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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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 03:06:18 +0000
Enshittification is a work coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. It seems to perfectly capture the mood of the United States today.
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:03:36 +0000
The recent US elections garnered a great amount of attention and perhaps generated even more “feelings.” It’s obvious to everyone what the results were. What is less clear, or much less, is what will unfold in the coming months and years. Of course, there are many opinions. Some come from … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:59:52 +0000
Last week, I wrote about the enormous growth in US manufacturing construction investment that has come from Joe Biden’s strong reshoring and new manufacturing policies (see graph above). Solar technology manufacturing is a part of that and the US Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released today by the US … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:29:46 +0000
Solar power is featured in the reconstruction of the historic Estonian National Library in Talinn, deploying building-integrated solar panels that match the original roofing material.
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:09:23 +0000
The Conservatives For Clean Energy are convinced they will be able to talk sense to the incoming administration. Good luck with that.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:13:31 +0000
Ford, GM, Stellantis, and other US automakers and suppliers have invested nearly $146 billion over the past three years in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of electric vehicles according to the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But in MAGAmerica, much of that investment could be wasted if … [continued]
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