Trump's ‘big, beautiful’ law was supposed to kill clean energy. It didn't.

Published on July 2, 2026

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. One year ago, President Donald Trump got his Fourth-of-July wish. Republicans rammed a massive tax and spending bill through Congress before his preferred July 4 deadline, allowing Trump to sign it into law…

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Battery swapping is reginiting Kenya’s love of electric motorcycles

July 2, 2026
As the sun rises over the great Kilimanjaro, Thomas Kalasinga kick-starts his motorcycle – popularly known as a boda boda – outside his home in Njoro on the Kenyan border with Tanzania.Kalasinga is a boda boda driver who earns a living by ferrying people and goods. Before he carries his first passenger, the 25-year-old stops at a gas station and pours $4.64 worth of fuel into his tank (all figures