Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute provides insight into the motivations of the environmental movement. “In this, the regressive and obstructionist impulses of the environmental community do not represent a deviant impulse, a failure to grapple with the scale and nature of global climate change, or a mistaken turn toward utopianism when pragmatism is called...
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.
Who Will Rid Me of This Meddlesome Pipeline?
"Just about anyone could have cut the pipeline, but whoever it was, they wanted to make sure the Nord Stream pipelines would not be an option for a long time."
Without Permit Reform, Path to Clean Energy Could Face a Detour
"The analysis found that if the U.S. expands transmission at more than double the recent historical pace (roughly 2.3% a year), greenhouse-gas emissions would be roughly 800 million tons lower in 2030 compared with a scenario where transmission expands at just a 1% pace."
Conservatives Show Overwhelming Support for National Clean Energy Week
Conservatives across the nation are recognizing this week’s importance and showing that clean energy is indeed an issue that enjoys bipartisan support.
Conservatives Can Win the Long Game on Permitting Reform
If progressives continue to say “no” to permitting reform conservatives should say “yes” and demonstrate what real American leadership can mean for the planet and its people.
Innovation through competition will drive America’s energy transition
"A cleaner and more cost-effective energy future is within reach through a competitive framework. Competitive power markets and power suppliers are leading the way by saving customers money, spurring innovation, retiring older, higher emitting resources, and investing in new low and zero emission resources, and accelerating environmental progress."
What climate adaptation technology looks like
"One established data platform is Firecast, intended primarily for government agencies. It’s an initiative managed by Conservation International that was instrumental in tracking fires in Amazonia and Indonesia in 2019. Now, a growing number of entrepreneurial startups propose using artificial intelligence and a range of sensing options that run the gamut from cameras to drones and other devices to help communications and corporations get a better handle on wildfire management."
Exxon CEO Warns Biden Administration Against Limiting Fuel Exports
"Mr. Woods also said pipelines that carry fuel from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast are full. Without waivers of the Jones Act—the law passed a century ago that effectively limits the number of vessels allowed to move goods between U.S. ports—Mr. Woods said there aren’t enough ships to move more U.S.-made fuel to the Northeast."
Long-Duration Battery Startup Form Energy Raises $450 Million
"Form Energy Inc. plans to use the funds to build its first big manufacturing facility and begin selling to customers. The private funding round more than doubles the total equity Form has raised in its five-year history, company officials said."