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        <title><![CDATA[Dave Merrill]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dave Merrill is a graphics reporter and designer for Bloomberg Graphics. Previously he worked for U.S. News & World Report and USA Today covering breaking news, sports, the economy and the weather. @merrill_dave
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            <title><![CDATA[A Global Nuclear Power Renaissance Isn’t Living Up to the Hype]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[China is building reactors at an unprecedented pace — but the rest of the world is lagging far behind.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shoko Oda]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Crane Clean Energy Center, previously known as Three Mile Island, is being rehabilitated for nuclear power generation under Microsoft Corp.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Satellite Images Reveal Trump’s Strategy Risks Chaotic Endgame]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the joint US-Israeli campaign enters its second week, there’s still a lack of clarity over its aims.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:45:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The World Is Awash With Oil and Prices Are Poised to Keep Falling]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Longley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Year in Review: 2025 in Graphics, Maps, and Visual Stories]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Year in Graphics]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cedric Sam]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Africa’s Energy Shortage Is Stalling Its Industrial Revolution]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Burkhardt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texas Oil Boom Spawns a Toxic Crisis of the Industry’s Own Making]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The state's oil regulator allowed producers to keep pumping wastewater into shallow wells, despite warnings from its own staff about leaks]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-permian-basin-geyser/</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Crowley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Satellite Images Reveal Trump’s Dilemma Over Iran Nuclear Complex]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-israel-targets-iranian-nuclear-sites/</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Tirone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:10:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Trump-Musk Feud Timeline: Best Buddies Broadcast Their Breakup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The rift started after Musk expressed opposition to Trump’s tax bill, quickly took flight online and sent Tesla shares tumbling.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-06-05/elon-musk-trump-feud-full-timeline-of-the-public-meltdown</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David R Baker]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:31:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Deep Budget Cuts Trump Seeks as His Second Term Takes Shape]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennah Haque]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 12:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big Bets on Speculative Carbon Capture Tech Ignore Today’s Solutions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Investors and buyers are backing futuristic carbon cleanup technologies rather than ones working at scale now.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-16/big-bets-on-speculative-carbon-capture-threaten-scaling-today-s-solutions</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Ma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Useless High-Voltage Power Lines Risk Sparking California Fires]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A line idle for decades has been accused of starting the LA area’s deadly Eaton Fire.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-21/useless-high-voltage-power-lines-risk-sparking-california-fires</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Chediak]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A firefighter battles the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. The most destructive wind storm to strike the Los Angeles area in 14 years is fanning wildfires and has sent thousands of residents fleeing for their lives, with dangerous gusts expected to persist for at least another two days.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Second-Term Cabinet Is More Diverse Than His First]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President-elect Trump is on track for a main cabinet that has more than double the number of women he had eight years ago.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelsey Butler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[2024: The Year in Graphics]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Year in Graphics]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cedric Sam]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harris Had More Donors in 11 Days Than Biden Did Over Entire Run]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[July fundraising data reveals donor enthusiasm in the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/kamala-harris-total-donors-exceed-biden-s-entire-campaign-in-just-11-days</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanaz Meghjani]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, during a campaign event at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. In the days following her rapid ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket, Harris quickly brought in a coterie of advisers from former President Barack Obama&apos;s White House and campaign efforts to join her team.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[2023: The Year in Graphics]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bloomberg News told some of 2023’s most important stories with charts, data, and maps. These graphics and visual stories help break them down.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cedric Sam]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carbon Capture Needs Enough Pipelines to Circle Earth Four Times]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US goal to cut carbon dioxide hinges on transporting and burying more than a billion tons per year.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-green-revolution-needs-96000-miles-of-new-pipeline/</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ari Natter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire-Backed Tech Group Says It’s Bought All the Land It Needs for Utopian City]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-03/billionaire-backed-silicon-valley-utopian-city-secures-all-the-land-it-needs</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Lopez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A parcel of land purchased by Flannery Associates in Rio Vista, California.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Wants to Keep Hiking Rates and Who Doesn’t? Breaking Down the Fed’s Views]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-25/how-high-will-interest-rates-go-who-at-the-fed-wants-to-keep-raising</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Matthews]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blackstone’s $1 Trillion Mark Ushers In New Era of Buyout Titans]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/blackstone-nears-managing-1-trillion-in-private-equity-first</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Lim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:55:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Plant $16 Billion Over Budget Arrives for Atomic Revival]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The first newly constructed US reactors since Three Mile Island will make Vogtle the biggest energy generator in the country]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Wade]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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