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Euros & Al Gore invest in ‘green’ steel plant despite massive cost overruns
“French hydrogen investor Hy24 plans” to invest in “the world’s largest green steel plant despite soaring costs and delays,” reports…
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Massive lithium production planned at the Great Salt Lake, using new technique
“A startup in Utah has developed a more sustainable way to collect lithium. Using proprietary ceramic beads, Lilac Solutions can…
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Tech firm sells drones to businesses to help them catch thieves
“Flock Safety, a tech startup focused on crime detection and prevention, is selling drones to private businesses to help them…
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Health-tracking collars keep cows healthier, reduce need for labor in period of labor shortages
Health-tracking collars for cows are proving to be a valuable innovation. “The devices monitor each animal’s activity and rumination—a measure…
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Record number of solar panels imported by Africa’s most populous nation
African countries often have unreliable power grids, and state-run electric utilities that are prone to blackouts and power outages. Citizens…
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79% of the world’s adults now have bank accounts, a big increase
79 percent of adults in the world had a bank account in 2024, “up from 74 percent in 2021. Much of this…
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How Wind And Solar Are Quietly Inflating Electricity Bills
By Frank Lasee In the first five months of 2025, solar and wind dominated new U.S. electricity generation. Of the…
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$2 Billion California Solar Plant Closing Due To Inefficiency
By Hailey Gomez The partly taxpayer-funded Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert is set to shut down in…
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Oil Is Needed After All, Global Bureaucrats Admit, After Oil Investments Sag
By David Blackmon A headline atop a news story reads, “Oilfield decline will hasten without $540 billion annual investment, says…
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Stop The Wind Scam
By Steve Milloy President Trump absolutely hates wind turbines. He has cancelled several projects. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act terminated about…
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England, France & Germany are suspending deliveries to the U.S. of many kinds of packages
“Postal operators in several countries have announced they will suspend certain deliveries to the United States,” because of the upcoming…
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Trump Admin Kills Massive Offshore Wind Project
By Audrey Streb The Department of the Interior (DOI) is immediately halting all activity on a massive offshore wind project.…
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Army Greenlights Plans For Massive Ammo Factory In The Heartland Of America
By Wallace White The Army is launching a massive new artillery ammo factory in the heart of the Midwest, Axios…
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Finally, McDonald’s Has Answer To Problem Joe Biden Made Worse
There’s nothing more American than a Big Mac. There’s nothing more un-American than a Big Mac that costs 18 bucks.…
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Milk to be produced from lab-grown cells
“Canadian food tech startup Opalia has secured what it claims is the world’s first commercial supply agreement for cell-based dairy,…
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Record rice harvests push price of rice to 8 year low
The prices of many fresh vegetables have risen over 30 percent recently, partly due to tariff increases. But rice prices…
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Climate change ruling will wreak havoc
“Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a sweeping ruling on the legal duties of states to respond to…
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Offshore Wind’s Mask Finally Comes Off
By David Blackmon The green fairy tale now seems to be unraveling faster than a faulty wind turbine blade in…
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World’s largest infected mosquito factory opens
“Brazil has opened the world’s largest Wolbachia-infected mosquito factory after field trials saw the insects slash” the rate of diseases…
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Smelly city-funded grocery store closes after receiving millions from taxpayers
“A city-run grocery store in Kansas City that was propped up by more than $18 million taxpayer dollars has closed,”…
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World’s first grid-connected iron-air battery will make energy more plentiful
“Ore Energy, a Dutch battery manufacturer, has become the first to connect an iron‑air battery to the grid. Their prototype uses a…
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Fur farming declines dramatically
“Fur farming is in steep decline. Between 2014 and 2024, the number of animals in fur farms fell from over…
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77% of young people have brought a parent to a job interview
“77% of Gen Z respondents admitted to bringing a parent to a job interview, and 53% said their parent had…
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Startup begins work on fusion power plant to supply energy to Microsoft
“Helion Energy has broken ground on the site of a planned fusion power plant, part of an optimistic initiative to…
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BP Makes Largest Oil and Gas Discovery in 25 Years
“BP has made its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years offshore Brazil,” reports Reuters. BP plans “to create a…
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People now have banking accounts even in remote areas of war-torn African countries
“Mobile money—a form of banking that uses text messages to transfer money between accounts linked to phone numbers—is bringing financial…
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Rent control kills multifamily housing construction in MoCo
“How thoroughly did enactment of rent control kill off applications for new construction of multifamily (5+ units) housing in the…
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Ghost factories cast dark shadow over green manufacturing’s future
“Dozens of planned green factories…have been cancelled, with more delayed or downsized…. Now there’s another, major threat to the sector,”…
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Fast food consumption declines
“U.S. fast food consumption is trending down,” reports The Doomslayer. “New CDC data show that—as of mid‑2023—adults get just 11.7…
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City-owned hotel was supposed to make millions. It lost over $140 million instead, at taxpayer expense.
In New York City, Democrats nominated a self-declared socialist, Zohram Mamdani, to be the next mayor. Mamdani wants city-owned grocery…
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Puerto Rico may recognize licenses from other jurisdictions, making it easier to move there
One of the biggest hurdles to interstate movement is the fact that states often don’t recognize occupational licenses issued by…
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Scientists discover way to cut cow dung methane emissions a lot
“Cattle farmers often dispose of cow dung by allowing it to decompose in large open-air ponds, a process that generates…
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Global grain production reaches all-time high, despite Ukraine war
“Global grain production is on track to reach an all-time high of 3.6 billion tons in the 2025–26 season, helping…
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140-year-old Del Monte Foods files for bankruptcy
Del Monte Foods, a 140-year-old “company whose canned fruits and vegetables have long been grocery store staples, has filed for…
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‘Outright Massacre’: Senate GOP Takes Sledgehammer To Biden’s Green Energy Subsidies
By Adam Pack The Senate dealt a series of blows to solar and wind energy in the latest version of…
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