Category: Climate Action & Science

This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Source: Canary Media.

Hello, I live in Grad Rapids Michigan. I have walkthrough rafters and I’m getting mixed opinions on whether I can install drywall over OSB in the unfinished garage attic with…

Hi all, I’m about to begin framing interior partition walls and have begun researching pocket door frame/hardware kits.  Our plan includes several (four!) single-slab pocket doors due to space constraints.I…

All three candidates agree on the need for lower energy costs. Only two see a need to lower greenhouse gas emissions.By Delger Erdenesanaa, The Maine Monitor As Mainers prepare to choose a new governor…

Siemens Energy has contracted EST-Floattech to supply the battery system for a new Commissioning Service Operation Vessel. Marco Polo Marine is building the CSOV Plus at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.

Norwegian battery materials company Vianode and Italian battery cell manufacturer FAAM have demonstrated that graphite from FAAM’s anode production scrap can be recycled into anode-grade graphite. The two companies are expanding the collaboration to…

Rarely seen by the general public, rail road excavators are a critical piece of the infrastructure puzzle – one that can travel directly on the tracks while digging, lifting, and clearing obstacles from the track,…

Hyundai has scrapped plans to launch the IONIQ 3 in Australia. Importing the electric hatch would be too costly to compete with low-priced Chinese EVs. Source: Electrek.

Sales of the world’s first and only electric muscle car dropped nearly 90% compared to last year. Source: InsideEVs.

There are many markers of fall: vibrant foliage, apple picking and pumpkin-spiced everything, to name a few. Cranking up the heat is another. Source: Grist.

Households and the power grid run on alternating current. Batteries — including those in electric vehicles — run on direct current. Source: Canary Media.

We are building a 10×20 addition in Anchorage, Ak with matching roof pitches.The existing roof is 2×10 construction with drywall, 6 mil VB thenR-30 insulation an2-3 inches of closed cellsprayfoam…