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FILE PHOTO: A sign of battery manufacturer CATL is pictured at its booth at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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US lawmakers call to add China’s CATL, Gotion to import ban list, WSJ reports

Chinese battery companies CATL and Gotion High Tech should be added immediately to an import ban list, a group of Republican lawmakers said

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Uranium fuel planned for high-tech US reactors a weapons risk, scientists say

A special uranium fuel planned for next-generation U.S. nuclear reactors poses security risks because it could be used without further enrichment as fissile...

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Texas startup hopes 4th time’s a charm to build first big US oil refinery since 1977

Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first all-new U.S. oil refinery in nearly 50 years, says it is relaunching...

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NY power grid faces shortfalls as new energy supply lags: operator

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s electric grid will face supply shortfalls if the rate of retiring old fossil fired...

A homeless person refresh himself from water from a pipe line as temperatures are expected to soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) during the summer's first heat wave, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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US Southwest swelters under extreme temperatures as heat dome persists

Forecasters say it was difficult to link the record-breaking heat experienced by the U.S. Southwest in recent years to human-induced climate change, but...

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Precious metals firm turns Florida aviation hangar into silver mint in bet on US market

Precious metals company MKS PAMP Group, has repurposed an aviation hangar in Florida in a bet on strong North American investment demand

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma September 15, 2015.  REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
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How Devon Energy missed out on the US oil and gas mega-deal wave

US oil and gas producer Devon Energy has lost bids in the last 12 months because its shares were spurned as acquisition currency

FILE PHOTO: The logo of ExxonMobil is seen during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Vanguard says it backed Exxon board, but cites investor rights concerns

Vanguard said its funds supported the election of Exxon's director nominees at its annual meeting last week, but the mutual fund giant cited...

FILE PHOTO: An undated publicity photograph released to Reuters on November 8, 2011 shows the "material and fuels complex" facility at the The Idaho National Laboratory, a U.S. Energy Department nuclear research site in eastern Idaho.  REUTERS/Idaho National Laboratory/Handout/File Photo
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Big solar projects launch in Idaho as US nuclear test sites go green

Solar power developers will soon build two big solar projects on U.S. Department of Energy-owned lands in Idaho that are now cleaned up...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
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SPP seeks approval to become first US grid operator bridging western and eastern interconnections

A regional transmission organization manages electricity transmission over large areas, and expanding the services enhances reliability, efficiency, and resilience, leading to significant cost...

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