This Week in Cleantech (05/22/2025) - A breakthrough in EV batteries?

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Jack Ewing from The New York Times, who wrote about how Massachusetts start-up Factorial Energy, led by Siyu Huang, has successfully tested its solid-state battery in a Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Carlo Angeles, of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance who posted about how defaunation is breaking our forests. He shared that there is a 68% decrease in forest regeneration when key dispersers are gone, along with other information that we’ll include in our episode writeup. Congratulations, Carlo!

This Week in Cleantech — May 22, 2025 

1. Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits –– AP News
2. Swiss Clean-Energy Startup Produces Diesel From Solar Power –– The Wall Street Journal
3. Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like –– The Washington Post
4. Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That. –– The New York Times
5. A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era –– The New York Times

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