"Occidental’s Low Carbon Ventures LLC arm formed 1PointFive with venture capital firm Rusheen Capital Management to license, finance and deploy direct air capture (DAC) technology, a method of extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."
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"By not drawing any water from the municipal water supply, the company can continue its operations without impacting the local watershed and its communities, ensuring it maintains a consistent and dependable presence as a regional partner."
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"Scientists at the Michigan State University have created a distinct turbine material that can be revived and recycled into new turbine blades or a variety of other products, including countertops, car taillights, diapers, and even gummy bears."
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What the Inflation Reduction Act Teaches the Environmental Movement
"Environmentalist organizations who want to make a lasting difference for our climate will have to recognize the truth: Climate change is a long-term problem, and partisan legislation can only offer a short-term fix. Sustainable, meaningful change requires a dedicated effort to build a bipartisan coalition, coalesced around a common goal but open to debating different visions of how we get there."
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TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables’ Seagreen wind farm up and running
"The Seagreen project is expected to produce around 5 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable electricity per year -- enough to power the equivalent of 1.6 million households - by the time it becomes fully operational in the first half of 2023."
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The Biggest Obstacle To Building Offshore Wind Farms Is Government
"Regulatory reforms that trim back environmental reviews—and that prevent them from being weaponized by NIMBYs—would be useful not only for getting offshore wind projects built but also for a host of other infrastructure efforts. As Reason's Christian Britschgi has reported, environmental impact statements take 4.5 years on average and run over 650 pages."
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You Can Have Your Yellowcake and Eat It Too: Nuclear Solves Climate and Economic Goals Simultaneously
"Nuclear energy’s dual environmental and economic benefits appeal to both environmental activists as well as voters concerned about the economy and energy security, making it the path of least resistance towards combating climate change and ensuring American energy security. We need to take it."
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Temasek Sustainability Chief Doubles Down on the ‘Carbon Ecosystem’
"In addition to helping manage the climate strategies of the companies in Temasek’s portfolio, which includes carbon-heavy businesses such as Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Sembcorp Marine Ltd. , an engineering company that builds and services oil rigs, Dr. Howard works with Temasek’s investing teams on incorporating sustainability considerations in the way they look for new investments."