December 18, 2025

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. While discussing the big Ford EV news of the week with Larry and Steve yesterday, something came to the forefront of my mind regarding Rivian. Rivian has done…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Deforestation is accelerating, biodiversity loss is at record levels, and conservation funding still falls short by more than $700 billion a year. On this…

In a critical moment for global finance, Visa now settles some payments in the USDC stablecoin on the Solana blockchain, expanding beyond its earlier Ethereum pilots and pushing stablecoins into mainstream finance. The company already…

Epiroc says its new COPROD 89 drilling tools set a new benchmark in surface drilling, being engineered for durability, precision and productivity. Designed to meet the evolving demands of surface mining and quarrying, the Epiroc COPROD 89…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A lack of regulatory certainty is preventing most projects from moving beyond just the planning stage. Spain, Denmark, Norway and France are leading when it…

Chromafora’s pilot project for a non-cyanide gold extraction process has recently been formally reported to and fully approved by Sweden’s innovation agency and Co-Funder Vinnova. The results demonstrate a groundbreaking method with high…

CME Group expanded its crypto lineup again, this time with new “spot-quoted” futures for XRP crypto and Solana (SOL) that trade in much smaller sizes and track real-time prices more closely. XRP USD and SOL USD prices barely…

Tungsten producer Almonty Industries Inc has announced the first truckload of ore has been successfully delivered to the ROM pad at the Sangdong Mine in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province in South Korea which it says is a pivotal transition from…

The crypto market similarly opened on December 18, following the day prior, amid fear and uncertainty, and Bitcoin has remained between $86,000 and $87,000. Market liquidity continues to thin heading into year-end, with the combined crypto…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I spent an hour yesterday talking about the big Ford EV news of the week, broader implications and context around that, and…