Alan Ohnsman

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.
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Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking - Inside Climate News Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.

The results of a new study on how fracking can contaminate drinking water found that 71 percent of tested wells contained methane. Two registered “explosive levels of methane.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

"The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period."

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Tesla Teases New Vehicle Launching This Week That Is Sure To Underwhelm - Jalopnik Tesla seems to be on the precipice of something thoroughly unremarkable.

This checks out:
"Tesla Teases New Vehicle Launching This Week That Is Sure To Underwhelm" www.jalopnik.com/1987830/tesl...

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy

The fight to keep $7 billion of cancelled EPA grants for clean energy continues www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Tax Credits Are Gone But Cheaper EVs Are Coming This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using virtual power plants to curb blackouts and Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment.

In the latest Current Climate newsletter:

🚘 EV tax credits are gone but cheaper models are coming
☀️ Using virtual power plants to curb blackouts
🌍 Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

Jane Goodall Criticized Musk And Trump In Last Major Interview Before Her Death The renowned conservationist’s last major interview, recorded back in March, has received a posthumous release on Netflix.

Jane Goodall’s verdict on Musk, Trump and Putin: “Send them off the planet” www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

Section 5114(b), Title 31, US Code restricts whose portrait may be printed on US currency:
"Only the portrait of deceased individuals may appear on United States currency and securities."
Politico was apparently to lazy to look up the law in this fawning article.
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Tesla’s Proposed $1 Trillion Pay Package For Musk Faces Investor Pushback A group of investors and state officials accused Tesla’s board of failing to provide proper oversight of Musk’s leadership.

Tesla’s $1 trillion pay proposal for CEO Elon Musk is facing investor pushback www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

A Gonzo Plan To Beat China With Giant Robot Boats Autonomous speedboat designer Saronic aims to use its fat warchest to build America’s largest shipyard and help the US to dominate commercial and military shipbuilding.

A Gonzo Plan To Beat China With Giant Robot Boats by @jeremybogaisky.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

Governor Newsom statement on Trump administration’s decision to cut hydrogen hub funding | Governor of California

So far, Trump's vengeance campaign during the federal shutdown includes suspending $billions of transit funds for New York and other big cities and slashing $1.2 billion earmarked for clean hydrogen research in California www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/01/g...

Government Shutdown Leaves US Cyber Defenses Weaker, Insiders Say Already understaffed and now further diminished, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is scrambling to investigate a spate of cyber attacks. The lapse of the Cybersecurity Information ...

NEW - CISA insiders tell me about "chaos" in the agency since the shutdown began, exacerbated by major leadership departures and the expiration of the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act.

“It's just a matter of time before something major happens,” says one.

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Tesla’s Sales Surge Powered By Less Musk And Trump’s EV Tax Credit Cut The largest U.S. electric vehicle maker posted a record quarter, selling over 497,000 vehicles. It’s still on track for yet another annual sales decline.

NEW: Tesla's big Q3 sales spike was powered by Trump's elimination of the $7,500 EV tax credit--and less Elon Musk
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Hyundai Lowers Price on 2026 IONIQ 5 EV Lineup Hyundai reduces 2026 IONIQ 5 pricing by up to $9,800 Average price reduction for all 2026 IONIQ 5 models is $9,155 Enhances EV accessibility and...

more of this please:

Hyundai slashes Ioniq 5 EV prices by up to $9800 as $7500 after federal tax credit phases out www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’ The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.

preach il Papa:

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
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If 1980s Teen Movies Took Place Today Goonies Since strangers will call the police if kids in the Goon Docks wander around on their own, the boys don’t get a chance to search for One-Ey...

"Lloyd Dobler stands outside Diane’s window holding up his phone. He prompts 'Siri, 'Play 'In Your Eyes' by Peter Gabriel.' Siri streams 'Private Eyes' by Hall and Oates, right after playing a thirty-second Geico ad."

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YouTube video by Forbes Dr. Jane Goodall's Urgent Call To Action: 'We've Been Stealing Our Children's Future'

Sad news today. Honored to have met her a week ago at #ForbesSustainabilitySummit:

“We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.” youtu.be/RCbcF-ePDzA?...

Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI Surveillance Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI

🚨NEW🚨 Amazon has been developing drone surveillance tech for American cops, from gun detection to repurposing Twitch's streaming code.

It's also pushing all manner of surveillance tools, including Flock car tracking and AI that constantly monitors all prison calls.

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This Haiti-Born Doctor Built A $6 Billion Business Developing Drugs For Depression And Alzheimer’s Herriot Tabuteau combined his Yale medical degree and two decades in finance to start Axsome Therapeutics. Now the company has three drugs on the market and five more in the pipeline.

My latest @forbes.com feature profiles Herriot Tabuteau, a Haitian immigrant, Yale-educated doctor + longtime investor, who started Axsome to tackle brain disorders. Now $AXSM has 3 drugs on the mkt + 5 more in the pipeline: “We’re not a small co in terms of ambition.”
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My TikTok book is out in stores today!

Why should you read it? Because 1 in 5 Americans now get their news from this thing. We should all understand how it works.

It was inevitable that strongmen would seek to control a tool this powerful. The book is the story of what happened when they did.

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Carrier wants to pair batteries with air conditioners to help the grid Utilities are struggling to meet demand as AI data centers surge. Equipping air conditioners with batteries could be an easy and hugely scalable way to…

Legacy air-conditioning giant Carrier has a simple solution to ACs stressing the grid: Pair them with a battery that charges up when power demand is low.

Here’s how it’s testing the concept.

Trump officials to announce plan to boost coal output The United States is set to announce on Monday policies to try to boost the output of coal, the Interior Department said, as the Trump administration seeks to reverse the decline of the fuel's use.

Buggy whip and rotary phone makers need help too:

As the U.S. pulls back on clean energy programs, it plans to spend $625 million to boost the coal 🤦‍♂️ www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Trump's transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems 'hostile' to cars President Donald Trump's transportation department has been reversing grants for recreational trails and bicycle lanes.

The Trump administration is canceling federal grants for hiking and biking trails because they're "hostile" to cars 🤯https://apnews.com/article/trump-transportation-infrastructure-grants-hostile-cars-37495f299378ac0980a3dea5b450e004

U.S. Against The World With Trump’s Climate Denialism This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a $250 million fund for off-grid solar in Africa and Chinese solar giant LONGi’s outlook for clean power

In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
🛢️ It's the U.S. against the world as Trump’s climate denialism becomes policy
☀️ A $250 million fund for off-grid solar in Africa
🌿Chinese solar giant LONGi’s outlook for clean power #climatechange #renewableenergy www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

RFK Jr. Is Targeting Vaccines And Tylenol. Are Prozac And Ozempic Next? Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.

New from me and @amyfeldman7.bsky.social : after HHS's actions against Tylenol and mifepristone this week, what other drugs might be in RFK Jr.'s crosshairs?

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