Real estate company partners with Safari Energy to develop solar portfolio

Nuveen Real Estate, one of the largest real estate managers globally, announced it has partnered with Safari Energy to develop the company’s own solar resources. After pledging to make all existing and future assets carbon-neutral by 2040,…

Lightsource bp orders several gigawatts of First Solar PV modules

Lightsource bp signed a multi-year order for up to 5.4 GW of First Solar‘s thin-film photovoltaic solar modules anticipating a multi-gigawatt portfolio of solar projects over the next few years. Lightsource bp has agreed to procure up to…

How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation

JBS disagreed with the criteria used by the prosecutors and agreed to improve its monitoring system, block suppliers flagged by the research and donate $900,000 to the state in response to the audit.To get a sense of scale of the ranches…

What Apple’s New Repair Program Means for You (and Your iPhone)

Apple delivered an early holiday gift on Wednesday to the eco-conscious and the do-it-yourselfers: It said it would soon begin selling the parts, tools and instructions for people to do their own iPhone repairs.It was a major victory for…

How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy

WASHINGTON — Tom Perriello saw it coming but could do nothing to stop it. André Kapanga too. Despite urgent emails, phone calls and personal pleas, they watched helplessly as a company backed by the Chinese government took ownership from…

As Gas Prices Surge, Biden Asks FTC to Investigate ‘Illegal Conduct’

DETROIT — President Biden on Wednesday helped christen a General Motors factory that manufactures electric vehicles, zipping around in a battery-powered Hummer to highlight a transition to energy-efficient cars and trucks that the president…

Climate Change Increases Chance of Wildfires in California

The hottest summer days in the Sierra Nevada in California greatly increase the risk that wildfires will ignite or spread, and as the planet keeps warming the risks will increase even more, scientists said Wednesday.The research, which examined…

He Helped Build Tesla. Now He Hopes to Do the Same at Lucid.

But mass producing automobiles is a challenge of a different magnitude. Initial versions of the Air cost almost $35,000 more than a top-of-the-line Tesla Model S Plaid. To be profitable, Lucid must appeal to more than just a superwealthy…

House Passes the Largest Expenditure on Climate in U.S. History

WASHINGTON — The United States took a major step toward fighting climate change Friday with passage through the House of Representatives of a $2.2 trillion spending bill that includes the largest expenditures ever made by the federal government…

Ford and Rivian no longer plan to work jointly on electric vehicles.

Ford Motor and Rivian have dropped plans to develop an electric vehicle together, although Ford remains a major investor in the start-up automaker.The companies formed a partnership in 2019 when Ford invested $500 million in Rivian. They…