Environment

• Department of Energy to announce new efforts to boost nuclear fuel supply chain - The Department of Energy will announce an initiative to build out the nation's nuclear fuel supply chain as interest in the emissions-free power source grows.
• Big Tech’s AI data center push is spawning a new heat economy - AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as cities are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers.
• Fossil fuels are a 'crutch': How AI's unlikely winner could be renewable energy - The IEA revised its 2025-2030 growth forecast for renewables downward by 5% compared to 2024, reflecting the changing sentiment and policy.
• Greenland's freshwater reserves seen as ‘frozen capital’ as water becomes a national security issue - "Water is increasingly treated like a strategic asset," one analyst told CNBC.
• Trump wants tech companies to foot the bill for new power plants because of AI - Utility bills are rising in many parts of the U.S. despite Trump's promise to lower energy prices during his presidential campaign.
• Automakers like Ford and GM are jumping into a whole new business where Tesla is a serious player - Automakers Ford and GM are trying to figure out what to do with battery factories now that EV sales are falling way short of forecasts
• Big Tech is poaching energy talent to fuel its AI ambitions - Hires of energy-related talent by Big Tech was 30% higher in 2025 than pre-AI levels.
• Bill Gates is still optimistic about the world's future—depending on these 3 questions - Bill Gates is optimistic that our lives will continue to improve in the coming decades despite "many challenges and so much polarization," he wrote on Friday.
• The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited. - Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show.
• From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing - Data centre developers and designers are starting to get creative.