Dan Gearino

Columbus

Clean Energy Reporter, Midwest at Inside Climate News

I cover clean energy and the Midwest for Inside Climate News. Author of COMIC SHOP from OU Press. Iowa native.

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Articles

EV sales in U.S. off to a strong start, but tariffs a potential roadblock

4 days ago | expressnews.com | Dan Gearino

It's a rough time to be in the automobile industry. President Donald Trump's tariffs are punching holes in plans that took years to develop regarding global supply chains and managing the long-term shift to electric vehicles. And then, on April 14, Trump suggested he might pause a 25% tariff on imported cars that took effect on April 3 and a 25% tariff on imported auto parts that is scheduled to take effect in early May.
EV Sales Are Up in the US, But Tariffs Are a Storm Cloud for an Industry That Craves Stability

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Dan Gearino

It’s a rough time to be in the automobile industry. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are punching holes in plans that took years to develop regarding global supply chains and managing the long-term shift to electric vehicles. And then, on April 14, Trump suggested he might pause a 25 percent tariff on imported cars that took effect on April 3 and a 25 percent tariff on imported auto parts that is scheduled to take effect in early May.
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits

1 week ago | insideclimatenews.org | Dan Gearino

Included in the Trump administration’s order last week to boost the coal industry was a two-year exemption to a rule that would have forced some of the nation’s most polluting power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics. The ramifications of this exemption are beginning to sink in for people across the country who saw the mercury rule, updated and enhanced last year by the Biden administration, as a crucial part of reducing the harm of these power plants.
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits

1 week ago | ecotopical.com | Dan Gearino

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Will US Tariffs Make World Leaders Value the Stability of Renewables?

2 weeks ago | insideclimatenews.org | Dan Gearino

A week of U.S. tariff pronouncements and responses from other countries has given the global economic order a wobble that resembles a Jenga tower. Even after President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would pause many of the tariff increases for 90 days, a universal tariff of 10 percent remains in place. These economic gyrations are probably terrible for the clean energy economy, which relies on large investments based on the promise of long-term returns.
Illinois still tops nationally in nuclear energy, No. 3 in carbon-free electricity

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Dan Gearino

Thanks to generating more nuclear power than any other state, Illinois ranks third nationally in producing carbon-free electricity, according to analysis by Inside Climate News of data from the Energy Information Administration. The national leader in carbon-free electricity is Texas, which has a huge lead in renewable energy, followed by California. Pennsylvania, which is second in nuclear generation, also ranks high for production of carbon-free electricity.
Solar Panel Prices Are Rising Again. Here’s Why, And What May Be Next

2 weeks ago | ctnewsjunkie.com | Dan Gearino

Somewhere in the tumult of the global economy in recent months, solar panel prices hit bottom and then began to rise. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The oversupply that helped to push prices down last year has eased a bit. This, plus a host of other factors, mean that prices are now increasing, globally and in the United States.
Solar Panel Prices Are Rising Again. Here’s Why, and What May Be Next

3 weeks ago | insideclimatenews.org | Dan Gearino

Somewhere in the tumult of the global economy in recent months, solar panel prices hit bottom and then began to rise. The oversupply that helped to push prices down last year has eased a bit. This, plus a host of other factors, mean that prices are now increasing, globally and in the United States. Looking ahead, the numbers are likely to continue to rise. But just because they are going up doesn’t mean panels are becoming expensive.
Solar Panel Prices Are Rising Again. Here’s Why, and What May Be Next

3 weeks ago | ecotopical.com | Dan Gearino

Both globally and in the United States, panel prices have bottomed out. By Dan Gearino Somewhere in the tumult of the global economy in recent months, solar panel prices hit bottom and then began to rise.
How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt

3 weeks ago | insideclimatenews.org | Marianne Lavelle |Dan Gearino

The noise of hammers and saws was so loud that David de Leon stepped outside of the house where he was working, so he could talk and be heard. De Leon is construction manager for Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a faith-based nonprofit and one of hundreds of organizations across the country that until recently stood to benefit from President Joe Biden’s effort to catalyze a clean energy transition.