Tag: Tariffs
Sierra Club: Rising Prices Directly Linked to Trump Tariffs, Cuts to Clean Energy
CPI Data Released Today Shows Trump’s Trade, Energy Policy is on the “Wrong Course” WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released consumer price index data for September to November, showing a 2.7% increase in inflation for goods and services. BLS did not release an October report due to Republicans’ … [continued]
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EVs 2025 — It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
The US has weakened its exhaust emissions standards and the EU has abandoned its ZEV mandate by 2035 policy. What happens next?
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Electric Utility Affordability Crisis Brewing in South Carolina
Trump’s Executive Order Threatens Consumer Protection Options COLUMBIA, S.C. — An executive order issued by Donald Trump last week could block state guardrails around artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to run AI data centers, including popular state-level initiatives, known as large load tariffs, that help ensure tech companies have financial skin in … [continued]
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XPENG to Begin Local Assembly in Malaysia by Mid-2026
XPENG is expanding into the Southeast Asia region, as it just signed an agreement with Malaysian industrial partner EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB) to begin local assembly operations in Malacca, with production scheduled to commence in 2026, the companies announced Thursday. The announcement came after XPENG announced on December 12 that … [continued]
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Electricity Scarcity Meets Aluminum Tariffs, and American Citizens Pick Up the Bill
A collision between AI data centers being built—in the current AI bubble and with full throated support by the Trump Administration—and aluminum smelters for electricity is no longer theoretical. Utilities across the United States are facing binding constraints on generation and transmission. When presented with competing requests for hundreds of … [continued]
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