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Why the Intense Heat Wave Hitting the Northeast Is Unusual
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AM Briefing: The Northeast Bakes

On record-breaking temperatures, oil prices, and Tesla Robotaxis

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The Most At-Risk Projects of the Energy Transition

These are the 10 most important clean energy transition projects struggling to get off the ground

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The Senate Bill’s Anti-China Clean Energy Killer

A new “foreign entities of concern” proposal might be just as unworkable as the House version.

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Hurricane Erick Intensified Really, Really Quickly

AM Briefing: Hurricane Erick’s Rapid Intensification

On storm damage, the Strait of Hormuz, and Volkswagen’s robotaxi

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It’s Chris Wright’s Worldview. They’re Just Legislating It.

The energy secretary's philosophy is all over the Senate mega-bill.

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When I reached out to climate tech investors on Tuesday to gauge their reaction to the Senate’s proposed overhaul of the clean energy tax credits, I thought I might get a standard dose of can-do investor optimism. Though the proposal from the Senate Finance committee would cut tax credits for wind and solar, it would preserve them for other sources of clean energy, such as geothermal, nuclear, and batteries — areas of significant focus and investment for many climate-focused venture firms.

But the vibe ended up being fairly divided. While many investors expressed cautious optimism about what this latest text could mean for their particular portfolio companies, others worried that by slashing incentives for solar and wind, the bill’s implications for the energy transition at large would be categorically terrible.

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AM Briefing: NAACP, SELC Threaten to Sue Musk’s xAI

On xAI, residential solar, and domestic lithium

NAACP, SELC Threaten to Sue Musk’s xAI
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Current conditions: Indonesia has issued its highest alert level due to the ongoing eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki10 million people from Missouri to Michigan are at risk of large hail and damaging winds today Tropical Storm Erick, the earliest “E” storm on record in the eastern Pacific Ocean, could potentially strengthen into a major hurricane before making landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, on Thursday.

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1. NAACP, SELC threaten to sue Elon Musk’s AI company over Memphis pollution

The NAACP and the Southern Environmental Law Center said Tuesday that they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over alleged Clean Air Act violations at its Memphis facility. Per the lawsuit, xAI failed to obtain the required permits for the use of the 26 gas turbines that power its supercomputer, and in doing so, the company also avoided equipping the turbines with technology that would have reduced emissions. “xAI’s turbines are collectively one of the largest, or potentially the largest, industrial source of nitrogen oxides in Shelby County,” the lawsuit claims.

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