“From an emissions perspective, incremental improvements to recycling rates may yield bigger gains than attempts to cut consumption, and some materials have a bigger recycling benefit than others."
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Bill Gates’ TerraPower Ready to Build New U.S. Nuclear Power Plant
"The Natrium reactor, which has been developed by TerraPower along with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, is a bit larger than most SMRs, with a generation capacity of 345 MW. The reactor also includes a molten salt-based energy storage system (ESS). TerraPower has said the ESS could increase the power output to 500 MW for a period of more than five-and-a-half hours if needed."
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Nuclear Is Big Part of Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan: Summit Update
Saijel Kishan and Alastair Marsh of Bloomberg report that nuclear energy is going to be a major part of Duke Energy’s plan moving forward. “Nuclear energy is a key part of Duke Energy Corp.’s plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, according to CEO Lynn Good. As the company moves to retire coal-fired power plants,...
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Shattering Barriers to Address Environmental Challenges
Shattering the policy barriers to innovation and economic freedom is one the most effective ways to address our environmental challenges.
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President Trump’s Fake Hope Election Rhetoric is Sabotaging Conservatism
If you like the Green New Deal you should love Trump’s fight to overturn the election
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Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics
“‘Carbon capture and storage is going to be the only effective way we have in the short term to prevent our steel industry, cement manufacture and many other processes from continuing to pour emissions into the atmosphere.’"
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IBM Says Its Carbon Capture Research Will Help Meet 2030 Net-Zero Goal
"That builds on IBM’s 'future of climate' research project launched in the past year, which aims to use cloud computing and machine learning to design materials that help capture carbon dioxide at polluting sites like refineries or even suck it out of the air."
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The carbon credit industry attempts a comeback
"Supporters of using carbon credits, which include influential climate advocacy groups such as the Bezos Earth Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation and multinational banks tasked with financing economic development, say the two-year long effort to improve standards can make these credits a key source of desperately needed funds for decarbonization efforts in Africa, Latin America and South and Southeast Asia."
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Freedom Delivers a Cleaner Future
Economic freedom leads to a cleaner environment. It allows ownership, which encourages stewardship.
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Securing Cleaner American Energy
"Our plan prioritizes preserving jobs today and creates more jobs for tomorrow by harnessing all of our energy resources. By unleashing American energy innovation across the board, we will sharpen our competitive edge, keep millions from becoming jobless and ensure that China’s agenda for global dominance is always just a dream."
