DHL Supply Chain has signed a long-term contract with Fortum Battery Recycling, a division of Nordic energy company Fortum, to manage logistics services that support the collection, transport, and recycling of EV batteries. The partnership marks a significant step forward for Europe’s circular economy, positioning both companies as key players in sustainable e-mobility infrastructure. Fortum Battery Recycling...
Reconciliation has sucked the air out of the room over the last several months, and with good reason. But while most of the energy policy world has been fighting over tax credits, negotiations over several other infrastructure packages have gotten underway. The most important of these is the surface transportation reauthorization bill, or the “highway...
Senate Republicans on Tuesday abandoned their effort to impose new taxes on solar and wind energy. Text released by the Senate Rules Committee no longer includes a new tax on solar and wind projects if some of their components come from China. The excise tax had been a last-minute addition to the bill and was made public over...
The media loves to portray Gen Z as uniformly opposed to fossil fuels, with Greta Thunberg as our supposed spokesperson. But there’s an inconvenient truth behind this dream of theirs: My generation is building an AI-powered future that demands more energy than any generation before. As Woodside Energy CEO Meg O’Neill recently pointed out, there’s a...
Fermi America, a Texas company co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, aims to build the largest energy and data complex of its kind powered by nuclear, natural gas and solar, it said on Thursday. Fermi plans to partner on the “Hypergrid” project with Texas Tech University and said it will be launched on...
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region. “Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins a new...
The Department of the Interior has a new plan to help fund the U.S. National Parks: raise the price for foreign visitors. The department recently published a document outlining its 2026 budget plans, and included in the brief is a plan to levy a surcharge on visitors coming from outside of the United States. According to the...
A major research initiative from Virginia Tech is setting a new precedent for how water utilities can confront PFAS contamination—a persistent, complex issue affecting drinking water systems across the U.S. The project is centered on Northern Virginia’s Occoquan Reservoir, a vital source of drinking water for nearly one million residents in the Washington, D.C. metro area....
President Donald J. Trump’s energy plans to promote oil and gas production can reset the world stage, and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is on board. This month he signed into law a bill that prioritizes production of fossil fuels and nuclear power, rather than wind and solar power, in his state. The new law, Act 462...
The rapid evolution and adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked numerous debates, ranging from the impact on employment to broader concerns about societal implications. One of the most contentious aspects is the intersection of AI and copyright law, with 39 copyright lawsuits underway against AI companies. The U.S. Copyright Office recently weighed in with a report focused...
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