Musk’s xAI faces tougher road expanding Memphis area after EPA update
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant Continue Reading
Empire Wind to resume construction after judge lifts Trump suspension
The Marmac 306, a cable laying barge, in the New York Harbor in New York, US, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. The crew of an American-flagged barge will lay cable to connect the Empire Wind farm to New York City’s grid a milestone for an embattled sector. Bryan Derballa | Continue Reading
How green activist investors plan to take on Shell and BP
The Shell gas station logo is displayed on February 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dutch group Follow This on Wednesday launched a newly revised strategy to take on Big Oil at the upcoming proxy season, seeking to increase shareholder pressure on Continue Reading
Tariffs, AI top World Economic Forum 2026 risks report
A photograph shows a sign at the Congress Centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2023. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Global power rivalries and strategic standoffs top the list of most severe near-term risks heading into 2026, Continue Reading
Epic Cleantec is recycling shower water and making beer
A startup in the clean-water space is making a curious bet on beer. Curious, because the beer is made from recycled shower and laundry water. San Francisco-based Epic Cleantec launched in 2015 as a wastewater recycling company using its proprietary technology to clean and reuse water in office and apartment Continue Reading
Berlin power outage: Officials suspect arson attack
Police vehicles and repair equipment at the scene to help repair damaged electricity cables at a bridge leading to the Lichterfelde power plant over Teltow Canal following an arson attack on January 4, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. Omer Messinger | Getty Images News | Getty Images A suspected arson attack Continue Reading
Norway new car sales hit 96% electric in 2025 as Tesla dominates
A Tesla car is being charged at a Tesla electrical vehicle charging station in Norheimsund, Norway on August 22, 2025. Sergei Gapon | Afp | Getty Images A record-breaking year for electric vehicle (EV) sales in Norway puts the country within touching distance of effectively erasing gasoline and diesel cars Continue Reading
What next for the red metal as LME prices hit record
Copper anodes come out of a furnace at the Glencore Canadian Copper Refinery (CCR) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Copper is on track for its biggest annual price rise in more than a decade, driven by supply disruptions, a weakening Continue Reading
Swedish city is moving as Europe ramps up its minerals push
The LKAB facility in Kiruna, Sweden. The company said on Jan. 12 that it found Europe’s biggest known deposit of rare earth elements there. Jonas Ekstromer | Afp | Getty Images The ripple effects from Europe’s growing appetite for raw materials extend all the way to Sweden’s far north. Thousands Continue Reading
Europe at ‘fork in the road’ between AI competition and climate
Europe stands at a crossroads: compete meaningfully in the AI race or stick to its world-leading climate goals. “It’s like a fork in the road moment for Europe,” Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives told CNBC. The bloc can either “play in the future” or risk “missing a big part of this technology Continue Reading