Christina Scaringe

'The Chinese Will Eat Our Lunch': Europe's EV Trucking Industry Is Scared As Hell Chinese EV makers are now bringing their low-cost advantage to the heavy-duty truck market. That's bad news for European truck brands.

Chinese EV makers are now bringing their low-cost advantage to the heavy-duty truck market.

Virginia to become second state that allows balcony solar Residents of the state will soon be able to use the tech to lower their electricity bills. Gov. Spanberger has made affordability a top legislative…

Virginia will become the second state to allow households to install do-it-yourself, balcony solar panels, joining Utah. My question: Will California be next? www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

How long do electric vehicle batteries actually last? When the modern electric vehicle was still in its infancy, drivers worried that vehicles would need expensive battery replacements within a few years. But battery lifespans are exceeding expectations.

Turns out electric vehicle batteries are lasting years longer than experts originally expected. Awesome! www.npr.org/2026/03/02/n...

How Paris beat the car Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model

The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was “the most influential city in the world”, says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: “The bike beat the car.”

A farm truck driving through a yellow field. In the far corner is a large cloud of pesticides.

#EPA Admin. Lee Zeldin and other top officials met with Bayer’s CEO to discuss “legal/judicial issues” months before the Justice Dept. weighed in at the Supreme Court on the chemical company’s behalf, according to a memo and visitor logs obtained by the Center.

Get the rest ➡️ bit.ly/4bkFxzL

In 2015 a pipeline ruptured along California's shore, spilling 450K gallons of crude oil that killed hundreds of marine animals.

Now Sable Offshore Corp. wants to restart that same old, defective #pipeline — without making repairs that state regulators say it needs.

Take action ➡️ bit.ly/4uryv4M

An adult and cub brown bear look in the direction of the camera while standing on the bank of a lake or river. Behind them are tree-covered mountains.

UPDATE: A court just dismissed a lawsuit pushing for old-growth logging in the #Tongass National Forest 🐻🌲🎉

“This ruling is a big victory. I’m relieved the court squarely rejected the #logging industry's rash attempt to force large-scale logging,” said Marlee Goska, our #Alaska attorney.

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'The findings reveal that utilities consistently retain a substantial share of the revenue they collect from customers as profit, and that those margins have increased as electricity bills have risen.' energyandpolicy.org/utility-prof...

How Would The Iran Crisis Unfold In An Electrified World? As economies electrify, the way geopolitical crises affect energy markets and the global economy could change dramatically.

'The benefits of an electric global economy are not theoretical; electrification is the way to step off the fossil fuel merry-go-round of market shocks and instability.' www.forbes.com/sites/mariam...

The Iran War Is Also a Climate War Climate change is not a peripheral part of what we’re seeing in Iran—it’s structurally embedded in modern warfare.

War is a fossil fuel feedback loop, and right now we’re trapped in it.

Howlin' good news: The Center-led campaign to build wildlife crossings in #RedWolf territory is moving forward.

This effort comes after the Center and partners helped secure a $25 million federal grant for crossings in 2024.

If you were among the many who helped make this happen — thank you 🐺🐺

Two adult caribou stand in a flat, snow-covered field, looking at the camera. A text box at the bottom of the image reads "The Trump administration is taking steps to open the entire 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing."

The Trump admin. is holding lease sales for #OilAndGas projects across millions of acres of irreplaceable #Arctic landscapes 🦌🦌

We are fighting back in court — these lands and waters are not Trump's to sell out.

Please help by giving today to the Future for the Wild Fund ➡️ bit.ly/4lFxl1T

Think of this graph of real U.S. price and electricity production data, straight from the Department of Energy, next time you hear the false claim that renewables increase electricity prices and that coal, gas, or nuclear is needed to keep prices low.

Towering evergreen trees seen from below. A white text box centered over the image reads "A Trump administration plan threatens 2.5 million acres of Oregon forests."

The Trump admin. wants to log 2.5 million acres of #PublicLand in Western #Oregon.

We can't let this happen!

These old-growth forests play priceless roles in supporting the climate, healthy streams, and wildlife.

Take action (you don't have to live in Oregon) ➡️ bit.ly/4s2py0s

'The answer is clear: reduce demand through electric vehicles & better public transit... we need to open up California’s gasoline market & break apart the political stranglehold of the state’s oil industry. We don’t need half-baked answers that ignore the research and the data.'

