"U.S. emissions increased 6.2% when compared to 2020 levels, but they still wound up at about 5% below that of the pre-pandemic year of 2019. The new report, released Monday and based on preliminary data, shows that emissions grew slightly faster than the economy did."
"Deere has been incorporating more AI and autonomy into its products over the past decade. In August, the company said it had paid $250 million to acquire Bear Flag Robotics, a startup that retrofits tractors to make them more autonomous. In 2017, it paid $305 million to buy Blue River Technology, which makes robots capable of identifying and eliminating unwanted plants using a high-precision blast of herbicide."
"Graphic says green investing has opened up a market worth more than $6 billion a year for replacing plastic with paper on store shelves, even if that might result in consumers seeing slightly higher prices."
"Panasonic, Tesla’s main battery partner since its earliest days, plans to use recycled materials supplied by a startup led by the electric-car maker’s former tech chief to produce lithium-ion cells in a more sustainable, 'closed loop' fashion."
Darrell Moore reports for Circular on the opening of North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycling facility. >>>Read about one company that is fixing American EV woes<<< “The company’s long-term plans include opening additional facilities in North America, Europe and Asia to process up to 150,000 metric tonnes of lithium-ion material globally per year.” Read the...
“In fact, competitive markets have deployed the lion’s share of renewable energy resources, about 80 percent of the U.S. total, even though they account for only about 67 percent of total overall capacity.”
Eric Levitz writes in New York Magazine that Don’t Look Up doesn’t understand the issue of climate change. >>>Read more about “Don’t Look Up” here<<< “Climate change isn’t much like a planet-killing comet. And the pathologies of for-profit media and campaign finance aren’t the primary obstacles to rapid decarbonization. McKay’s film skewers social media for...
"When it comes to big challenges, we must think big. But we also have to be smart. America’s 'all of the above' energy strategy was smart. It made us the world’s leader in cutting carbon emissions."
"GAF Energy also touts the fact that it assembles and partially manufactures its shingles at its facility in San Jose, California. While the company imports its PV cells from Thailand, it believes that having some domestic manufacturing is advantageous."
“The future of the global energy system and emissions will be determined primarily by choices about technology made in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and other populous, fast-growing emerging markets.”
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