EcoNet News, Volume 25, Issue #2, features an essay on the explosion of electric cars coming to market, their range, performance, and price. The issue presents news items including the rise of the Lone Star state in terms of utility-scale solar; a new solar/storage peaker plant being built for San Diego Community Power; carbon sequestration using seaweed farms interspersed between offshore wind turbines and genetically modified organism (GMO) trees; “upcycling” building materials in Norway, and REI’s announcement regarding phasing out PFAS compounds in its products.