Renewables infrastructure investor True Green Capital Management is acquiring a majority stake in CleanChoice Energy, a firm that helps consumers and businesses tap zero-carbon power.
Why it matters: The deal injects $100 million of equity capital into CleanChoice for owning, operating and growing its multi-state portfolio of solar assets.
It's been about three weeks since I swapped my 2016 Volkswagen SportWagen for a 2023 Kia Sportage Plug-In Hybrid — and, so far, I'm loving the plug-in life.
The big picture: Electric vehicle (EV) chargers, once few and far between, are quickly becoming more commonplace — but they're still not as easy to find as I'd like before I go fully electric.
The debt ceiling standoff is intensifying partisan fights over the climate law — and both parties are wielding China as a weapon, Ben writes.
Driving the news: Democrats say House Republicans' bid to scuttle many climate law subsidies for low-carbon energy — a condition of their debt proposal — would aid Beijing.
Why it matters: According to a new scientific analysis, climate change sparked by human emissions are exacerbating the region's arid conditions, as well as the suffering of tens of millions of people.
Air quality, as measured by fine particle pollution, improved across much of the country between 2015 and 2021, though it worsened across several Western states and Florida.
Why it matters: Fine particles, generated from fossil fuel-burning and other sources, can enter our bodies when we breathe, making their way to the lungs or bloodstream and causing myriad health problems.
