Robot Trucks Can Help Cut Fuel Consumption
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an emerging market for electric tugboats and boom times for a solar panel maker that doesn’t use Chinese components
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Boom Times For The Battery Energy Storage Market
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Tesla’s reliance on California and a deal to supply clean hydrogen, generated underground, for buses and trucks
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Tackling Plastic Pollution With A Hemp-Based Alternative
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a Korean solar billionaire and The Ocean Cleanup’s Boyan Slat on trash interceptors and Great Pacific Garbage Patch
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Solar On The Farm: The Benefits Of Agrivoltaics
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at what’s driving the clean energy transition and Trek’s CEO on the booming e-bike market
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Planning For The End Of The Oil Age
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at mining copper with AI-powered robots and using weed-killing lasers instead of chemicals for healthier farming
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Finding Hidden Geothermal Power With AI
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how SpaceX’s IPO could leave Tesla eating rocket dust and the need for better forest management in a warming world
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Warming Oceans, A Hot Year And ‘Elite’ Beliefs
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at whether urbanists should embrace robotaxis and how the Middle East war may impact the renewable energy transition
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Trump Hates Offshore Wind. Republicans Don���t
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a Google spinout using AI to create better batteries and MIT’s Kate Brown on the environmental impact of grassy lawns
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Moving To Crack Down On Microplastics
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a cheaper, safer form of nuclear power and a billion-dollar deal to get nickel and lithium from battery waste
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor
Can Surging Gas Prices Reverse EV Sales Slump?
This week’s newsletter also looks at why the world may be on the verge of a bigger oil shock than in 1973 and investor Tom Steyer’s plan to cut California energy prices
ByAlan Ohnsman,
Senior Editor