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Plugin Vehicles Achieve 19% Penetration in Australian Auto Market in February
Our February update on EV sales shows: Australian plugin penetration grew from 16% in January 2026 to about 19% in February. That is a sales total of 11,100 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 5,854 plugin hybrid EVs (PHEVs). Almost 17,000 Australian motorists joined the electric vehicle ecosystem, a significant increase … [continued]
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Gulf & Environment Groups Respond To Public Waters Sell-off To Oil Industry
Amid Soaring Energy & Gas Prices, Trump Admin Draws Far Fewer Bids Than Dec. Sale NEW ORLEANS — Gulf and environmental groups responded to the Trump administration’s latest large-scale sell-off of public waters to the oil-and-gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico today. The Trump administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management … [continued]
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Electric Car Average Price Falls by €1,800 as Carmakers Release Affordable Models to Meet EU Target — Analysis
But weakening carmakers’ next target in 2030 is likely to delay EVs reaching price parity with combustion vehicles. The average price of an electric car in the EU has fallen for the first time since 2020, driven by the release of more affordable models to comply with the bloc’s car … [continued]
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How to Fix Greenwashing Risks in the EU’s Next Long-Term Budget
T&E and partner NGOs have published guidance on the Performance Regulation — a key law shaping how climate and environmental spending will be tracked in the next EU budget. The ‘technical reference document’ was developed together with WWF, CEE Bankwatch Network, ClientEarth, CAN Europe, HEAL and the European Environmental Bureau, … [continued]
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Burning Plastic Isn’t Renewable: Rethinking Waste & Power In Hawaii
The starting point for evaluating Oʻahu’s waste-to-energy plant is the fully electrified energy system developed earlier in this series. Once overseas aviation fuel, international maritime bunkering, and military energy consumption are removed from the accounting, and once transportation, buildings, and industry are electrified, the island’s civilian electricity demand settles at … [continued]
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