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  • European State of the Climate: Striking East-West Contrast & Widespread Flooding in Europe’s Warmest Year

    Apr 28, 2025, 6:45 pm By Guest Contributor
    Thank you, Copernicus, Climate Change Service, EU Commission, for the following update. Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change here are clear. 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe, with record temperatures in…
  • New York State Wants To Divest From Everything Tesla

    Apr 28, 2025, 3:08 pm By Carolyn Fortuna
    They are lawmakers who originally stood behind Tesla’s request to sell directly in the state to consumers. It was part of a larger picture in which New York would meet its state’s net zero green energy transition goals. Then CEO Elon Musk inserted himself…
  • Californians Could Save $6.5 Billion With Community Solar & Storage

    Apr 28, 2025, 2:04 pm By Derek Markham
    A new study has found that expanding community solar and storage across California could save electricity customers a staggering $6.5 billion over the next 20 years. Commissioned by the Coalition for Community Solar Access, the report by Aurora Energy Research…
  • EcoFlow Wave 3 & Glacier Classic: Cool Comfort, Anywhere You Go

    Apr 28, 2025, 1:32 pm By GearTechnica
    EcoFlow, renowned for its innovative portable power solutions, has once again raised the bar with the introduction of two groundbreaking products: the Wave 3 portable air conditioner and heater, and the Glacier Classic portable refrigerator. With the new Wave…
  • Can-Am Releases Two New Electric Motorcycles

    Apr 28, 2025, 12:29 pm By Jake Richardson
    Currently, there is an abundance of electric vehicle types as we all transition to more sustainable transportation. There is a way of framing how some people who are not the earliest adopters become interested in fully electric vehicles. The progressive…
  • Religion & Renewables In Indiana

    Apr 28, 2025, 12:24 pm By Steve Hanley
    George Lakoff, a communications strategist who advises progressives, always stresses that how an idea is framed is critical to whether it is viewed positively or negatively. If it is viewed positively, it is far more likely to be looked on favorably than if it…
  • What Happens When US Electricity Demand Craters?

    Apr 28, 2025, 11:00 am By Zachary Shahan
    CleanTechnica reader BigWu recently brought an interesting thought experiment to my mind. He brought up the ramifications for fossil fuel power sources if the economy crashes and electricity demand drops more or less commensurately. “We’re about to see US…
  • Trump’s Climate Policy Decisions: Fruit Of The Poisonous Tree

    Apr 27, 2025, 10:42 pm By Carolyn Fortuna
    “Fruit of the poisonous tree” is a doctrine that extends the exclusionary rule to make evidence inadmissible in court if it was derived from evidence that was illegally obtained. As the metaphor suggests, if the evidential “tree” is tainted, so is its…
  • How I Took My Travel Trailer All-Electric (So Far)

    Apr 27, 2025, 10:35 pm By Jennifer Sensiba
    In another recent post, I shared what I learned from going all-electric and taking my travel trailer off-grid for a week. Now, I want to explain to readers what it took to teach my older camper new tricks. It took a surprising amount of hard, intricate work to…
  • More Flaws in the Robotaxi Revolution Dream

    Apr 27, 2025, 4:39 pm By Letters to the Editor
    I published an article the other day on flaws in the robotaxi revolution dream. It was based on a reader comment that I wanted to highlight. However, there was another reader comment I had spotted to highlight as well, and it gets even a bit more granular.…
  • Mr. Musk Goes To Memphis — And Poisons Its Air

    Apr 27, 2025, 2:21 pm By Steve Hanley
    Is it OK for artificial intelligence to be powered by electricity from thermal generators? That is the question this week in Memphis. The post Mr. Musk Goes To Memphis — And Poisons Its Air appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • California Community Solar Project Will Help The Disadvantaged

    Apr 27, 2025, 2:06 pm By Jake Richardson
    Rooftop solar power is not affordable for all homeowners, and some people rent in structures where rooftop solar is not available. Community solar installations allow access for people who might not otherwise have it. It’s one of the best human uses of…
  • Drone Swords Into Ploughshares: How Ukraine’s Wartime Expertise Can Reshape Farming

    Apr 27, 2025, 4:09 am By Michael Barnard
    Ukraine has rapidly emerged as one of the world’s unexpected drone innovation hubs, driven by the brutal necessities of wartime. Thousands of sophisticated drones now soar above Ukrainian battlefields, ranging from compact FPV (first-person-view) attack…
  • Why I Think Tesla’s Most Affordable Model Will Be A Big Success, For Reasons Nobody Is Talking About

    Apr 27, 2025, 3:54 am By Paul Fosse
    Historical Context on Model Y Pricing You May Or May Not Care About I’ve been writing about the more affordable Tesla models for a long time. I wrote this article in 2019 talking about how to cut costs and referenced Elon Musk talking to Marques Brownlee in…
  • There Is One Clear Winner In The Corn Vs. Solar Battle

    Apr 26, 2025, 9:17 pm By Steve Hanley
    Researchers claim putting solar on less than 4 percent of farmland used to grow corn for ethanol would benefit everyone, especially farmers. The post There Is One Clear Winner In The Corn Vs. Solar Battle appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Tesla Has Become The Humpty Dumpty Of Brand Reputation, Part Infinity

    Apr 26, 2025, 7:55 pm By Tina Casey
    The Tesla brand continues to suffer the slings and arrows of CEO Elon Musk's tenure at DOGE, and Partnership for Public Service has the receipts. The post Tesla Has Become The Humpty Dumpty Of Brand Reputation, Part Infinity appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Solar Power Surges Around The World

    Apr 26, 2025, 4:08 pm By Steve Hanley
    Solar power is experiencing strong growth in countries around the world, despite furious push back from the fossil fuel industry. The post Solar Power Surges Around The World appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • The US Continues To Be At Odds With Its Allies Over Renewable Energy

    Apr 26, 2025, 2:07 pm By Carolyn Fortuna
    To hear Donald Trump brag about it, you’d think that coal is an energy savior. After all, he has recently signed four executive orders aimed at increasing coal production and saving coal-burning power plants from retirement. Yet what the Trump administration…
  • Reality Check: Can Perovskite Really Outshine Silicon PV?

    Apr 26, 2025, 2:07 pm By Michael Barnard
    Perovskite solar is getting another moment in the sun, with outlandish claims matched by a lack of global perspective on advances. It’s worth stepping carefully through the various dimensions of this photovoltaic technology, weighing what enthusiasts say…
  • 52% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2025 Sales Report

    Apr 25, 2025, 11:58 pm By José Pontes
    BEVs represented over a third of the total Chinese car market in March. March signals the end of the low season in the Chinese EV market — due to the timing of the New Year celebrations. This year, plugins scored almost a million units in the last month of…
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