Headline News:

• “As Senate Debates, Elon Musk Calls Trump’s Big Bill ‘Utterly Insane And Destructive’” • Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk criticized the latest version of Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and destructive.” Musk said, “It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.” [The Guardian]

Elon Musk (Gage Skidmore, CC-BY-SA 2.0, cropped)

• “Steel’s Declining Demand Sharpens Focus On Molten Oxide Electrolysis” • Molten oxide electrolysis is, at its core, a method of electrochemical smelting. Instead of chemically reducing iron ore with carbon-based reductants like coal, coke, or natural gas, it reduces iron oxide to metallic iron using electrons provided through electrical current. [CleanTechnica]
• “Vietnam Unlocks Offshore Wind Power Potential For Green Future” • Under the national power development plan for 2021–2030, the Party and State of Vietnam have set a target to install 6 to 17 GW of offshore wind power capacity between 2030 and 2035. Numerous studies show that Vietnam has vast potential for offshore wind power. [Báo VietNamNet]
• “Adif To Invest €1.33 Billion In Renewable Rail Energy” • Adif, the Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager, will open a €1.33 billion tender for green electricity supply from 2026 to 2030, giving Spanish rail operators 100% renewable power and improved energy pricing options, according to the railway news portal Railway Supply. [Railway Supply]
• “Republicans Move To Revive Trump’s ‘Beautiful Clean Coal Industry'” • The House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to revive the National Coal Council and “reinvigorate America’s beautiful clean coal industry,” as Donald Trump put it. Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky, said the legislation will have a good chance of passing the full House. [MSN]

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