PETER LEYDEN: We're living in an extraordinary moment in history. We are at a moment here in 2025 where we have world historic game-changing technologies now starting to scale. Artificial intelligence, clean energy technologies, bioengineering, all here. We're at the cusp of a potentially a great era of progress. But America and the world itself are going through huge contortions. Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born.
The attorneys general of more than a dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S. The coalition, which also included the District of Columbia and other stakeholders, argued in the lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency's cancellation of the Solar for All program violated the law governing federal agencies and the constitutional separation of powers.
Aerospace engineer KR Sridhar always dreamed big: He used to work with NASA on technology to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen to support life on other planets or let humans breathe air on Mars. But as the Soviet Union fell and the space race slowed, Sridhar pivoted to providing clean energy technology for the rising global middle class. He cofounded Ion America in 2001-renamed Bloom Energy five years later-with a focus on fuel cells that deliver cleaner, on-site, off-grid power.
There's been a lot going on and we almost forget that the federal government is approaching its third week of shutdown. The administration has used the time to cancel and pause billions in grants in the places you might guess. Tony Romm and Lazaro Gamio for the New York Times have the analysis.
Six years after Donald Trump allegedly wrote a suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein, the current US president put his name to something that now seems almost as shocking: a letter calling for action on the climate crisis. In 2009 Trump, then a real estate developer and reality TV personality, was among a group of business leaders behind a full-page advertisement in the New York Times calling for legislation to control climate change, an immediate challenge facing the United States and the world today.
Google has unveiled plans to invest an additional £5 billion in the UK over the next two years, in a move it says will help expand the country's artificial intelligence economy, create thousands of jobs and accelerate breakthroughs in science and technology. The announcement coincides with the state visit of US President Donald Trump, during which major technology and energy deals are expected to dominate the agenda. The investment will include significant spending on Google's infrastructure, research and engineering teams, as well as support for Google DeepMind, its London-based AI arm. The company said the expansion would generate 8,250 " new AI-driven jobs " in Britain.
"News of higher bills will not be welcomed by households, especially as winter approaches. While the added costs behind this forecasted rise are aimed at supporting those most in need, it does mean typical bills will increase despite relatively lower wholesale costs. It's a reminder that the price cap reflects more than just the market price of energy."
Global electricity demand is growing by 4 percent annually, with significant contributions from AI-driven data centers. Equinix is securing future power through agreements with multiple nuclear companies.
Building a clean-energy system in Antarctica required overcoming extreme challenges, including temperatures below -40 degrees Celsius, fierce winds of up to 300 km/h, and perpetual darkness during polar nights.
New York State is allocating an additional $200 million to expand its electric school bus program, aimed at increasing the transition to zero-emission vehicles.
Google has agreed to secure up to 3GW of US hydropower through a $3 billion deal with Brookfield Asset Management, the largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity. This includes 20-year power purchase agreements for electricity from two Pennsylvania facilities.
Finding a balance that's affordable, sustainable and meets a rapidly growing demand for energy is the critical question that we're all facing right now. We would go about achieving that by finding a balanced pathway forward that continues to develop renewable energy and continues to move us along the energy transition but at the same time looks for new sources of energy so that we can continue to provide reliable and safe energy for our customers, which is our core responsibility.
Bow Miner achieved a remarkable performance on June 29, 2025, with only 580 computing power earning 33 BTC worth over 3.54 million US dollars in a single day.
