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BYD Expanding Across Canada With 20 Locations

Larry Evans — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:49:07 +0000

BYD recently announced that it would be launching 20 dealerships across Canada this year. According to Globe and Mail, three locations are already under discussion in Toronto, Ontario. In addition, dealerships in Montreal (Quebec), Vancouver (British Columbia), and Calgary (Alberta) are also in the plan. Starting in Ontario is interesting. ... [continued]

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Artemis II Crew Sends A Timely Message Of Love To The Earth

Steve Hanley — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:44:01 +0000

The crew of the Artemis II moon mission sent back a message of love and hope to the Earth when death and destruction are everywhere.

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Electric Trucks Are Selling Like Hotcakes

Tina Casey — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:40:41 +0000

The California-based electric truck startup Harbinger has opened up new opportunities for fleet electrification in the medium-duty Class 4-6 vehicle market.

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BMW Electric Vehicles To Receive Dow Jones Energy Charging Information

Jake Richardson — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:48:55 +0000

One interesting piece of EV charging news this week is that BMW electric vehicles will be able to receive EV charging data from Eco-Movement, an EV charging data platform owned by Dow Jones Energy. While there are many EV charger apps and websites, the Eco-Movement information will be available within ... [continued]

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One State, 12 Counties, A Huge Pile Of Renewable Energy Projects

Tina Casey — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:39:39 +0000

Renewable energy developers in Colorado are already swarming around the new Power Pathway transmission line, which will loop around 12 counties.

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Merino Energy Comes Out Of Stealth With $3,800 Heat Pump System, At Our Coming Hawaii Electric Home Show

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:36:45 +0000

Merino Energy is a new “climate hardware company” (I like that phrasing) based out of San Francisco that just came out of stealth mode this week. The company notes that it is “building a new category of professional-grade home heat pumps,” and it launched its first product, the Merino Mono, ... [continued]

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GOTRAX Elo Electric Bike: A Simple, No-Stress Way To Get Around

GearTechnica — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:35:26 +0000

If you’re looking for an electric bike that’s easy to use, reasonably priced, and built for everyday riding, the GOTRAX Elo* is exactly that kind of option. It doesn’t try to be flashy or high-performance, but instead focuses on helping you get where you need to go without overcomplicating things. ... [continued]

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Donald Trump Guts Public Health Protection to Bolster Big Coal

Press Release — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:30:28 +0000

Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution — one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country. Coal ash contains a toxic brew of ... [continued]

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Most U.S. Public Pensions Underuse Proxy Voting to Manage Climate Risk, New Report Finds

Press Release — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:48:59 +0000

Report evaluates and ranks 33 of the largest funds, highlighting gaps in proxy voting practices. Sierra Club’s third-annual report, “The Hidden Risk in State Pensions: Analyzing U.S. Public Pensions’ Responses to the Climate Crisis in Proxy Voting,” reveals that most public pensions continue to fail to adequately manage the climate-related ... [continued]

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Clean Energy Candidates Win Majority in SRP Board Election

Press Release — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:35:23 +0000

Phoenix, Arizona — Last night, clean energy candidates secured a major victory in the Salt River Project (SRP) board election, despite heavy involvement from extremist, anti-clean energy organizations and restrictive, archaic voting rules. The results drew unprecedented turnout for what is usually a low-profile race, signaling SRP ratepayers’ strong demand ... [continued]

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Cross-State Coalition Disappointed in PUC Decision to Delay Cancellation of Agreements for Minnesota Power’s NTEC Gas Proposal

Press Release — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:26:11 +0000

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — In a meeting this morning, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) delayed a decision that would protect Minnesota Power customers from higher bills tied to the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant project. Instead of rescinding approval of Minnesota Power’s affiliated interest agreements—a move that ... [continued]

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Wired for Security: The EU’s Post-2030 Climate Architecture

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:03:45 +0000

Electrification, Energy Security and the Path to Europe’s 2040 Climate Target. The adoption of the EU’s 2040 climate target marks a turning point in European climate and energy policy. With the headline objective agreed, the central challenge shifts from setting ambition to delivering it — in a political and geopolitical ... [continued]

