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The Driller Newscast episode 153 - Boots on the Ground to Loops in the Ground: A Veteran's Geothermal Career
Episode 153 – The Driller Newscast

Boots on the Ground to Loops in the Ground: A Veteran's Geothermal Career

John Oldani
John Oldani
Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
November 10, 2025
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Discover how military veterans are bringing mission-driven leadership and energy security expertise to the forefront of the geothermal industry. Featuring: Nick Fry, U.S. Army veteran and geothermal consultant.




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Unlocking Geothermal Power Everywhere

Part 1: The Long Road
Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
November 10, 2025
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This is part one of a two-part interview with Robert Lance Cook, Chief Technology Officer of Sage Geosystems. 


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‘Forever Chemicals’ Represent New Environmental Threat for Florida’s Fragile Everglades

PFAS concentrations on the Miccosukee reservation were lower than those in the Miami canals
Amy Green
November 10, 2025
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The co-author of a new paper says the presence of PFAS on the Everglades reservation of the Miccosukee Tribe suggests more restoration may be necessary in the river of grass.


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The Driller Newscast episode 152: The Driller Newscast: How Geothermal Energy Is Driving the Clean Energy Transition
Episode 152 – The Driller Newscast

How Geothermal Energy is Driving the Clean Energy Transition - with Ontario's Paul Frith

John Oldani
John Oldani
Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
November 4, 2025
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With the right investment and awareness, geothermal energy could become a cornerstone of sustainable heating and cooling worldwide — The Driller's conversation with Paul Frith.




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Data Centers and Digital Waste

How Data Centers Could Heat Your Neighborhood: Ashley Besic on Turning Digital Waste into Clean Energy

Can Data Centers Heat Our Buildings? Inside the Growing Push to Reuse Waste Heat Through Thermal Energy Networks
John Oldani
John Oldani
Ashley Besic
October 30, 2025
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We sat down with Ashley Besic to talk about why thermal energy networks (TENs) could be the missing link in America’s clean-energy transition, and what the U.S. can learn from countries already putting data center heat to work.


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A Driller's Life - Entry #2

Don’t Get Your Hose Stuck in the Dirt

My First Day on the Drilling Rig and Valuable Life Lessons
Jim Beath
October 29, 2025
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A Driller’s Life returns with Jim Beath’s unforgettable first day on the rig; a story of mud, mentorship, and the kind of lessons you only learn once you’ve got your hands on the throttle.


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Fair Wages in Drilling: Balancing Profit, Safety, and Skilled Trade Retention in Construction

Rachel Bourne
Rachel Bourne
October 23, 2025
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How can we ensure drillers are being compensated to the best of the company’s ability while companies still make a profit? Rachel Bourne breaks it down.


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A Driller's LIfe

From Kaboom Cereal to Cable Tool Rigs — How One Kid Found His Calling in the Water Well Industry

Jim Beath
October 14, 2025
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It all starts with a driller, a bowl of Kaboom cereal, and a mom in a fuzzy blue robe. Ends with prison, Pizza Hut, and a pastor with one less thumb. Yes, it’s all true — meet Jim Beath.


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Beavers, Ballots, and Big Paychecks: Palmer Lake Rebels Against Buc-ee’s

But Let’s Talk About Wages, Too
John Oldani
John Oldani
September 30, 2025
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The debate over a proposed Buc-ee’s travel plaza just outside Palmer Lake, Colorado has stirred up more drama than a high school production of Les Misérables.


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Can an AI-Guided Robot Help a California City Resist Sea Level Rise and Sequester Carbon?

Jennifer Ugwa
September 28, 2025
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A San Rafael startup proposed a sci-fi solution to raise areas facing the twin threats of land subsidence and sea level rise. Some officials and experts are skeptical.


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