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environmentSunday, September 13, 2026

Georgia EV makers ignore Trump's retreat

The federal EV plug got pulled, but Georgia's still charging ahead. Meanwhile, Tesla quietly killed its solar roof, and South Australia found bird flu in a sea lion. A mixed bag of momentum and setbacks.

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State-level resilience

While the White House reverses course on electric vehicles and clean energy, states are finding their own paths forward.

#01www.truthdig.comSep 13

Georgia EV Makers Forge Ahead After Trump Pulled the Plug

Georgia isn't waiting on Washington. Governor Kemp's tax breaks and training programs have kept Hyundai and Blue Bird building EVs, even after Trump ended federal support. The state is betting its own incentives can outlast the political whiplash.

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#02www.canarymedia.comSep 13

Virginia to cut rooftop solar costs with nation-first bulk-buy program

Virginia is the first state to try bulk purchasing for rooftop solar, letting households pool demand to cut installation costs. It's a practical, bottom-up fix for a problem that federal policy hasn't solved.

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Corporate retreats

Not every clean energy story is about progress. Tesla just gave up on its solar roof, a product that never lived up to the hype.

#03www.canarymedia.comSep 13

So, where exactly does the US energy transition stand?

Tesla is killing its solar roof after installing only about 3,000 units by 2022, 0.17% of U.S. residential solar capacity. Elon Musk promised 1,000 installations a week by 2020. The gap between vision and reality was stark.

Wildlife and monitoring

Bird flu is spreading to new species, and researchers are using sound to keep tabs on the ocean.

#04www.abc.net.auSep 13

SA records first bird flu case in sea lion, environment minister says

H5 bird flu has jumped to a sea lion in South Australia, the first case in that species there. With fewer than 10,000 Australian sea lions left, this is a worrying sign of how the virus is moving through marine mammals.

#05eos.unh.eduSep 13

Acoustics Shelf to Shore

The Shelf to Shore project in the Gulf of Maine uses acoustics to monitor seabed environments, tracking how human-made noise and seawater properties interact. It's a technical approach to understanding an ecosystem under pressure.

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Anwar, Prabowo discuss forest fireswww.nst.com.my
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto discussed the issue of forest fires and developments in the Middle East conflict during their meeting on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit here.

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