Donald Trump has been talking about the US putting tariffs on allies for decades, since at least the 1980s. He’s been obsessed with this topic in recent years, but it’s been a top political target for him for about half of his life. He jacked up tariffs on some countries … [continued]
According to Elon Musk, a top economic advisor and key “tariff whisperer” of Donald Trump, who he helped to elect, is “dumber than a sack of bricks.” A little bit of a rift has surfaced between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Donald Trump tariff leader Peter Navarro, aka Ron Vara … [continued]
Renewable energy projects in the US are still attracting overseas investors, despite the pullback on federal support for wind, solar, and other renewable resources.
Study shows major irregularities in the reported consumption of palm residues used in renewable diesel (HVO) being sold by oil majors A key ingredient for the ‘renewable diesel’ sold in Europe is likely fraudulent, a new T&E study shows. Nearly twice as much palm oil mill effluent (POME), a residue of palm … [continued]
At first, it seemed like it was little more than another automaker press event. General Motors announced yesterday that it has expanded its global footprint with the official opening of a new advanced design studio in Royal Leamington Spa, about 20 miles from Birmingham, England. The Big 3 company revealed … [continued]
In the upside down world of US energy policy, the nation’s vast potential for offshore wind energy has been sidelined by a swipe of President Trump’s pen, costing thousands of supply chain jobs all over the country. Woe is us. Elsewhere around the world, though, the offshore wind industry is … [continued]
China’s latest move in green fertilizer chemistry hasn’t made headlines, but it represents a quietly significant development. A new facility in Xinjiang will soon be producing half a million tonnes of oxamide fertilizer per year—using captured CO₂, green hydrogen, and green ammonia. That sentence alone folds in three separate decarbonization … [continued]
Bruno Latour once said technology doesn’t succeed because it works. It succeeds because enough people act like it does. For nearly a decade, that’s exactly what happened with green hydrogen as an energy carrier. The story was so compelling, the coalition so wide, the urgency so real, that for a … [continued]
We’ve had a lot of bad news since the Trump inauguration. For those of us in the clean energy camp, there’s been the revocation of our Paris Agreement pledges. Trump issued a series of sweeping executive orders including “terminating the Green New Deal” via funding in the Inflation Reduction Act … [continued]
The best news in freight decarbonization this year didn’t come from a truck manufacturer, a startup accelerator, or a press release festooned with EU flags. It came from a bunch of European economists. That’s right—after years of letting hydrogen hype men and fossil PR firms monopolize the freight emissions debate, … [continued]
