Meta is Investing $10 Billion in Louisiana to Realize Ambitious AI Goals, Paving the Way for Grid Expansion
Meta is sinking $10 billion into Louisiana to build its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the grid buildout On a quiet patch of former farmland in northeastern Louisiana, a fleet of excavators has leveled more than 2,000 acres of reddish clay earth. This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering […]
Oil and Gas Approaching the End of the Line as Renewables Meet 92.5% of New Power Demand
Oil and Gas ‘Running Out of Road’ as Renewables Cover 92.5% of New Power Demand The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point” where solar and wind power will become even cheaper and more widespread, according to two United Nations reports released Tuesday. Last year, 74% of the growth in electricity […]
What Consequences Arise from Unpaid or Unaffordable Medical Bills?
What Happens If You Don’t Pay or Can’t Afford Medical Bills? My Two Cents Personal-finance columnist Charlotte Cowles asks the nosy, revealing, sometimes uncomfortable questions about money so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images My 1-year-old son recently went to the ER. He’s fine — thank goodness — but his […]
Oil and Gas Initiatives Accelerated as Minnesota Power Announces Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
Oil and gas projects fast-tracked, while Minnesota Power plans to quit fossil fuels Catch the latest energy news from around the Great Lakes region. Check back for these biweekly Energy News Roundups. Hundreds of energy projects may have their permits fast-tracked by the Trump administration, including Enbridge’s tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac and […]
Both of Vermont’s Senators Are Joining the Finance Committee: What’s Next?
Both of Vermont’s senators will join the finance committee. What now? Both of Vermont’s senators, Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, have been chosen to join the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in the 119th Congress. The committee’s jurisdiction is defined by subject matter — not by agency or Department. Because of its broad subject matter, the […]