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Oversize EVs Have Some Big Issues

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Published: September 6, 2024 17:25

A few Super Bowls ago, when General Motors used its ad spots to pitch Americans on the idea of the GMC Hummer EV, it tried to flip the script on the stereotypes that had always dogged the gas-guzzling SUV. Yes, it implied, you can drive a military-derived…

We Just Lived Through the Hottest Summer Ever

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Published: September 6, 2024 12:33

Current conditions: Torrential rains flooded the streets of Milan, Italy • The U.K. recorded its coldest summer since 2015 • The temperature in Palm Springs, California, hit 121 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday.THE TOP FIVE1. Summer 2024 was hottest on…

Copper Almost Killed This Arizona Town. Now Copper Could Save It.

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Published: September 6, 2024 10:00

In the town of Superior, Arizona, there is a hotel. In the hotel, there is a room. And in the room, there is a ghost.Henry Muñoz’s father owned the building in the early 1980s, back when it was still a boarding house and the “Magma” in its name, Hotel…

What If We Get Fusion — But Don’t Need It?

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Published: September 5, 2024 19:43

Fusion, sometimes breathlessly referred to as the “holy grail” of clean energy, capable of providing “near limitless” energy, might actually, finally be on the verge of working. And when that first prototype reactor turns on, the feverish headlines about…

Volvo Is Watering Down Its 2030 All-Electric Pledge

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Published: September 5, 2024 12:52

Current conditions: Thunderstorms brought widespread flooding to Tampa Bay, Florida • The famous Constantine Arch in Rome was damaged by lightning • Super Typhoon Yagi is now the second-most powerful storm of 2024 and is expected to hit China on Friday.…

Kamala Harris Has Other Things to Talk About Than Fracking

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Published: September 5, 2024 10:04

Fracking is just about the last thing Kamala Harris wants to talk about right now, which may be understandable. In a CNN interview last week — her first major sit-down since becoming the Democratic Party’s official nominee for president — she changed her…

Welcome to The Fight

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Published: September 4, 2024 19:24

Welcome to The Fight, I’m your punk rock climate journalist host Jael Holzman. I’ve dedicated my entire career in journalism to understanding how and why people oppose projects crucial to decarbonization. Now, every week, I’ll be delivering must-read…

This IRA Program Spawned 50,000 Solar Projects In Low-Income Communities. Who Benefited?

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Published: September 4, 2024 15:00

By the numbers, a new federal program designed to give low-income communities access to renewable energy looks like a smashing success. According to data provided exclusively to Heatmap, in its first year, the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program…

A Battery Backlash Goes to Washington

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Published: September 4, 2024 14:34

One hour north of Los Angeles, the small town of Acton is experiencing a battery energy storage buildout — and quickly becoming the must-watch frontline in the backlash against lithium-ion energy storage systems. The flashpoint: wildfires. Like many parts…

The Week in Renewable Fights

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Published: September 4, 2024 14:32

1. York County, South Carolina – Silfab Solar’s efforts to build a solar panel factory in coastal South Carolina have become a nexus of fear politics in recent weeks, even as the community’s Republican congressman tries to assuage residents’ concerns.…

What I’m Watching in Washington

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Published: September 4, 2024 14:30

China, China, China – Republicans in Congress are trying to pressure the U.S. into an even more hawkish stance against Chinese battery supply chains ahead of the November election. The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Marco…

The Center for Biological Diversity’s Patrick Donnelly Responds to Critics

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Published: September 4, 2024 14:29

Welcome to The Fight’s Q&A section where we’ll speak with the movers and shakers shaping every side of the debate over renewable energy deployment. Today our subject is Patrick Donnelly, Great Basin director for the Center for Biological Diversity, an…

Phoenix Just Hit Another Grim Heat Record

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Published: September 4, 2024 12:53

Current conditions: Ruins of the sunken village of Kallio have emerged from a dried up lake in drought-stricken Greece • AccuWeather reduced its 2024 forecast for the number of named Atlantic storms • It will be hot, humid, and rainy in Beijing today where…

What 2024 Will Mean for Clean Energy — in Megatons

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Published: September 4, 2024 09:10

You don’t need us to say it: The 2024 election will have enormous stakes for America’s climate policy and the planet’s climate. But how well can we quantify those stakes? What would a Trump presidency — or a Harris presidency, for that matter — really mean…

The 10 Senate Races That Will Decide the Next Few Years of Climate Policy

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Published: September 3, 2024 17:15

The United States Senate sits on a knife-edge. Democrats currently control the chamber by a 51-49 margin, but they are defending more seats than Republicans are in this election. In fact, with the retirement of Joe Manchin and the nearly inevitable passing…

Will Summer Ever End?

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Published: September 3, 2024 15:36

Is summer really over? Meteorologists would say one thing, astronomers another, and Americans will just decide to start making things pumpkin-flavored whenever they please. So who’s to say? And after all the record-breaking this summer, does it really…

The Reviews Are In for Volvo’s New EX90 SUV

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Published: September 3, 2024 12:35

Current conditions: Japan recorded its hottest summer ever • Tropical Storm Yagi killed at least 14 people in the Philippines and is forecast to strengthen as it heads toward China • Cooling centers are open in L.A. as another powerful heat wave bakes…

Is the Election Already Hurting Clean Energy?

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Published: September 3, 2024 09:40

Climate has not exactly been the focus in this election cycle that it was in 2020 — but the political climate could still be polarizing public opinion on clean energy. For the latest Heatmap News poll, Embold Research surveyed more than 5,000 registered…