WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration finalized a rule setting up a weakening Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Heavy-duty vehicles are responsible for a significant share of the transportation sector’s pollution. Weakening fuel efficiency standards will make it harder for trucking fleets to reduce their reliance … [continued]
Secret proposal would give developer access through one of America’s most treasured National Parks WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has spent over a year quietly pressing the National Park Service to give up land inside Yosemite National Park so a private developer can build a road connecting its own property … [continued]
Yesterday, the Kentucky Public Service Commission opened a case that will allow all stakeholders, including local utilities and utility customers, to identify the causes and consequences of rising energy costs and discuss potential solutions. This news follows fierce advocacy by Sierra Club and partner groups in support of an affordability … [continued]
Talk about a vicious circle. A team of climate scientists lead by Judith Cole at the University of Michigan has published new research in the journal Science this week. Here’s what Cole told The Guardian about that research. “We are seeing a trend of stronger El Niños and the one … [continued]
Once upon a time, Elon Musk tweeted on his then-new social media platform, “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.” He, of course, was referring to the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which declares that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or … [continued]
Cross-border electricity links increasingly add security and resilience value to their existing roles in markets, adequacy and renewable integration.
Energy independence was an understandable slogan in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent gas and electricity prices through the roof. But it was also the wrong lesson. European countries had not erred by depending on one another. They had allowed too much of a critical energy supply to depend … [continued]
Attributable days of heat stress for different age cohorts (columns), at different warming levels (rows). Each circle contains 100 coloured dots, with each dot representing 1% of the age cohort. Darker dots indicate more heat-stress days. Source: Pietroiusti et al (2026).
By Ayesha Tandon More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress days” due to climate change. This is according to a new attribution study, published in Science Advances, which combines climate models with demographic data to assess the age groups and regions … [continued]
By Josh Gabbatiss, Molly Lempriere, Simon Evans In a new report, the opposition Conservatives argue that UK electricity prices are too high and that it would be better for the climate to have cheap electricity, even if that means using more gas. The idea is that cheap power would encourage people to use … [continued]
Public comment period runs through September 3rd JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Today, the Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on the flawed draft Regional Haze Plan proposed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In July 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rightfully disapproved DNR’s 2022 plan in … [continued]
Making the decision to buy a new electric car can be a difficult decision. So, when I met the new owners of a Leapmotor B10 last month, I had to ask how they were about to handle the major changes of going from a long life with petrol to not … [continued]
