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Ambani's Rs 2.7 lakh cr underground bet can save India from shocks

Reliance Industries has proposed a Rs 2.73 lakh crore, 30-year investment to develop an underground coal gasification complex in Andhra Pradesh. The project could convert deep coal into syngas for hydrogen, methanol, ammonia and synthetic natural gas, helping India reduce dependence on imported LNG and chemical feedstocks. However, commercial viability,…

The Economic Times · Aug 20

Data center fights pit social values, democracy and capitalism against each other

Data center projects continue to generate controversy around the country. In part, that’s because a variety of different groups have competing interests – some in favor of them, some opposed and others with no direct view on data centers themselves, but with concerns that relate to aspects of data center…

The Conversation · Jul 1

How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills

As the race to build data centers across the United States accelerates, local governments worry that the tech industry mantra of “move fast and break things” means their communities are at risk of being broken.

The Conversation · Jun 18

“There are people out there that had paid £2,000 for a guitar…and we were still getting emails from people saying, ‘Where’s my stuff?’”: What happens when a guitar store goes bust? A former employee at one of the UK's biggest guitar stores tells all

GAK, based in the UK city of Brighton, opened in 1992 and has recently closed down after weeks of speculation – and employment uncertainty for its staff

Guitar World · Apr 28, 2025

Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

There may be no kitchen table issue in America more critical than the price of food.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2025

New York's Weed Nightmare

How pot bureaucrats used legal weed to push their social justice agenda

Reason · Mar 11, 2025

Dozens of cyclists and pedestrians are killed each year in Philly − an injury epidemiologist explains how to better protect bike lanes, slow drivers down and reduce collisions

Over 60 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed each year in Philadelphia in recent years.

The Conversation · Dec 2, 2024

US Housing Market Faces Affordability Crisis Amid Skyrocketing Mortgage Rates

The housing market in the United States is battling its biggest affordability crisis in almost 40 years.

Zenger · Aug 18, 2023

Belief In Conspiracy Theories Linked To Insecurity And Paranoia, New Study Suggests

People who believe in conspiracy theories are not all mentally unstable, but can be emotionally volatile and impulsive, according to certain psychologists.

Zenger · Jun 30, 2023

Wirral Council votes unanimously to oppose fracking

“Council restates its opposition to all unconventional gas extraction under Wirral, its offshore waters and Dee and Mersey Estuaries”

Liverpool Echo · Oct 11, 2022