Want solar, sustainably sourced materials, shelving, and Swedish meatballs all from the same place? Just head to your local IKEA.
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New magnet breakthrough could unleash smaller, more potent fusion reactors
"The smaller magnets will, in theory, allow for more design iterations of tokamaks, as they can be more easily placed in different locations, allowing for more configurations. We may still be a long way from seeing the first fully operational fusion reactor, but this new development brings us one step closer to commercially viable nuclear fusion."
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The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution
“'Latin America specializes in killing golden geese and one of the quickest ways to do so is through resource nationalism,' said Benjamin Gedan, a Latin America expert at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center who closely tracks the region’s lithium industry. 'This boom could very quickly turn to bust if bad policies are brought forward.'”
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Rad Power Bikes’ Will Change the Way You Go About Your Morning Commute
The world’s best-selling electric vehicle just got a boost.
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A natural ally for climate resilience, disaster mitigation
"Natural infrastructure solutions, as National Wildlife Federation Chief Scientist Bruce Stein laid out, are often not only more cost-effective than traditional gray infrastructure, but they also can endure and recover from disasters better than human-made structures."
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Permitting Reform Needed At Every Level Of Government
"We need permitting reform because we need more energy production. We need more natural gas, more nuclear, more solar, more geothermal, more oil, and more wind. America’s current level of red-tape and our convoluted permitting process makes all energy production frustratingly and unnecessarily difficult."
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New York Wind Project Drops Federal Funding To Avoid Federal Permitting Headaches
"The situation in Albany is a perfect example of why federal permitting reform is needed—and a telling illustration of how environmental regulations can stand in the way of environmentally friendly development like wind power."
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Wall Street Firm Makes a $1.8 Billion Bet on Forest Carbon Offsets
"The 56 properties are mainly hardwood forest and range from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula down to Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, over to the Apalachicola River in Florida, up through Appalachia and to New York’s Adirondack Mountains."
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The Noble Research Institute is Shoring Up the Future of Regenerative Agriculture
The Noble Research Institute, located in Ardmore, Oklahoma is helping farmers and ranchers take steps to include regenerative practices in their operations.
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Solar-Panel Shortage Snarls U.S. Green-Energy Plans
"The disruptions have pummeled solar deployment in the U.S., where domestic manufacturers are few and imports, largely from Chinese and other Asian makers, account for more than 80% of all panels used. An estimated 23 gigawatts’ worth of big solar projects have been delayed so far this year—almost twice as much as was installed in all of 2021 and approaching a third of all such projects in development, according to the American Clean Power Association, an industry group."
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