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An AI Startup for Nuclear Developers Just Raised $10.5 Million

The company, Nuclearn, aims to speed development and licensing processes with the help of a specially trained large language model.

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China’s Global Greening

On Tesla’s losses, Google’s storage push, and trans-Atlantic atomic consensus

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Climate Tech

Everybody Wants to Invest in Critical Mineral Startups

Trump’s enthusiasm for the space has proved contagious — building on what Biden started.

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AM Briefing: Exxon’s Plastic Counterattack

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

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Welcome to Climate 101

Welcome to Climate 101

Your guide to the key technologies of the energy transition.

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How Do Batteries Work on the Grid?

How Do Batteries Work on the Grid?

The same technology that powers your cell phone also helps expand the reach of renewable energy.

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Climate 101

What Is Geothermal Power and How Does It Work?

Where there’s heat — like, say, the molten core of the Earth — there’s energy.

What Is Geothermal Power and How Does It Work?
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Could the answer to our energy demand conundrums lie beneath our feet? And no, I’m not talking about oil, coal, or natural gas. I’m referring to the fundamental stuff of energy itself: heat. Geothermal power is having something of a moment as a non-carbon-emitting source of electricity that everyone seems to like — including climate activists, the oil and gas industry, technology companies, and even the Trump White House and Republican-controlled Congress.

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Climate 101

Why We Need Carbon Removal

Plus how it’s different from carbon capture — and, while we’re at it, carbon offsets.

Why We Need Carbon Removal
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At the heart of the climate crisis lies a harsh physical reality: Once carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, it can stay there for hundreds or even thousands of years. Although some carbon does cycle in and out of the air via plants, soils, and the ocean, we are emitting far more than these systems can handle, meaning that most of it is just piling up. Burning fossil fuels is like continuously stuffing feathers into a duvet blanketing the Earth.

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