Tag: Inflation
USDA unfreezes clean energy money — but with DEI, climate fine print
The agency is moving to get gridlocked money to farmers and business owners. Some worry about the implications of its guidance around DEI and climate language.
EVs At 60.7% Share In Sweden — Volvo XC40 Again Leads
March’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 60.7% share in Sweden, up year-on-year from 58.1%. BEV share was flat YoY, while PHEV share was slightly up. Overall auto volume was 24,204 units, fractionally up YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best selling BEV. March’s sales totals showed combined plugin EVs … [continued]
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Americans Pay More For Clean Tech, Fossil Fuel Firms Catch Tariff Shrapnel
Imagine slapping a 30% surcharge on your prescription medication—not because it suddenly got more expensive to make, not because there’s a shortage, but because you want to make a point to a pharmacy halfway across the world. That’s the economic logic—or lack thereof—behind Donald Trump’s newest volley of tariffs. On … [continued]
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The Economic Benefits Of Renewables That Trump Is Ignoring
Remember when the JFK declared that innovation wasn’t easy — but it was necessary? He described how organizing and measuring the best of our energies and skills would be a challenge that we were willing to accept. Innovation like this asks people to reinvent themselves — it’s a contemporary adaptation … [continued]
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How Alienating American Allies & Emptying US Wallets Reduced Jet Fuel Burn
Donald Trump, in his glorious return to the Oval Office in January 2025, managed to do what no climate policy has achieved in decades: reduce transborder aviation emissions. Not by design, of course. He wouldn’t be caught dead attending a COP summit unless it was hosted at Mar-a-Lago and came … [continued]
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