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An Nvidia Blackwell GPU is displayed at COMPUTEX in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang
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Tesla likely to spend $3 billion to $4 billion on Nvidia hardware this year

Tesla will likely spend between $3 billion and $4 billion on its purchases of chip company Nvidia's hardware this year, CEO Elon Musk...

A solar field is seen on site at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger
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First Solar, Qcells panels score green label preferred by US government

First Solar and Hanwha Qcells, have become the first solar panel makers to register under US government preferred environmental rating system

FILE - President Joe Biden listens during an event in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Feb. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Many Americans still shy away from EVs despite Biden push, poll finds

Just 40% say they’re likely to buy an EV, as American EV market faces consumers worried about cost, range and charging infrastructure.

FILE PHOTO: A ponderosa pine tree is cut down after having burnt in the Brattain Fire, at Fremont National Forest, near Paisley, Oregon, U.S., September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File photo
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Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp utility reaches $178 million wildfire settlement

PacifiCorp, a utility owned by billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, said on Monday it agreed to pay $178 million to resolve claims by...

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a stars and stripes visor dips her foot into the cool fountain at the World War II Memorial on a possible record setting heat day in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2024.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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US summer home power bills to jump by nearly 8%, energy policy organizations say

Rising summer home power bills due to extreme temperatures and growing electricity demand disproportionably affect low income families, who are at higher risk...

A resident of of Vernalis Road evacuates his horse as the Corral Fire bears down on ranches west of Tracy, Calif., Saturday, June 1, 2024. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, says gusty winds were fueling the Corral Fire that began Saturday afternoon and continued early Sunday morning near the city of Tracy, 60 miles east of San Francisco. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
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California firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay

The progress against the California fire comes just ahead of a predicted major heat wave. The U.S. National Weather Service has issued warnings...

FILE - Groundwater squirts up during drilling for a geothermal heating and cooling system at a home in White Plains, N.Y., May 8, 2023. A community in Framingham, Mass., will soon become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with geothermal connected to each other. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Climate solution: US town experiments with community heating and cooling

A pilot climate solution that uses a highly-efficient heating and cooling system could see electric bills drop by 20%, is being trialled in...

SpaceX, Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he attends a roundtable during the 6th edition of the "Choose France" Summit at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris, France on May 15, 2023. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
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Tesla stands by Musk pay after ISS urges shareholders to reject package

Tesla on Monday defended a proposal to ratify CEO Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package and said a new compensation would be costlier

FILE PHOTO: .S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo reacts during a bilateral meeting with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
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US, Indo-Pacific partners holding talks in Singapore on clean energy

The US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is holding talks, including a 'Clean Economy' investor forum to boost climate investments

The four nuclear reactors and cooling towers are seen at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide.

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