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America’s New Maritime Plan Is Competing for the Wrong Century

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The new U.S. Maritime Action Plan, available from the White House Maritime Insights page, is serious policy work. It acknowledges that American commercial shipbuilding has withered to less than 1% of global output and that only a handful of domestic yards can build large oceangoing vessels. It recognizes workforce shortages, … [continued]

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New Energy Storage Solutions Are Killing Trump’s Coal Power Fantasy

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The greedy, grasping, living cartoon of a Scrooge who currently occupies the White House is leveraging coal power to support his plans for killing as many Americans as possible. Hopefully he will leave office again — peacefully, this time — before doing much further damage. In the meantime, energy storage … [continued]

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eVTOL Certification Is Coming, But Commercial Runway Isn’t

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The question around electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aka Jetsons air taxi certification has shifted. It is no longer about whether regulators will create a pathway. Both the FAA and EASA have done that work. The FAA finalized powered lift operational rules in 2024 and published Advisory Circular 21.17-4 … [continued]

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