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  • ‘Hot rocks’ have a moment in the quest for renewable energy

    ‘Hot rocks’ have a moment in the quest for renewable energy
    2025/12/12
    With the rise of artificial intelligence, utilities are trying to satisfy an unquenchable thirst for new sources of electricity. Part of the answer may be deep underneath our feet. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd visits New Mexico, where scientists, entrepreneurs and politicians from both parties are trying to harness the endless supply of heat generated below the surface of the Earth.

    Then, Virginia's climate law requires 100% renewable energy by 2050. The commonwealth is also known as the data center capital of the world. Can those ambitions coexist? University of Virginia professor William Shobe weighs in.

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    25 分
  • AI is bringing old nuclear plants out of retirement

    AI is bringing old nuclear plants out of retirement
    2025/12/11
    The White House has promised to quadruple nuclear power by 2050. To get there, some closed nuclear plants are coming back online, including one near the site of a reactor that partially melted down more than 45 years ago. Here & Now’s Chris Bentley visits two of them: the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan and the Crane Clean Energy Center on Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island.

    And, we talk with Katy Huff, associate professor at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, about what it will take to increase the role of nuclear in the country's future energy mix.

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    26 分
  • Could a tax on billionaires solve California's inequality crisis?

    Could a tax on billionaires solve California's inequality crisis?
    2025/12/10
    Democrats are criticizing President Trump's affordability speech for not focusing that much on affordability. We learn more from The Washington Post's Matt Viser, who attended the president's rally.

    Then, it's not just affordability that's becoming a problem; so is inequality. Now, California is debating one potential solution: a tax on the wealth held by that state's billionaires. North Carolina State University professor Christina Lewellen discusses the pros and cons of a wealth tax.

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    22 分
  • Why Trump is letting Nvidia sell powerful AI chips to China

    Why Trump is letting Nvidia sell powerful AI chips to China
    2025/12/09
    President Trump will allow technology giant Nvidia to sell its second-best artificial intelligence chips to China. The move reverses years of policy restrictions and could help push China farther along in the AI race. "Chip War" author Chris Miller shares more.

    Then, Paramount launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after Warner Bros. agreed last week to sell its streaming and studio businesses to Netflix. David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, bought Paramount this summer. The Ellisons have strong ties to Trump. And a firm run by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner would help finance Paramount's bid. NPR’s David Folkenflik explains what this could mean for U.S. consumers.

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    17 分
  • Supreme Court hears case that could give Trump more power

    Supreme Court hears case that could give Trump more power
    2025/12/08
    The Supreme Court is considering whether to allow President Trump to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, not for cause, but because she doesn't fit in with the agenda. Law professor and former assistant U.S. attorney Kim Wehle weighs in.

    Then, the Department of Homeland Security has arrested dozens of people in New Orleans since the Trump administration expanded its crackdown to the city. Bobbi-Jeanne Misick, immigration reporter at Verite News, explains how immigrant communities in the city are preparing for possible raids.

    And, Frank Gehry, whose designs helped redefine modern architecture, died Friday at the age of 96. Design critic Alexandra Lange talks about his legacy.


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    24 分
  • How ICE raids are testing police-community relationships

    How ICE raids are testing police-community relationships
    2025/12/05
    Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, discusses how local police departments are caught between following federal immigration directives and maintaining community trust.

    And, President Trump has been denigrating the community of more than 80,000 Somali migrants living in Minnesota. Khalid Omar, an organizer with the Minnesota interfaith group Isaiah, explains the impact on his community.

    Then, if raccoons are wild animals, why are they so darn cute? There may be a scientific reason: Urban raccoons are showing early signs of domestication. Raffaela Lesch, a researcher at the University of Arkansas, shares more.

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    21 分
  • Fiona Hill on what Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes signal to Russia and China

    Fiona Hill on what Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes signal to Russia and China
    2025/12/04
    Efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine have continued this week, but Russia expert Fiona Hill said she doesn’t see any big changes on the immediate horizon. Hill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served in the first Trump administration as a Russia expert, explains more and talks about why Russia and China are keeping an eye on President Trump’s boat strikes in the Caribbean.

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    17 分
  • Trump's tirade against Somali immigrants

    Trump's tirade against Somali immigrants
    2025/12/03
    President Trump made inflammatory comments about Somali immigrants living in the U.S on Tuesday, calling them "garbage." His comments come amid reports that the administration is planning to launch an ICE operation in Minnesota to target primarily undocumented Somali migrants. The Minnesota Reformer's Madison McVan joins us. Then, a planned meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a U.S. delegation led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is off after talks in Russia earlier this week ended with no breakthrough. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley tells us more. And, Michael and Susan Dell announced on Wednesday that they'll give $250 to 25 million children, in investment accounts. Wailin Wong, host of Planet Money's the Indicator, explains.

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    21 分