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Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler amps up battery operations in challenge to Tesla

The German automaker is pumping approximately $1.5 billion into lithium-ion battery manufacturing as it electrifies its fleet


McKenna says feds have power to impose carbon price; Wall remains defiant

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall likened a new carbon tax white paper to a "ransom note," but Ottawa says the Constitution gives it the jurisdiction to force a carbon price on provinces


U.S. researchers find better way to split hydrogen from water

In a discovery that could help jump-start the hydrogen economy, a team of physicists at the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can efficiently divide water using low-cost materials


New Zealand earthquake scientists find themselves in hot water

Researchers on the Pacific nation’s South Island have stumbled upon a significant new source of geothermal energy when drilling into an earthquake fault; the discovery is peculiar because the fault is nowhere near a volcano, but could usher in a “new paradigm” for geothermal energy
 
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Company in arid Dubai dreams of harvesting icebergs for water

The pioneering firm has drawn up ambitious plans to wrangle icebergs in the southern Indian Ocean and tow them 9,200 kilometres to the Persian Gulf » read more

China, Japan tap vast reserve of frozen fuel, raise ‘combustible ice’ from seafloor

The frozen mixture of water and concentrated natural gas is believed to be one of the world's most abundant sources of fossil fuels » read more
 
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Tesla starts selling solar roof; Musk says savings will cover costs

Designed to mimic the look of traditional shingles, the roof will cost tens of thousands to install, but could pay for itself through decades of electricity generation » read more

Crumbling California dam that prompted huge evacuation doomed by decades-old design problems

Two spillways at the 770-foot-tall dam began collapsing in February, threatening the homes and businesses of 200,000 people in the torrent's path before a break in rain allowed engineers to shore up the cracks » read more