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The Geothermal Energy Wild Card Is Getting Wilder
Despite last year’s sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the Energy Department is banking on geothermal energy for rapid scale-up.
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Op-Ed: How America Is Ceding the Clean Tech Century to China
THE HIGH-STAKES state visit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House highlights a stark industrial contrast between the two global powers. Beneath the diplomatic pageantry and White House state dinners lies a sobering reality: the world’s two largest economies are sprinting in opposite … [continued]
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Analysis: China’s CO2 Emissions Fall in Q2 2026 Due to Plummeting Oil Use
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis. The country’s use of oil fell by 9% overall and by 16% for transport, after the disruptions to supply from the Gulf through the strait. China’s total … [continued]
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The Real Electric Aviation Revolution Is Being Strangled To Enrich Don Jr. & Other Trump Associates
For years, venture capitalists and tech bros have burned through billions of dollars promising us flying electric cars. We have all seen the slick CGI videos of battery-powered air taxis whisking executives over gridlocked highway traffic. Yet, while Silicon Valley was busy chasing vaporware, a quiet electric aviation revolution actually … [continued]
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Power Systems Have More Flexibility Plans Than Flexible Grids
Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another creates a new ancillary-service product, and a third launches a capacity auction, pumped-hydro program or demand-response target. Those are meaningful signs of activity, but they do not answer the harder question: can … [continued]
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