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Taxing Fossil Fuel Profits
A fair and effective tool for Europe’s energy transition Fossil fuels still account for around 70% of the EU’s energy consumption, leaving it heavily dependent on imports and exposed to price shocks. In 2024 alone, the EU spent more than €375 billion on fossil fuel imports, while fossil fuel companies made €180 billion … [continued]
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Locked Out of Green Finance: What’s Holding Truckmakers Back?
European truckmakers pledge a zero-emission future, yet green finance remains marginal in funding the sector’s transition. The European truck industry faces growing competitive pressure. Chinese manufacturers are scaling up electric truck production rapidly and expanding in the global market. European truckmakers commit to battery-electric vehicles, but production expands too slowly to win … [continued]
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Donald Trump Tears Down Another Key Public Health Safeguard
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power … [continued]
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Ice caves’ brief return shows beauty and risk on Lake Superior
Rare ice formations, last seen a decade ago, draw huge crowds within hours off the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. But volatile weather conditions force a swift shutdown as officials play […]
Battery Storage System Replaces Wastewater Facility Diesel Generator
Viridi recently announced one of its battery energy storage systems has replaced a diesel backup generator at a wastewater facility in New York State. When we write about battery storage on this site, sometimes it is paired with solar power to store excess clean electricity. Energy storage has other applications, … [continued]
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