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Frack, baby, frack! Reform vows to lift the ban on shale gas licences to extract 'billions in energy treasure'
Daily Mail
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August 25, 2025
By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR Published: 18:41 EDT, 25 August 2025 | Updated: 19:50 EDT, 25 August 2025 Reform UK has vowed to lift the ban on fracking if it wins power. Deputy leader Richard Tice said it would be 'grossly financially...
No nuclear plans for Calgary, despite province amping up on energy generation
LiveWire Calgary
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August 25, 2025
The Government of Alberta has started a process towards nuclear power generation in the province, and hopefully, a chain reaction towards economic prosperity. Premier Danielle Smith, flanked by Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan...
Alberta government to launch public engagement to explore nuclear energy
CHAT TV
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August 25, 2025
Potential to enhance grid reliability and affordability, create jobs and help power new, energy-intensive industries and technologies are other factors the government mentioned. “Alberta is at the centre of Canada’s growth, and with that growth...
Forum: Study battery swop technology to build future-ready transport system
The Straits Times
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August 25, 2025
During one of my Future Ready course projects a few years ago, I proposed that Singapore should convert existing petrol stations into battery charging and swopping stations. The idea was simple: Instead of building everything from scratch, why not...
Ho Chi Minh City bets on next-generation industry to power growth
VietnamPlus
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August 25, 2025
HCM City (VNA) - Modern industry, innovation, and next-generation manufacturing must anchor Ho Chi Minh City’s ascent into a new era of growth, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Loc Ha. Huge potential, structural...
Government sets timeline, special policies to advance Ninh Thuan nuclear projects
VietnamPlus
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August 25, 2025
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Government has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to carry out negotiations to finalise and sign international investment cooperation agreements for the construction of the first Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant by...
S. Korea, U.S. sign 11 MOUs for cooperation in shipbuilding, nuclear energy, aviation
Yonhap News Agency
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August 25, 2025
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have signed 11 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) for bilateral cooperation in a wide array of key industrial sectors ranging from shipbuilding, nuclear energy and aviation to liquefied...
Coast Life: Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum executive director highlights resilience following Hurricane Katrina
WLOX - Mississippi
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August 25, 2025
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - This week, we mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Since 2005, our Coast Life has been defined by how we’ve bounced back from the storm. The resilience is on display at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in...
Superior Energy acquires Quail Tools from global drilling contractor Nabors
Gulf Industry Magazine
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Superior Energy Services, a leading drilling company with a major presence in the North America region, has announced that it has acquired Quail Tools, a major provider of premium tubular rentals in the US land market, from global oil and gas...
SIU clears Windsor police of wrongdoing in shooting death of a man at the Beer Store
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 25, 2025
Ontario's police watchdog has cleared two Windsor police officers of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a Windsor man nearly a year ago. Police shot and killed Jason West, 57, at the Beer Store on Goyeau Street in Windsor's downtown on Sept. 6,...
PM Modi again assures farmers, small scale industries amid Trump tariffs: ‘Pressure on us may increase but...'
Mint
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August 25, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent a strong message to US President Donald Trump amid reciprocal tariffs, reaffirming that the interests of farmers and small-scale industries remain paramount to the central government. He emphasised that...
RI Energy Seeking to Trim Efficiency Incentives and Rebates for Residents
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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August 25, 2025
PROVIDENCE — Environmental groups are warning state officials that proposed cuts to Rhode Island’s energy efficiency programs will raise utility bills, spark inflation, and put residents out of work. Rhode Island’s energy efficiency programs offer...
California Energy Commission approves Solesca design software for Title 24 projects
Solar Power World
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August 25, 2025
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has added Solesca to its list of approved Solar Assessment Tools for Title 24. Developers and EPCs can now use Solesca to generate the required shading report as part of Certificate of Installation — quickly,...
Millions of households struggling with energy costs ahead of new price cap tomorrow
The Sun
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August 25, 2025
MORE than 12.1 million households are struggling with the cost of their energy bills and cannot afford a price increase tomorrow, campaigners warn. Two fifths of households are currently finding it difficult to pay their energy bill and are...
Pioneering green tech eyes space application, industry boost
China Daily
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Set to open later this year, Hong Kong's I・PARK1 waste-to-energy plant will process 3,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste daily. Scientist Daniel Lau Shu-ping says he hopes to apply his carbon capture system to its third phase. CHINA DAILY...
Is Africa about to see the solar energy boom it needs?
New Scientist
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Solar panels for sale in Niamey, Niger, a country where solar energy is booming BOUREIMA HAMA/AFP via Getty Images A record surge of solar panels flowing from China to countries in Africa over the past year is a sign the continent is seeing a...
Northeast fisheries center surveys wind energy areas
National Fisherman - Alaska
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Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used its 25-foot DriX autonomous research vehicle for a 20-day spring mission in southern New England waters, collecting data on fish and plankton within five offshore wind energy...
Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield
Yahoo Finance
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Image Credits:Silkroad The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova,...
Man dies after touching power line while working in Sterling Heights, police say
WXYZ - Michigan
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August 25, 2025
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) — A man who was doing landscaping work has died after touching a power line in Sterling Heights Monday afternoon, police said. Watch Christiana Ford's video report: Man dies after touching power line while working in...
Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield
TechCrunch
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August 25, 2025
The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries — including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar,...