The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently rejected a request to increase power generation for a data center located next to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The U.S. will need to rapidly scale up power generation to meet future demand from AI and large data centers. This decision shows how challenging this task will be. In...
Socialism Cannot Solve Climate Change
The ideological pitfalls and abhorrent track record of socialism prove that its ideas are anathema to human nature, and inadequate for solving any climate change challenges.
Socialism Hurts the Environment and Examples are Everywhere in Recent History
Socialist policies are presented as the solution to climate change, but this directly contradicts the history of socialism. Not only is socialism not the solution, but it would cause the United States to reverse much of the progress it has already made to combat climate change.
The Importance of Free Trade and Diverse Supply Chains
Diversified supply chains that are subject to market forces are a win for people and the planet.
Clearing the Air on the Environmental Benefits of Rail
While trucks are indeed becoming cleaner, data clearly shows that rail has many economic and environmental advantages over trucking.
America’s Clean Energy Stalwarts Are Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve
As policymakers look to scale up America’s clean energy portfolio, they’d do well not to leave the country’s oldest, largest, and most reliable sources of emissions-free power in the dark.
Food startup Hungryroot uses AI to reduce waste, a major climate offender
"The company can reduce its own waste as well. If it determines that a user has no preference between broccoli and Brussels sprouts, and the company happens to have more broccoli in its warehouse, that’s what they’ll recommend."
Cleaning Up European Energy
"The key is to remove all the market, cost, and fiscal barriers in the way of beneficial innovators. When streamlined policy makes new investments cheap and easy, newer, cleaner technologies replace older, dirtier technologies at an ever faster pace, accelerating innovation and the energy transition."
Activated Charcoal Could Be Used For Direct Air Capture
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have been testing ways to make activated charcoal absorb carbon dioxide.