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The Oilfield Binge & Purge: Another Reason To Ditch Fossil Fuels

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The US state of Oklahoma is Exhibit A in the case for the renewable energy transition. Oklahoma has done a good job of exploiting its wind energy resources, but its deep roots in the oil and gas industry keep popping up to haunt its people with polluted air, water, and … [continued]

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Electricity Scarcity Meets Aluminum Tariffs, and American Citizens Pick Up the Bill

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A collision between AI data centers being built—in the current AI bubble and with full throated support by the Trump Administration—and aluminum smelters for electricity is no longer theoretical. Utilities across the United States are facing binding constraints on generation and transmission. When presented with competing requests for hundreds of … [continued]

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She Wanted To Write Fantasy. Now, She Is Rewriting Recycling.

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Meet Taylor Uekert, the Gymnast-Turned-Nanoengineer Who Harnesses Molecular Machines To Remake Plastics, Chemicals, and More By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, NLR Three days after 9-year-old Taylor Uekert moved to the foothills outside San Diego, her parents woke her and her brother in the middle of the night. “Get up and get to the car,” … [continued]

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It’s Splitsville For Ford & SK As EV Battery Plan Deconstructs Itself

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The Intertubes practically erupted in flames on December 11 when word broke that the Ford Motor Company and the leading South Korean firm SK On abruptly dropped their EV battery manufacturing joint ventures in Kentucky and Tennessee. Although the breakup was reportedly mutual, Ford indicated that SK may have jumped … [continued]

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