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Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas

Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects. By Naveena Sadasivam & Jake Bittle, Grist  "This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly...
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Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas

Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut...

America lost $35 billion in clean energy projects last year — thanks to Trump

For more than a decade, the clean energy economy has been on a steep growth trajectory. Companies have poured billions of dollars into battery …

Webinar: FOMC Statement, Powell and our Top Trade Review! (In case you missed this, from 1-28!)

FOMC Statement, Powell and our Top Trade Review! (1/28/2026) Timeline 0:02 – Market recap, dollar weakness and recent bounce  2:16 – Gold & silver surge (metals vs...

Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors

Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors By Alessandro Piazza, Rice University   When U.S. Border Patrol agents...

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it, Ruth Marcus writes. Instead, with a mass layoff,...

Ski resort CEO issues warning amid unprecedented trend in US region: ‘One of the worst’

Snowfall at one operator's ski resorts has been approximately half the 30-year historical average and has led to declining sales. What's happening?As …

Global software stocks extend losses amid fears over AI-led disruption

Wall Street's fears around artificial intelligence-driven disruption affecting software companies continued to put pressure on global stocks on …

Federal Data Is Disappearing

The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, …

How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance

The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam. You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. It’s been a couple of weeks since …

The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a …

Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies

In Brownsville, Texas, three members of the Galvan family died after a malfunctioning air conditioner left them exposed to extreme heat. Aged between …

Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, backing Mexico into a corner

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis. The order would primarily put pressure on Mexico, …

Court orders restart of all US offshore wind construction

Trump admin’s “it’s classified” ploy put on hold in five different cases. The Trump administration is no fan of renewable energy, but it reserves …

The Epstein files have thrown gasoline on Elon Musk’s feud with LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman

Elon Musk and Reid Hoffman are once again trading blows online after the latest release of the Epstein files. The new round of bickering between Musk and the LinkedIn cofounder kicked off on Friday and lasted throughout the weekend, with the billionaires each lobbing criticism at each other over …

Epstein’s ‘Sex Empire’ and Crypto Politics, Peter Thiel and the KGB

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, February 2: We take a look at the oddest stories following the release of the latest batch of Epstein files. Moving to Serbia, the Chinese workforce is accused of harming nature and the local collective memory. Next: Japan's lack of trash cans continues to surprise tourists. …

As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse

As the world shifts toward renewable energy sources, some experts warn that a lack of planning for the retirement of fossil fuels could lead to a …

Fossil fuels are doomed – and Trump can’t save them

Fossil fuels are doomed – and Trump can’t save them By Wesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney   The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record. In...

Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that...

Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List,...

A Reckoning for the Tech Right

A Reckoning for the Tech Right Silicon Valley’s top CEOs have been noticeably silent after the Minneapolis shooting. By Lila Shroff, The Atlantic Hours after Alex Pretti was...

Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy

Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy By Andrew Latham, Macalester College   Tariffs are on, until they...

Wall Street’s playbook for 2026 already needs to be rewritten

Wall Street's playbook for 2026 already needs to be rewritten By Madison Mills, Axios   Investors are confronting a different world, marked by the Trump administration's aggressive...

Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas

Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut...

Ski resort CEO issues warning amid unprecedented trend in US region: ‘One of the worst’

Snowfall at one operator's ski resorts has been approximately half the 30-year historical average and has led to declining sales. What's happening?As …

Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies

In Brownsville, Texas, three members of the Galvan family died after a malfunctioning air conditioner left them exposed to extreme heat. Aged between …

US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose

US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose By Jordan...

As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse

As the world shifts toward renewable energy sources, some experts warn that a lack of planning for the retirement of fossil fuels could lead to a …

This Is the Vaccine Story RFK Jr. Doesn’t Want You to Hear

The Trump administration says we should learn from other countries. Maybe they should have looked someplace besides Denmark. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE IN THE …

Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education

It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Joan Brugge has worked for nearly 50 years as a cancer scientist, studying the earliest signs that someone might become sick. Then the Trump administration canceled her …

Our world is entering an ‘era of global water bankruptcy’, UN scientists declare

For decades, we have heard many warnings about a global water crisis. However, a new UN-supported report states that these previous warnings do not …