Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane 

Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.

Trump and Mid-Atlantic governors want tech companies to pay for new power plants
Trump and Mid-Atlantic governors want tech companies to pay for new power plants

The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electricity market in the US, to hold a power auction meant to spur a massive buildout of new power plants. Together, they’re “urging” PJM to hold an “emergency” auction for companies to procure electricity over 15-year contracts. The unusually […]

EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used

Elon Musk’s AI company had installed and operated 35 natural gas turbines without permits, something the EPA now says was illegal.

Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use

In an attempt to alleviate rising electricity prices, the White House wants grid operator PJM to hold an auction for new generating capacity, and it wants tech companies to bid.

How to fireproof a city
How to fireproof a city

Down the street from the Los Angeles Angels’ stadium in Anaheim, a crowd gathers to watch two homes burn. In less than 30 minutes, one structure is reduced to its smoldering, blackened wood frame, while the other, thanks to simple changes to its design, is remarkably unscathed. Of course, this was the point of the […]

Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake

Microsoft is buying over 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from India’s Varaha over the next three years.

Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy raises $87M ahead of $250M Series B

Type One Energy has raised more than $160 million from investors to date. The new funding will help the company further refine its stellarator technology.

RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid could be a disaster for the environment — if Americans actually follow it
RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid could be a disaster for the environment — if Americans actually follow it

The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red steak, a wedge of cheese, and a carton of whole milk at the top and claiming it’s “ending the war on protein.” It may seem […]

Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technology

The startup has a new take on the Haber-Bosch process used to make ammonia. If Ammobia can deliver, it could change industries, from power generation to maritime shipping.