"Real progress on climate change requires an honest brokerage of the issues, and a willingness to work on the nuts and bolts of pragmatic progress that can yield more benefits than costs.”
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Massachusetts Enshrines Net-Zero Emissions by Midcentury in Law
"The state will achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and carbon offsets may play a role.”
These 5 Advanced Nuclear Reactors Will Shape the Future of Energy
“The new reactor designs rushing into the scientific discourse deploy technology and even natural physics to make safer, often smaller designs that can be used in different contexts."
Joe Biden’s Green Dreams Mean Greater Dependence on China
"Even if Biden were able to encourage America automakers to rethink their production lines, China still controls the parts.”
States and companies are now hotbeds of climate action
“Numerous states, cities and companies have pledged aggressive climate change goals over the past several years."
How Artificial Intelligence Can Power Climate Change Strategy
Technological innovation and AI is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 16%.
10 energy and climate issues to watch in 2021
“[Biden will] focus on reversing all the environmental regulatory rollbacks by President Trump, but beyond that Biden is expected to incorporate climate policies into other agencies. Two I’m watching closely are independent but nonetheless traditionally pursue policies the sitting president supports.”
Agriculture Industry Bets on Carbon as a New Cash Crop
"Farmers, following half a decade of lean crop prices, are contemplating a possible new source of income that is less dependent on weather and agricultural commodity markets.”
China plans clean energy future
"China has mastered the technology to design and construct gigawatt-class nuclear power plants with pressurized water reactors, it adds. Breakthroughs have also been made in ‘multiple frontier technologies including those associated with fast reactors and advanced small modular reactors.’"
A way forward on climate change: Focus on reducing heavy industry’s carbon emissions
“Heavy industry like iron, steel and cement production has an outsized impact on trade, job growth and the environment, which make it an alluring opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
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