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Solar Power Booms in Texas
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Solar Power Booms in Texas

“It is part of a growing number of solar projects in sunny, land-rich Texas, where experts long predicted solar farms would bloom. Solar-farm development in Texas is expected to accelerate in the coming years as generation costs fall and power demand grows. That growth puts it on track to claim a much larger share of a power market dominated by wind farms and natural-gas power plants.”

This Is How Black Friday Hurts The Planet—But Attitudes Are Changing
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This Is How Black Friday Hurts The Planet—But Attitudes Are Changing

“‘I think the study from Money.co.uk is sobering because it shows the alarming quantity of emissions involved in delivering things to our homes, but that’s really only looking at the very end of the process,’ Capstick says. ‘What the report doesn’t get at is why we’re doing this in the first place. The fundamental question to ask is: ‘why are we buying all this stuff?’”

Subsidizing and innovating away climate change
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Subsidizing and innovating away climate change

“One is a bipartisan Senate bill introduced last week that would give subsidies to nuclear power plants that are in danger of closing down. It would also streamline the regulatory government reviews that advanced nuclear power plants must undergo.”

Biden’s Liberal Internationalists
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Biden’s Liberal Internationalists

"Chinese leaders will be only too happy to make future promises on climate in return for American acquiescence today to their security priorities of Taiwan, the South China Sea and Huawei. Sending Mr. Kerry to negotiate with Chinese President Xi Jinping on climate is a recipe for returning home dressed in a barrel. An obsession with climate will turn a U.S. security strength into a vulnerability."

The secret to conserving our crown jewels? Maintenance
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The secret to conserving our crown jewels? Maintenance

“The National Park Service could economize by following the lead of other agencies and contracting out more services and activities. More than 1,000 Forest Service campgrounds and recreation areas are operated by private concessionaires who perform routine maintenance, collect fees, and return a portion of their receipts to the agency."

Hawaiian Seaweed Makes Cows 90% Less Gassy – And That’s Good For Climate Change
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Hawaiian Seaweed Makes Cows 90% Less Gassy – And That’s Good For Climate Change

“The startup points to research from The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Penn State and University of California-Davis that shows replacing just 0.4% of a cow’s feed with A. taxiformis reduces the amount of methane the cow produces by more than 90%. The seaweed works in a cow’s stomach to inhibit hydrogen and carbon dioxide from combining to form methane.”

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