"‘These meaningful near-term emission reductions result from our ongoing business planning process as we work towards industry-leading greenhouse gas performance across all our business lines,’ CEO Darren Woods said in a statement.”
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Chevron launches $500 million tech fund
"The aim is to bolster Chevron's main oil and gas businesses; help its multi-billion dollar diversification in areas like carbon capture and hydrogen; and create future opportunities in emerging tech."
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These 5 Advanced Nuclear Reactors Will Shape the Future of Energy
“The new reactor designs rushing into the scientific discourse deploy technology and even natural physics to make safer, often smaller designs that can be used in different contexts."
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Traditional legislation is critical factor to drive climate progress
“Climate policy must also move beyond the singular designs of a historic environmental movement dominated by liberal constituencies that often focus on regulations above a more sustainable legislative consensus."
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Massive forest restoration project makes steadfast progress: ‘This will be the largest natural structure on the planet’
"So, how does it work? TREES supports smallholder farmers with training, seeds, tools, and grants to grow 'forest gardens' instead of tired old monocultures. Supporting biodiversity helps to protect the health of the soil. Groups of farmers get regular support from lead farmers to nurture plots with around 5,800 diverse trees on just one hectare (2.5 acres)."
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Elon Musk Is Offering $100M In Prizes for Carbon Removal
Private industry and individual innovators should be leaders in our work to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change.
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Google is using AI to predict floods—and sending cash to people before disaster hits
"GiveDirectly also piloted the idea in Mozambique last year, giving families $225 three or four days before a flood. 'Some families used [the cash] to purchase essential supplies like food and medicine,' Lummis says. 'Some people relocated to safer areas. In some cases, people immediately started to make reinforcements to their homes, building stronger structures. Some people spent the cash immediately after to reinvest in businesses or buy seeds to replant because their crops had been destroyed.'"
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Rule by Regulation
Andrew Stuttaford of National Review analyzes the Biden administration’s rule by regulation approach to clean energy and climate change. “The real aim of the emerging central-bank game is two-fold. Firstly, to increase the cost of capital for climate sinners by ‘discouraging’ banks from lending to them and secondly, by mandating disclosure of such risks (and...
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How the GOP Can Reverse the Progressive Advance
"On climate, for instance, Republicans have easy openings. The Green New Deal is an unworkably heavy-handed, top-down, 'more government' proposal that won’t work. For starters, 'the science' tells us carbon dioxide doesn’t respect borders. Ending all emissions in the U.S. would do almost nothing to lower global temperatures as long as China is building new coal plants. The answer is more innovation, less government and trusting markets over mandates."
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Intersect Power to build $837M worth of grid batteries in Texas
"The three Texas battery installations — Lumina I, Lumina II, and Radian — are expected to be up and running in 2024. They will store solar power already flowing from Intersect’s 640 megawatt Lumina project and its 320 megawatt Radian project in Texas, helping provide additional flexibility to a state that outpaced California in solar deployment as of last year and is forecasted to beat California in energy storage deployment in 2024."
