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Shale’s Self-Inflicted Crisis: Wastewater Injection Is Sinking Profits

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The shale industry is facing an entirely predictable consequence of its own making. Across major shale-producing basins, particularly East Texas and the Permian, excessive wastewater injection practices have created areas with extreme overpressure, driving up the cost of new drilling operations and threatening the economic viability of shale production in … [continued]

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Global EV Sales — Plugin Vehicles Reach 25% Share!

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There were 1.6 million units registered in May. Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 22% in May 2025 compared to May 2024. There were over 1.6 million registrations. BEVs grew 19% YoY to over 1 million units, compared to plugin hybrids growing 28% to over half a million units in … [continued]

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De Meo’s Mid-Level Player Renault Could Be Europe’s Automotive Future

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In many markets European carmakers are falling behind Chinese EV manufacturers as they have little to offer to aspiring drivers in the Global South right now. Last year Luca de Meo took me aside at the Geneva motor show to explain his vision for Europe’s automotive future. The Renault CEO … [continued]

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