Renewables, batteries, and nuclear power will play an increasingly important role in the world’s energy mix, and there are ways policymakers can increase clean energy capacity by reforming the permitting process and unleashing the private sector to invest in domestic supply chains for uranium and critical minerals. But assuming fossil fuels will disappear without significant cost to human welfare is devoid of reality.
Startups Are Inventing Cooling Clothes for a Hotter Future
"But today’s niche solutions could very well be tomorrow’s mainstream fashion. July was the hottest month ever recorded. Over time, entrepreneurs like Russell expect adoption of cooling clothes to spread from outdoor laborers to almost everyone."
6 innovative startups that are kicking CO2 out of cement and concrete
"CarbonBuilt spun out of UCLA’s engineering school in 2019. In May, the company began commercial production of its sustainable concrete at a partner facility in Alabama, where an on-site biomass furnace captures and supplies CO2. The company says it now plans to produce its Portland-cement-free blocks at 'commercial volume' in Alabama starting in 2024."
American Airlines Commits to the Future of Hydrogen-Powered Flight
American Airlines is charting a pathway for a cleaner aviation industry with the help of Zero Avia, a hydrogen-electric aircraft developer.
Can this Green Aviation Startup Deliver Truly Clean Flying?
ZeroAvia is aiming to create greener, cleaner skies.
Leading Experts Talk Energy Innovation
The United States is an energy powerhouse, and the development of promising new technologies provides even greater opportunities for human flourishing and a cleaner environment.
The Beardslee Homestead is Marrying Tradition and Sustainability
The American spirit of perseverance rooted in faith was very prevalent in the Beardslee family and now in the Greco family as we regenerate the farm into an Eco-AgriResort.
This Startup Could Make the World’s Most Popular Crop Greener
By working directly with growers across South and Southeast Asia, Rize’s experts are driving efforts to decarbonize the global rice industry while successfully feeding the world.
LEGO Group Increases Renewable Content in Bricks by 83% in 2024
"The announcement comes as LEGO Group works to achieve a series of sustainability commitments, including its goal to make its products from more sustainable materials, or those produced using renewable or recycled resources and generating little or no waste, by 2032, as well as its targets to reach net zero emissions across the value chain by 2050 and to reduce carbon emissions by 37% by 2032, on a 2019 basis."
Occidental to Build Largest U.S. Industrial-Scale Direct Air Capture Plant by 2023
Carbon capture technologies are a hot topic on the international environmental stage. While these technologies are already groundbreaking, the invention of direct air capture takes things a step further. Occidental is a perfect case study in how, through direct air capture, a company traditionally associated with fossil fuels is making huge strides in sustainability. What...