Six major U.S. utilities will build a massive EV charging network across 16 states
The fear of running out of battery power is a barrier to many customers who might purchase an EV. This new coalition helps address that concern.
Today (2017 C.E. - 2025 C.E.)
This archive spans the years 2017 through 2025, a period marked by rapid advances in clean energy, medicine, technology, and social equity. It collects documented breakthroughs, policy wins, and scientific achievements from the present era. If you want evidence that progress is real and ongoing, this is where to look.
Volvo is going fully electric by 2030
The Swedish automaker will also be phasing out leather interiors as well to meet its sustainability goals.
Maryland’s Montgomery County makes largest electric school bus order in U.S. history
Montgomery County Public Schools has decided to fully electrify its fleet, starting with an order for 326 electric school buses to be delivered in the next 4 years.
Petaluma becomes the first city in the U.S. to ban new gas pumps
The ban will limit the number of gas stations to their current count of 16 while also preventing these from expanding the number of fuel pumps. The move, celebrated by climate activists, is a national first and represents a crucial step towards cutting our reliance on dirty fossil fuels.
Uttarakhand becomes first Indian state to give wives co-ownership of ancestral land
The landmark ruling, called the the Uttarakhand Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, is set to affect some 350,000 women who manage properties alongside, or in the absence of their husbands.
Major Christian adoption agency in U.S. to start working with LGBTQ people
In an email sent to 1,500 staff, Bethany Christian Services’s President, Chris Palusky, said, “We will now offer services with the love and compassion of Jesus to the many types of families who exist in our world today.”
Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio team up in swappable battery consortium
Four major manufacturers have committed to developing a standardized swappable battery system for electric motorcycles, opening up the possibility of quick-swap battery banks at service stations, servicing a range of brands and models.
Delaware River Basin Commission votes to ban fracking in historic victory
The ban was supported by all four basin states — New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York — putting a permanent end to hydraulic fracking for natural gas along the 13,539-square-mile basin, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The first class of female Eagle Scouts has earned their badges
Two years ago, the Eagle Scout program was opened up to female participants, with the first 1,000 young women who had just earned their badges and the honor that comes with it.
World’s first 3D-printed school planned for Madagascar
The school is a pilot project and, looking to the future, Thinking Huts hopes to expand the idea to provide more schools elsewhere in Madagascar, and even throughout in the world.