Energy & Green Tech
The war in Ukraine has caused oil prices to surge to the highest level since 2008, with gas prices in some areas of California creeping up to $6 per gallon. Rising prices have led renewable energy advocates like Tesla CEO ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The Mediterranean's first offshore wind farm is rising from the shallows off Italy, its turbines a symbol of hope for a Europe suffering an energy crisis exacerbated by war.
Mar 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
For centuries, people have been trying to divine freshwater from the ocean. Ships in the 16th century carried small distilleries that could be used in the event of an emergency to boil seawater. But trying to do this on a ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
When you fly into Johannesburg, solar panels seem to gleam everywhere, from the roofs of mansions and small township homes alike.
Oct 18, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
European and UK gas prices surged on Wednesday by more than 25 percent, energised by soaring demand before the northern hemisphere winter.
Oct 6, 2021
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Business
On a factory floor in Caracas, the din of dozens of computers working non-stop is deafening. This is the sound of a bitcoin mine—one of several in a country where cheap electricity has made crypto mining a rare profitable ...
Sep 1, 2021
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Internet
India and Pakistan have fought four wars in the past few decades, but when India faced an oxygen shortage in its hospitals during its recent COVID-19 surge, Pakistan offered to help.
Jul 15, 2021
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Business
Bitcoin fell below $30,000 Tuesday for the first time in more than five months, hit by China's crackdown on the world's most popular cryptocurrency.
Jun 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The twin reactors along California's Central Coast were nearing completion, and tens of thousands of people had gathered to protest. It was 1979, just months after a partial nuclear meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island, ...
May 19, 2021
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Business
New Zealand called on Google and Facebook Wednesday to strike deals with Kiwi media similar to those reached in Australia, which require the tech giants to pay for using news.
Mar 3, 2021
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