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Satellite Images Reveal Mega-Leaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas
Gizmodo.com

UCLA's Stop Methane Project ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide. more…

Trump temporarily waives the Jones Act to try to lower gas prices
NPR

Experts say waiving the act will do little to dramatically lower gas prices. more…

Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs
NPR

As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar. more…

BCG consultant behind 'AI brain fry' study says she's 'pessimistic' humans can overcome it anytime soon
Business Insider

While AI tools increase productivity, they may also cause 'brain fry,' a mental fatigue affecting workers who use the tech a lot. more…

Gecko Robotics lands $71M Navy deal to send wall-climbing robots inside warships
The Next Web

The Pittsburgh startup’s AI platform will create digital twins of Pacific Fleet vessels, starting with 18 ships, as the Navy races to fix a maintenance crisis costing up to $20 billion a year. Roughly 40% of the United States Navy’s fleet is unavailable at an… more…

Preparing to Fire Up a 90-Year-Old Boiler After Half a Century
Hackaday

Continuing the restoration of the #1 Lancashire boiler at the Claymills Pumping Station in the UK, the volunteers are putting on the final touches after previously passing the boiler inspection. …read more more…

America's Abandoned Coal Mines Could Become Massive Underground Batteries
Yahoo Entertainment

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Top 10: Totally bizarre engines fitted to aircraft
Yahoo Entertainment

Top 10: Totally bizarre engines fitted to aircraft more…

Sam Alito’s Latest Reversal at the Supreme Court Is an Absolute Embarrassment
Slate Magazine

Alito offered no justification for his reversal. more…

Could a global economy dependent on renewable energy see less war? Experts explain
Abcnews.com

A mass transition to green energy could help to quell future international conflicts that stem from the control of oil, energy and climate change experts told ABC News. more…

AI uses as much energy as Iceland but scientists aren’t worried
Science Daily

AI’s growing energy use sounds alarming, but its global climate impact may be far smaller than expected. Researchers found that while AI consumes huge amounts of electricity, it barely moves the needle on overall emissions. The real impact is more localized, … more…

Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean energy transition?
New Scientist

Disruption to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has led to a spike in oil and natural gas prices, which could spur countries to boost the rollout of renewable energy and electric vehicles more…

The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built
Openculture.com

When many of us first learned of the RMS Titanic, it was presented first as one of history’s greatest ironies: the “unsinkable” ocean liner that went down on its maiden voyage. Of course, there’s a great deal more to the story, as anyone who becomes obsessed … more…

Imagine If the Trump EPA Cared Enough to REDUCE Our Daily Exposure to Carcinogens
Jezebel

The EPA's sole function is to protect Americans from environmental health threats, and yet again and again it backs carcinogens instead. more…

How badly has the Iran war hit the global economy? The tell-tale signs
Al Jazeera English

Oil and gas price hikes due to the war have rattled the global economy. more…

Agents Over Bubbles
Stratechery.com

Agents are fundamentally changing the shape of demand for compute, both in terms of how they work and in terms of who will use them. They're so compelling that I no longer believe we're in a bubble. more…

Full Frame Announces 2026 Festival Slate: 13 World Premieres & Many Of Year’s Most Talked About Documentaries
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, NC has announced its 2026 lineup, a slate with more than a dozen world premieres as well as award-winning films from around the world. The cinematic event running April 16–19 in downtown Durham wi… more…

Climate change is the latest weapon in warfare. Trump is indulging it
Salon

The Iran war shows how fossil fuels, conflict and planetary crisis are now inseparable more…

“The cruelty is just the point”: A broken student loan system has women at the center
Salon

Confusion, litigation and the threat of wage garnishment have left millions with few options and little hope. more…

The Loneliness of A Room of One’s Own
The New Republic

The part of A Room of One’s Own that everybody knows isn’t buried. It’s there on the first page—“a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”—and there again on the last, with more caveats but more ambition: If we get our money an… more…

LPG crunch dims Kolhapur’s ‘Silver City’: Hupari artisans bear the brunt
The Indian Express

It was not always LPG. Desai recalls the coal-powered era, when heating was uneven and imprecise, used from the initial melt right through to the final stage of applying meena colours. more…

‘If we don’t get gas, how will the business run?’: Ahmedabad’s eateries feel the pinch of LPG shortage
The Indian Express

Kamesh Patel, owner of the Thaltej-based eatery Gidima, said his restaurant typically uses one cylinder roughly every two days. However, due to the shortage, his kitchen has reduced menu options to conserve gas. more…

