Category: Climate Action & Science

Represents significant progress toward 100% renewable energy One of state’s largest energy procurements ever Additional 500 MW of firm generation on O‘ahu to be sought HONOLULU — Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Hawaiian Electric), a…

As it feasts on near-record oceanic warmth, Genevieve will stay safely out to sea. The post Genevieve becomes the first Category 5 hurricane of 2026 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Out of Spec Reviews put a Rivian R2 Performance and a Tesla Model Y Performance on the same roads on the same afternoon. The R2 used 18% to 26% more energy at every single…

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In late June 2021, air temperatures in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia soared past 113°F in a heat wave unlike anything seen before. Hundreds of people lost their lives. Source: Earth911.

A transportable, compact laser weapon can serve a dual purpose for wireless power transfer, potentially opening up new opportunities for renewable energy to power remote operations. The post This “Clap-On, Clap-Off” Laser Weapon Can…

Battery materials company Sila has raised $300 million in a private equity round to accelerate US production of its silicon-carbon (Si/C) anode and fund a planned second-phase expansion of its plant in Moses Lake,…

As megawatt-level charging hubs for heavy-duty EVs proliferate around Europe, Portuguese EV charging infrastructure provider i-charging has begun commercial deliveries of its new MAX charging platform. The MAX platform is built around SOLUM’s EV…

America’s most affordable 315+ mile range electric vehicle is in line for an update. The next-gen Chevy Equinox EV will reportedly be the first to use GM’s all-new platform. Source: Electrek.

Waymo’s robotaxi fleet in Austin has hundreds of self-driving cabs that seem to have a problem parking legally. Source: InsideEVs.

While several automakers step back from EVs, BMW is staying on course with new models and local battery production. Source: InsideEVs.

The lab is testing thousands of ticks for the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, babesiosis, and other dangerous infections. The post People are mailing bloodthirsty ticks to a New York lab appeared…