# FIELD NOTES from Alexander C. Kaufman

## Recent Posts

- [3 big stories on renewables that you should read](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/3-big-stories-on-renewables-that-you-should-read): Two recent stores in Canary Media, and one exclusive in Latitude Media.

- [Exxon’s hydrogen blues](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/exxons-hydrogen-blues): My latest piece in Canary Media.

- [Putting the AI in IAEA](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/putting-the-ai-in-iaea): My latest exclusive in Heatmap.
- [A moment for VPPs](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/a-moment-for-vpps): My latest exclusive in Latitude Media.

- [Taiwan’s failed recall elections could bode well for nuclear power](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/taiwans-failed-recall-elections-could-bode-well-for-nuclear-power): The thwarted bid to unseat the legislature’s opposition majority may be a positive sign for August's atomic energy referendum.
- [Top nuclear groups press Trump administration to act on radioactive waste](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/top-nuclear-groups-press-trump-administration-to-act-on-radioactive-waste): EXCLUSIVE: Eight leading groups representing nuclear industry and academics “the time has come” to “be accountable.”
- [America’s newest nuclear-fuel company wants to recycle radioactive waste](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/americas-newest-nuclear-fuel-company-wants-to-recycle-radioactive-waste): EXCLUSIVE: A month after emerging from stealth mode, Standard Nuclear has a major deal with SHINE Technologies.
- [New York orders its first new nuclear plant in four decades](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/new-york-orders-its-first-new-nuclear-plant-in-four-decades): Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make the Empire State the nation’s next big atomic project.
- [New York orders its first new nuclear plant in four decades](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/new-york-orders-its-first-new-nuclear-plant-in-four-decades): Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make the Empire State the nation’s next big atomic project.
- [War in Iran, synthetic bacteria's real terror, tale of two Congos, and the Pirahã enigma](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/war-in-iran-synthetic-bacterias-real-terror-tale-of-two-congos-and-the-piraha-enigma): The sixth edition of the Sunday Revue.
- [Atomic colas, Sino-Russian psych out, costly coal, and the real UFO conspiracy](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/atomic-colas-sino-russian-psych-out-costly-coal-and-the-real-ufo-conspiracy): The fourth edition of the Sunday Revue
- [A long-shot candidate for NYC mayor goes all in for nuclear power](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/a-long-shot-candidate-for-nyc-mayor-goes-all-in-for-nuclear-power): EXCLUSIVE: Whitney Tilson is at less than 2% in the polls, but saying something on energy no other candidate has said.
- [Montana’s ‘geological unicorn’ of rare earths takes a big step forward](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/montanas-geological-unicorn-of-rare-earths-takes-a-big-step-forward): EXCLUSIVE: The backers of the Sheep Creek project advance plans to work with the federal government on a processing plant.
- [An industrial purge, a nuclear surge, Electro vs. Petro states, and the bullet train to Shanghai](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/an-industrial-purge-a-nuclear-surge-electro-vs-petro-states-and-the-bullet-train-to-shanghai): The third edition of the Sunday Revue.
- [Geothermal startup’s drilling breakthrough shaves ‘tens of millions’ off costs](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/geothermal-startups-drilling-breakthrough-shaves-tens-of-millions-off-costs): EXCLUSIVE: Eavor Technologies’ patented drilling tool just hit a critical milestone.
- [13 takeaways from Trump's executive orders on nuclear power](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/13-takeaways-from-trumps-executive-orders-on-nuclear-power): A cheatsheet on what stands out in the White House's four separate orders.
- [Can bacteria serve as ‘microscopic miners’ of the metals we need?](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/can-bacteria-serve-as-microscopic-miners-of-the-metals-we-need): A company backed by mining giants just had a breakthrough experts say is ‘significant.’
- [Trump’s ex-Commerce secretary on oil’s ‘great paradox,’ America's mineral needs, and ‘trouble-free’ nuclear](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/trumps-ex-commerce-secretary-on-oils-great-paradox-americas-mineral-needs-and-trouble-free-nuclear): EXCLUSIVE: Wilbur Ross sits down with FIELD NOTES.
- [The U.S. just moved closer to recycling nuclear waste](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/the-us-just-moved-closer-to-recycling-nuclear-waste): EXCLUSIVE: France’s leading nuclear fuel company makes a deal with an American startup.
- [Greenland’s election was about fish – not Trump](https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/greenlands-election-was-about-fish-not-trump): Despite all the international attention, bread-and-butter issues dominated on the Danish-owned Arctic island.

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