Daily Archive: July 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A recent poll from Politico California and UC Berkeley’s Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research shows 67% of registered California voters, including 82% of Democrats, support the continued construction of the 500-mile bullet train project connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco — an increase of more than ... [continued]

On a Christmas morning in the early 1990s, in a small town north of Barcelona, a young Violeta Sanchez i Nogue’s interest in chemistry was born. She unwrapped a junior chemistry lab kit that would ignite a love of science and lead to a successful career as a senior researcher at NREL. ... [continued]

In our recently published Annual Energy Outlook 2025 (AEO2025), we introduce our new Carbon Capture, Allocation, Transportation, and Sequestration module (CCATS), which allows us to model carbon capture in the coming decades. The CCATS module allocates projected supply of captured CO2 across the energy system for either enhanced oil recovery or geologic storage using ... [continued]

In the runup to President Trump’s signing of his “Big Beautiful” spending bill on July 4, some climate activists wondered if Republicans would eliminate all federal subsidies for carbon capture projects, because Trump thinks climate change is a hoax. But the opposite happened. The $4 trillion spending package increases federal subsidies for carbon capture – ... [continued]

When extreme weather threatens lives and livelihoods, solar and battery storage are there to deliver energy security for the American people. Extreme weather events, from scorching heat waves to destructive hurricanes to frigid winter storms, are constantly challenging our aging infrastructure. When power lines fall or gas plants freeze, distributed ... [continued]

As we’ve reported, a trial has begun in Florida related to a crash that happened here a handful of years ago while the Tesla was on Autopilot. The driver of the car did not die in the crash, but a bystander was. “Attorneys for the estate of Benavides Leon contend ... [continued]

New petition responds to recent trade violations from Indonesia, Laos, and India  Washington, D.C. — Confronting market manipulation driven by companies in Indonesia, Laos, and India, U.S. solar manufacturers yesterday filed new antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petitions with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The petitions were ... [continued]

NEW YORK, NY — NYCEDC and MN8 Energy (MN8) alongside city and state officials, will unveil the winning proposal to build New York City’s first community-driven freight focused electric vehicle charging depot and multi-purpose welcome center and workforce development hub, which will serve as the front door for the Hunts Point ... [continued]