Clean Energy Ventures raises $305 million to back early-stage climate startups

Clean Energy Ventures raises 5 million to back early-stage climate startups

Solar panels and wind turbines in the Netherlands. Daniel Bosma | Moment | Getty Images Clean energy stocks may be underperforming in the public market. But there is still a great appetite for companies focused on decarbonization in private markets, with Clean Energy Ventures’ new fund as the latest example. The climate tech firm said … Read more

Porsche Has Been (Sort Of) Building Hybrids For 125 Years. Here’s All Of Them

Porsche Has Been (Sort Of) Building Hybrids For 125 Years. Here’s All Of Them

Image: Porsche On the back of a successful Cayenne S Hybrid introduction, Porsche also launched its first hybrid racing car in 2010 with the GT3 R Hybrid. This incredible car was not built to any specific rulebook, though it raced a few times in special exhibition classes and almost immediately proved its mettle on the … Read more

Toyota Will Make Fun, Gas Engines Right Up Until They’re Banned Outright

Toyota Will Make Fun, Gas Engines Right Up Until They’re Banned Outright

Image: Toyota Enthusiasts have been hesitant to embrace EVs in the past, and who could blame them? You just can’t reproduce the thrill of a naturally aspirated engine or the whine of a turbocharged eager oxygen breather. It seem’s Toyota feels the same way. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type Speaking to Australia’s … Read more

Passenger Dies After Falling Overboard From World’s Largest Cruise Ship

Passenger Dies After Falling Overboard From World’s Largest Cruise Ship

A man died after falling from the deck on the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas last week. The massive vessel had just started a seven-night cruise from Miami, Florida, when the man fell from one of its 20 decks, sparking a two-hour rescue mission. Treat Yourself To A Dodge Challenger R/T | … Read more

Porsche 911 hybrid sports car revealed for $164,900

Porsche 911 hybrid sports car revealed for 4,900

2025 Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS hybrid sports car Porsche Porsche on Tuesday revealed the first-ever production hybrid version of its iconic 911 sports car, with a starting price of $164,900. The 2025 911 Carrera GTS hybrid marks a significant change to the iconic German sports car amid the automotive industry’s focus on increasing electrified … Read more

Can airlines, officials better forecast severe turbulence to help avoid it? – National

Can airlines, officials better forecast severe turbulence to help avoid it? – National

After at least 12 people were injured on Sunday when a Qatar Airways flight hit turbulence, questions continue to mount on the rough air’s impact on travel and what’s being done by airlines and other officials to better predict it. The Qatar flight had left Doha en route to Dublin when it hit turbulence, with … Read more

Emissions cap could cost oil and gas sector $75B in lost investment: CAPP

Emissions cap could cost oil and gas sector B in lost investment: CAPP

A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government’s proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday. The report, by S&P Global Commodity Insights, was commissioned by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to examine the impact of various proposed emissions-reducing … Read more

The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town

The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town

“That’s why my husband hardly ever goes out anymore. You have to go far out to sea,” says Florencia Hernandez, 81, grandmother of Otsoa and Ramón, known locally as Pola. In a wheelchair surrounded by memories—black and white portraits, lead hooks, the fishing line she holds in her hands—she is the longest-lived witness of the … Read more

US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape

US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry’s future in the US. Several big hitters, including … Read more

Watch John Oliver Explain How Ethanol Fuel Is A Total Fraud

Watch John Oliver Explain How Ethanol Fuel Is A Total Fraud

Screenshot: Last Week Tonight Corn is a problem. Or rather, America’s growing reliance on government corn subsidies to power our everyday lives. Beef is artificially inexpensive because farmers feed corn to cows, even though their digestive systems aren’t designed to process it. Sweet foods are artificially inexpensive because high fructose corn syrup is replacing cane … Read more