As panic bookings surge further, Govt reiterates appeal for only need-based LPG bookings; steps up action against hoarding
The Indian Express

Given the crisis, the government has prioritised LPG supplies to households over commercial and industrial consumers, ordered refiners to maximise LPG production, and directed them to divert propane, butane, and other streams from petrochemical manufacturing … more…

Centre writes to states to help expedite piped natural gas network expansion amid LPG supply squeeze
The Indian Express

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has also advised CGD companies to deploy additional resources and step up outreach to provide connections quickly to consumers wherever networks are available. more…

In rural West Texas, renewable energy brings a windfall for seniors
Grist

How officials in Crockett County are using wind investments to help older residents age in place. more…

Self-harm among young Canadians is on the rise, specifically in girls, new research finds
CBC News

A growing number of young people are turning to self-harm in Canada and other parts of the world, according to new research. more…

Into the Dark
Longreads.com

Germany’s Black Forest faces a future of transformation. So do the people who have lived there for centuries. more…

Into the Darkness
Longreads.com

Germany’s Black Forest faces a future of transformation. So do the people who have lived there for centuries. more…

The Greatest Oscar Snubs
Everything-everywhere.com

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts the biggest celebration of movies and moviemaking: The Oscars. Thousands of members vote in multiple categories to honor the best films and performances of the previous year. …and in many years… more…

Here is what $100 oil means for Bitcoin network
CoinDesk

Research shows that only 8% to 10% of global Bitcoin hashrate runs in oil-sensitive power markets, suggesting that geopolitical shocks may affect BTC prices more than mining costs. more…

China lo ha vuelto a hacer: ha levantado un macropuente que aquí sería impensable, con 1.800 km a través de terrenos imposibles
Motorpasión

Hace tiempo que China se convirtió en la gran fábrica del mundo, pero el país asiático quiere más y su objetivo de convertirse en la primera potencia mundial pasa por industrializarse todavía más. Por eso no dejan de levantarse fábricas en todo el país, pero … more…

Data-driven intelligent carbonization unifies diverse biomass into high-performance hard carbon negative electrodes
Nature.com

Biomass-derived hard carbon negative electrodes can cut cost, but properties vary by feedstock. Here, authors use data-driven intelligent carbonization to unify performance across diverse biomass, yielding high-capacity, long-life negative electrodes with low… more…

Dual-metal-doped perovskite adsorbents for efficient removal of humic acid
Nature.com

Ti/Co dual-doped LaFeO₃ perovskite rapidly removes humic acid from water, and its magnetic, Fenton-active design enables easy recovery and quick in situ regeneration with H₂O₂ for stable long-term reuse. more…

Microbial growth rates captured using Raman-SIP reveal a highly active subsurface biosphere fueled by serpentinization
Nature.com

Single-cell Raman-2H-SIP shows microbes in serpentinizing aquifers grow faster than expected, with activity influenced by fluid geochemistry. Methanogens and sulfate reducers dominate, indicating strong H₂ consumption potential. more…

The Dark Origins of the Treadmill and Why Oscar Wilde was the Worst
Todayifoundout.com

“We sewed the sacks, we broke the stones, We turned the dusty drill: We banged the tins, and bawled the hymns, And sweated on the mill: But in the heart of every man Terror was lying still.” These are the words of famed master of the pen, Oscar Wilde, in his … more…

Does Anthropic deserve the trust of the cybersecurity community?
Help Net Security

The cybersecurity industry runs on trust. The belief that when a vendor says they will behave a certain way, they will, that critical CVEs are in fact critical, or when companies say they’re GDPR compliant, they really are. But earning trust is not a one-and-… more…

In Battle Against Renewable Energy Investing, Texas AG Is All Hat — No Cattle
CleanTechnica

The case for renewable energy is stronger than ever before in Texas, despite the efforts of State AG and US Senate hopeful Ken Paxton to go to bat for coal power. The post In Battle Against Renewable Energy Investing, Texas AG Is All Hat — No Cattle appeared … more…

Let’s Not Pour Cold Water on the EU Car Industry’s EV Momentum
CleanTechnica

Lawmakers are being asked to weaken the bloc’s 2030 climate target for carmakers despite the regulation being a key driver for investment. Clinging to the past rarely works. Not in relationships. Not at work. Not in automotive policy. But this is what the EU … more…

