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The Chevy Bolt Is the Cheap EV We’ve Needed All Along

It’s not perfect, but pretty soon, it’ll be available for under $30,000.

Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s New EVs Are Worse, But Cheaper. That’s the Point.

With the federal electric vehicle tax credit now gone, automakers like Ford and Hyundai have to find other ways to make their electric cars affordable.

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DAC Hubs May Be DOA

On Trump’s coal woes, NEPA reform, and Japan’s nuclear plans

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H2 No

On Tesla’s record, Britain’s backtracking, and an Antarctic ice warning

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The Government Shuts Down

On a potential deregulatory slowdown, community solar’s dimming, and Pope Leo on climate

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For EVs, Charging Speed Is the New Range

They may not refuel as quickly as gas cars, but it’s getting faster all the time to recharge an electric car.

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Trump’s ‘Con Job’

On offshore wind labor history, Oklo breaks ground, and American gallium

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Current conditions: Typhoon Ragasa slammed into East Asia as the year’s strongest storm to date, killing 14 and leaving dozens missing in southern Taiwan and forcing more than 400,000 to evacuate in China • Hurricane Gabrielle intensified into the second major hurricane in the Atlantic this season, churning rip currents on East Coast beaches in the U.S. and lashing Europe with heavy rain later this week • Argentina is facing an ongoing drought.

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1. Trump to UN: Climate change is ‘the greatest con job ever perpetuated on the world’

President Donald Trump speaking at the U.N. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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Trump Sues Over Superfund Statute

On Democrats’ AI blueprint, more nationalized minerals, and the GOP’s anti-geoengineering push

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Current conditions: Tropical Storm Mario is lashing the southwestern U.S. with rainstorms and potential flash flooding • The drought in the Northeast and the Ohio Valley is worsening, with rain deficits in major cities 15% below average • Tropical Cyclone Mirasol is bringing heavy rains to the Philippine island of Luzon.

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1. Justice Department looks to sink Vermont’s climate Superfund

The Trump administration announced a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at tanking Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, which set up the nation’s first program to force fossil fuel companies to pay for adaptations to deal with the effects of warming temperatures. The Department of Justice said the legislation “will likely” impose “billions of dollars in liability on foreign and domestic energy companies for their alleged past contributions to climate change.” The motion, filed on Monday, comes months after the Justice Department filed an initial complaint in May targeting the law and similar legislation in New York, Hawaii, and Michigan.

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