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The Nuclear Land Use Canard Returns

Michael Barnard — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:25:00 +0000

The claim that nuclear power uses less land than renewables is making the rounds again, usually presented as if it settles a complex debate with one clean visual. A nuclear plant fits inside a compact fenced site. Wind turbines are spread across plains and ridgelines. Solar arrays cover visible surfaces. ... [continued]

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Tesla Is Reportedly Working On A New, Smaller Electric Car After All

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:32:55 +0000

Hmm … curiouser and curiouser. In a saga that has gone on for several years, Tesla was not going to develop an electric car smaller and cheaper than the Model 3, and then it was, and then it wasn’t, and then it might be, and then it wasn’t, and now ... [continued]

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Toyota Adds EVs To Its Lineup In US And China

Steve Hanley — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:39:22 +0000

Toyota is bringing more battery-electric vehicles to the US and China as it now seems to be bucking the anti-EV trend.

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BYD & KFC Team Up For Flash Charging While You Eat. What Would You Like While Charging?

Larry Evans — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:16:35 +0000

BYD recently announced a Flash Charging partnership with KFC in China. The second generation Flash Chargers (BYD terminology for chargers capable of over 1 MW) were launched last month and will be installed at KFC locations throughout China. They claim a “dual replenishment” model, where drivers can place an order ... [continued]

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EPA Head Lee Zeldin Celebrates Victory Over Climate Science

Steve Hanley — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:55:19 +0000

The head of the EPA was the keynote speaker last week at a conference organized by the Heartland Institute -- an implacable foe of the EPA.

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Electrofuels Are Slipping Through The Trump Chopper

Tina Casey — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:41:36 +0000

Electrofuel systems can deploy green hydrogen and captured carbon to produce synthetic aviation fuel for aircraft, potentially scaling up more quickly than bio-based alternatives.

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40 New EV Chargers & Solar Power Launched In LA Area

Jake Richardson — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:45:57 +0000

A new EV charging hub with 40 chargers was just opened by Rove; the location is Costa Mesa, CA in between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. The new charging hub is unique in that there are also 400 solar panels on site providing some clean, renewable electricity and shade. At ... [continued]

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71,482 EV Fast Chargers Operating In The US Now

Jake Richardson — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:39:59 +0000

There are people who say there aren’t enough public EV chargers, but they don’t know how many chargers there are. There are also people who say the public EV chargers are all too slow, but they don’t know how many fast chargers there are. In looking at the Alternative Fuels ... [continued]

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Charging Data Shows That Ethiopia’s Electric Vehicle Landscape is Blossoming

Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:56:50 +0000

Ethio Telecom recently launched its fourth public use Super-Fast EV Charging Hub. This new charging hub is located in the city of Adama along Welenchiti Street, past Derartu Square. This station marks a significant milestone as the first of its kind to expand outside of Addis Ababa into regional cities. ... [continued]

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What Do SpaceX, xAI, And X Have In Common? Is It Tesla?

Carolyn Fortuna — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:03:43 +0000

Billionaire Elon Musk surprised lots of people with his quick February merger between SpaceX and his artificial intelligence lab xAI. He is now in the process of adding up to $75 billion to the current estimated $2 trillion-plus SpaceX valuation, and, with the company’s initial public offering (IPO) nearly within ... [continued]

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CPUC Wastes a Golden Opportunity to Right Wrongs of Previous Community Solar Decisions that Harm Californians with Lower Incomes

Press Release — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:59:40 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — Yesterday the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision in the Community Solar Proceeding (A.22-05-022) that virtually ensures that no community solar projects will be developed at a time when the state is facing surging energy prices. Following is a statement from Stephanie Doyle, California ... [continued]

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The Electrified Future Is Already Here. Canada Just Needs to Build It

Michael Barnard — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:53:55 +0000

