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Clean Energy Transition Still Looks Hopeful Globally Despite Policy Reversals in US

Global emissions are expected to drop 63% by 2060, according to a new report.

President Donald Trump’s administration has rolled back numerous environmental regulations, exited the Paris Agreement, and recommended reducing the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act regulations to more quickly advance AI. But that doesn’t mean the quest for clean energy has stopped for the rest of the world.

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Despite the US backpedaling on environmental policies, global emissions are expected to drop 63% by 2060, according to a new report from DNV, an international assurance and risk management provider.

«While the US policy pivot does create a transition setback in North America, the impact on the global transition is marginal,» reads the lengthy report, titled Global Energy Transition Outlook 2025.

More than anything, the US reversals will affect the nation rather than the world’s clean energy goals. The report estimated that «policy reversals in the US will see its emission reductions set back around 5 years.»

In July, the Trump administration released a document titled America’s AI Action Plan, which states, «America’s environmental permitting system and other regulations make it almost impossible to build this infrastructure in the United States with the speed that is required.»

Along with reducing regulations on energy policies, the plan recommends creating regulatory exclusions that favor fast-tracking permit approvals in order to build data centers more quickly.

«The US accounts for one-seventh of global primary energy use and thus exerts some influence on the overall picture,» DNV’s report reads. «However, massive scale decarbonization of the Chinese economy continues, coupled with low-cost electro-technology exports from China to other regions.»

The report also detailed that «Chinese clean tech exports continue to propel the transition in the rest of the world,» adding that numerous other countries are embracing competitive Chinese technologies, helping the global energy transition.

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Get Ready for A Minecraft Movie 2: A Sequel Film Is in the Works

Fans and chicken jockeys alike will have to wait until 2027 to return to the world of the popular game.

Stay in practice, chicken jockeys. Warner Bros. has greenlit a sequel to A Minecraft Movie, according to Variety. The follow-up to the hit live-action video game adaptation will premiere in theaters on July 23, 2027.

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Plot details and casting are still unknown. The X account for Minecraft teased the news with a poster and the caption «building terrain.» The director of the first Minecraft movie, Jared Hess, will direct and co-write the screenplay for Minecraft 2 with Chris Galletta, according to Variety.

Building terrain. See you in theaters July 23 2027. #Minecraft pic.twitter.com/VqJSknMh0I

— Minecraft (@Minecraft) October 9, 2025

The first Minecraft film debuted in theaters in March and started streaming on HBO Max, then called Max, in June. A Minecraft Movie grossed $957 million globally, according to Box Office Mojo. Block Party screenings, where fans were encouraged to shout out popular lines, were held after certain scenes from the film — including one featuring a Chicken Jockey — went viral.

The story follows protagonists who end up in a world different from their own that thrives on imagination. The movie’s star-studded cast includes Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Hansen and Jennifer Coolidge.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 10 #586

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 10, No. 586.

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle might make you hungry. Some of the answers are a bit tough to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: I’m a ladle hungry

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Spoon it up

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

RATE, GOUT, TOUT, LONE, WETS, GATE, PLANE, MINE, GAMINE

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: