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Hydrogen Trains, Upgrading A Water Heater, Cheap Solar — CleanTechnica Top 20

Zach is tryin’ to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its...

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Britney Spears: ‘I cried for two weeks’ over documentary

Britney Spears says she “cried for two weeks” over the recently-released documentary about her career. Framing Britney Spears premiered in February and examined her...

Sports

Get ready for Opening Day! Bold predictions, power rankings and names to know

7:00 AM ET After a shortened 60-game 2020 schedule in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to a full 162-game season in 2021. The Los...

Environment

India Restricts Module Models Allowed To Be Installed At New Projects

To ensure only quality equipment is used at solar power projects and, possibly, provide some protection to domestic manufacturers from a flood of Chinese...

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Quick Charge Podcast: March 30, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and...

Environment

Volkswagen’s name change of U.S. operations to ‘Voltswagen’ was April Fool’s marketing prank, source says

In this article VOW3-DE Ashlee Espinal | CNBC German automaker Volkswagen will not be changing the name of its U.S. operations to Voltswagen of...

Technology

Spotify jumps into the hot live audio trend with acquisition of Clubhouse rival Betty Labs

In this article SPOT TWTR FB MSFT People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the morning that the music streaming service...

Witness describes ‘cold, heartless’ stare from Derek Chauvin as he knelt on George Floyd’s neck

Police officer Derek Chauvin gave onlookers a “cold” and “heartless” stare as they pleaded with him to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck,...

World

Germany to suspend Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for under-60s

Germany will suspend using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the under-60s over concerns about rare blood clots. Officials agreed unanimously to only give the jab...

Environment

India Auctions 500 Megawatts Of Solar At US¢3.03 Per kWh

The Indian state of Gujarat has awarded 500-megawatts of solar power in the first auction after the announcement of new import duties on solar...

Environment

Biden’s New 30 GW Offshore Wind Power Pledge Is Solyndra’s Revenge

The Intertubes are practically on fire with news that the Biden administration is putting up $3 billion in funding for a new offshore wind...

Sports

Elliott honors Kulwicki with 1992 paint scheme

10:26 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott has seen the picture somewhere — it’s hanging in their family shop, Bill Elliott...

Sports

‘Bristol on dirt!’: Logano wins historic race in OT

8:28 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered...

Technology

Apple expected to unveil new iPhone, Mac and Watch software June 7 in virtual event

In this article AAPL INTC Apple WWDC 2021 Apple Apple announced on Tuesday that its annual developers conference will be held on June 7....

Business

Labour frontbencher apologises to Sir Keir Starmer after describing business as ‘the enemy’

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed one of his top team has apologised after describing business as “the enemy”. Shadow tourism minister, Alex Sobel, was...

UK records 56 more COVID deaths and 4,040 new cases as 30.6m have had first jab

The UK has recorded 56 more COVID-19 deaths and 4,040 new cases in the latest 24-hour period. This compares with Monday’s figures of 23...

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Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta navigate through the eye of the system in impressive video

In a new video, we get a rare look at Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta software at work through what it can actually see as...

Environment

Governments — ‘not BlackRock’ — should lead the economy away from fossil fuels, economist says

In this article BLK A sign for BlackRock Inc hangs above their building in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Governments should be leading...

Politics

Financier claimed to be ‘senior adviser’ to David Cameron, business card handed to Labour shows

A scandal-hit financier claimed he was a “senior adviser” to then prime minister David Cameron, according to a business card handed to the Labour Party....

Science

NASA Sued by US Company in Space Habitat Test Data Dispute

A space technology company in southern Nevada, US, is suing NASA, claiming the space agency owes it more than $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.3...