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Exxon Counterattacks California Over Plastics
Politics

AM Briefing: Exxon’s Plastic Counterattack

On uranium challenges, Cadillac’s EV dreams, and a firefighter’s firestorm

Politics

AM Briefing: The Renewable Pariah

On Trump’s latest wind target, new critical minerals, and methane maps

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Politics

AM Briefing: Bracing for Blame

On GOP lockstep on renewables, a wind win, and EPA’s battery bashing

Yellow
Politics

AM Briefing: Ford’s EV ‘Model T’ Moment

On Interior’s birdwatching, China’s lithium slowdown, and recycling aluminum

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Republicans Rebel Against Trump’s Renewables Crusade

AM Briefing: The Republican Renewables Rebellion

On residential solar dims, New Jersey makes history, and Brazil’s challenge

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An Oil Giant Makes a Contrarian Bet on Clean Energy

AM Briefing: Big Oil's Green Contrarian

On abandoning Antarctica, an EV milestone, and this week’s big earnings

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Politics

AM Briefing: OpenAI's Stargate Stumbles

On Fervo’s megadeal tease, steel’s coal gamble, and Norway’s CO2 milestone

OpenAI’s Stargate Stumbles Out of the Gate
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Current conditions: Manila is facing severe flooding amid days of monsoon rains Of the seven Marshall Islands that the U.S. Drought Monitor tracks, two are currently suffering extreme drought, and another three are under severe drought conditionsWildfires are blazing in Oregon, where the Cram Fire has already scorched nearly 100,000 acres just 50 miles south of Portland.


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1. OpenAI’s $500 billion Stargate AI project is struggling

OpenAI CEO Sam AltmanKevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Politics

AM Briefing: NRC Expected to ‘Rubber Stamp’ New Reactors

On the NRC, energy in Pennsylvania, and Meta AI

NRC Expected to ‘Rubber Stamp’ New Reactors
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Current conditions: Air quality alerts will remain in place in Chicago through Tuesday evening due to smoke from Canadian wildfiresThere is a high risk of a tropical depression forming in the Gulf this weekThe rain is clearing on the eastern seaboard after 2.64 inches fell in New York’s Central Park on Monday, breaking the record for July 14 set in 1908.

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1. Trump admin expects the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ‘rubber stamp’ new reactors

The Trump administration is putting pressure on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to “rubber stamp” all new reactors, Politico reports based on conversations with three people at the May meeting where the expectation was relayed. The directive to the NRC’s top staff came from Adam Blake, a representative of the Department of Government Efficiency, who apparently used the term “rubber stamp” specifically to describe the function of the independent agency. NRC’s “secondary assessment” of the safety of new nuclear projects would be a “foregone conclusion” following approval by the Department of Energy or the Pentagon, NRC officials were made to believe, per Politico.

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