March 14, 2026

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Energy

Cleantech Company Naked Energy Raises $22 Million for Heat and Power Decarbonization Solutions

British solar heat and power scale-up Naked Energy announced today that it has raised £17 million (USD$22 million) of new equity funding as part of a Series B first close, aimed at accelerating the company’s global expansion and the adoption of its solutions to decarbonize heat. Founded in 2009, Naked Energy provides high energy density

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Technology

Houston space tech company reaches major milestone for engine technology

A Houston company that’s creating the next generation of space exploration technology is celebrating a new milestone of one of its technologies. Intuitive Machines reports that its VR900 completed a full-duration hot-fire test, qualifying it for its IM-2 lunar mission. With the qualification, the company says its VR3500, an engine designed for larger cargo class

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Fund

Brown Advisory taps Wellington as subadvisor for Japan equity fund

Brown Advisory has applied to launch the WMC Japan Equity fund, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The proposed fund would be solely subadvised by Wellington Management Company. The fund, which has yet to list tickers for individual or institutional shares, lists Wellington’s Katsuhiro Iwai as PM. According to

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Investments

Parnassus Fixed Income Fund Q2 2024 Investment Commentary

Andrii Yalanskyi The strategy pursues an attractive level of current income by owning a core-plus bond portfolio with a significant allocation to green/sustainable bonds that further climate and sustainability goals. Market Review Federal Reserve rate policy continues to drive returns U.S. economic growth slowed during the quarter as consumer spending, building permits and housing starts

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Property

Town buys EnergyUnited property; concert on the grass Saturday – Davie County Enterprise Record

Town buys EnergyUnited property; concert on the grass Saturday Published 11:30 am Tuesday, July 16, 2024 By Jeanna White Word Master Media Group There will be a concert Saturday evening featuring Envision on the grassy area owned by The Town of Mocksville at Sanford Avenue and Salisbury Street. You read that right. The town now

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Insurance

Mitigating Protest Risks with Insurance Coverage, Risk Assessment

Gallagher report highlights how insurance policies can respond to global protests and civil unrest, urging proactive risk mitigation. Amid increasing global protests and civil unrest, organizations should understand how their insurance coverage can be utilized and to take proactive measures to mitigate potential risks, according to an analysis by Gallagher. More than 100 college campuses

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Energy

The Department of Energy rejected a CenterPoint application for infrastructure funding

Utility company CenterPoint has been under scrutiny in Houston for the past week as customers remain without power after Hurricane Beryl hit the Texas coast last Monday. But new reporting from E&E News by Politico reveals that the Biden administration rejected a request from CenterPoint last year for $100 million to strengthen its electric poles

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Fund

Tahoe Fund hires local artists to transform National Forest restrooms

TAHOE CITY, Calif. – Visitors to four popular recreation sites managed by the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will be greeted with a surprise when they step into the restroom facilities. Instead of blank walls inside the vault toilets, people will find beautiful murals painted by local artists through a project led

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Energy

Why has Montana’s energy fallen behind?

State Sen. Barry Usher, R-Billings, made some great points in his recent editorial, as he pointed out that Montana isn’t ready for electric vehicles. Sen. Usher is correct that Montana’s electricity system has fallen behind, leaving us unprepared for modern technologies. Usher noted that Montana’s power grid is strained. I suppose one solution would be

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Tax

Corporate Tax Breaks Contribute to Income and Racial Inequality and Shift Resources to Foreign Investors – ITEP

This report is a modified version of an earlier report ITEP published in collaboration with Liberation in a Generation. 1. Corporate tax cuts and corporate tax avoidance worsen income inequality. When corporations are allowed to pay less in taxes, the ultimate beneficiaries are mainly the owners of corporate stocks, who are concentrated among the wealthiest

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