Steve Hanley, Author at CleanTechnica

Chart showing number of days of extreme heat over the course of one year for 247 countries and territories, broken down by days attributed to climate change and those that would have occurred without climate change. By RCraig09, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 license).

As The UK Bakes Under A Deadly Heat Dome, Conservatives Want To Turn Up The…

June 23, 202620 hours Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Temperatures in the UK this week are expected to break records, but voters there prefer adding to the problem.

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Tesla On Autopilot Crashes Into Texas House, Killing One

June 22, 20262 days Steve Hanley 0 Comments

On Friday, June 19, 2026, a Tesla Model Y driven by Michael Butler left the road and crashed into a home in Katy, Texas. A 76-year-old woman in the living room was struck by the car. She was airlifted to a hospital and was later pronounced dead. Butler told police … [continued]

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Termination Shock — The Existential Danger Of Geoengineering

June 21, 20263 days Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Four leading climate scientists are warning that geoengineering is a fool’s game with potentially catastrophic consequences.

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US Rescinds Plan To Dismantle Ocean Observatories Initiative

June 19, 20265 days Steve Hanley 0 Comments

The National Science Foundation has reversed its idiotic order in May to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative.

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Energy Independence is Becoming Solar’s Strongest Selling Point — TIME

June 18, 20266 days Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Energy independence is the new concern of voters everywhere, thanks to the Iran war that shattered all their illusions.

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DOJ Rushes To Help xAI Pollute The Skies Over Mississippi

June 17, 20261 week Steve Hanley 0 Comments

xAI is hiding behind the skirts of Uncle Sam and the DOJ to dodge its legal obligations not to poison people with its activities.

Renault 5 E-Tech 100% electric. Image from Renault.

UK Plans To Roll Back EV Mandate

June 16, 20261 week Steve Hanley 0 Comments

The UK is getting ready to rejigger its ZEV mandate to satisfy concerns from automakers and trade unions concerned about the future.

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Circularity Cuts Cost Of Making Sustainable Aviation Fuel From Bio-Methane

June 15, 20261 week Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Singularity Fuels in California has completed a six month trial of its system that converts bio-methane to sustainable aviation fuel.

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Rivian R3 & R3X Will Go On Sale … Eventually

June 14, 20261 week Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Rivian has hinted that its R3 and R3X hatchbacks may go into production as soon as its new factory in Georgia is complete.

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Clean Energy Investments Surge, But That Is Only Part Of The Story

June 13, 20262 weeks Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Ingmar Rentzhog of We Don’t Have Time wrote recently that investors have already begun the transition to clean energy.