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In a recent piece, I detailed the requirements the federal government put on states for the upcoming EV infrastructure build-out. It’s a great plan, and will go a long way toward getting EV charging infrastructure closer to where it needs to be. However, as I pointed out in that piece, there are some shortcomings. Fortunately, … Read more

Offshore wind stakeholders have been duking it out with opponents all along the US Atlantic coast, but clean power fans in Louisiana are not waiting for the dust to settle. In a unique move for a deep South state, Louisiana policy makers have shoehorned an ambitious offshore wind development goal into a new climate action … Read more

One month ago, we wrote about a brazen attempt by Exxon to neuter the lawsuit against it filed by 8 California cities and counties. Part of its argument was that the plaintiffs were in cahoots and were part of a grand conspiracy against the company because many of them were using the same law firm. … Read more

It looks like wave energy is finally getting its place in the sun, thanks in part to wind energy. ARPA-E, the federal office charged with funneling cash into the advanced energy technology pipeline, has included a project in its latest round of funding that adapts a new wave energy mooring system for floating wind turbines. … Read more

German automakers and their fans are fond of talking smack about Tesla, or at least planning to overtake the US company. Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess famously said in January 2020 that he and his company were “pretty optimism that we can still keep up with Tesla and probably overtake them at some point.” Make … Read more

This is a reaction to an interview with four influential European journals as previously reported on by Steve Hanley. Originally, the title of this article was “The Lies Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares Told The Press,” but I changed it to “Fairytales Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares Tells The World.” The change was because lies are deliberate … Read more

Recently, the US government released further details on their plans to build charging stations. For those unfamiliar, a law passed last year provided $7.5 billion for the construction stations of 500,000 EV charging, but details were scarce. Given the government’s reputation for wasteful spending ($50 toilet seats, $10 nuts and bolts… and those numbers were … Read more

The Irish Greenwashing Awards call out top misinformation spreaders that have been greenwashing and profiting from the climate crisis. Irish EVs is taking a satirical approach to help bring attention to the issue of greenwashing that’s been happening with the fossil fuel industry. In a press release, the consumer advice website said that some of … Read more

Is corn-based ethanol worse for the environment than gasoline? Reuters reports that according to a new study, the answer is yes. In fact, the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pointed out that corn-based ethanol mixed in with gasoline is most likely a much larger contributor to global warming than … Read more