"More than 120,000 acres have just been set aside as a conservation area in Idaho. As Boise State Public Radio reports, the Bennett Hills conservation area covers more than 120,000 acres of rolling grasslands in southwest Idaho, home to upland game bird species and wintering elk and mule deer."
Natural Gas Bans Will Worsen California’s Poverty Problem
Bans on natural gas will make California’s poverty problem worse, and disproportionately hurt California’s poorest citizens.
Climate and Energy Issues are an Opportunity for Candidates to Make the Case for Freedom – Our New Briefing Book Shows Them How
The faster candidates pivot to making the case for economic freedom, and avoid lower priority fights, the better.
Mitsubishi Eyes Great Lakes for Offshore Wind Development
The Great Lakes are a geographically unique location for offshore wind. The region does not experience the extreme weather that is seen on the East Coast, and there are major cities all along the Lakes. Additionally, electricity grids, ports, and other infrastructure from retired coal plants still exist which could be useful for these wind projects.
Climate startup OCOchem, which recycles CO2 into fuels and chemicals, lands $5M
"The approach has two climate benefits, said CEO and co-founder Todd Brix. First, it uses CO2 that’s captured as an industrial waste from facilities such as biogas and bioenthanol producers or it’s pulled from the atmosphere using a direct air capture device. Second, it generates formic acid and other formate chemicals that can replace fossil fuels as a feedstock for fuels and other products."
Nike touts progress to sustainability goals
“The sportswear giant this week said by fall all of its European operations will be powered by renewable energy. The company's already hit that mark in North America.”
Nuclear power generation to reach record high next year, IEA forecasts
"At the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai last year, more than 20 countries, including the US, the UK and France, agreed to try to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050."
15 Ethical And Vegan Shoe Brands For Autumn
“From fair trade factories to organic materials and social enterprises, each of these sustainable shoe brands is helping to change the world.”
Inside Clean Energy: A Steel Giant Joins a Growing List of Companies Aiming for Net-Zero by 2050
"'If the world is to achieve net-zero by 2050 it will require all parts of the economy in all regions of the world to contribute,' Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal's president and chief financial officer said last week at the Financial Times Commodities Conference."
Why you probably shouldn’t blow up a pipeline
"But the atmosphere does not care about moral responsibility. Through sheer force of numbers, the Indian and Chinese people emit more carbon than American billionaires. Any political strategy for achieving decarbonization must therefore have an answer for how the Global South can industrialize sustainably."