168. A Right to a Clean and Healthful Environment

<p dir="ltr">A historic youth climate case, more than ten years in the making, has landed in a Montana courtroom. A few years ago, a group of 16 young people from the state of Montana sued the state for its role in supporting the fossil fuel industry and contributing to climate change. Also: Electric cruise ship, Boeing sees the need for lots more jets, EV maker Rivian acquires the go-to app for EV trips, solar price declines have a long way to go thanks to new tech, what an electric riding mower is like from an experienced user and James gets a new hat! </p> <p dir="ltr">Happy Solstice/Aboriginal Peoples' Day</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Brian is stuck in Toronto for two nights thanks again to Air Canada</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Energy use observations from Brian's U.K. vacation</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tenacious D concert in U.K.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chevy Bolt news disappoints current owners</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Fossil fuels collapse a freeway in busy Philadelphia</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">GM and Rivan join Ford in adopting the Tesla NACS connector and will have access to the Tesla charging network. Why his is unbelievably big news for electrification.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Montana lawsuit</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Electric riding mower impressions - it's almost all good news!</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Solar progress/price declines in the decade ahead in our Tweet of the Week from Auke Hoekstra, director of Neon Research.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Electric cruise ship</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentatio