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Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK — an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow. This is already a record amount of land burned in ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. By Ayesha Tandon, Leo Hickman, Cecilia Keating, and Robert McSweeney. Design by Tom Prater. A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The rise of renewables is being driven by extremely rapid growth in wind and solar output, ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Every June, the Mudslingers — a non-profit gymkhana horse club I’m part of — hosts a special season-ending show in Southern California. This year’s Mudslingers Summer Showdown was the culmination of a season of hard work, the thrill of competition, ... [continued]

By Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder, EVmath.org In the national conversation about electric vehicles, rural America is often treated as an afterthought—or worse, a lost cause. There’s a sense that rural communities are bought into all the myths about EVs—that they’re too expensive, can’t handle country roads, and will end up stranded ... [continued]

“Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”  —Al Gore, 2007. “If God had intended to give us unlimited free energy, he would have put a giant furnace in the sky.” —Al Gore, 2025. By Luke Singer and Gautam ... [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]

By Mandira Ganti, intern, Tech Communications They say food is fuel, which turns out to be a perfect metaphor for understanding how electric vehicle batteries work — they’re built like lasagna. Creating the perfect lasagna can be daunting, but it’s easy to eat (plus, it’s tasty!). Building a high-performance EV ... [continued]

As negotiations on the reconciliation bill continue in Congress, many lawmakers are still looking for ways to raise additional revenue and offset the cost of extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Clean energy tax credits, therefore, have become a target. Despite the surge of new solar manufacturing facilities, ... [continued]