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Blue Origin vets unveil startup seeking small solution to massive challenge of fusion energy
Lisa Stiffler of GeekWire reports on an innovative nuclear fusion company. “The system that Avalanche Energy is developing would measure about the size of a large shoe box (one-foot diameter, two-feet long). It could be deployed as multiple units to power cargo ships, airplanes and other sectors of the economy that are going to be...
Can robotic hives help save the world’s bees?
"Beewise currently offers the product to farmers for a $400 monthly RaaS fee (plus an initial $2,000 delivery/setup fee). That includes 24 colonies and ongoing maintenance. In return, the technology promises benefits like improved bee yields and pollination of surrounding plants — as well as, hopefully, a net benefit to embattled bee populations."
Exclusive: Boston Red Sox pledge to make Fenway Park carbon neutral
"The Boston Red Sox on Wednesday are expected to announce that games at Fenway Park will be carbon neutral, a first for Major League Baseball, Axios has learned."
Record-high steel prices could hamper renewable rollout in near-term
"The higher prices could slow the push for renewables in the near term, especially as the world turns its attention to more immediate priorities, like the war and the risks it poses to food and fuel supplies."
Shopify Puts Up Cash for Rooftop Carbon-Capture Machines, Tree-Planting Drones
"America’s roughly 2 million cooling towers remove heat from HVAC systems and industrial processes by bringing hot water into contact with a stream of air. Noya Inc., a San Francisco startup founded in 2020, has developed a system that captures carbon dioxide from those air currents. The gas can then be pressurized so it can be moved elsewhere to be stored underground or sold."
Your Favorite Crisis Doesn’t Justify a Dictatorship
"So, environmental advocates aren't the only people impatient with debate and persuasion. But they are on the leading edge of the illiberal impulse at the same time that they embody the dangers inherent in trying to achieve policy goals through authoritarian means—because authoritarian regimes have a terrible record on environmental issues."
Natural-Gas Industry Gets Boost as Biden Shifts Stance
"The White House pivot has also put the U.S. and its vast oil and gas reserves in shale rock back at the center of a global scramble for energy resources as a bulwark against petrostates and authoritarian regimes. The U.S. is the world’s largest oil and gas producer."
Occidental plans up to $1 bln for facility to capture carbon from air
"This year's investments in the low carbon business will total $275 million, and the company plans to develop over time three carbon sequestration hubs that will be online by 2025 and another 69 smaller DAC facilities by 2035, it told investors."
Elon Musk Is Right. The World Needs More Nuclear Energy
"Musk’s support of nuclear power hopefully represents a turning point for America’s largest clean energy source. Through common sense reforms, America can boost production for all energy sources, bolstering security."