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The Race to Produce Sustainable Steel
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The Race to Produce Sustainable Steel

"Perhaps the biggest roadblock is China, where about 90 percent of steel production is achieved using blast furnaces. In September 2020, President Xi Jinping announced that the country aims to become carbon neutral by 2060. In a bid to reduce pollution from domestic steel mills, which account for roughly 15 percent of the nation’s overall carbon emissions, Beijing has also pledged to achieve peak steel emissions by 2030. Even so, 18 new blast-furnace projects were announced in China just in the first six months of 2021, according to the Helsinki-based research group Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air."

California’s Energy Policy Shows Us What Not To Do
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California’s Energy Policy Shows Us What Not To Do

"California’s policymakers say they want new energy sources, but instead of cleaning up the state’s regulatory clutter and allowing private-sector innovators to innovate, they act as if government mandates can substitute for market-tested innovation."

Regulation Will Not Solve Our Energy Problems
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Regulation Will Not Solve Our Energy Problems

online pharmacy vibramycin no prescription Dan Romito writes in RealClearEnergy that regulation will not solve our energy problems. “Highlighting emissions data, although helpful in some cases, is also not going to solve any functional or operational aspect of climate risk. Should an investor deem any data point material to valuation, the communication avenues to attain...

Heinz working on paper ketchup bottle
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Heinz working on paper ketchup bottle

"Consumer product companies are busy trying to reduce packaging-related waste and pollution — because so much of it winds up in the earth's oceans and landfills, and consumers are very concerned about the problem."

How to Speed Up the Rollout of Small Nuclear Power Plants
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How to Speed Up the Rollout of Small Nuclear Power Plants

Bloomberg’s Will Wade writes on permitting challenges for small nuclear power plants. online pharmacy buy zyprexa no prescription online pharmacy inderal over the counter with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy purchase augmentin online with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy buy glucophage no prescription online pharmacy “DeWitte says the design...

Tariffs won’t build a robust US solar industry
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Tariffs won’t build a robust US solar industry

"Removing tariffs does not mean abandoning domestic manufacturing. The U.S. should continue investing in manufacturing capabilities to support demonstration projects that incentivize firms to invest in bringing the next generation of these technologies closer to market. And the U.S. should also continue investing in innovating at the technological frontier to discover new and better technologies, like solid state batteries and next generation solar technology."

Tracking plastic pollution hot spots
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Tracking plastic pollution hot spots

"The tool, whose interface resembles maps tracking other environmental problems, from wildfires to carbon dioxide emissions, provides for the possibility of partnerships with governments that are contributing a significant amount of land-based plastic waste."

Biden rollback of permitting reform is making his own energy goals impossible
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Biden rollback of permitting reform is making his own energy goals impossible

"Now it is time to come together and reform the environmental review and permitting process to support an all-of-the-above approach to American energy — including oil, gas, coal, nuclear, renewables, and critical minerals. Through bipartisan reforms, we can secure our domestic production and export American-produced energy across the globe. I’ll be waiting for the administration to join me."

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