Bill Gates To Launch Clean Energy Initiative

The Microsoft founder is set to announce the Breakthrough Energy Coalition alongside President Obama and French President Francois Hollande at the climate change summit in Paris.

Nov 30th, 2015

The Microsoft founder is set to announce the Breakthrough Energy Coalition alongside President Obama and French President Francois Hollande at the climate change summit in Paris.

Workers wearing face masks polish bicycle wheel rims at a factory in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Feb. 19, 2021. China's manufacturing recovery weakened for a third month in February as exports and new orders declined, according to two surveys released on Monday, March 1, 2021.

China Manufacturing Weakens for Third Month

The economic outlook and renewed disease outbreaks abroad that have prompted governments to reimpose business and travel curbs.

Production personnel observe the filling operation inside the Incepta plant on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Drug Companies Asked to Share Vaccine Expertise

"People are literally dying because we cannot agree on intellectual property rights."

Ayat Rawthan, a petrochemical engineer, poses for a photo near an oil field outside Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2021. Rawthan is among just a handful of women who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petrochemical engineers in Iraq. Instead, they chose to become trailblazers in the country’s oil industry, taking up the grueling work of drilling.

A Few Women Buck Norms, Take Iraq Rig Site Jobs

A handful have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers in Iraq.

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Texas Utility Sued Over Energy Bills

"As Texans struggled to survive this winter storm, Griddy made the suffering even worse as it debited outrageous amounts each day."

In this April 21, 2020, file photo, Boeing Co. workers wearing masks stand near an entry door to a 737 Max airplane owned by China-based Lucky Air, in Renton, Wash. China isn’t ready to join the United States in approving Boeing’s 737 Max to return to flying following a two-year grounding prompted by a pair of fatal crashes, a regulator said Monday, March 1, 2021.

China Not Ready to Bring Back 737 Max

China was the first country to ground the 737 Max in 2019 and still cites "major safety concerns."

The Tech Keeping Vaccine Production Rolling

A look at how pharmaceutical processors are utilizing new tools, including AI, to ensure production reliability while eliminating downtime.

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Expectations for U.S. and Overseas Manufacturing

How supply chain factors, investment decisions and a new administration will all play key roles in manufacturing's near future.

A man presents his 'green passport,' proof that he is vaccinated against the coronavirus, at the Khan Theater in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021.

Vaccination 'Passports' May Open Society, but Inequity Looms

In Israel, home to the world's fastest vaccination program, a "green passport" is the coin of the realm.

Kirk Morgan, Vistra chief executive officer, answers questions for the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources.

Investigation into Who Is at Fault in Texas Blackout Begins

At least 40 people died as a result of the storm, and 10 days after the blackout started, more than 1 million people were still under boil-water notices.

Belleville-sur-Loire's nuclear plant in central France, March 27, 2007.

France Extends Lifetime of Oldest Nuclear Reactors

Regulators added decades to the lifespans of 32 reactors.

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VW Weathers Pandemic with $10.7B Profit

However, Volkswagen surrendered the title of biggest carmaker by volume, which it had held since 2016.

Fisker Taps Foxconn to Make ‘Emotion-Stirring’ Mystery Vehicle

The vehicle will be the second introduced by the Fisker brand following the launch of the Ocean SUV in Q4 2022.