Here comes the scrutiny.

A new study revealed gas stoves contribute to at least 12% of US childhood asthma cases.

For the first time, scientists were able to cause a fusion reaction with a net energy gain.

Unreliable utility companies and changing energy costs are pushing residents to build their own energy systems.

Remember the good old days (a year ago) when gas was under $3?

For the first time since 2016, Energy is the top-performing sector on the S&P 500 (with Devon Energy leading the way).

Plus: Electricity is about to strike India, and films’ COVID budgets.

Helion Energy raised $500m (with $350m coming from Sam Altman) to create a workable nuclear fusion reactor.

Plus: Longer wind turbines, CVS thefts, and ketchup fraud.

Numbers you should know from the week’s most interesting headlines.

7-Eleven is adding 500 EV charging stations across the US by the end of 2022 -- a big increase from its current 22 stations.

Chevron and BP are diversifying their portfolios by investing in geothermal startup Eavor.

Supply constraints are leading to higher prices for oil and metals for EV batteries (meant to replace oil).

As the world’s energy storage demands rise, this startup is turning hills into batteries.

China is the world’s biggest EV battery producer. Can America catch up?

GE, once the world’s most valuable company, is hoping to reinvent itself through offshore wind power investments.

Danish startup Seaborg just raised $24m to create a safer nuclear power option.

Tesla (cameras + AI) and Luminar Technologies (LIDAR) have 2 competing visions on how fully autonomous vehicles will be achieved.

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Based on research from a team out of MIT (and a spinoff company), nuclear fusion could be here by 2024.

Why has this power facility giant in South Africa gone through 10 CEOs in the last decade?

European investors have partnered on a $2.5B project to build a 329-mile-long extension cord from the Midwest to East Coast energy markets.