Pakistan Avoids LNG Shocks Due to Iranian Bombing With Solar Panels
CleanTechnica

The disruption of LNG flows through the Strait of Hormuz due to the United States and Israel attempting to bomb Iran into regime change quickly exposes how dependent many countries remain on imported fuels. Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, and several Southeas… more…

Burning Plastic Isn’t Renewable: Rethinking Waste & Power In Hawaii
CleanTechnica

The starting point for evaluating Oʻahu’s waste-to-energy plant is the fully electrified energy system developed earlier in this series. Once overseas aviation fuel, international maritime bunkering, and military energy consumption are removed from the accoun… more…

This new book brings Britain’s folk history out of the shadows
Dazed

Zakia Sewell travels the length and breadth of Britain in Finding Albion, a deep dive into the nation’s long-forgotten culture and traditions more…

All the Ways US Support for Israeli Expansionism Freed Russia’s Hands
Juancole.com

Russian leaders are clearly taking delight in the way in which Iran is turning into a quagmire for Washington, gleeful at their significant wins more…

How To Have The Best World Cup Experience in Vancouver, According To an Insider
Matadornetwork.com

Maya Lange, vice president, global marketing at Destination BC, offers Vancouver World Cup tips for travelers headed to the city. more…

Gegen den Markt: USA setzen wieder auf Kohle
Telepolis.de

Die Trump-Regierung treibt den Kohle-Ausbau voran. In Alaska soll ein Milliarden-Projekt entstehen. Experten bezweifeln die Wirtschaftlichkeit. more…

USA setzen wieder auf Kohlekraftwerke
Telepolis.de

Die Trump-Regierung treibt den Kohle-Ausbau voran. In Alaska soll ein Milliarden-Projekt entstehen. Experten bezweifeln die Wirtschaftlichkeit. more…

Trump Says He Was 'Falling Asleep' During Key Iran War Planning Meeting. Here's What Woke Him Back Up
Just Jared

Donald Trump recalled a key planning meeting for his ongoing war in Iran, saying that at one point he was “falling asleep” during it. However, something came along that woke him back up. The 79-year-old president addressed a crowd of supporters in Hebron, Ken… more…

Trump waives Jones Act for 60 days in effort to ease energy prices
CBS News

President Trump on Wednesday temporarily eased a century-old law that limits shippers from transporting energy products around the U.S. more…

Will Iran war-linked leap in gas prices boost EV sales?
CBS News

Whether the Iran war-linked leap i the price of gas will give a shot in the arm to EV sales will depend on a variety of factors, experts say, so the answer isn't clear-cut. more…

Billionaire accused of 'arrogance' as hundreds of mine workers laid off
ABC News (AU)

Up to 238 workers at Tahmoor Colliery in south-west Sydney are being made redundant as liquidators attempt to sell the coal mine, following months of financial turmoil under Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance. more…

Sri Lanka creates four-day work week to conserve fuel amid Middle East war
ABC News (AU)

Sri Lanka has introduced a shorter work week for people to use less fuel amid the ongoing Middle East war. more…

Australia releases seven days of petrol from emergency stockpile
ABC News (AU)

Australia will make available about seven days of petrol from its emergency stockpile and five days of diesel, the first use of its fuel reserves since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. more…

Cuba confirms recent talks with United States to resolve differences
ABC News (AU)

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that his government has held recent talks with the US, marking the first time the Caribbean country confirms such speculation. more…

Why the RBA will add to the petrol pain
ABC News (AU)

As Reserve Bank board members gather for the second day of meetings this morning, they already would have been peppered with dire warnings about the potential impact of the energy shock. more…

Everyday items that may be affected by fuel prices
ABC News (AU)

Everyday items Australians can expect to be affected as the world faces a worsening fuel shortage due to war in the Middle East. more…

Doctors push for tougher regulation of 'killer' workplace chemicals
ABC News (AU)

Under the proposed changes, there would be a five-fold reduction in the exposure limit for benzene, chlorine exposure would be reduced ten-fold, and silica exposure would be halved. more…

One Nation is tipped to be a major player in the SA election
ABC News (AU)

One Nation South Australia candidate Rocco DeAngelis says people are "disappointed" in the major parties ahead of the state election, but Greens SA leader Robert Simms says the party is "scapegoating minority groups". more…

Rising oil price and inflation fears make rate hike likely
ABC News (AU)

A war in Iran has led to a cost-of-living spike in Australia and as petrol prices rise, interest rates are likely to be next. more…

