2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! BEVs represented 35% of the total Chinese car market in December. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales…

For most of his career, Mark Carney was the polished face of global cooperation, but on Tuesday at WEF 2026, that tone vanished. Less than a year into his term as Canada’s prime minister, Carney delivered a blunt assessment of global power…

For centuries, the traditional financial world and the blockchain ecosystem have long operated on two different clocks. It has been less than 20 years since Bitcoin launched. Since then, better versions, including Ethereum and Solana, are…

David Cormack commenced his two-year tenure as the new Chair of the Board at LEEA on January 1, 2026, taking over the role from Oliver Auston. Serving as Vice Chair alongside Auston for the last two years, he has also been a member of…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Over a thousand electric buses will be introduced to Malaysia’s road network, starting with the capital Kuala…

XRP’s early-January rally has almost vanished in a matter of days, as Trump’s latest tariff warning shakes global markets. Ripple’s XRP price traded near $1.89 on Tuesday, down about -5% over the past 24 hours and back to levels seen at the…

India has set an ambitious target of producing 1.31 billion tonnes of coal in FY27, underscoring the government’s focus on energy security and meeting rising power demand. State-owned miner Coal India Limited is expected to play a central…

Diversified natural resources major Vedanta has announced plans to grant employee stock options worth ₹2,500 crore over a period of five years, reinforcing its focus on long-term talent retention and performance-linked rewards. The stock…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has stepped up efforts to position itself as a key supplier of critical minerals to the United States, highlighting its vast reserves of manganese, copper, cobalt, and lithium amid rising global demand…

The United States has proposed the SECURE Act, a legislative initiative aimed at reducing China’s overwhelming influence over global critical minerals supply chains and strengthening domestic and allied sourcing of strategic resources. The…