About this episode
Brian broadcasts from Montreal while James holds down the fort as the Clean Energy Show dives into another week of climate and clean energy news. This episode explores Canada's worsening wildfire seasons, Honda's surprising new AI-powered electric lawnmower, Europe's struggle to adapt to deadly heatwaves, and why it's now cheaper to take an electric taxi in China than drive your own gas car. Plus, former NOAA scientists resurrect U.S. climate data after government cuts.
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In this episode:
- Brian reports from Montreal.
- Honda unveils a $33,000 autonomous electric commercial lawnmower.
- Why Canada's wildfire seasons are becoming larger and more destructive.
- The surprising truth about lightning vs. human-caused wildfires.
- Smoke from Canadian fires impacts air quality across North America.
- Europe's heatwaves expose a long-standing reluctance to embrace air conditioning.
- Alberta plans to end seasonal clock changes.
- Why electric taxis in China now undercut the cost of driving a paid-off gasoline car.
- Former NOAA scientists launch Climate.us after Climate.gov disappears.
The Lightning Round
- Ukrainian attacks cripple over half of Russia's oil refining capacity.
- Most Americans now connect extreme weather with climate change.
- China's grid batteries can shift 21% of its solar generation.
- CATL prepares mass production of sodium-ion batteries.
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