Fast-tracking new oil drilling won’t lower California gas prices but it’ll raise  environmental risks | Opinion Lawmakers just enabled fast-tracking of new oil drilling permits in Kern County. If gas prices move, though, expect other economic forces at work.

Notice two things not on the list. 1st is increasing in-state oil production. Deborah Sivas @stanforddoerr.bsky.social has been tirelessly beating this drum:

more drilling does NOT equal lower gas prices.

calmatters.org/commentary/2...

We just submitted a formal rulemaking petition urging #Colorado Parks and Wildlife to make commonsense updates to regulations that outline when #wolves can be killed.

The updates would clarify steps to reduce livestock-wolf conflict before the agency could authorize killing wolves.

bit.ly/47qUoY7

Video Gasoline prices could reach $5 a gallon: Expert Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at Gas Buddy, told ABC News gas stations are seeing their costs increase as the price of oil rises.

Good time to replace your gasoline car with a battery-electric car and save $31,500 in fuel cost over 15 years:

= 15,000 mi/y x 15 y x ($5/gal-gas - $0.8/gal-equivalent-electricity) / 30 mi/gal = $31,500

Gasoline prices could reach $5 a gallon
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It looks like nature's engineers might finally catch a dam break!

Conservation groups joined state Rep. Mandy Lindsay, Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, Sen. Cathy Kipp and Sen. Lisa Cutter to introduce a first-of-its-kind bill to protect #beavers on #PublicLands 🦫🦫

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4rrmycJ

Climate Issues in the 2026 Governor’s Race: Electricity Affordability - Legal Planet Electricity affordability is the second post in a series about climate policy issues in the 2026 California governor's race.

'electrification of things like transportation could provide grid flexibility, reduce risks & lower costs. The state must determine who'll pay for the massive investments to deal with climate catastrophes' #CAClimateSuperfund #MakePollutersPay #ClimateCostsUs legal-planet.org/2026/03/09/c...

Protect Old-Growth Forests in Oregon The Trump administration has proposed a new plan to more than quadruple the amount of logging to 2.5 million acres of public land in western Oregon. Stand up for living forests and the endangered spec...

The BLM began #logging mature and old-growth forests aggressively under the first Trump administration.

Now, still not satisfied, the second administration has proposed a new plan to more than quadruple the amount of logging to 2.5 million acres of #PublicLand in western #Oregon.

Take action ⬇️

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth

None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...

Where the Climate Buck Stops Climate superfunds are a sensible way to put some of the costs back where they belong, but we’ll get them only if the public demands them.

#CAClimateSuperfund #MakePollutersPay Where the Climate Buck Stops www.dollarsandsense.org/where-the-cl...

Learn more about our work to put a stop to this monstrous wall 🐺🦋🌵➡️ bit.ly/4rVx8tB

#BorderWall #BigBend #PublicLand

This is how to get energy independence.

BYD’s Second-Generation Blade Battery Makes Western EV Tech Look Ancient The battery can add a staggering amount of range in under 10 minutes. Here's just how quick it is, and how it compares to the best Western designs.

BYD’s Second-Generation Blade Battery Makes Western EV Tech Look Ancient @insideevs.com insideevs.com/news/789094/...

Image shows a space shuttle blasting off, fire erupting from the bottom and huge white clouds crowing the right corner of the picture. A text box is centered over the rocket and reads: “SpaceX has been acquiring land for its ‘Starbase’ industrial city for more than a decade now, devastating nearby wildlife refuges in the process. It’s deeply disturbing that the hundreds of earth-bound species who rely on these public lands are becoming collateral damage in the corporate space race,” Ashley C. Nunes, public lands policy specialist.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a land exchange between #SpaceX and the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuges.

This exchange will push critically #EndangeredSpecies like ocelots and jaguarundi closer to the edge 🐆🐆

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4rafBN2

Congress has to stop attacking our #PublicLands.

The latest: Senator Mike Lee is weaponizing the Congressional Review Act resolution in an attempt to wipe out protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

We have to stop this plan! Please submit a public comment ➡️ bit.ly/3N6OOmP

Analysis: New CBO projection accounting for Trump administration policies shows Americans will pay billions more in fuel taxes  - Transportation For America According to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office, Americans are set to pay over $80 billion more in gas taxes thanks to new transportation policies implemented under the Trump ...

'Americans paid >$55M more in taxes likely in part due to Trump administration policies to decrease vehicle efficiency, slow other transportation options, and making people drive more. CBO projects this will cost Americans >$80 billion more over the next 10 years' t4america.org/2026/03/03/a...