Crossing the climate chasm requires cleaner energy now. The Gulf of Mexico’s energy resources are on the right path.
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Ebb Carbon wants to pull CO2 from the sky with electricity and seawater
"The technology builds on years of research led by Matt Eisaman, the company’s CTO and co-founder, who recently joined Yale University’s Center for Natural Carbon Capture as a faculty member. Eisaman first met Tarbell, a former SolarCity executive, several years ago when both were working with Alphabet’s innovation arm, X."
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A Huge Lithium Discovery That Economists Were Expecting
"Now about elasticity of supply, in which we economists tend to have more faith than do most people. Time and again over the centuries, economists have observed that resource shortages are often remedied by discovery, innovation and conservation — all induced by market prices. To put it simply: If a resource is scarce, and there is upward pressure on its price, new supplies will usually be found."
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Business Shifts From Resistance to Action on Climate
More and more, businesses and corporations are making intentional efforts to reduce their carbon footprint and produce more eco-friendly products.
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Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs: A Milestone Towards a Cleaner Future
"The hydrogen hubs are a testament to what can be achieved when policy meets innovation. But this is just the starting line. We must remain unwavering in our commitment to policy evolution, infrastructure development, community involvement, and relentless innovation if we hope to unlock the full decarbonization potential of clean hydrogen."
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The Capitalists are Saving the Planet says Telegraphs’s Pritchard
In an editorial earlier this month, The Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard lays out an overwhelming defense for capitalism as our green saviour. He stands up to the Extinction Rebellion bullies with cold hard evidence that speaks for itself.
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Vistra Accelerates Pivot to Invest in Clean Energy and Combat Climate Change
Vistra will break ground on nearly 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy and storage while retiring its entire Midwest coal fleet.
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The Great Hypocrisy of the Green New Deal
The Heritage Foundation shows that the Green New Deal isn't just bad policy, it is also hypocritical.
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From kicks to compost: Puma’s playbook for circular sneakers
"Footwear production accounts for 1.4 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2018 Quantis study — roughly equivalent to the emissions of Canada. Manufacturing accounts for 43 percent of those emissions, and extracting and processing raw materials 34 percent, the report found. Making a pair of sneakers generates 30 pounds of CO2, according to an analysis by MIT in 2013. A typical shoe contains several materials tightly sewn together — leather, plastic, cotton, rubber, synthetics and so on — and is thus very difficult to recycle. Ninety percent of old shoes end up in landfill sites."
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An Economy Improves By Building Markets, Not Imposing Taxes
A better approach would use the power of markets to reduce carbon. Unleash free-market competition by reducing regulatory barriers, streamlining and accelerating permitting for clean energy, and getting rid of all energy subsidies.
