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Summer electric bill shocker coming
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Summer electric bill shocker coming

"'The higher price is largely driven by supply and demand,' Nick Loris, vice president of public policy for C3 Solutions. 'Particularly with natural gas, which provides 38% of our electricity needs, we've been operating in an environment of constrained supply and higher demand.'" 

Bridgestone’s tires are going circular
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Bridgestone’s tires are going circular

"LanzaTech’s innovation is in converting waste materials to ethanol, which is typically sourced from fresh fossil fuels-related carbon. It has turned steel mill emissions into Zara dresses and laundry detergent. With Bridgestone, LanzaTech will be turning tires into ethanol, which can then be turned into tires again."

BP, Linde plan carbon capture project near Houston
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BP, Linde plan carbon capture project near Houston

"The BP-Linde venture aims to start storing CO2 from Linde's hydrogen gas plants and seek additional customers for an up to 15 million tonne sequestration facility. BP will develop and permit the venture's subterranean sites and Linde will provide gas compression technology to the venture."

U.S. renewable industry sees ‘unnecessary barriers’ ahead
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U.S. renewable industry sees ‘unnecessary barriers’ ahead

"The cost of a wind turbine rose 9 percent from a year earlier, in part because producers had to swallow a fivefold increase in the price of shipping and a fourfold rise in steel prices. Longer blades, taller towers and improvements in siting strategies allowed the levelized cost of wind power to keep falling last year, however."

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