This transcript, lightly edited, is a recorded conversation with a Canadian citizens action group where I walked through a practical, systems-level view of Canada’s decarbonization pathway, grounded in technologies that already work at scale. I focused on what is deployable now, not hypothetical breakthroughs, and explored everything from transmission and ... [continued]

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Kia EV2 Production Begins in Europe

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:47:57 +0000

Kia is now producing two electric vehicles in Europe for Europe. The company recently started producing the EV2 in Slovakia — in Žilina, to be precise. The EV2 is a small (B-segment) SUV. I know … what’s an SUV versus not an SUV has changed a lot over the years, ... [continued]

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Electric Trucks Go Mainstream in Europe

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:44:51 +0000

Why an early revision of the EU CO2 standards for truckmakers is not justified and would endanger Europe’s automotive future. First introduced in 2019, and then revised in 2024, the EU CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) set specific emissions reduction targets for manufacturers selling HDVs in the EU. Most trucks ... [continued]

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E-SAF Made in Europe — A Source of Jobs, Growth, and Energy Security

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:40:33 +0000

E-SAF can play a key role in reducing European aviation emissions. While the climate benefits of e-SAF are well understood, much less attention has been paid to what scaling up European production could mean for Europe’s economic growth, jobs and energy security. Currently, the EU relies on imports for more ... [continued]

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South Carolinians Fret Over Price Tag of Proposed Gas Plant at PSC Hearing

Press Release — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:39:37 +0000

As volatile fracked gas prices and energy demand rises, customers worry about paying more for less. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Last night, dozens of South Carolinians testified before the state Public Service Commission at two back-to-back hearings, expressing concerns that the proposed Canadys gas power plant may drive up already skyrocketing ... [continued]

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Good News: A Bunch Of AI Data Centers In Limbo

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:44:30 +0000

AI data centers have become a major problem for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They need soooooo much power. Some people like to claim that they can all be powered with cheap, clean renewable energy from the sun and the wind, but the fact is, that’s not how it’s always happening ... [continued]

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Tesla’s Price-to-Earnings Ratio Is Nuts

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:17:04 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, when I wrote about Tesla’s stock price dropping 20% in 6 months, a reader commented: “Tesla down 20% in the past 6 months and the P/E is still over 300. That is not sustainable.” Another commenter showed in more detail why this was crazy: Price ... [continued]

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The Clean Energy Future Hawaiʻi Can Actually Build: New TFIE Strategy White Paper

Michael Barnard — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:30:19 +0000

The newly published white paper began with a question that persisted because of how clearly island systems expose the realities of energy. Can Hawaiʻi, an isolated archipelago with no continental grid behind it and a long dependence on imported fuels, build an energy system that is cleaner, more resilient, more ... [continued]

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More On Batteries, Or How To Grow Lemons In Vermont

George Harvey — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:25:55 +0000

CleanTechnica has carried reviews on a number of backup battery systems in the last few years, including Anker Solix, Bluetti, and Jackery. Reading the reviews, I got ever more intrigued by what I found. These are not just batteries, but power stations with charge controller and inverter built in. They ... [continued]

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Fossil Fuels & The Maslow Hierarchy Of Needs

Steve Hanley — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:21:27 +0000

Once upon a time, renewables were nice to have but not essential. The war on Iran is changing that calculus.

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VinFast Rolls Out EV Rental Program For Drivers In Indonesia & The Philippines

Raymond Tribdino — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:24:14 +0000

VinFast is introducing a new vehicle access program for transport and ride-hailing drivers in Indonesia and the Philippines, adding a rental option alongside its existing vehicle purchase model. The program allows drivers to rent vehicles from VinFast’s Green lineup through authorized dealerships in both markets. It comes as fuel costs ... [continued]

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What KOKO’s Collapse Reveals about Carbon Market Infrastructure and Why Africa’s Carbon Future Depends on Integrity, Not Discounts

Guest Contributor — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:58:27 +0000

Earlier this year, 1.5 million Kenyan households received a text message reading: “Samahani KOKO customer. We regret to inform you that KOKO is closing operations today.” Within hours, KOKO Networks, one of Africa’s most celebrated clean-energy startups, laid off 700 staff, shut 3,000 fuel stations, and took the continent’s largest bioethanol ... [continued]

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First Electric Buses Launch In Puerto Vallarta

Jake Richardson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:35:09 +0000

Puerto Vallarta is getting electric buses now. The first seven of the new fully electric buses were recently delivered in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, but many more are to come. “The 38 new buses will primarily operate along the city’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Francisco Medina Ascencio, connecting popular destinations such as ... [continued]

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Why Are We Bombing Iran, Again?

