EPA has put a hold on $7 billion in funding for solar energy projects for which contracts have been signed.

More info: https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-cuts-off-ira-solar-money-already-under-contract/

Greenhouse gases increased at a record rate in 2024.

More info:  https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/seasonal-to-decadal/long-range/forecasts/co2-forecast-for-2025?utm_campaign=heatmap_am&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9wv70Anb__EwxOXuTyIsFb0fsgYUxfXi-SAheqmSGDSVswysIEKTPxP5jnv7IDYM2xWaj8iuEKh3Cvb-xmQK7Pbz7nWHl8wVp8OCReQMUda5H0IDg&_hsmi=342959654&utm_content=342959654&utm_source=hs_email&utm_source=Daily%20on%20Energy%20011724_01/17/2025&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Daily%20on%20Energy&rid=24913499&env=4c48fcdbb12eee6826c7817244fc1960521df71996adb905afbfc4e36d0f936d

Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose by 25% last year.

More info: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/global-electric-vehicle-sales-up-25-record-2024-2025-01-14/?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20250114&instance_id=144725&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=188238&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

New York has become the second state to require fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damage.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/12/26/new-york-climate-superfund/

The world's appetite for coal is growing more slowly now but is still setting records.

More info: https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2024?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

Carrboro, NC, has sued Duke Energy for continuing to burn fossil fuels for a half-century after learning that doing so caused climate change.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/12/05/carrboro-lawsuit-duke-energy-climate/

50% of the US is experiencing drought, and that percentage is rising.

More info: https://apnews.com/article/drought-dry-wildfire-climate-change-october-united-states-3f137270a2271a1baff7badb1d506aa4

China accounts for 69% of the world's EV sales.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/business/gm-electric-vehicles-mary-barra.html?searchResultPosition=1

More than 180,000 monthly Uber drivers in N. America and Europe now use EVs.

More info: https://www.uber.com/newsroom/gogetzero-2024/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

Used electric vehicles are now cheaper than their gas-engine and hybrid counterparts.

More info: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/electric-vehicles-are-suddenly-the-best-deal-in-the-used-car-market-e7447d72?mod=djemclimate