Over the past three years, Lego’s 150-strong Sustainable Materials team has tested more than 250 variations of PET materials.
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Why The Green Transition Can’t Happen Without Natural Gas
Just as natural gas has competed with coal as the prime fuel for electricity in the last decades, renewables are putting pressure on the blue, clean-burning source of energy. The competition is fierce and will likely get worse. Yet, it is still too early to discount gas.
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DOE taps GE Hitachi to lead research on lowering advanced nuclear construction costs
Iulia Gheorghiu of Utility Dive reports that the Department of Energy has tapped GE Hitachi to lead research on lowering advanced nuclear construction costs. “DOE has funded a number of initiatives in recent years to encourage the development of advanced nuclear reactors, focusing on innovative technology development through demonstration projects.“ Read the full article here.
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How To Scale Up Carbon Capture And Storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is starting to happen. A plethora of CCS projects has emerged in the last year, large and small in scope, in upstream and LNG, as well as energy-intensive industries beyond the oil and gas value chain including the power, steel, cement and fertilizer sectors.
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Boeing, Alaska Airlines, & NOAA Team Up To Measure Greenhouse Gases Mid-Flight
The Alaska Airlines airplane will also be testing other new equipment as part of the ecoDemonstrator program. This will include a new agent for extinguishing fires, which could offer a reduced negative impact on the ozone layer and potentially replace the commonly used Halon 1301.
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Dear progressives: You can’t fight climate change by going soft on China
Fighting climate change is indeed a global imperative. But pandering to Beijing isn’t the way to advance that goal.
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Should I Go Solar Now? Here’s What Homeowners Should Consider
"The decision to opt for solar isn’t a simple one. 'Soft costs' such as installation and permitting fees add about $7,000 to a typical installation, and incentives to install solar still vary widely from state to state."
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Oil and natural gas industry leaders work to lower methane emission rates
"Tackling the two-part challenge of addressing climate change and meeting the world’s growing demand for energy requires a range of solutions and partners. And U.S. energy producers have made significant progress, yet more can be done by our industry, the government, and other industries."
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Don’t let California nuke affordable energy
"Today’s energy shortage stems from the California Democratic Party’s socialist climate policies. Proud climate cultists, the Democrats in Sacramento, held captive by the radical environmental lobby, have feverishly pursued Utopian and punitive green mandates that have dug the state into a deep energy hole."
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Conservatives and the climate change inflection point
"The nation is at an inflection point in addressing climate change. It needs to decide whether it will continue down a fraudulent path of green talk without results or pivot toward commercial solutions that meet today’s energy needs, the increased power requirements of future megacities while also decarbonizing the planet."
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