Author: CleanTechnica

Courtesy of The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Good news for a new year! In 2022, NOAA helped to recover over $114 million from polluters to restore six waterways following oil spill and industrial pollution incidents. NOAA and partners worked to assess the impacts of these incidents and reach legal settlements with those responsible to […]

A few of our readers are Formula One fans and already know that Andretti Global — one of the most successful auto racing enterprises of all time — has a plan to enter the world of Formula One beginning in 2026. Why is that date important? Because that’s when the new engine rules will go […]

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022 (using 2022 constant dollars). The 2022 estimate is $153/kWh on a usable-energy basis for production at scale of at least 100,000 units per year. That compares to $1,355/kWh in 2008. The […]

In Part 1, I discussed how teardrop shapes tend to make for the best aerodynamic efficiency, why that is, and then how things go wrong with many bogus almost-a-teardrop designs. In this article, I’m going to discuss one more aspect of aerodynamic design, how to actually optimize a larger trailer for aerodynamic efficiency, and discuss […]

The royal family of Norway is switching to electric cars as a way of supporting the country's plan to promote the EV revolution.

This article, including headlines, was written by ChatGPT with prompting by Michael Barnard as an example of the kind of attention-grabbing, good-quality content you can rapidly create to assist you to engage effectively in climate action.

The potential to achieve 100% sustainable-materials car tires is in sight, with an assist from mass balance supply chain bookkeeping.

For most people, the ultimate camper is one with as much luxury and as much space as possible. This often means something the size of a bus, and sometimes even bigger and taller. I get why people like that, but the cost of moving it around means you’d better have a pretty big budget for […]

The green investments about which BP brags represent only a minor portion of its current energy production and investment behavior. The rest continues to be targeted for its big profit oil and gas holdings.

Indian hydropower company SJVN has announced start of construction of a large solar power park in the northern state of Rajasthan.  On January 3rd, the President of India laid the foundation for a 1 gigawatt solar power park at Bikaner, Rajasthan. The project is being developed by SJVN Green Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary […]