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

February 9, 2025 admin 0 Comments 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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Dear Pete Buttigieg, We Appreciate You & Already Miss You Too Much

February 1, 2025 admin air quality, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, climate change, department of transportation (dot), green economy, green jobs, high speed rail, investment, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, motorcycles + scooters, Pete Buttigieg, policy & politics, research, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:15:14 +0000

Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, brought tears to my eyes four years ago, and they were tears of joy. CleanTechnica, NRDC, and so many more fans were pleased that yes, “Finally, Infrastructure Week Isn’t a Joke.” Before I begin listing some of the daily natural highs I discovered while reading … [continued]

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Has Elon Musk Made A U-Turn On The US EV Tax Credit? Is The US Keeping It?

February 1, 2025 admin clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla, tesla cybertruck, tesla model y, tesla tax credit, us ev tax credit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:28:37 +0000

During the 2024 US presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked electric vehicles and Joe Biden’s EV policies, including the US EV tax credit (which was first passed under George W. Bush, but which was updated and strengthened under Joe Biden — and which revived tax credits for Tesla under Biden). … [continued]

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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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Trump Tries to Demolish Biden’s “Green New Deal” on Day 1 — EV, Solar, & Wind Policies & Funding Attacked

January 23, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, inflation reduction act of 2022., investing in america, Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:25 +0000

Even a con man tells the truth once in a while. Donald Trump, for whatever idiotic reason, hates cleantech. He has long hated wind turbines, thinks solar power is stupid and hates it, and trashes electric cars with misinformation on a regular basis. He also hates his political opponents having … [continued]

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Donald Trump Reverses Joe Biden’s LNG Pause on Day 1

January 22, 2025 admin Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, Joe Biden, lng, natural gas, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:55:55 +0000

Donald Trump has taken office. One of his first actions as president (again) has been to end the pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. More fossil fuels are allowed to flow again. Here’s the full statement from the US Department of Energy: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), effective … [continued]

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The End of the Green New Deal?

January 22, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, green new deal, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:42:52 +0000

The Biden era is over, and the second Trump era is here. While most of the talk about a “Green New Deal” came several years ago, and there’s been no specific “Green New Deal” legislation that has been passed or close to it, two big pieces of legislation that were … [continued]

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6 Organizations Join US Green Workforce Collaborative

January 22, 2025 admin Joe Biden, national energy technologies laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory, steel, Uncategorized, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:36:54 +0000

The most critical resource needed in the ongoing transition to electric vehicles isn’t lithium, silicon, or nickel — it’s an adequate workforce. Training people for the green industrial workforce needed for the 21st century industrial revolution is critical, needed in high volume, and hard to get and keep at the … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $996 Million Loan Guarantee to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge to Advance Domestic Production of Lithium Carbonate, Boost U.S. Battery Supply Chain

January 20, 2025 admin atvm, batteries, battery supply chain, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, ioneer, Joe Biden, lithium carbonate, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, Manufacturing, nevada, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:53:40 +0000

Rhyolite Ridge will process lithium carbonate to support the domestic EV battery supply chain. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $996 million loan guarantee (including $968 million of principal and $28 million of capitalized interest) to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $15 Billion Loan Guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company to Expand Hydropower Generation, Battery Energy Storage, & Transmission

January 20, 2025 admin batteries, California, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, hydroelectric, investing in america, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, pacific gas & electric, PG&E, us department of energy (doe), virtual power plants

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:51:32 +0000

Section 1706 Loan Guarantee Will Maintain Affordability for Customers and Improve System Resilience and Reliability As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $15 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company … [continued]

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