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US Issues Fresh Sanctions Related to Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

(Reuters) – The United States issued fresh sanctions on Wednesday on several Russia-based entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the State Department said, including new measures against the operator of the project. The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was re-imposing sanctions on a number of entities …

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AI’s Energy Hunger Fuels Geothermal Startups but Natgas Rivalry Clouds Future

(Reuters) – Geothermal energy startups are on the upswing with Big Tech companies looking to feed their power-intensive AI data centers, but long-term investments remain uncertain as oil majors double down on natural gas. Meta  and Alphabet’s  Google are among the tech companies partnering with startups proposing to produce geothermal electricity, to power their data centers. Large …

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US Watchdog Recommends Energy Department Halt Loans to Green Projects

(Reuters) – The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Energy urged the agency’s loan office to immediately halt issuing billions of dollars in loans to green projects, saying contractors who vet them may be serving both the agency and potential borrowers. The watchdog in an interim report, opens new tab issued late on Tuesday urged the …

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