"The company’s Loblolly facility — named after the pine tree species grown in the area — intends to start manufacturing the shoe-box-sized blocks no later than Friday and gradually scale up production, CEO Barclay Rogers told E&E News."
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Here are the Leading Renewable Energy States
America needs to embrace an all-of-the-above approach to encourage the growth of clean energy sources while keeping lights on across the country.
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Nuclear power generation to reach record high next year, IEA forecasts
"At the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai last year, more than 20 countries, including the US, the UK and France, agreed to try to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050."
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Three uranium mines open in the US
"At the end of November last year, uranium prices reached more than $80 per pound (lb) for the first time in more than 15 years. Commenting on the attractive market conditions, Mark Chalmers, CEO of Energy Fuels, said: 'Due to the substantial increase in uranium prices, US Government support for nuclear energy and nuclear fuel, and a global focus on reducing carbon emissions, Energy Fuels is resuming large-scale uranium production.'"
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The High Cost of the Trump-Biden Tariffs
"The high cost of protectionism has been long documented. Surveying research on protections for various U.S. industries from 1950 through 1990, the Cato Institute’s Scott Lincicome found that the average annual cost to American consumers per job saved during those four decades was $620,000 (in 2017 dollars). Moving forward a few decades, Peterson Institute economists Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Sean Lowry estimate the price tag for each job saved by President Obama’s tire tariffs at $926,500."
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The Rare Earths Mine That Won’t Need a Single Shovel
"However, Rainbow is now working with K-Tech, a Lakeland, Fla.-based chemical technology firm, on a novel approach to processing the rare earths further into more valuable rare-earth oxides. It is testing out a faster, more environmentally friendly way, known as continuous-ion chromatography, which has been used in photography. Bennett hopes to start producing rare-earth oxides with K-Tech on a trial basis by the end of March."
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How global trade could fragment after the EU’s tax on ‘dirty’ imports
"Adolfo Aiello, deputy director-general at Eurofer, says European steelmakers could face competition on multiple fronts: not just from 'cheaper dirty steel' but also 'greener steel from third countries.' The risk, he adds, is that the EU becomes 'a demand centre for green steel' with dirty steel being diverted elsewhere. The result, he says, 'would be a net negative impact on the climate.'"
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Abundant Energy From Free Markets
Human liberty, bottom-up social organization, and abundant, affordable energy enabled the modern world. The same forces can deliver a brighter future for all.
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Oil & Gas Executives Believe that Common Sense Energy Policies Must Include a Greater Role for Nuclear Energy
"Although oil and gas executives do not directly benefit from supporting or endorsing nuclear energy, it is evident that that most oil and gas executives support the expanded role of nuclear energy because of nuclear energy’s obvious benefits and practicalities. Having oil and gas executives openly support nuclear energy sends a powerful message to political leaders, policy makers and the general public about the need for improved energy literacy and better policy solutions."
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Rethinking a Global Ban on Coal
While industrialized nations can help emerging economies leapfrog the use of coal by exporting cleaner technologies, market forces should ultimately decide what energy sources should ultimately determine what power sources a country does or does not use.
