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IBEW Works with Navajo Nation to Connect 13,000 Homes

opvp.navajo-nsn.gov: Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, and IBEW are coordinating to bring electricity to 13,000 homes across a 27,000 square mile tribal area, with IBEW sending electricians annually through the Light Up Navajo initiative while advocating for federal funding to sustain the effort.
https://opvp.navajo-nsn.gov/260326-connecting-13000-homes-on-the-navajo-nation/

Solar Cells do the Quote, Impossible with 130% Breakthrough

sciencedaily.com: Researchers at Kyushu University used a spin flip metal complex to harness singlet fission, producing roughly 1.3 energy carriers per photon absorbed and achieving a 130 percent quantum yield, a result that could point toward next generation solar cells capable of capturing far more sunlight than current technology allows.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260328024517.htm

OpenAI Bets on Union Labor to Scale AI Infrastructure

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a formal partnership with North America Building Trades Unions at a BlackRock infrastructure summit, committing $1.5 million over five years to support NABTU training and recruitment as the company projects it will need 20 percent more skilled tradespeople than currently exist to hit its 10 gigawatt compute target by 2030.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/openai-building-trades-union-data-centers

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