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:07 +0000

By pretty much all accounts, the US starting another war in the Middle East, this time in Iran, is not going well. At least 13 Americans have died while around 300–750 have been injured, and for those of us who care (I do) countless Iranian children and civilians have been ... [continued]

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Hawaii Sustainability Expo: The Importance of an Experience-Based Event for the Future of Clean Energy — with Life of the Land’s Henry Curtis

Guest Contributor — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:59:25 +0000

Originally published on Ililani Media, Life of the Land, by Henry Curtis Bill McKibben has spent forty years warning the world about the climate crisis. He co-founded 350.org and Third Act — an organization mobilizing Americans over sixty for progressive change — and has written bestsellers including The End of ... [continued]

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Cummins, Alstom, and the Long Tail of Hydrogen Mistakes

Michael Barnard — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:58:29 +0000

Both Cummins and Alstom lost with hydrogen, but they lost in different ways, and that difference matters. Cummins spread capital and management attention across a broad set of hydrogen pathways, including fuel cells and electrolyzers, then ran into the market reality that hydrogen demand for energy applications was weaker, slower, ... [continued]

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BMW Group & Rimac Technology Cooperate on Innovative High-Voltage Battery for the BMW i7

Press Release — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:57:09 +0000

Innovative solutions for more energy, more range, and faster charging. Gen6 battery utilizes cylindrical cells for a 20% higher energy density. The new 7 Series will debut on April 22nd at concurrent events in the US and China. Woodcliff Lake, NJ — BMW is cooperating with Rimac Technology (Croatia) on the new ... [continued]

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Crude Oil & Petroleum Product Prices Increased Sharply in the First Quarter of 2026

US Energy Information Administration — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:56:15 +0000

Crude oil and petroleum product prices increased significantly in the first quarter of 2026 (1Q26), particularly following military action in the Middle East on February 28 and the subsequent de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In this quarterly update, we review petroleum markets price developments in 1Q26, covering ... [continued]

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Chevy Equinox EV Sales Almost Hold Up, But Blazer EV Sales Crash

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:53:56 +0000

As I wrote earlier today, Cadillac bucked the EV sales downtrend and showed again that it’s leading the EV transition among legacy automakers in the US, but sibling Chevrolet did not perform as well. Chevrolet’s top selling electric vehicles, one of the best sellers in the country, is the Equinox ... [continued]

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Waymo Launches in Nashville

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:50:21 +0000

Add another city to the list. Waymo’s electric robotaxi service has launched in another city, Nashville, Tennessee. People interested in using the robotaxi service can now download the app and try to catch a ride. Waymo is inviting members of the public on a rolling basis, as always, so you ... [continued]

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Connecticut Organizations Urge Federal Leaders to Protect Climate Accountability Efforts

Press Release — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:43:37 +0000

Advocates warn that fossil fuel industry efforts to secure federal legal immunity could undermine Connecticut’s climate accountability and polluter pays efforts. CONNECTICUT — As Big Oil lobbies Congress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis, 78 Connecticut ... [continued]

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Trump Administration Finalizes Methane Rule That Will Loosen Restrictions on Gas Flaring, Increase Pollution

Press Release — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:36:49 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the EPA finalized its first reconsideration of the 2024 methane rule, an action that will increase gas flaring at oil wells and increase climate and air pollution. Finalized by the EPA in December 2023 following a robust comment period, the methane pollution standards represented a major win for climate and ... [continued]

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