** Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country’s next president, major players in the wind energy sector Vestas and Orsted said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
** Factory workers at Boeing voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for the aerospace giant to resume production of its bestselling airliner and generate much-needed cash. Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of members who cast ballots agreed to approve the company’s fourth formal offer and the third put to a vote.
** Oregon agrees to limit logging on an 83,000-acre state forest for 40 years and improve management to bolster its carbon capture and sequestration potential in exchange for greenhouse gas credits.
** The Denver Police Department adds 27 electric bicycles to its patrol fleet.
** Meta’s (META) plan to join the tech race for nuclear power has reportedly been foiled by bees. A rare species of bee was found on land where the company was planning to put a nuclear-powered artificial intelligence data center, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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** China has moved forward with a complaint at the World Trade Organization that alleges the European Union has improperly set anti-subsidy tariffs on new Chinese-made electric vehicles.
** Any agreement reached with Chinese producers on minimum prices for electric vehicles would need to be as effective and enforceable as the EU tariffs that were imposed last week, the likely future European Union trade chief said on Monday. The EU increased tariffs on Chinese-built EVs to as much as 45.3% last Wednesday.
** Sweden has dropped plans for 13 wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to security concerns. Wind turbines could interfere with radar and slow Sweden’s missile response, its army said.
** Billionaire Gautam Adani’s power generation unit is stepping up pressure on Bangladesh as it seeks to recover more than $850 million of unpaid electricity bills, according to people familiar with the matter.
** Toyota Motor Corporation has collaborated with Joby Aviation, a U.S. company focused on creating electric air taxis for commercial passenger transport, to successfully carry out Joby’s inaugural international exhibition flight.
