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Industry
Canada\'s British Columbia vote signals energy policy shift as Conservatives win majority
The Conservative Party won British Columbia\'s provincial legislature election, strengthening plans to expand liquefied natural gas production and exports. The party secured a majority of seats, while the centre-left New Democratic Party lost power after nine years. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson pledged to double gas output by 2032 and triple it by 2035, alongside faster permitting and looser regulation. The party also plans to overhaul carbon pricing and remove emissions caps for LNG projects.
Crypto
Record donation: Crypto figures give 72 million pounds to UK\'s rightwing party Reform UK
Reform UK, described as a rightwing populist party, has secured political donations totalling 72 million pounds from two crypto industry billionaires, an unprecedented sum in British party funding history. BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo and investor Christopher Harborne each pledged 36 million pounds. The donations come as Nigel Farage faces a parliamentary probe over an undeclared gift and police examine allegations of foreign funding. The government is also moving to tighten donation rules.
AI & Enterprise
OpenAI announced \'Stargate UK\' without site visit, records show zero visits to key location
OpenAI\'s UK AI data centre project, dubbed Stargate UK, was announced without any on-site inspection of key candidate locations, according to UK disclosure materials. Only Nvidia visited Cobalt Park, a proposed site in North Tyneside, while OpenAI and partner Nscale had no confirmed visit records. Doubts have also emerged over the British government\'s 30 billion pound investment plan, with reports saying much of it reflected estimates rather than confirmed funding.