Opinion:
¶ “People Have A Hard Time With Change, Nonetheless EVs Will Dominate By 2030” • There is still a lot of opposition to EVs, and that drives misinformation. But people will gradually experience EVs and notice their benefits. Word of mouth gets around from family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. More of them are on the roads every year. [CleanTechnica]
2025 Hyundai IONIQ XRT (Hyundai image)
¶ “US Aims To Expand Wasteful, Polluting Nuclear Power” • A White House roadmap calls for tripling the US’ nuclear energy capacity by 2050, including 35 GW of new capacity operating or under construction by 2035. For the same cost, clean energy delivers far more electricity than nuclear, and can come online faster and with less risk. [Environment America]
World:
¶ “Planet-Heating Pollution To Hit All-Time High, Dashing Hopes It Would Start To Drop In 2024” • Global levels of planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels will hit record levels this year, according to recent projections, dashing hopes 2024 would be the year they plateau or fall. Fossil fuel pollution is set to increase by 0.8% from 2023. [CNN]
Climate pollution (Patrick Hendry, Unsplash)
¶ “Four Storms Churning The West Pacific At The Same Time Mean More Bad News For The Philippines” • Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific at the same time, a rare occurrence due to a warm the ocean, heated by climate change. It threatens to bring more misery to the storm-weary Philippines. [CNN]
¶ “BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Up 49%” • BYD’s big business is its passenger vehicle. But BYD also reports production and sales of its electric buses and production and sales of its other commercial EVs. BYD delivered 9,849 BYD commercial vehicles in January–October 2024, which was a 49% increase, from the same months of 2023. [CleanTechnica]
All sorts of commercial vehicles (BYD image)
¶ “Pollution In Pakistan’s Punjab Province Sickened 1.8 Million In A Month, Officials Say” • Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s Punjab province in the past month, according to health officials. Punjab has a population of 127 million, and it has been struggling to combat smog since last month. [ABC News]
¶ “Large Electric SUV Models Coming From Cadillac And Mercedes” • Large SUVs are all the rage. They are big, inefficient, and expensive, but those things don’t bother some buyers, who may want to do the right thing and drive an electric car, but only if it substitutes for the jumbo-sized vehicle they feel they are entitled to. [CleanTechnica]
Cadillac Vistiq (Cadillac image)
¶ “Swiss Experiment Will Place Solar Panels Between Train Tracks” • The Swiss are known for being clever engineers. One of them, Baptiste Danichert, is the co-founder of Sun-Ways, a startup that proposes to use the space between rails for solar panel installations. The panels are designed to be removed so the railroad can do maintenance. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “COP29: PM Pledges To Slash Emissions By 80%” • Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged in Azerbaijan at COP29 to reduce the UK’s emissions by 81% compared with 1990 levels by 2035, in line with what the Climate Change Committee recommended. The announcement has been welcomed by renewable and clean energy trade groups and NGOs. [reNews]
Keir Starmer (Labour Party image)
¶ “Wales Eyes £47 Billion Renewables Bonanza” • New analysis revealed today at Future Energy Wales, shows renewable energy presents the country with a £47 billion investment opportunity by 2035. Delegates at Future Energy Wales 2024 at the ICC in Newport heard insights from preliminary research conducted by BiGGAR Economics. [reNews]
¶ “Nuclear Power Remains Irrelevant In International Market: Report” • Nuclear power remains irrelevant in the international energy landscape as countries prioritize solar with batteries to achieve their energy goals, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2024 shows. Solar and wind capacities grew 460 GW, but nuclear power declined 1 GW. [Asian Power]
Nuclear power plant (Jonas Denil, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “Trump Taps Elon Musk And Vivek Ramaswamy To Lead Department Of Government Efficiency” • Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency. They will “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” [ABC News]
¶ “Hurricane-Damaged Tropicana Field Can Be Fixed For About $55m For 2026 Season” • A detailed assessment of the hurricane damage to Tropicana Field concludes that it is structurally sound and can be repaired for about $55.7 million in time for the 2026 season. Eighteen of the ballpark’s 24 fabric panels failed when Milton roared ashore on October 9. [ABC News]
Tropicana Field, 2022 (Vmartin12, CC-BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “Waymo Opens To Anyone In Los Angeles!” • Waymo’s weekly passenger count increased by 50% in just two months earlier this year, and then it opened up Waymo One robotaxi rides to riders in Los Angeles. That’s “Santa Monica, Hollywood Blvd, USC, and everything in between,” or 80 sqare miles of Los Angeles County, any time of the day or night. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “FREYR Battery Signs $340 Million Deal With Trina Solar” • Trina Solar announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement with FREYR Battery. The deal includes a 5-GW module manufacturing plant in Wilmer, Texas. It is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Trina Solar and FREYR will collaborate after the deal. [Pulse 2.0]
Have an altogether nice day.
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