The public debate around the Canadian Smith Carney memorandum of understanding (MOU) has focused on what appears to be a federal retreat on climate policy in exchange for support for a new crude oil pipeline. That surface reading is easy to reach in the first hours and days of commentary. … [continued]
Cheap Chinese battery electric heavy trucks are no longer a rumor. They are real machines with real price tags that are so low that they force a reassessment of what the global freight industry is willing to pay for electrification. Standing in a commercial vehicle hall in Wuhan and seeing … [continued]
Local leaders testify, deliver petition at board meeting as pension gives update on its Climate Act. SACRAMENTO, CA — The Sierra Club’s California Chapter testified at the November board meeting of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), calling on the pension to better define what it considers “climate solutions” … [continued]
People who say that voting doesn’t matter are not paying attention. If you think there’s not a big difference between what Republicans do in control of the US government and what Democrats do, again, you’re just not following politics or policy. After fighting solar power and wind power in numerous … [continued]
An interesting headline from the U.S. Energy Information Administration caught my attention last week. The title of the short story is: “Rapid declines from horizontal wells require more drilling to sustain production.” It sort of feels like an advocacy article of some sort to support our “oil economy.” Here’s the … [continued]
Our readers wouldn’t know this, but I have a job outside CleanTechnica, working for the Colombian government as an analyst of the current conflict waged between Colombia and the various armed groups operating within our territory. The recent impasse between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump prompted … [continued]
The 2025 Canadian federal budget did not attract much attention for its treatment of ports or trade infrastructure, but buried inside it is a signal that matters for Canada’s competitiveness. The new Trade Diversification Corridors Fund commits $5 billion over seven years to investments in port, rail, airport, and digital … [continued]
Designating Metallurgical Coal as Critical is a Handout to Foreign Competitors and Coal Barons WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) added metallurgical coal to a list of “critical minerals,” which could allow the Trump administration to steamroll bedrock environmental laws to boost coke production and widen the devastation … [continued]
Mark Carney’s first federal budget arrived with the promise of discipline and credibility, but also a signal that Canada would stay in the clean economy race. The climate provisions were not new programs so much as extensions of what already existed. They provided more time for industry to commit to … [continued]
Ex-U.S. Rep. has a history of opposition to national monuments. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump announced his latest pick to run the Bureau of Land Management. In an announcement Wednesday, Trump named ex-U.S. Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM) as the next leader of the land management agency. BLM manages approximately 245 million acres … [continued]
