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End of Green New Deal, Idiocracy, Social Media Opioids, & Tesla Risk — Video Chat

January 24, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica videos, Democrats, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:22:30 +0000

Vijay Govindan and I sat down today to discuss Democrats’ “Green New Deal” (the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), Trump trying to destroy it despite all of the economic benefits it brings across the US (especially in red districts and states), the era of “Idiocracy,” social media as … [continued]

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USDA Strikes Again: $6 Billion For Rural Clean Energy Projects

January 13, 2025 admin clean power, Democrats, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, long-duration energy storage, national rural electric cooperative association, policy & politics, renewable energy, Republicans, rural electric co-ops, rural electric cooperatives, Solar energy, solar power plants, us department of agriculture (usda), usa, usda

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:29:16 +0000

A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.

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The NLRB Is Now Aligned With Trumpsters — How Can The UAW Stand Strong For Workers’ Rights?

December 18, 2024 admin clean transport, Democrats, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Republicans, Teamsters, uaw, unions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:05:37 +0000

Earlier this week, two US Senators blocked a Democrat’s attempt to hold a second term on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In past years, that might not have seemed so serious. However, with once-and-future President Donald J. Trump already holding court from Mar-a-Lago, the Trumpsters’ effect on worker rights … [continued]

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Plugin Vehicles Cut CO2 Emissions 11% in US in 2023

November 29, 2024 admin clean transport, Democrats, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, environmental protection agency (epa), EPA, fuel economy regulations, fuel economy standards, hybrid electric cars, phev, policy & politics, policy research, Republicans, research, us environmental protection agency (epa), us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:59:32 +0000

The US Environmental Protection Agency released a big report yesterday, the 50th annual Automotive Trends Report. This report analyzed fuel economy improvements in the US (focusing on 2023 model year vehicles), and it found that, thanks to policies pushing for better and better fuel economy, the country saw its best … [continued]

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Graph: The Enormous Increase in US Manufacturing Construction from Biden’s Green New Deal Policies

November 29, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Democrats, Electric vehicles, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, Republicans, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:58:04 +0000

Democrats couldn’t say it, because “Green New Deal” supposedly became some kind of tainted and negative phrase (I’ll save my rant on how to win messaging battles like this for another day), but the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law combined to really basically become the “Green New Deal” … [continued]

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Should Democrats Abandon Florida?

November 13, 2024 admin climate change, Democrats, Florida, policy & politics, Republicans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:43:22 +0000

Florida is famous for “Florida Man” news stories and memes, for the extreme heat frying people’s brains, and for more and more extreme Republicans taking over the state. When I was younger, it was a swing state in national elections— one of the key swing states. It seems that it’s … [continued]

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