Axios

It's easy to over-interpret the death of small modular reactor firm NuScale's Idaho project, but it nonetheless has lessons — and omens — for the future.

Catch up fast: Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and NuScale last week said there weren't enough buyers for the project's increasingly costly energy.

After months of vague signals, Exxon just vowed to become a "leading producer" of lithium for electric vehicles.

Why it matters: It's a major expansion of the oil giant's diversification strategy, at a time when EVs are becoming a major focus for automakers, even in the face of operational and political headwinds.

This weekend saw the launch of a new, high-resolution satellite that can track global carbon dioxide emissions down to the power plant level.

Why it matters: Known as GHGSat's "Vanguard," the spacecraft is part of a new generation of monitoring tools to pinpoint CO2 and methane emissions, both potent planet-warming gases .