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Sep 07 2022
News
U.S. Looks to Tap 1950s Law to Boost Clean Technology
The solar industry, heat pump makers and electric-vehicle battery manufacturers are among those expecting benefits from the recently passed climate bill that will allow the government to make grants and purchase orders under the Defense Production Act.
The caveat: No one is quite certain how it will work.
“I am optimistic, but it’s still unclear to me what they will do,” said
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 09 2022
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Ford’s New F-150 Lightning Truck to Get Price Hike
Ford Motor Co.’s F -3.64%▼ new all-electric truck is getting a price increase fewer than four months after it started shipping to dealerships for the first time.
The Dearborn, Mich., auto maker said Tuesday that it plans to reopen the order bank for its new F-150 Lightning truck this week and will raise prices between 7% and 18% for many configurations.
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 12 2022
Analysis
How a Massachusetts Power Plant Illustrates America's Fraught Shift to Green Energy
Under a hot July sun, President Joe Biden gazed out over the former home of one of America's largest coal-burning power plants to declare a new "frontier" in the fight against climate change.
Actually, it's just the latest twist in federal policy regarding how Americans get their electricity. One that promises to protect the environment, but might risk the resilience of the electric
ReasonJul 08 2022
Analysis
While Layoffs Rock the Tech Industry, the Rest of the U.S. Job Market Remains Stable—For Now
June wasn’t a great month for the U.S. tech industry, with layoffs accelerating to their highest level of the year, according to business tracking platform Crunchbase. Companies laying off workers in June included Netflix, cryptocurrency firms Coinbase and BlockFi, and electric vehicle company Tesla. The layoffs continued into July at firms including Twitter and GameStop.
The Observer (New York)Sep 01 2022
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Heat dome roasts the West, with brutal record-breaking temperatures
An intense, sprawling heat dome is causing the most intense, long-lasting heat wave of the summer in parts of the West.
The big picture: This heat wave will be a record-breaking event lasting into next week in California and surrounding states. It brings with it serious public health dangers, electric grid challenges and wildfire risks, officials warn.
As of Thursday afternoon,
AxiosNov 15 2022
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Biden announces $20B to move Indonesia away from coal
The White House on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan that it, along with international partners, will launch with Indonesia to transition its reliance off of coal-fired electricity and pursue a green economy.
Under the "Just Energy Transition Partnership," the U.S. and Japan will lead a coalition of 10 international partners to help Indonesia’s energy sector through a "mix of
Fox News (Online News)Oct 19 2021
News
Climate backfire: Coal-fired power jumps as natural gas prices soar
Coal-fired electricity generation climbed this year in the U.S. for the first time since the Obama administration, spurred by spiking natural gas prices, a setback for the Biden climate agenda and a sign that the president’s drilling crackdown may be backfiring.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday that electricity generated by coal-fired plants is expected to jump by
Washington TimesDec 12 2022
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US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says
For the first time ever, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, a source familiar with the project confirmed to CNN.
The US Department of Energy is expected to officially announce the breakthrough Tuesday.
The result of the
CNN (Online News)Dec 12 2022
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U.S. to announce scientific breakthrough on fusion energy -sources
The U.S. Department of Energy will announce on Tuesday that scientists at a national lab have made a breakthrough on fusion energy, the process that powers the sun and stars that one day could provide a cheap source of electricity, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
The scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have achieved a net energy gain for the
ReutersJan 26 2023
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Elon Musk says he can’t fix Twitter ‘overnight while still running Tesla and SpaceX,’ after reports the platform blocked a BBC documentary
Late on Wednesday, the Twitter CEO said he was not aware of the social media platform’s decision to censor links to a BBC documentary critical of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, implying he was stretched in running multiple companies at once.
“It is not possible for me to fix every aspect of Twitter worldwide overnight, while still running Tesla and SpaceX,” he tweeted.
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