"Capitalism has built a vast network of peaceful collaboration for the satisfaction of our wants. It’s not a perfect system because it relies on imperfect human beings. The free enterprise system has its rainy days but all major economic floods have been caused by government malfeasance."
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It’s Time to Rethink Policy Choices Driving Higher Winter Energy Bills
"Competitive power suppliers are deploying private capital to operate, innovate and invest in reliable and cleaner generation technology, including renewables and storage."
Proposed Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Benefit Unions, Wealthy Individuals—Not Environment
"Of the estimated $7.5 billion in electric vehicle credits to be claimed between 2018 and 2022, corporations will take about half. Of the other half claimed by individual Americans, 78% will go to people making over $100,000 per year."
Circular materials startup Made of Air raises seed round
"Made of Air is one of more than 166 climate tech and circular economy startups that have pitched their business plans and technologies during GreenBiz events over the past 10 years as part of the Accelerate fast-pitch competition, which spotlights promising, early-stage entrepreneurs."
Some big investors are backing nuclear energy, a potential savior to the energy crisis that’s gripping the world
However, in a time of climate triage, nuclear energy is getting a renewed look. The best-known example is Bill Gates’ advanced nuclear reactor company TerraPower, which teamed up with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.B, 0.44% power company, PacifiCorp, to eventually build a next-generation small nuclear reactor using new fuel technology.
Lower Carbon, Higher Autonomy
"One of the reasons New England is reliant upon natural gas imported from exotic locales is that infamous relic, the Jones Act, which gives U.S.-made ships a monopoly on port-to-port service within the United States, legally excluding 98 percent of the ships that serve U.S. trade from domestic service."
NextEra doubles down on green hydrogen, other renewables
"The hydrogen fuel cell company that will be buying power from NextEra's planned 500 MW wind project plans to build a nearby hydrogen electrolyzer facility, said Rebecca Kujawa, executive vice president and CFO of NextEra Energy."
MIT spinoff Via Separations scores $38M Series B to decarbonize manufacturing
"The Via solution sits in a shipping container in the middle of the manufacturing process and acts as a filtration system for whatever is being produced."
Don’t Pit Money and the Planet Against Each Other
"Ultimately, the reality is that we want to tackle climate change because it greatly affects human life. More severe storms, flooding, droughts, and warmer temperatures are already affecting our food supply, health, and economies. Yet, the solution can’t be worse than the disease. Climate policy must be measured by cost-benefit analyses, not extremist predictions or utopian, anti-capitalist rhetoric."
Britain strikes green investment partnership with Bill Gates
"Bill Gates is working with the British government to invest and bring down the cost of new greener technologies to help countries hit net-zero emission targets by 2050."