"Here’s the good news: we can build cleaner and faster while keeping first-in-class environmental standards. It can be done. In fact, this construction must be done to meet this moment and face the climate crisis head on—and get clean power onto the grid."
"Wind and solar projects built this decade could deliver more than $1.4 billion in lifetime revenues to Nebraska’s rural economy, according to an RMI analysis — and the new net-zero commitments may increase that total."
"President Biden must recognize that his decimation of American energy opened the door for Russia’s ongoing aggression, diminished our leverage in negotiations, and resulted in a missed opportunity in meeting Europe’s energy demands. It is clear—the only solution to lowering energy prices for consumers, protecting American energy independence, and stabilizing the situation in Europe is for President Biden to implement the ESCAPE Act and unleash the full power of American energy production."
"Russia’s financial system was under siege Monday, but the country is still pumping and exporting vast amounts of oil and natural gas to the rest of the world, delivering cash in the face of Western sanctions and a financial cushion for President Vladimir Putin. At the heart of it lie two London-listed energy giants."
"Lufthansa has also announced plans to roll out the AeroShark film on its entire cargo freight fleet of Boeing 777s as well. That’s 'just' 10 planes, but it’s enough to represent a savings of more than 3,700 tons of jet fuel and 11,700 tons of CO2 emissions, annually. What’s more, the AeroShark team believes those estimates are low, since the film might be slightly more effective on cargo planes that don’t have window openings to work around."
"We should be streamlining regulation to unleash the power of innovation against our growing emissions challenge. The private sector has made incredible strides across sectors and industries and was crucial to helping the nation through the worst of the pandemic. And if COVID-19 has taught us anything, it’s how fast the market can solve problems when the government gets out of the way."
"Sweetland farms Maine's lowbush blueberries – the tiny wild berries the state is famous for. In fact, Maine is the only state in the country where wild blueberries are commercially harvested. You can buy them in grocery stores from Hawaii, to Texas, to Alaska. They’re about half the size of conventional blueberries, but with twice the antioxidants and even more flavor."
The American Conservation Coalition (ACC) has released new polling on climate change. “Despite climate policy remaining a divisive topic in Congress, our survey showed that some solutions are hugely popular among young people. For example, nature-based solutions, as well as wind and solar power, unite young Americans despite their other policy disagreements.” Read more here....
"Distributed solar generally describes projects less than 1 MW in capacity, such as rooftop solar panels atop homes and businesses. Community solar refers to slightly larger developments — typically about 2 MW in capacity — that may serve a neighborhood or other geographic area."
"The move toward a carbon-zero future may still not be as fast as many would like. But perhaps market forces are starting to give a stronger push in the green direction—even in the land of coal and natural gas down under."
