"'Net zero means rethinking our business and helping our clients rethink theirs. For banks, what some don't realize is that net zero includes not just our own operations but also our core business impacts – in other words, our financing.'"
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‘Run The Oil Industry In Reverse’: Fighting Climate Change By Farming Kelp
"One startup in Maine has a vision that is drawing attention from scientists and venture capitalists alike: to bury massive amounts of seaweed at the bottom of the ocean, where it will lock away carbon for thousands of years."
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Build back nuclear
Wealthy nations may be the loudest voices in climate activism, but the future will be decided elsewhere, and it won’t be an especially prosperous one if we insist that poorer societies power their way up the income scale with renewables alone. Nuclear will be essential for their energy mix.
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US power sector emissions fell 38% in past 15 years, blowing past Obama climate targets: Report
"The power sector has shifted dramatically in the past decade, largely through market forces as the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan never truly took effect."
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The cold truth on energy
"The federal government’s heavy-handed regulation of our energy industry and move toward a 'green economy' have forced us to have fewer options to choose from for our grid. When one source of energy fails, the other sources have to pick up the slack or the entire energy grid could shut down."
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To go electric, America needs more mines. Can it build them?
"The clash of environmental priorities underpinning the battle over Tiehm’s buckwheat - conservation vs. green energy - is a microcosm of a much larger political quandary for the new administration of President Joe Biden, who has made big promises to environmentalists as well as labor groups and others who stand to benefit by boosting mining."
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Florida lawmakers tackle flood risk with slate of climate change bills
"State House Speaker Chris Sprowls (R-Palm Harbor) presented his 'Always Ready' agenda with bills sponsored by Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera (R-Coral Gables) and Rep. Linda Chaney (R-St. Pete Beach) to dedicate $100 million each year to mitigate the impacts of flooding and sea-level rise starting in 2022."
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Elon Musk Is Offering $100M In Prizes for Carbon Removal
Private industry and individual innovators should be leaders in our work to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change.
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5 Bipartisan Clean Energy Policies for the 117th Congress
"Congress just worked together to pass a historic, bipartisan clean energy innovation law. Lawmakers were successful in these efforts because they found common ground. We need to make sure American clean energy technologies are available and affordable to all Americans. There’s a lot of innovative technologies to be excited about, but there’s a lot more Congress can do. Let’s get started."
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More Green Blackouts Ahead
"The ice-cold reality is that grid regulators across the U.S. are struggling to keep the power on during extreme weather. They have been able to avoid more blackouts by ordering energy conservation. But Texas shows that conservation isn’t enough, as government mandates make America more reliant on electric power for everything from heating to cars."