Biosynthesis of cinchona alkaloids
Nature.com

A combination of isotopic labelling, gene silencing, single-nucleus RNA sequencing and comparative transcriptomics reveal the genes that mediate the biosynthesis of cinchona alkaloids in plants. more…

Fortress America Is Now Our Main Climate Policy
Thenation.com

Sarah Lazare The US spends trillions not to prevent climate catastrophe but to protect the country from climate refugees and resource conflicts. The post Fortress America Is Now Our Main Climate Policy appeared first on The Nation. more…

US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis
Daily Signal

The Iran war has exposed the fragility of much of the world’s energy system. Years of political theater disguised as climate policy—demonizing fossil fuels and... Read More The post US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis appeared first on The Daily Signal. more…

Primary Energy Fallacy Explained: Why Useful Energy Shows Faster Renewable Progress
Geeky Gadgets

For decades, the concept of “primary energy” has dominated discussions about global energy systems, shaping how we measure and compare different energy sources. However, this metric often fails to account for the inefficiencies inherent in fossil fuel systems… more…

Running on empty — how we were caught short of oil
ABC News (AU)

Australia is one of the biggest energy exporters on the planet as the world's third-largest exporter of LNG and the biggest seaborne supplier of thermal and metallurgical coal. But when it comes to oil, the country is horribly exposed. more…

What's in the free daytime power plan as global tensions rattle energy markets
ABC News (AU)

Australia's energy watchdog prepares to unveil new power price caps, which will include a tariff offering three hours of free electricity during the day. more…

The Infinite Scroll has Doomed Us All, Bring Back 2000s-Style Listicles
Cheezburger.com

Picture this: it's 2007, and the internet is a place. It's somewhere you go when you get home from school. You fire up the family computer, open a window to, let's say, a fan page for Blink-182. Everything you need is there. Pictures of the band, links to dow… more…

‘My Lungs Had Nothing Left’: Inside the Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters
The American Prospect

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough. The post ‘My Lungs Had Nothing Left’: Inside the Epidemic Killing Countertop Ston… more…

History of Naval Warfare. From Gallipoli to the Strait of Hormuz: From the Mine and Barrel Duo to the UCAV and Missile Duo 111 Years Apart
Globalresearch.ca

The history of naval warfare is often told through the success stories of the great navies that ruled the seas. The post History of Naval Warfare. From Gallipoli to the Strait of Hormuz: From the Mine and Barrel Duo to the UCAV and Missile Duo 111 Years Apar… more…

Trump Waives US Shipping Law As Gas Prices Rise Amid Iran War
The Daily Caller

President Donald Trump issued a waiver March 18 for the Jones Act in attempt to curtail the increasing fuel prices and supply disruptions during the Iran war. more…

China Uses This Nonprofit Network To Wreck American Energy
The Daily Caller

A Chinese Communist Party connected organization gave millions of dollars to an environmental law non-profit that targets energy projects with litigation. more…

Maybe Trump Bombed Some Schools, But At Least Gas Prices Are Going Higher And Higher
Wonkette.com

It's a Dire situation in the Strait, and we're spending all this Money for Nothing. more…

Ron DeSantis Wants To Remind You He's Still A Horrible Bigoted Autocrat
Wonkette.com

New law lets governor remove local elected officials for 'promoting' Pride or DEI. more…

Supercut of Matt Berry announcing stuff during the Oscars (Oscars roundup)
Superpunch.net

In one of his Discworld novels, Sir Terry Pratchett describes a hammy actor as having a voice you could never order coal with, because it would turn up as diamonds. You'd think such a thing couldn't exist in real life, but that would be to reckon without the … more…

Climate Policy as a Tool of Financial Control
Globalresearch.ca

For years the climate debate has been presented to the public as a dispute over science, emissions targets, and environmental policy. But something much larger has been quietly taking shape behind the scenes. The real transformation is not occurring in enviro… more…

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the Dollar Price Gasoline Crisis: There Is a Number Nobody in Washington Will Say Out Loud
Globalresearch.ca

We’ve Been Spending America’s Emergency Oil Savings Account. Nobody Mentioned the Account Can Only Be Opened So Many Times. Yesterday evening, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced that the United States will release 172 million barrels of crude oil fr… more…

Sam Altman Confronted At Oscars Party Over Pentagon Deal
Futurism

OpenAI Sam Altman was compared to a Nazi collaborator at an Oscars bash for his agreement with the Department of Defense. more…

