Tag: Policy & Politics
Electric Garbage Trucks Are The Heavy-Duty EV Story Hiding In Plain Sight
The electric garbage truck is not the poster child for vehicle electrification. It does not have the consumer glamour of an electric pickup, the political visibility of an electric bus, or the freight-sector drama of battery-electric and hydrogen tractor-trailers fighting for long-haul mindshare (batteries for the win, as usual). It … [continued]
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Do-Over! Republicans Cry Uncle On Federal Tax Incentives
In an open admission that Trump’s beloved “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is a massive failure, four Republican members of the US House of Representatives propose preserving and extending key tax incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy.
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Solar & Storage Industry Statement on U.S. Court Order Blocking Interior Memo Slowing Permitting of Solar & Storage Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is a statement from Darren Van’t Hof, interim president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), after a federal court blocked enforcement of the Department of the Interior’s memo that has slowed permitting of solar and storage projects for months: “This ruling is a win … [continued]
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Sierra Club Joins Hundreds of Orgs. Calling on Governments to End ISDS System
Joint Statement Highlights How These Secretive Tribunals Prop Up Intl. Fossil Fuel Industry. Washington, DC — Sierra Club has joined over 340 civil society organizations in signing an open statement calling on governments around the world to disengage from investor-state dispute settlements, or ISDS, a system that “threatens a just transition from … [continued]
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Trump EPA Downplays Local Emissions in Proposed Repeal
The EPA on Tuesday proposed rescinding a Biden-era ruling to reclassify Utah’s Wasatch Front from “serious” nonattainment of the 2015 ozone standards to mere “moderate” nonattainment, significantly decreasing required pollution reductions. The proposal downplays local emissions, shifting blame to foreign sources instead of reining in local emissions. EPA has issued … [continued]
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