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California’s Power Grid Continues to Set New Records for Fossil-Free Operation

Wind, water, solar, and grid-scale battery storage enabled California’s power grid to spend 99 of the past 100 days running completely fossil-free for an average of 5.4 hours per day.

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Are Personal eVTOLs Finally a Reality?

Could electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft be the harbingers of an exciting new era of fossil-free aviation, or impractical, expensive play toys? I got a glimpse of personal air mobility’s future with Velo X’s X1 at the 2026 Sun n’ Fun airshow.

eVTOLs, eHybrids, and eChoppers, Oh My! (Part 1): Electric Vertical Flight Enters the Cambrian Era

Are eVTOL aircraft harbingers of a new era of fossil-free aviation, or impractical, expensive play toys? Lee Goldberg went looking for answers at the recent 2026 Sun n’ Fun airshow.

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Ear-Friendly Headset Demonstrates How Smart Design Can Redefine a Product

A recent conversation with an audiologist-turned-entrepreneur reveals how he used out-of-the-box thinking to design a new type of featherweight headset that protects pilots’ ears β€” and their wallets.

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<p>Dr. Phil McCandless is a research audiologist, an avid pilot, and inventor who designed the HALO headset and manufactures it in his Mississippi-based workshop.</p>
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