Asia pivots to coal as Middle East conflict chokes LNG supply
Japan Today

Asian utilities are boosting coal-fired power generation to cut costs and safeguard energy supply, industry officials say, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran chokes liquefied ‌natural gas (LNG) shipments and soaring prices threaten to suppress LNG demand. Asia s… more…

Sri Lanka announces four-day work week over fears Iran war will drag on
Japan Today

Sri Lanka announced a shorter work week to conserve its scarce fuel reserves as it prepares for a prolonged war in the Middle East, officials said Monday. The Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which some 20 percent of global exports pass in peacetime, … more…

Cuba's president confirms U.S. talks as island's energy and economic crises intensify
Japan Today

Cuba has held talks with the U.S. government, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday, marking the first time the Caribbean country has confirmed widespread speculation about discussions with the Trump administration as it grapples with a severe energy … more…

gardening leave
Katedaviesdesigns.com

Hello! It’s been a while. As you may have gathered, I have not been well. Some of you will know that I have bipolar disorder and that winter can often be a tricky time. I am aware of this, am used to this, and have a range of strategies in place which (usuall… more…

The Irish Spirit
Bradenkelley.com

Lessons in Resilience and Radical Creativity LAST UPDATED: March 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM by Braden Kelley and Art Inteligencia Beyond the Luck of the Irish: A Strategic Foundation St. Patrick’s Day often arrives draped in the superficial — green beer, plastic sha… more…

The oil crisis has sparked a global scramble for energy. An untapped, clean and cheap source could be flowing in abundance under our feet
DW (English)

Trillions of tons of hydrogen lie in Earth's crust. Can a Bavarian geologist unlock this clean and cheap energy source? more…

How the Iran war could trigger a fresh food crisis
DW (English)

The Iran conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer costs, raising alarms over a return of food inflation. Farmers are bracing for resource shortages that could drag down harvests. more…

Iran war could spark the next global food crisis
DW (English)

The Iran conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer costs, raising alarms over a return of food inflation. Farmers are bracing for resource shortages that could drag down harvests. more…

Coal Needs Boots on the Ground
Wattsupwiththat.com

Over the last two decades, the coal industry has ceded much of the battlefield to its opponents and even now seems somewhat complacent about its future. The Trump Administration will be gone three in years. And even while Trump is in office, state regulators … more…

US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis
Wattsupwiththat.com

What the current crisis proves is simple: Energy security resides in the ability to secure physical molecules – oil, gas, coal and uranium – when geopolitical storms hit. Europe, and much of Asia, chose to anchor their future to slogans instead. more…

The Jevons Paradox Explains Why Net Zero is an Exercise in Futility
Wattsupwiththat.com

In the same way that Malthusians were wrong about the constraints on food production, so they’ll prove to be wrong about both the future demand and supply of electricity. more…

Hormuz Choke Point Displays ‘Green’ Vulnerabilities and US Power
Wattsupwiththat.com

The crisis also showcases America’s capacity to support allies and the poor. Long‑term LNG contracts with Asian and European partners, coupled with support for reasonable financing of oil and gas projects in developing countries, can reduce dependence on chok… more…

Barclays Sounds the Alarm on Renewable Energy
Wattsupwiththat.com

Yet, as the Barclays analysts point out, the real risks now lurk in the renewable sector. “Stranded-asset risk is becoming system wide,” the paper warns. “Historically, stranding meant coal plants. Today, renewables facing multi-year interconnection queues, c… more…

Aussie Security Experts Demand an Accelerated Renewable Transition
Wattsupwiththat.com

If you want to understand how Australia got into its current mess, read the open letter quoted in this article. more…

“These People are Crazy:” Climate Science and the Cult of Self-Loathing
Wattsupwiththat.com

There was a time when environmental stewardship meant conservation grounded in gratitude rather than condemnation. It reflected a belief that a prosperous and confident society could protect its natural inheritance without repudiating the very progress that m… more…

The Iran Oil Crisis + Australia’s Failed Green Energy Policies are Collapsing our Farming and Fishing Industries
Wattsupwiththat.com

Farmers and Miners could be next. more…

Chicken Litter Biomass Plants May Shut When Subsidies End
Wattsupwiththat.com

Melton made £80 million from ROC subsidies, in addition to another £12 million from Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin and top ups from OGFEM from ROC recycling. Total turnover was £169 million, so more than half of revenue comes from subsidies. more…