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! 

Happy Solstice/Aboriginal Peoples' Day

• Brian is stuck in Toronto for two nights thanks again to Air Canada

• Energy use observations from Brian's U.K. vacation

• Tenacious D concert in U.K.

• Chevy Bolt news disappoints current owners

• Fossil fuels collapse a freeway in busy Philadelphia

• 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.

• Montana lawsuit

• Electric riding mower impressions - it's almost all good news!

• Solar progress/price declines in the decade ahead in our Tweet of the Week from Auke Hoekstra, director of Neon Research.

• Electric cruise ship

• Ebusco electric buses

• Mark Z. Jacobson's tweet about Montana drivers saving billions of dollars converting to electric pickup trucks.

• Mail: Toyota solar powered plant in Kentucky

• We end as always with The Lightning Round, a fast-paced look at the week's headlines in clean energy and transportation.

(Montage clips from Michael E. Mann and Sandy Munroe via YouTube.)

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