday, environmental groups pushed back on Georgia Power’s defense of its plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation. The Sierra Club, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a response to Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission’s reply ... [continued]
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NPS Censoring of History at Independence National Historical Park
PHILADELPHIA — This week, the National Park Service removed an exhibit from Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site. The interpretive display, located at the President’s House Site at the park, depicted individuals who had been enslaved by George Washington, along with a timeline detailing the history ... [continued]
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A Year of Oversight & Accountability: Sierra Club FOIAs Have Uncovered Oil & Gas Handouts, Canceled Grants, Opposition to Whitewashing of History, & More
Washington, DC — Today, the Sierra Club is highlighting the transparency generated by the organization’s Environmental Law Program in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office. Sierra Club lawyers launched a robust Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) accountability effort one year ago, at the start of the second ... [continued]
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Egypt Picks Up Solar Power Banner Dropped By US President Donald Trump
The Singapore-based solar manufacturer Elite Solar is among the global stakeholders rushing to fill the demand for solar power in Egypt...and in the US, too.
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