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Energy Shocks Are Back. This Time, the Response Can Be Different.

Global energy disruptions from the Iran War expose grid fragility amid AI data center boom; experts advocate accelerated clean energy deployment to break fossil fuel dependence, challenging corporate lock on legacy infrastructure and empowering decentralized renewables for energy sovereignty.

RMI | 4m ago

ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH

California's Climate Leaders Talk Clean Energy Growing Pains and the War on Iran

California summit confronts clean energy scaling bottlenecks amid Iran War oil shocks, revealing corporate-state tensions in grid modernization; leaders push battery storage and transmission builds, but warn of supply chain vulnerabilities threatening tech-driven decarbonization timelines.

Inside Climate News | 4m ago

ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS GREEN-TECH

Chinese tech giants, AI 'godmother' Li Fei-Fei race to seize the edge in world models

Chinese AI labs race to develop world models that enable machines to comprehend and interact with physical reality beyond language, escalating the global AI arms race. Stakes intensify as Beijing's tech giants close gaps with Western frontrunners, threatening Western dominance in embodied AI systems critical for robotics, autonomous infrastructure, and surveillance networks.

South China Morning Post | 4m ago

AI GEOPOLITICS INFRASTRUCTURE

The next frontier: China maps seabed resources as Japan races to tap rare earths

China publishes first seabed atlas charting rare earth distributions in eastern waters as Japan accelerates deep-sea mining, escalating undersea resource race for tech-critical minerals. State-directed surveys lock in territorial claims over polymetallic nodules fueling EV batteries and semiconductors, intensifying Sino-Japanese tensions with seabed exploitation threatening fragile ocean ecosystems and global supply monopolies.

South China Morning Post | 1h ago

CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS

First Quantum and Hitachi commission world's first battery electric mining truck at Kansanshi mine in Zambia

Corporate mining giants deploy the world's first ultra-large battery electric vehicle at Zambia's Kansanshi copper-gold mine, slashing fossil fuel use in rare earth-adjacent extraction. This electrification pivot signals tech giants' supply chain partners greening heavy industry to secure EV battery minerals amid global scrutiny, but local communities bear the persistent ecological scars of megacorp resource grabs.

International Mining | 1h ago

CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT GEOPOLITICS

Hidden risks in Chinese cellular modules grow across US critical infrastructure as market dominance amplifies exposure

Chinese cellular modules, dominant in US critical infrastructure, embed backdoor risks at scale per FDD analysis. Market consolidation amplifies geopolitical leverage for Beijing, turning corporate supply chains into national security kill switches that threaten grid stability and autonomy amid escalating US-China tech decoupling.

Industrial Cyber | 1h ago

CORPORATE CYBERSECURITY GEOPOLITICS

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Energy Shocks Are Back. This Time, the Response Can Be Different.

California's Climate Leaders Talk Clean Energy Growing Pains and the War on Iran

Chinese tech giants, AI 'godmother' Li Fei-Fei race to seize the edge in world models

The next frontier: China maps seabed resources as Japan races to tap rare earths

First Quantum and Hitachi commission world's first battery electric mining truck at Kansanshi mine in Zambia

Hidden risks in Chinese cellular modules grow across US critical infrastructure as market dominance amplifies exposure

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Energy Shocks Are Back. This Time, the Response Can Be Different.

California's Climate Leaders Talk Clean Energy Growing Pains and the War on Iran

Chinese tech giants, AI 'godmother' Li Fei-Fei race to seize the edge in world models

The next frontier: China maps seabed resources as Japan races to tap rare earths

First Quantum and Hitachi commission world's first battery electric mining truck at Kansanshi mine in Zambia

Hidden risks in Chinese cellular modules grow across US critical infrastructure as market dominance amplifies exposure