Preventing economic prosperity not only produces harmful negative externalities: it is also an extremely costly way to eliminate emissions.
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Simplifyber Secures $3.5M Seed Investment to Reinvent How Clothing is Made, with Sustainable, Advanced Manufacturing
"The company has developed a novel approach to clothing and accessory manufacturing that removes traditional spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing and replaces it with a sustainable, less resource-intensive process, and fully biodegradable solution – cutting out 60% of the steps and reducing the 35% of materials in the fashion supply chain that ends up as waste."
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Global nuclear hydrogen group forms
"The group plans to pursue nuclear hydrogen demonstration projects, engage the financial sector to finance such technologies, and advocate for policies that support deploying nuclear hydrogen, members tell Axios. It is not a lobbying organization, however."
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What Europe’s ‘Due Diligence Proposal’ Gets Wrong
To truly tackle deforestation, we will have to work together constructively – the EU’s Due Diligence Proposal does not take us any closer to that goal.
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For The U.S., There Is No Net-Zero Without Major Permitting Reform
"We’ve installed a labyrinthine permit approval process that drastically stalls or outright blocks important infrastructure projects from ever getting constructed. The average is nearly five years and $4.2 million just to complete the review process, that is before developers can even start building. The median Environmental Impact Statement is more than 600 pages long."
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Learning All the Wrong Lessons From America’s Energy Crisis
"Skyrocketing energy costs are one of America’s harsh post-Covid realities. And with one in four American households struggling to pay for their energy needs before Covid, policymakers should have set their sights on making energy more affordable for more Americans."
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How Policymakers Can Boost Domestic Energy Security
By investing in next-generation energy innovation and reducing regulatory burdens, the United States can bolster its energy security while reducing future climate risks.
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Wind and solar aren’t the enemy in Texas. Neither is natural gas.
"It seems everyone but our state legislators understand that renewable energy and fossil fuels don't have to be mutually exclusive. If we want to keep the lights on for the foreseeable future, especially during severe weather events, we need as much reliable thermal power available as possible. But our short-term needs shouldn't derail Texas from the long-term goal of having an efficient, more affordable grid powered mostly by clean energy. If we want to remain the nation's leader in renewable energy, we can't treat it like an inconvenience."
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Air Force Working on Fuel-Saving, 3D-Printed ‘Microvanes’ for C-17
Chris Gordon writes in Air & Space Forces Magazine about a retrofit to reduce fuel usage and the Air Force’s environmental footprint. “By reducing drag, the Air Force can save fuel by reducing the workload of the engines. C-17s with microvanes installed save around one percent in fuel over regular C-17s, according to the service....
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The Case for Optimism in the House of Representatives
The Historic Speaker Fight Could Mark a Revival of Representative Government
