Shannon Osaka

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Shannon Osaka

Over the past few years, electric vehicle manufacturing facilities producing lithium batteries, car parts and critical minerals sprang up all over the United States.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Shannon Osaka

A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled (washingtonpost.com) A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled By Shannon Osaka 2025040410000000 Over the past few years, electric vehicle manufacturing facilities producing lithium batteries, car parts and critical minerals sprang up all over the United States.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Shannon Osaka

6 hours agoTrump's head-in-the-sand approach to climate changePresident Trump's head-in-the-sand approach to climate change during his second term could put Americans at greater risk of harm from its effects, …1 hour agoCalifornia’s new fire maps won’t push up insurance rates, industry saysDespite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining homeowner premiums.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Shannon Osaka

Over the past two months, President Donald Trump has targeted or frozen many programs that he calls part of the Green New Deal — including grants for electric-vehicle chargers and community solar. But some programs are still underway in several states, including one that gives homeowners thousands of dollars off a new heat pump, electrical panel or other home efficiency improvements.

1 month ago | adn.com | Shannon Osaka |Emily Wright

DAVIS, Calif. - Sushi, a four-week-old Holstein calf, was lying in a pen under the hum of a metal fan when a group of professors and graduate students arrived to sample his stomach. The male calf greeted the researchers with a friendly nibble of their clothing, then flopped back down lazily on a bed of rice hulls. But even as the cow slumbered, deep in his four-chambered stomach, minuscule organisms were hard at work.