ChatGPT generated illustration showing how tariff and political volatility in the United States is creating financial headwinds for wind, solar, batteries, and EV deployment

From Courtroom to Capital Markets: Why US Tariff Instability Matters

The Supreme Court’s decision limiting presidential tariff authority should have reduced uncertainty. Instead, it introduced a new layer of it. The Court narrowed the use of one statute for imposing broad tariffs. The response from the administration was immediate. Tariffs would continue under other authorities, and tariffs already collected would … [continued]

Taxing Fossil Fuel Profits

A fair and effective tool for Europe’s energy transition Fossil fuels still account for around 70% of the EU’s energy consumption, leaving it heavily dependent on imports and exposed to price shocks. In 2024 alone, the EU spent more than €375 billion on fossil fuel imports, while fossil fuel companies made €180 billion … [continued]

Locked Out of Green Finance: What’s Holding Truckmakers Back?

European truckmakers pledge a zero-emission future, yet green finance remains marginal in funding the sector’s transition. The European truck industry faces growing competitive pressure. Chinese manufacturers are scaling up electric truck production rapidly and expanding in the global market. European truckmakers commit to battery-electric vehicles, but production expands too slowly to win … [continued]

In southeast Alaska, Malaspina Glacier spills out onto the coastal plain as a pancake of ice. Image courtesy of Brandon Tober/University of Arizona

Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration Opening Millions of Acres of Protected Public Lands to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining. In an announcement late Friday afternoon, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order rescinding two land withdrawals north of … [continued]

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Advocates Call on California Attorney General, LA District Attorney to Investigate AI Astroturf Campaign

LOS ANGELES — Environmental and public health advocates are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman to investigate an AI-powered campaign that allegedly submitted public comments attributed to residents without their consent to oppose Southern California clean air standards. The extent of the AI … [continued]

A Tesla Model 3 in France. Image courtesy of Cynthia Shahan | CleanTechnica.

Tesla Tops Reliability Study in France

Tesla has not been known as the king of reliability. To the contrary, it has been known to score badly in a variety of reliability studies in the US and Germany. It has gotten better over the years, though. And a new auto reliability study in France actually finds it … [continued]