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The United States is perhaps the most privatized nuclear energy system in the world, with reactors largely in the hands of the private sector, unlike state-run systems in other countries.

"I can't say they didn't do it, all I can say is they haven't demonstrated that they have."

Indigenous communities have seen dramatic changes, from rescinding land-management policies that were more inclusive of Indigenous knowledge to reducing $1.5 billion in climate funding for tribal initiatives.

"This is truly one of the most iconic landscapes in America," said Chance Wilcox, California desert program manager for the National Parks Conservation Assn., as he stood atop a rocky slope within the project footprint.

Demand for lithium is fueling a modern-day gold rush. The industries that define our modern world, like artifiial intelligence (AI), robotics, EVs, and energy, all depend on lithium, which is used to make batteries and other energy storage systems. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella believes that the AI race will be won based on energy costs, not on who has the best models.That's why lithium demand is projected to grow a staggering 5X by 2040.

The Tesla CEO argued that too many companies are underestimating their exposure to geopolitical risks posed by fragile supply chains, particularly for critical materials used in electric vehicles and energy storage. "There are so many companies out there that are asleep at the switch with regard to geopolitical risk - or they just have their head in the sand and hope nothing bad will happen," Musk said. "I'm way more paranoid than that."

Elon Musk's Boring Company came under fire Tuesday during a more than three-hour Nevada legislative hearing about the Elon Musk-owned tunneling startup's safety and environmental track record as it tries to dig an underground transit system below Las Vegas.State legislators on Nevada's growth and infrastructure interim standing committee presented a lengthy list of violations that Boring has racked up since 2019-including citations over chemical burns; digging too close to the Las Vegas monorail; hundreds of environmental violations;

Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first customer for Nuton Technologies, which developed the "bioleaching" technology. AWS will also be providing "cloud-based data and analytics support," helping to optimize Nuton's mining process. Nuton's bioleaching method uses naturally-occurring microorganisms to extract copper from low-grade ore that would otherwise be too expensive to mine,

United States President Donald Trump has announced the launch of a strategic minerals stockpile. The stockpile, called Project Vault, was announced on Monday. It will combine $2bn of private capital with a $10bn loan from the US Export-Import Bank. list of 4 itemsend of list It is the latest move by the White House to invest in rare-earth minerals needed in the production of key goods, including semiconductor chips, smartphones and electric car batteries.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is facing a second lawsuit alleging it is illegally emitting toxic pollutants from its enormous datacenters, which house its supercomputers and run the chatbot Grok. The new pending suit alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act and was filed Friday by the storied civil rights group the NAACP. The group's 40-page notice of intent to sue alleges xAI has been polluting Black communities near its facility in Southaven, Mississippi.