Rhode Island has passed a law requiring all of the state’s electricity to be offset by renewable energy by 2033 – the fastest timeline of any state in the US. July 1 update: Governor Daniel McKee (D-RI) has now signed historic legislation into law that will require all of the state’s electricity to be offset
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Scott Mills is to step down from his BBC Radio 1 weekday show after 24 years at the network – and will take over Steve Wright’s slot on BBC Radio 2 in a few months’ time. The 49-year-old DJ has hosted various shows on Radio 1 since 1998. But it was announced that Mills will
Tesla has filed with the city of Austin to expand Gigafactory Texas with a giant new 500,000 sqft building at the site. Now Gigafactory Texas is already giant. It’s already one of the biggest buildings on Earth. The current building is equivalent to about 15 city blocks or three Pentagons as CEO Elon Musk said
The YouTuber and Minecraft gamer known as Technoblade has died from cancer, aged 23. His father posted an emotional farewell message to his channel, which his son had prepared before he died. In the video, called “so long nerds”, his father says his son wrote a goodbye note and “he asked me to read it
GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra recently teased footage of the first engineering version of the Chevy Silverado EV enduring testing at the American automaker’s proving ground in Michigan. This is an important step for Chevy as it moves closer to start of production for its first all-electric truck. After nearly a year of teasing
Lily Allen has spoken out about having an abortion – saying women should not need to have to “justify” a pregnancy termination with “exceptional reasons”. The British singer – who appeared on stage with teen star Olivia Rodrigo as a surprise guest at Glastonbury to perform her hit song F*** You, in response to the
One of the rare Tesla Semi electric trucks came out of hiding this week to deliver pre-assembled Superchargers to the Laguna Seca racetrack in California. With the Tesla Semi program being delayed by 3 years at this point, the automaker rarely publicly uses the electric semi-truck. The company only produced a handful of them at
Are you still using gas and oil to mow the yard? Well, it’s time to switch it up and go green when doing lawn chores. Today, you can pick up the Greenworks 17-inch 48V electric lawn mower for $210.50, while it normally goes for up to $300. Not only is this within $10 of its
Warner Bros. has defended JK Rowling, contradicting a decision to ban Sky News from asking questions about the Harry Potter author at an event at Warner Studios Tour last week. In the run-up to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 25th Anniversary celebrations at the weekend, Sky News was invited to interview Tom Felton for
Tesla has laid off about 200 people working at its San Mateo offices as it closes the location. Most of the employees were working as Autopilot data labelers – a critical project for Tesla to achieve self-driving capability. LinkedIn is flooding with posts from now former Tesla employees working at its San Mateo office after
Travis Barker has been rushed to hospital in California, according to reports. The Blink-182 drummer was pictured on a stretcher outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles on Tuesday with his wife Kourtney Kardashian by his side, according to TMZ. His 16-year-old daughter, Alabama, wrote on her Instagram story: “Please send your prayers.” The 46-year-old
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2022 US Energy and Employment Report (USEER), which reveals that 2021 saw electric vehicle jobs increase by a whopping 26.2%, or 21,961 new jobs. US electric vehicle jobs led 2021 energy sector growth The 2022 USEER report shows that the energy sector – with the exception
Woody Allen has hinted that he might give up filmmaking while speaking about his career during a rare media appearance chatting to actor Alec Baldwin live on Instagram. Allen, who worked with Baldwin on the films Alice (1990), To Rome With Love (2012) and Blue Jasmine (2013), said that after making 49 films in his
The European Union is about to vote on banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 and 5 countries are planning to push to delay the move to electric car-only by 5 years. Europe is currently establishing its plan to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. A big part of achieving
There is enough evidence against Britney Spears’ ex-husband – who turned up unannounced at her Los Angeles home and attempted to crash her wedding to Sam Asghari – to go to trial on a felony stalking charge, a California judge has found. Jason Alexander previously pleaded not guilty to the charge as well as to
Rivian is launching its first DC fast-charging sites this week, in Colorado and California. The three sites are the first deployments in its US-wide DC fast charging network, which is known as the Rivian Adventure Network. Rivian’s Level 3 DC fast charging sites will initially provide over 200 kilowatts of power for Rivian vehicle owners.