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Trump Admin Freezes Giant NEVI Charging Program — But Can It?

February 9, 2025 admin clean transport, department of transportation (dot), Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ev charging, ev charging stations, federal highway administration (fhwa), Joe Biden, nevi, policy & politics, Republicans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:10:01 +0000

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) charging program is a major EV program created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in 2022 when Joe Biden was president and Democrats controlled Congress. It includes $5 billion in grants to roll out more EV charging infrastructure all across … [continued]

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Powerful New Offshore Wind Turbine Trumps The Trump “Energy Dominance” Plan

February 9, 2025 admin clean power, EU, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind turbine, policy & politics, siemens gamesa, us offshore wind, us offshore wind farms, usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:58:24 +0000

While Trump single-handedly bludgeons the US offshore wind industry into a state of paralysis, massive new offshore wind turbines are coming to markets elsewhere around the world.

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Geothermal Aside, US Energy Policy Gets Dumb And Dumber Every Day

February 9, 2025 admin clean power, Energy, enhanced geothermal systems, fervo energy, geothermal energy, green economy, policy & politics, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:27:35 +0000

Fossil fuels face a new threat from the US geothermal energy industry, which stands to benefit from the purportedly fossil-friendly Trump administration.

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A Key Reason Why Our Society Is Polluted With Misinformation Today

February 9, 2025 admin Facebook, Media, misinformation, policy & politics, social media, Twitter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 03:13:45 +0000

I was working on some homework today with my daughter who’s in 2nd grade. It came after a couple of days of trying to figure out how smart people are so effectively fooled by misinformation, and don’t see the threat of massive misinformation networks (i.e., X, Facebook, etc.). The homework … [continued]

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Democratic Governors Prepared To Keep The EV Revolution Moving Forward

February 9, 2025 admin California, clean transport, COLORADO, Electric vehicles, ev incentves, Jared Polis, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:01:03 +0000

Many US states are prepared to keep the EV revolution moving forward even if federal incentives are taken away.

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Beijing Buses 95% Electric, Hydrogen Buses Dwindling, Refueling Stations Closing

February 8, 2025 admin Beijing, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, olympics, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:14:38 +0000

A rule of thumb I’ve been applying for a while is to look at what is succeeding in China in terms of clean technology. It tries everything that’s potentially viable domestically and fierce competition weeds out the winners from the losers. And on battery-electric buses vs hydrogen buses, and battery-electric … [continued]

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Want To Fix The US Economy? Let Renewable Energy Projects Rise On Their Merits

February 8, 2025 admin American politics, clean power, climate activists, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, investment, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:55:35 +0000

Want to grow the US economy? Capitalism is founded on the premise that private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society. If the US is a capitalist … [continued]

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