Category: Climate Action & Science

CUMBERLAND CITY, Tennessee — This week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority over the utility’s failure to take federally required steps to…

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rejected Minnesota Power’s request to build a costly new gas plant to meet future energy demand and ordered the electric utility to continue…

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has begun deploying electric buses in the first phase of a transition to an all-electric school bus fleet. In May, the district announced plans to deploy 104…

Is the charging station safe and fully functional? A charging station may be operational without being fully functional or electrically safe. Source: Charged EVs.

Volvo designed the 50-ton class EC500 Electric to deliver the same performance as the diesel-powered EC500 the brand’s customers know and love – but saying that is one thing. Proving it?

Atlas, Golf, and Tiguan models all get VW’s new suite of driver assistance tech, too. Source: InsideEVs.

Elon Musk’s tunneling venture is now worth $23 billion, the company said on Wednesday. Source: InsideEVs.

The company will pay the sum over the next 15 years for contamination caused by its plant on the border of Cumberland and Bladen counties.By Morgan Casey, Lisa Sorg, Paul Woolverton This story is…

A new rare earth recycling plant in Arizona could create another domestic source of materials needed for EV motors, wind turbines, and a long list of other products. more… Source: Electrek.

A 2024 Tesla Model Y ran off Interstate 35 in rural Missouri, struck a guardrail, and killed its driver, a 64-year-old woman from Raymore. Troopers reported a single-vehicle wreck and said the car “went…

One U.S. Senator claims that rumors are swirling around Washington an upcoming meeting with China may open the door to Chinese EVs. Source: InsideEVs.

Considering putting 1/2″ cdx on inside side of vapor barrier, then covering with what will be painted 1/2″ drywall?  Vapor sandwich issue?  I thought drywall, even painted with latex would… Source: Green Building Advisor.