MIT Technology Review
Study Finds Fertilizer Prices Are Bad, and It's Fossil Fuels' Fault Again
Fossil fuels are making fertilizer prices skyrocket, and farmers - and your grocery bill - are paying the price. But microbes might just save us.
2026-09-03
MIT Technology Review
2026-08-19
The Guardian
Coalition Accuses Labor of Veteran Contempt; Victorian Liberals Pledge to 'Throw Open Doors to Gas'
Coalition cries 'contempt' over veterans, Liberals promise gas galore, and Tim Wilson blames Labor's 'toxic taxes' for housing doom - politics as usual.
2026-08-11
Ars Technica
Amazon Decides Climate Goals Can Wait, But Not Its Data Centers
Amazon's AI ambitions get a gas-powered boost, because who needs climate goals when you have data centers to build?
2026-08-07
TechCrunch
SpaceX to Power Its Massive Texas Chip Factory With Natural Gas, Because of Course
SpaceX's new chip factory in Texas will be powered by natural gas, because why use free sunlight when you can burn fossil fuels?
2026-07-24
TechCrunch
Meta Ditches RE100 Renewable Energy Pact, Goes All In on Natural Gas Like It's 1999
Meta parts ways with RE100 renewable energy initiative after a decade, doubling down on natural gas to power AI data centers while still claiming to be '100% clean and renewable' through creative accounting.
2026-07-15
TechCrunch
Google Drops 1.8 Gigawatts of Solar and Batteries 40 Miles From xAI's Unpermitted Gas Plant, Because Subtlety Is Overrated
Google drops a massive solar-plus-storage project near Memphis, while 40 miles south, Elon Musk's xAI runs an unpermitted gas plant. Irony: still undefeated.
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