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Solar Power Booms in Georgia, Where It Isn’t Mandated
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Solar Power Booms in Georgia, Where It Isn’t Mandated

"The state went from having virtually no solar industry a decade ago to ranking ninth nationwide in installed solar capacity this year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Solar has flourished in Georgia as tech companies such as Facebook Inc. FB 1.11% look to locate facilities near cheap renewable-energy sources and rural communities turn to solar farms to create tax revenues and jobs."

On Addressing Climate Risk and Uncertainty
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On Addressing Climate Risk and Uncertainty

Jonathan Adler has an insightful piece in The Bulwark arguing that conservatives need to engage in the climate policy debate. Adler, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, correctly cuts to the chase of what the mainstream body of climate literature says: anthropogenic warming is unequivocally real and poses a risk to our planet. Just...

How Markets Adapt to Climate Change
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How Markets Adapt to Climate Change

From Matthew E. Kahn at PERC: In 1980, the biologist Paul Ehrlich and the economist Julian Simon engaged in a famous debate. Ehrlich argued that ongoing population growth would lead to overconsumption of natural resources and a collapse in food consumption per person. Simon countered that rising scarcity creates incentives to unleash human ingenuity and...

44.01 secures $5M to turn billions of tons of carbon dioxide to stone
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44.01 secures $5M to turn billions of tons of carbon dioxide to stone

"The holes would maximize surface area, and highly carbonated water would be pumped in cyclically until the drilled peridotite is saturated. Importantly, there’s no catalyst or toxic additive, it’s just fizzy water, and if some were to leak or escape, it’s just a puff of CO2, like what you get when you open a bottle of soda."

‘Green Bitcoin Mining’: The Big Profits In Clean Crypto
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‘Green Bitcoin Mining’: The Big Profits In Clean Crypto

Chris Helman of Forbes writes on the profitability of clean cryptocurrency mining. “For all bitcoin’s purported benefits, it’s also clear that the currency is an environmental disaster. Depending on bitcoin’s cost (a higher price attracts more miners), its global network sucks up between 8 and 15 gigawatts of continuous power, according to Cambridge. New York...

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