As Germany, Sri Lanka, and the Netherlands show, top-down government action hurts consumers and the environment.
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Dow, X-energy to drive carbon emissions reductions through deployment of advanced small modular nuclear power
"Dow and X-energy will collaborate with the intent to deploy X-energy’s Xe-100 high-temperature gas reactor technology at one of Dow’s U.S. Gulf Coast sites – which is expected to be operational by approximately 2030. The Xe-100 reactor plant would provide cost-competitive, carbon free process heat and power to the Dow facility. Dow also intends to take a minority equity stake in X-energy, working with the company to deploy small modular nuclear technology."
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Lake Erie Future Home to North America’s First Freshwater Offshore Wind Farm
North America’s first freshwater offshore wind farm has officially gotten the green light and will soon be developed in Lake Erie.
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It’s Time to Repeal the Jones Act
With immediate fixes for high prices in short supply, policymakers can deliver energy relief by repealing the antiquated Jones Act.
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Two Truths and a Lie About the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
President Biden needs to reverse course on his anti-American oil and gas policies and own up to the truth that the US produces energy in ways that are among the cleanest and most innovative in the world.
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Rishi Sunak’s anti-fracking gift to Vladimir Putin
"If there’s one lesson to be learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s this: Depending too heavily on other countries for your energy can leave you and your citizens stranded during times of crisis. That’s exactly what is happening today in Britain, which has the dubious designation of having the highest electricity prices in Europe. Residential consumers in Britain are paying about 64 Euro cents per kilowatt-hour — about two times the average in the European Union."
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Inflation’s next victim: U.S. offshore wind projects
"Many developers bid aggressively in state auctions to win those contracts but are now locked into agreements that didn’t account for rising costs, said Sam Huntington, director of North American power and renewables at S&P Global Commodity Insights."
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Dream Homes and Disasters: Is the Government Ready to Confront Climate Risk?
Zak Colman of POLITICO explains how governments can more adequately confront climate risk. “FEMA is also weighing new regulations that would expand the federal floodplain, which could includeincreasing minimum requirements for elevating homes to reduce flood risk. Those rules could be a ‘game changer’ by requiring stricter building standards to reduce flood risk for hundreds...
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Why Funding Agriculture Research is a Win for the Climate
Reducing unnecessary regulations and encouraging innovation through programs like the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities — when done right — are positive steps towards greater freedom and a more environmentally sustainable agriculture sector.
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Electric car batteries get a second life storing solar power
"A California energy startup has turned more than a thousand electric vehicle (EV) batteries into solar power storage capsules, in an intriguing effort to prove out an alternative to traditional recycling."
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