My new paper, published in Geoforum with Alexander Craig-Thompson, examines how the urban subsurface is rendered visible and governed. We argue that power, knowledge, and depth intersect below ground to shape sustainable urban futures. #urban #underground
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Trump's push to revive coal for powering AI data centres faces a tough reality: aging plants, high emissions, and a grid shifting toward renewables. It’s a vision that seeks to give a 19th-century fuel a lifeline in the era of 21st-century tech.
www.wired.com/story/donald... #coal #ai

Welcome to the paleofuture.
www.miningweekly.com/article/trum...

Swedish battery giant Northvolt is reportedly filing for bankruptcy, according to DN. #Northvolt #Bankruptcy #EVBatteries
www.dn.se/ekonomi/dn-e...

"Many women here were displaced by the war, losing their homes and former jobs. Tatyana used to be a nanny. Irina was an accountant. Their job at the mine ensures their livelihood."
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... #ukraine #coal #women

The hollow magic of "$500 billion worth of rare earth."
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... #ukraine #trump #conartist

Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
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"The ultimate target for the Trump administration is not the deep state. The target is the laws, regulations, protocols and rules, and the government civil servants who enforce them, which hinder dictatorial control."
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-purge-...

I cannot help but get the impression that three top global oil producers are meeting to discuss the equilibrium price of oil.

"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history”

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

🚨 New paper out in ERSS with @GavinBridge9 and @eoraborealis🚨
We explore the evolving sociotechnical imaginary of energy capture on the UK's Continental Shelf from the start of hydrocarbon extraction in the 1960s until present time.

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