All three Democrats vying to be California’s next U.S. senator expressed support for closing the state’s last nuclear power station at this week’s final televised debate before next month’s primary election. Rep. Adam Schiff, the current front-runner in the nonpartisan primary to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said he supports nuclear energy but wants … Read more
Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg work on a production line of a Model Y electric vehicle on March 20, 2023. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla failed to secure a vote among locals in favor of authorizing a major factory expansion for the company’s battery and car assembly … Read more
Arc Boat Company’s fully electric Arc Sport model gets four to six hours of typical use on a single charge. Arc Boat Company Arc Boat Company began sales of its second electric boat model in just three years this week. The new $258,000 Arc Sport was designed for wake sports enthusiasts and follows the company’s … Read more
Activists at a “Look Down action” rally to stop deep sea mining, outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2023. Kenzo Tribouillard | Afp | Getty Images It’s likely only a matter of time before scraping the ocean floor for valuable metals becomes a reality, according to the head of the International Seabed … Read more
Norway boasts the highest electric vehicle adoption rate in the world. Some 82% of new car sales were EVs in Norway in 2023, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV). In comparison, 7.6% of new car sales were electric in the U.S. last year, according to Kelley Blue Book estimates. In the world’s largest auto … Read more
Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler gestures during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Insurance giant Swiss Re on Friday reported a sharp upswing in full-year profit, benefitting from what it described as an attractive market environment after a … Read more
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Getty Images While both renters and homeowners are beginning to take climate hazards into consideration, affordability continues to drive moving trends. Between 2021 and 2022, about 1.2 million more homeowners and renters moved out of than moved into U.S. cities with high risk of poor air quality, according to a new … Read more
With American coffee drinkers increasingly opting for specialty items like espresso-based beverages and cold brews, U.S. instant coffee consumption has fallen, with just 4% of Americans choosing the quick-and-easy offering, according to the National Coffee Association. Overseas it’s a different story. Soluble coffee accounts for about a quarter of the beverage consumed globally, according to … Read more
The construction site of a plant for the production of hydrogen in Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A California-based startup backed by two pioneering scientists, one of whom is a Nobel laureate, believes it is on the cusp of a “quantum leap” in the hydrogen energy race. H2MOF, which was co-founded … Read more
Construction workers install equipment at a construction site of a lithium battery project on April 6, 2023 in Renshou County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday said the country is “very concerned” about China’s grip on the global supply chain … Read more
