Tag: Policy & Politics
Germany’s Audit Court Calls Time on Hydrogen Inevitability
The October 2025 special report from Germany’s Federal Audit Court, Implementation of the Federal Government’s Hydrogen Strategy, lands with unusual weight because it is not a policy critique or an academic intervention, but a statutory budgetary assessment delivered to Parliament. It evaluates the hydrogen strategy against the legal requirements of … [continued]
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When Europe’s Economic Institutions Step Away From Hydrogen
Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, working jointly with France’s Conseil d’analyse économique, has already stepped away from hydrogen as a broad energy carrier, and that shift sits uneasily alongside a 400 km pressurized segment of Germany’s hydrogen backbone with no suppliers and no customers. The joint guidance from these two … [continued]
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Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging; Cleaner Air, & Lower Driving Costs Across the Country
Seattle — Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin of the Western District of Washington entered final judgment in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program—a $5 billion federal initiative to build reliable, high-speed electric vehicle charging infrastructure … [continued]
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Energy Affordability & Clean Air on the Line in Washington State
OLYMPIA, Washington — On January 22, 2026, the Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments centering on the legality of I-2066, centering on how the initiative’s title misled voters by its ballot title and instead silently amended existing climate and clean air laws and programs across multiple state agencies, utilities, … [continued]
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Arkansas PSC Opens Door For Higher Electricity Bills
Governor-appointed commissioners allow SWEPCO to raise rates by 23% Little Rock, Arkansas — Yesterday, as the region focused on an impending winter storm, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a move to raise customers’ electricity costs in much of Northwest Arkansas. With the go-ahead from the three governor-appointed PSC commissioners, SWEPCO will … [continued]
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