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Drop Site Daily: September 16, 2025

In a report shared exclusively with Semafor, the largest US bank explains why and how it’s advising clients to plan for a ‘new energy security age.’

In the days following the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, his friends and allies have called for revenge against all kinds of groups, including trans people and the so-called radical left, even as the motivations of the alleged shooter, who was reportedly raised in a Republican household, remain far from clear. Now, some of […]

The oil and gas industry is spending about $500 billion a year just to maintain consistent production from existing wells, a new IEA report found.

Critics said that without this data, governments can’t identify emission sources — or reduce them.

In the crowded world of internet gourmands and celebrity chefs, it’s difficult to imagine a cookbook more eagerly anticipated than Good Things, the second from James Beard award-winning writer Samin Nosrat. After all, she’s beloved. “Everybody loves Samin Nosrat,” a 2019 Bon Appétit headline, rather accurately, noted after the publication of Salt Fat Acid Heat, […]

This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ontario is backing a $100 million investment to build North America’s first battery-grade cobalt refinery, aimed at supporting the country’s electric vehicle production at a time when the industry is struggling with slowing sales and a deepening trade war with the US. […]

Peter Mutharika, 85, is poised to return to power, in a growing trend on the world’s youngest continent towards older leadership.

Experts have argued that the strikes may have violated international law.