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Tech Insider : Environment
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Anne-Marie Griger's job is to build big things — fields of solar panels that can power a city, forests of wind turbines as tall as sequoias. But to do it, she has to start small. 

Trump hits Mitch McConnell for 'destroying our oceans' with 'windmills' when asked about the GOP leader's health scare

Tech Insider : Politics
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and former President Donald Trump.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and former President Donald Trump.

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Republicans want to shred Amtrak funding as the railroad plans a historic Sunbelt and Western expansion

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Action from Congress, not the Fed, is what's needed to grow the US economy, Mohamed El-Erian says

Tech Insider : Economy
Mohamed El-Erian

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Construction leaders are using technology to help push the boundaries of possibility

Tech Insider : Technology
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Laing O'Rourke

America is being hit by a huge surge in blackouts — and it's only going to get worse

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Climate Crisis
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Major blackouts are happening more often thanks to extreme weather from climate change and a fragmented electric grid.

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You don't need an electric vehicle with a long range — buy one you can afford instead

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