By Mike Tidwell, founder and director of CCAN Action Fund Tired of high prices at the gas pump? Want to drive a brand-new electric car instead? Now is your chance. The Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund (CCAN Action Fund) just launched its 8th annual electric car raffle to raise … [continued]
Following the theme of the week — Chinese EV producers expanding rapidly around the world — we have another story of a Chinese EV company opening up bigger pathways abroad. Stellantis and Leapmotor have had a partnership helping each other, and that’s expanding. Part of this is about expanding Stellantis’ … [continued]
Plug-in balcony solar systems make it easy for homeowners and renters to install their own solar panels and offset the cost of electricity from the grid (cropped, courtesy of UL Solutions via businesswire.com).
Plug-in balcony solar systems make it easy for homeowners and renters to install their own solar panels and offset the cost of electricity from the grid.
While listening to the technical discussions at XPENG presentations and press conferences, I started to see the people behind the technology. While we can get caught up in the technical details, all the progress that we see comes from human ideas and the hard work of teams of people. Every … [continued]
Sales of electric cars in Nordic countries are strong, with Norway and Denmark leading and Sweden and Finland following.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice presented oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the legal challenge against the Department of Energy’s illegal application of Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act. In May 2025, DOE claimed there was an “energy emergency” and forced the … [continued]
Following Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) approval and deployment in the Netherlands, the driver-assist software is now permitted to use in Belgium, sort of. For now, one Tesla car is allowed to test the technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. Of course, if all goes well, Full Self … [continued]
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-burning power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways. The discharge of coal ash wastewater has been an issue at Iowa coal plants, including in Sioux City on … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice presented oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the legal challenge against the Department of Energy’s (DOE) illegal application of Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act. “The Sierra Club will not stand by and let the administration illegally … [continued]
The Trump administration’s Jones Act waiver is a small policy exception with a much larger lesson. The same administration that says it wants to restore American maritime dominance, rebuild domestic shipbuilding, counter China’s industrial scale, and make U.S. logistics more secure also waived parts of the law usually treated as … [continued]
Like in other countries, and like other companies in China, Tesla has seen its sales drop in the largest EV market in the world this year. Tesla’s sales were down 10% year over year there in April, and they were down 15% across the first 4 months of the year. … [continued]
