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    Bypassing Hormuz: how technology, not territory, will win the new energy war

    The era where owning the geography meant owning the power is over.

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    March 6, 2026

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    A firefighter walks toward flames as the Highland Fire burns in Aguana, California
    Environment

    Over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, U.N. warns

    By Jamey Keaten and The Associated Press
    April 22, 2024
    Hawaii lawmakers target Maui vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire supercharges housing shortage and exorbitant prices
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    Hawaii lawmakers target Maui vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire supercharges housing shortage and exorbitant prices

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
    April 22, 2024
    Biden marks Earth Day with $7bn in residential solar grants for projects serving over 900,000 low- and middle-income households
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    Biden marks Earth Day with $7bn in residential solar grants for projects serving over 900,000 low- and middle-income households

    By Alexa St. John, Will Weissert and The Associated Press
    April 22, 2024
    Esther Duflo accepting her Nobel prize in 2019
    Finance

    Nobel laureate Esther Duflo proposes taxing 3,000 billionaires to protect the world’s poorest from climate change—and most Americans likely agree with the plan

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    April 20, 2024
    Barcelona
    Environment

    Spain’s drought is so bad that Barcelona is getting a second desalination plant for drinking water

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    April 19, 2024
    Biden administration moves to let conservation groups rent government-owned land just like oil, ranching and mining companies do
    Environment

    Biden administration moves to let conservation groups rent government-owned land just like oil, ranching and mining companies do

    By Matthew Brown and The Associated Press
    April 19, 2024
    BP oil spill
    Environment

    BP paid just $1,300 each to 79% of the Deepwater oil spill victims because of a single switched word in the multibillion-dollar settlement

    By Travis Loller, Michael Phillis and The Associated Press
    April 19, 2024
    Warren Buffett-owned railway says it didn’t know about asbestos it hauled that killed hundreds in Montana town
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    Warren Buffett-owned railway says it didn’t know about asbestos it hauled that killed hundreds in Montana town

    By Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated Press
    April 19, 2024
    Small Texas town foiled Russian hacker group that attacked its water systems
    Environment

    Small Texas town foiled Russian hacker group that attacked its water systems

    By Ken Miller and The Associated Press
    April 18, 2024
    Anne Lopez
    Environment

    Wildfire that caused $5.5 billion in damage ripped through Maui at a rate of a mile per 90 minutes

    By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer, Christopher L. Keller and The Associated Press
    April 18, 2024
    Casino operator calls smoking ban ‘one of the greatest threats to our business’
    Finance

    Casino operator calls smoking ban ‘one of the greatest threats to our business’

    By Wayne Parry and The Associated Press
    April 18, 2024
    Robert Iger
    Finance

    Disney advances plan to inject $1.9 billion into ‘the happiest place on Earth’

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
    April 18, 2024
    CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Ben van Beurden speaks about "Energy transition was never going to be easy" at Altice Arena.
    Environment

    KKR is entrusting its multibillion-dollar green transition to the former CEO of oil-guzzling giant Shell

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    April 17, 2024
    Jake Loosararian stands next to a Gecko robot climbing a wall
    Tech

    From sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project 

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    April 17, 2024
    Coal miners will get long wanted protection from dust that causes black lung as Labor Secretary announces rule cutting exposure limits in half
    Environment

    Coal miners will get long wanted protection from dust that causes black lung as Labor Secretary announces rule cutting exposure limits in half

    By Matthew Daly, Leah Willingham and The Associated Press
    April 17, 2024
    California agriculture zone is so dry state will monitor how much groundwater it pumps for crops—and farmers say move will force many out of business
    Environment

    California agriculture zone is so dry state will monitor how much groundwater it pumps for crops—and farmers say move will force many out of business

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
    April 17, 2024
    Tohono O'odham
    Environment

    Judge throws out tribes’ legal challenge to $10 billion power line running through ‘one of the most intact, prehistoric and historical … landscapes in southern Arizona’

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
    April 17, 2024
    Dow CEO: My company is a major plastic producer. We must end plastic pollution
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    Dow CEO: My company is a major plastic producer. We must end plastic pollution

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    April 16, 2024
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    Environment

    Humpback whale found in New Jersey sustained blunt force trauma and a fractured skull, reigniting concerns about offshore wind power

    By Wayne Parry and The Associated Press
    April 13, 2024
    Workers at Elon Musk’s Boring Co. accidentally dug too close to a supporting column of the Las Vegas monorail last year, forcing officials to briefly halt service
    Tech

    Workers at Elon Musk’s Boring Co. accidentally dug too close to a supporting column of the Las Vegas monorail last year, forcing officials to briefly halt service

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    April 12, 2024
    Big Meat leaves ‘a huge cow-shaped hole’ in big banks’ climate commitments, new report finds
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    Big Meat leaves ‘a huge cow-shaped hole’ in big banks’ climate commitments, new report finds

    By Monique Mikhail and Ward Warmerdam
    April 12, 2024
    A Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 plane is seen arriving at Eindhoven Airport on November 20, 2020 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
    Environment

    Human feces could power your Wizz Air flight within 4 years as world’s first commercial operation planned in the U.K.

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    April 12, 2024
    Former Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger is wearing a tuxedo and standing at a glass podium.
    Retail

    Nasdaq just gave former unicorn Allbirds a 6-month warning to raise its stock price or risk getting booted—experts say to look at its B Corp status

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    April 11, 2024
    Rivian truck
    Environment

    EV firms Rivian and Lucid face record-low stock prices after Ford slashes prices on electric pickup truck

    By Esha Dey and Bloomberg
    April 11, 2024
    Coral reef
    Environment

    Florida scientists have built a ‘Coral Fort’ from plastic straws and other recycled materials to keep fish from eating lab-grown reef

    By David Fischer and The Associated Press
    April 11, 2024
    Salmon
    Environment

    Federal government bans salmon fishing off California coast for second year in a row

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    April 11, 2024
    Jim Farley
    Environment

    Authorities probe a second fatal Ford EV crash that may have involved its partially automated driving system

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    April 10, 2024
    Michael Regan
    Environment

    Biden administration issues first-ever limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, cutting exposure for 100 million people

    By Michael Phillis and The Associated Press
    April 10, 2024
    Simon Stiell
    Environment

    Humanity has just 2 years ‘to save the world,’ UN climate chief says

    By Seth Borenstein, Jamey Keaten and The Associated Press
    April 10, 2024
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    Environment

    Europe’s antitrust watchdog probes China undercutting its $4 billion wind turbine market, saying: ‘We saw the playbook’ with solar power

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    April 10, 2024

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