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Energy

Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid

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Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.

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Energy

Shell Dismisses BP Takeover Talks as Mere ‘Speculation’

A megamerger of this sort would vault Shell’s market cap closer to ExxonMobil’s $468 billion and likely beyond Chevron’s $248 billion.

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Energy

Oil Prices Spike as Israel-Iran Conflict Threatens Production, Shipping

With no immediate end in sight, analysts are weighing multiple possibilities that could affect prices down the line.

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Energy

Solar Companies Burned by Clean-Energy Cuts

The outlook for clean energy was already looking dim under Trump, who has promised to cut clean-energy while boosting oil, gas, and coal.

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Investments

Glass Lewis, ISS Grapple With Renewed Risk to Influencer Status

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ISS, Glass Lewis face criticism from an oil giant engaged in a bitter proxy fight just as Congress renews scrutiny of advisory firms.

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IBM, Microsoft Patents Target Sustainable Computing Amid AI Energy Crisis

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With AI demand driving up energy demand, will sustainability efforts be enough?

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Energy

Rolls-Royce’s Nuclear Ambitions Mushroom

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Nuclear energy, which has in the past often suffered from much-missed deadlines and ballooning costs, is having a moment.

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