World:
¶ “Canada And EU Are Slip Sliding Away On Vehicle Emissions” • This week, Canada and the EU both backed away from their existing commitments to reduce motor vehicle emissions. Oh, they still promise to get around to it, just not now, while political turmoil is roiling their economies. The promises will be kept, they say, just not now. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump’s War on Iran Has Broken the Oil Market” • Almost eight months into Trump’s war on Iran, we can see more clearly the consequences of this quagmire. Some are quite unexpected, while others were predictable. But there is one thing we haven’t seen before: It seems that oil demand is becoming elastic. People will use less because it costs more. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Volkswagen Unleashes ID. Unyx 09 in China for $27,000 ” • Volkswagen decided to team up with young Chinese star XPENG in order to design and develop electric vehicles that would be more compelling and competitive in the Chinese market. Now one of those EVs is getting to market looking competitive and compellingly cool! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Wales Proposes Underground-First Electricity Lines” • The Welsh Government launched a consultation on a planning policy that would make the default approach for new electricity lines of certain sizes to put them underground. The proposed policy would end the use of large steel lattice pylons for many electric lines in Wales. [reNews]
¶ “Wholesale Electricity Prices Plunge 27% As Solar And Battery Storage Surge” • Wholesale electric prices in much of Australia fell, despite a record high winter demand, because of solar, wind turbines, and batteries. The latest quarterly Australian Energy Market Operator report shows wholesale spot prices are down 27% from last year. [News.com.au]
¶ “First New Steel Mill In Australia In 35 Years To Be The First To Be Powered By 100% Renewables” • The first new steel mill to be be built in Australia in more than 35 years will also be the first to contract its power supply entirely from renewables. Generation Steel struck a deal with mining giant BHP to use capacity it is no longer using. [Renew Economy]
US:
¶ “Waymo Is Now Arriving At Harry Reid International Airport In Las Vegas” • Starting this week, Las Vegas travelers can catch their next flight at Harry Reid International Airport via Waymo rides. Riders who already use Waymo in Las Vegas have airport access now, and Waymo will gradually take more riders until it is available to everyone. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “If Tesla’s Robotaxi Miles Keep Compounding At 20% A Week, The Math Gets Interesting Fast” • Tesla just passed Waymo in Austin in weekly driverless miles. If its recent 20% weekly growth holds, it will pass Waymo nationally in roughly eleven weeks and will be doing the volume of Uber plus Lyft in three Texas metros by mid-February. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Santa Barbara County Wants Responsible Offshore Wind” • This spring, the US government jeopardized our energy supply and thousands of potential new jobs by spending $232 million to buy back and terminate two offshore wind leases off California’s Central Coast. But a majority of Santa Barbara County residents support offshore wind. [The Santa Barbara Independent]
¶ “A 1,350 MW Reactor Trip At South Texas Project’s Unit Two” • Just before midnight on June 17, 2026, alarms cut through the control room at the South Texas nuclear plant on the Colorado River. Its main and auxiliary transformers locked out together. This made the shutdown a little unusual for a technology that has reactor shutdowns regularly. [Energies Media]
¶ “Idaho Could See Nuclear Boom As Small Modular Reactors Near Reality” • The pace of innovation for small nuclear reactors means Idaho could be faced with both big opportunities and big challenges as businesses and municipalities begin exploring the technology. Idaho has been at the center of nuclear innovation for more than 75 years. [Idaho News 6]
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