Walmart and Nexamp are rolling out 31 solar farms in 5 states

  • December 18, 2024
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Photo: Nexamp Walmart is working with community solar developer and operator Nexamp to build 31 community solar farms across the US. The community solar farms are expected to generate over 120 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, create 1,500 construction and operation jobs, and help thousands of households and businesses save money on their energy bills. […]

Historic Montana youth climate lawsuit upheld by state Supreme Court

  • December 18, 2024
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A youth-led climate lawsuit won another historic decision today, with the Montana Supreme Court upholding a 2023 ruling that the state must consider climate change and environmental protections in the approval process for new energy projects. It’s the first youth-led climate lawsuit to have this level of success in the US, possibly setting precedent for […]

EPA approves CA’s clean air rules that Trump says he’ll revoke (but can’t)

  • December 18, 2024
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Smog over Los Angeles. Photo: Steven Buss on Flickr In the waning days of a Biden Administration which has been marked by huge progress on clean air and EV policy, the US government has approved California’s emissions rules which would end gas-only car sales within the state by 2035. California’s “Advanced Clean Cars 2” light-duty […]

Toyota lands $4.5M to boost EV battery sustainability

  • December 18, 2024
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Photo: Toyota Toyota just got a $4.5 million boost from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to make EV batteries more sustainable. The funding comes from ARPA-E’s CIRCULAR program, which focuses on creating a sustainable, domestic supply chain for EV batteries. The project, led by Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), aims to tackle […]

Tesla’s head of Giga Shanghai has left the building

  • December 18, 2024
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Tesla’s head of Gigafactory Shanghai, Song Gang, who is behind a lot of the automaker’s manufacturing success, confirmed that he left the company. Song was one of Tesla’s first manufacturing employees in China. After a decade of working in the auto industry in China, including with Ford and GM, Song was hired by Tesla in […]