"In one recently electrified Mozambique village, people have used the invention to start selling items from cold drinks to fridges and offer customers mobile charging stations."
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Soil carbon platform Perennial raises $18m from Temasek, Bloomberg, Microsoft
Jennifer Marston of Ag Funder News reports that Perennial has raised $18 million from Temasek, Bloomberg, and Microsoft. “Perennial’s MRV platform handles both carbon insetting and offsetting. Companies within the agrifood value chain can access the platform to measure and reduce their agricultural-based emissions. Outside the food supply chain, companies developing soil carbon offset projects...
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Green and Clean Gas
"[T]he resolution comes as a smart, compact, one-stop-shopping declaration on why a commonsense policy on natural gas would please just about anyone (including Mother Nature) not bound to some dishonest ideology."
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Florida utility aims to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045
"Today, about two-thirds of FPL's power comes from natural gas, which generates carbon emissions but less than oil and coal. Another 20% comes from nuclear, 4% from solar, while the rest comes from the Georgia plant and other sellers."
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Blame High Gas Prices on Red Tape
J.D. Tuccille writes in Reason about high gas prices. “Burying their industry in red tape and choking off access to capital has been a very effective signal to rethink their entire business strategy. Oil industry insiders may coast along and enjoy the profits from existing capacity, but they’re unlikely to invest in facilities to meet...
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Private Investors Betting on Clean Energy Despite Market Selloff
Amrith Ramkumar of The Wall Street Journal reports on funding for clean tech. “Intersect Power LLC and three other climate startups have together raised more than $1.6 billion in the past week. Large investment firms and venture capitalists, many with hefty cash piles, appear to be optimistic about the sector despite worries about high inflation...
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Frontier facilitates first carbon removal purchases
"Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is critical to achieving climate goals, alongside radical emissions reductions. Models project that by 2050 we will need to permanently remove billions of tons of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year. To date, fewer than 10,000 tons have been removed in total."
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Can Single-Use Plastics Be Replaced By Seaweed?
Sway’s technology and design seem promising. They were one of the eight finalists in the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize and have won financial backing from major stores, including Target, CVS, and Walmart.
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Temasek Sustainability Chief Doubles Down on the ‘Carbon Ecosystem’
"In addition to helping manage the climate strategies of the companies in Temasek’s portfolio, which includes carbon-heavy businesses such as Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Sembcorp Marine Ltd. , an engineering company that builds and services oil rigs, Dr. Howard works with Temasek’s investing teams on incorporating sustainability considerations in the way they look for new investments."
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Could Direct Air Capture Systems Hold the Key to Reducing Carbon Emissions?
As more and more DAC schemes begin operating, it is anticipated that the overall costs involved will decrease significantly.
