"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."
"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."
“'It works entirely off the grid, requires no outside source of electricity or piped water infrastructure, and produces high-quality drinking water on site and in a variety of climates and conditions,' the company says. 'Digital sensors inside the panels and a cloud-based, 24-hour monitoring system create unparalleled insight into the quality and quantity of the water.'”
"Carbios says its enzyme is also capable of selectively decomposing the polyester material, which makes it possible to recover basically all the polyester found in textile waste, even blended fabrics."
Devin Hartman writes in Utility Dive about different policies to advance private sector climate action. “Climate leadership is about enabling market environmentalism to flourish. The best public leadership empowers private leadership. Liberty never looked so green.” Read the full article here.
David Ferris of E&E News writes about Seattle’s plan to increase EV chargers. “Seattle’s new pilot program will place 30 chargers throughout the city, with a special focus on disadvantaged neighborhoods. The municipal utility is running the program with input from other city agencies, like the transportation department, which oversees curbs.” Read the full article...
“'The Olefy process turns plastic waste to olefins and other recycled industrial chemicals in one single step. Thanks to this, the amount of targeted olefins and other recycled chemicals is significantly higher than in multi-step processes.'”
Catherine Clifford reports for CNBC that TerraPower has raised $750 million. “TerraPower also wants to commercialize a kind of molten salt reactor technology that could be used to provide carbon-free energy to heavy industrial operations, like water treatment plants, chemical processors and heavy industrial users. And the company is building the Traveling Wave Reactor, which it says...
"'Sorghum allows for a new kind of agriculture, more sustainable, as it preserves resources,' said Coutte, 40, standing in a field of waist-high sorghum in Saint-Escobille, 75 km (47 miles) south of the French capital. 'We must think about tomorrow's agriculture, and how we can produce food without massive water use.'"
"In June, the German government announced that it would be curtailing the use of natural gas to generate electricity in order to conserve it for heating this winter. In 2009, nuclear power supplied 25 percent of Germany's electricity which had dropped by 2021 to under 12 percent. In the meantime, burning natural gas generated 15 percent in 2021."
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