There’s More To The South Fork Offshore Wind Farm Than Meets The Eye
The 132-megawatt South Fork offshore wind project has been peacefully churning out the clean kilowatts since 2024, located off the coast of Long Island in New York State.
Tesla, Schmesla: Let’s Talk About Workhorse Electric Trucks
The US startup Workhorse has launched its new, modularized, software-forward Gen 7 platform for electric trucks, buses, vans, and more.
Workhorse Electric Vehicles Have Been Driven Over 20 Million Miles
Much of the electric vehicle news is about personal transportation: mostly because the majority of individual adults own and operate a car, SUV, or pickup truck. Some have ebikes or electric motorcycles as well, but, overall, they are not used nearly as much for transportation. It’s actually the fleet vehicles … [continued]
The Effects Of Congestion Pricing — Pollution Reduction And So Much More
New York City introduced congestion pricing in January 2025. The original goal, set in 2020 through a Cornell-City College of New York collaboration, calculated a range of different toll prices and aligned each pricing pricing level with anticipated congestion reductions, environmental gains, and health benefits. How well has the City … [continued]
FOIA Documents Reveal Trump Administration Ordered Fish & Wildlife Service to Change Materials About Indigenous…
Recommended changes reveal Interior’s contradictory approach to implementing executive order WASHINGTON, D.C. — Official Trump Administration documents obtained by the Sierra Club reveal the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) took steps to censor materials at its headquarters in Virginia and at a wildlife refuge in Oklahoma as part of … [continued]
Will the Next Disruptive Plane Be European?
Electric vehicles with mind boggling ranges and charging times. AI tools that defy imagination. The never ending progress of mobile phones. Many high sectors are redefining the boundaries of technology. But there’s one sector that is quietly delaying its future. Aviation is one of the pinnacles of engineering. In the … [continued]
When Fossil Fuel Supplies Falter, Interest In Renewables Increases
Cuba, with the help of China, is embracing renewables because they are the best way to defeat embargoes on fossil fuels.
CUPRA Tavascan EV Exempted from EU Tariffs on Chinese EVs
The European Union’s policies and rationale slapping tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) may be a bit better than the USA’s, but they are also quite dubious. One interesting thing the EU is doing now is allowing exemptions for EVs produced in China for European brands. Why should they get exemptions? … [continued]
US Fast Charging Needs to Focus on Moving Faster
Last week, Jennifer Sensiba wrote about the chaos created by NEVI funding disruption. In the final year of the program, Trump put an illegal freeze on releasing funding, interrupting progress. However, while the administration’s disruption in funding was destructive, the speed of the program made it vulnerable to that disruption. … [continued]
Air Pollution Causes Social Instability in Ant Colonies
Ozone destroys colony-specific odor signals and leads to attacks within the colony To the Point Attack: Ants exposed to ozone are attacked by their nestmates, even though they are part of the colony themselves. Different smell: Ozone destroys colony-specific scent signals by breaking down alkenes with carbon-carbon double bonds. Even slight changes … [continued]
