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Solar Power Has Officially Overtaken Coal In The U.S. For The First Time
Analysts in the aforementioned organizations view this recent milestone as a sign of things to come. For instance, Ember's Senior Data Analyst, Nicolas Fulgum, stated that 'markets across the US are betting on solar to meet rising power needs.'…
Trump Gives Contract for Coal-Fired Plant to MAGA Ally with Zero Experience
During the 2024 campaign, Trump met with leaders of the oil and gas industry and asked them to raise $1 billion for his campaign. He promised to be their champion. I don't know whether the industry delivered for Trump, but he has certainly…
Vedanta's Zambia Unit Plans 300-Megawatt Coal-Fired Power Plant
Vedanta Resources Ltd.'s Konkola Copper Mines plans to build a $317 million coal-fired power plant in the south of the nation where it faces regular electricity shortages due to its over-reliance on hydropower. The new facility will generate 300…
Corb Lund frustrated over uncertain fate of 'Water Not Coal' petition
The people behind the Water Not Coal petition say they're worried a question over coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains won't be on this October's referendum ballot. Premier Danielle Smith has said if enough people signed…
How we learned to stop worrying* and love the autonomous future
If one thing's true about this moment in tech history, it's that as soon as you think you're keeping pace with the leading edge of AI —poof!—the edge moves. This is a perennial anxiety, but I've never heard tech insiders so vocal…
Pittsburgh steel industry celebrates its role in building America
Pittsburgh steel industry celebrates its role in building America AS AMERICA CELEBRATES HER 250TH BIRTHDAY. WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. THE ROLE OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY HERE IN PITTSBURGH, THE ALLOY OF IRON AND CARBON FORMED…
Attacks on energy transition are attacks on workers
Jobs are disappearing in coal, oil and gas. It's not just because we have many more efficient, cost-effective and less polluting ways to power our societies — although that's a big part of it. Automation, artificial intelligence and industry…
Tokens are getting cheaper, but companies are spending even more on AI as a result, top economist warns
The ghost of a 19th century English economist may be haunting yet another part of the AI boom. In 1865, William Stanley Jevons observed that when the Watt steam engine made coal use more efficient—decreasing the amount required to a…
Why AI Could Create More Software Companies Than It Destroys
As the Managing Partner of MGV, Marc Schröder is focused on working with world-class tech entrepreneurs and establishing the MGV legacy. Venture capital just had its biggest quarter in history. In Q1 2026, $300 billion flowed into startups…
EPA $4.4M Minden cleanup plan pegs residential property, New River as concern areas
The toxic legacy left behind decades ago by the coal mining industry in one of the nation's most environmentally aggrieved communities is deepening as federal regulators pursue another multimillion-dollar contamination cleanup plan. The United…
Staying up for Scotland
Should I stay up and watch Scotland? I am Scottish, oh yes. Born to Scottish parents in Renfrew, where I followed Rangers. Then we moved to Dumfries, where I followed Queen of the South and my hero was a bullet-headed centre-forward called Billy…
How Trump's immigration crackdown puts Americans' healthcare at risk
In a state plagued by high rates of cancer and low life expectancies, Ali's colleagues say he's exactly the kind of doctor West Virginia needs. Ali, who comes from Afghanistan, moved to the state in 2020 with a visa status that requires him to work…
NSE IPO: India's Biggest Public Offering At Rs 30,000 Crore To Surpass Hyundai, LIC Records
The National Stock Exchange is gearing up for a monumental Rs 30,000 crore initial public offering, poised to become India's largest public issue and significantly impact the country's dynamic stock market. National Stock Exchange's proposed IPO is…
Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of 'An Inconvenient Truth,' the Oscar-winning documentary about Gore's campaign to educate people about climate…
Why EOS Energy Stock Popped Today
EOS Energy Enterprises (EOSE +7.34%) aims to be a domestic solution for supplying battery energy storage systems to utility, industrial, and hyperscaler energy needs. Today, it announced it will also be entering the European market. Shares jumped…
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