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Fire at huge California lithium battery storage plant forces 1,500 people to evacuate
Tech

Fire at huge California lithium battery storage plant forces 1,500 people to evacuate

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January 17, 2025
Memphis warns it may not be able to power Elon Musk’s lofty ‘Colossus’ supercomputer expansion plans
Tech

Memphis warns it may not be able to power Elon Musk’s lofty ‘Colossus’ supercomputer expansion plans

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January 8, 2025
Renewables set to dominate as UK and Germany hit a clean energy high in 2024
Environment

Renewables set to dominate as UK and Germany hit a clean energy high in 2024

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January 6, 2025
People in Barcelona board the subway train
Tech

Electric cars in Barcelona are now being charged every time subway trains 200 feet beneath them hit the brakes

By Joseph Wilson and The Associated Press
December 18, 2024
Ontario plans to bar American-made alcohol and cut electricity exports to Michigan, New York and Minnesota if Trump tariffs are applied
Politics

Ontario plans to bar American-made alcohol and cut electricity exports to Michigan, New York and Minnesota if Trump tariffs are applied

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press
December 13, 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking on stage at Web Summit in Lisbon.
Newsletters

The world needs more electricity—but don’t blame AI, Microsoft president Brad Smith says

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December 3, 2024
Goldman Sachs says reaching net zero will cost $75 trillion—more than two times U.S. GDP
Environment

Goldman Sachs says reaching net zero will cost $75 trillion—more than two times U.S. GDP

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November 1, 2024
A firefighter sprays water in front of an advancing wildfire in California. Palm trees are seen swaying in the wind, and smoke and fire is blowing violently.
Environment

‘Diablo’ wind spikes force California utility to shut off power in 19 counties—’this could end up being the most significant wind event for this year’

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press
October 18, 2024
New Tennessee natural gas plant has permits for pipeline to fuel it paused on environmental worries
Environment

New Tennessee natural gas plant has permits for pipeline to fuel it paused on environmental worries

By Jonathan Mattise and The Associated Press
October 15, 2024
A BMW X1 car sits in a showroom in Thailand
Retail

BMW is recalling nearly 750,000 cars because they could short circuit and catch fire

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August 20, 2024
7-in-10 Americans say extreme heat has driven up their electricity bills in the last year
Personal Finance

7-in-10 Americans say extreme heat has driven up their electricity bills in the last year

By Isabella O'Malley, Linley Sanders and The Associated Press
August 7, 2024
Tim Rosenfield, co-founder and co-CEO of Sustainable Metal Cloud Moderator (center) and Seth Dobrin, a venture capitalist and former global head of AI at IBM (right).
Tech

IBM’s former head of AI says Big Tech needs to end arms race in LLMs to ditch its carbon backpack

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August 6, 2024
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Trump is returning to Pennsylvania for the first time since the assassination attempt.
Politics

 Donald Trump got a Tesla Cybertruck from a controversial influencer—right after the former president said EVs will ‘destroy the country’

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August 5, 2024
Woman looking at her laptop with her head in her hands
Finance

Americans are cutting back on groceries to pay for AC

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July 29, 2024
Tourists are trying to cool off with the help of fountains in the streets in Rome, Italy, on July 21, 2024, as the city is on alert for extreme heat today and tomorrow. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Environment

Lack of solar and wind energy is causing Italy to boost imports of nuclear power from France to chill the summer heatwave

By Eamon Akil Farhat and Bloomberg
July 23, 2024

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