"JLL, which manages billions of square feet of commercial real estate around the world, has been making a string of investments to bring AI systems to companies looking to cut their emissions. The business case: Eco-friendly buildings charge higher rents and are on the market for less time. JLL says it expects 56% of organizations to pay a premium for sustainable spaces by 2025."
Idaho Project a Flashpoint of Environmentalists’ Drag on Economic Progress
“Despite the misinformation regarding mining being promulgated by its environmentalist opponents, Midas Gold’s proposal would use modern, heavily regulated mining to responsibly extract hundreds of millions of pounds of valuable domestic resources. Proceeds of the mining activities would also be used to reclaim the land and water damaged by earlier and largely unregulated mining.”
A Consensus Climate Solution Grown on the Farm
"Climate hawks should be encouraged by the laser-focused and limited federal effort envisioned by the Growing Climate Solutions Act."
The Political Risks of Mandating EVs for Everyone
"The realities of physics and engineering mean that politicians pushing for an all-EV future run a high risk. Quite aside from the eventual discovery that EVs will disappoint with only a tiny impact on global CO2 emissions, the bigger impacts will come as consumers find vehicle ownership costs and inconveniences both escalating."
Exclusive: Shell launches major cost-cutting drive to prepare for energy transition
“Royal Dutch Shell is looking to slash up to 40% off the cost of producing oil and gas in a major drive to save cash so it can overhaul its business and focus more on renewable energy and power markets, sources told Reuters.”
Reforms to Bond Market Could Unleash Affordable Energy Nationwide
Reducing financial barriers to investment, as the American Infrastructure Bond Act intends to do, is a win for consumers and industry.
Fall Outdoor Activities To Fill Your Weekend
“These nine outdoor activities are all awesome things you can do this fall, so read up and see which of these activities will tickle your fancy this season.”
Lights Out (for the Good of the Planet, of Course)
“Learning to live with whatever may be [climate change]'s effects doesn’t imply abandoning efforts at mitigation, but it does mean rejecting a Zimbabwean model, which will be as destructive as it is pointless.”
BMW Jumps Into Electric SUV Race With 2022 iX
“Production of the iX will start in the second half of 2021 with U.S. deliveries starting in early 2022.”
Real climate solutions won’t happen without natural gas and oil
"The U.S. has driven carbon emissions down to generational lows, even as U.S. energy production and energy demand have grown."