America’s exceptional work reducing emissions while growing GDP and last month’s breakthrough on fusion demonstrate that American innovators will continue to lead the world on meaningful climate progress.
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Study Finds Electricity Access Increases GDP, Ability to Address Climate Risk
Developing robust energy infrastructure is necessary to help the global poor escape their economic plight. Affordable, dependable power is a necessity for lifting Africans out of poverty. Increasing economic vitality, in turn, will allow countries to develop the necessary infrastructure and innovations to improve well-being and reduce climate risk.
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Oil giant Aramco says windfall taxes ‘not helpful’ and could stifle decarbonization
“'There’s no doubt, transition needs to (happen),' he told CNBC. 'At the same time we need... to build oil and gas, while at the same time [we] decarbonize oil and gas. We need support for alternatives. But at the same time, we need the support or the conventional sources of energy by building carbon capture and storage and giving incentives and support by policymakers.'"
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Startup to launch commercial-scale operation of wind turbine blade recycling
"REGEN Fiber has also begun recycling scrap materials from manufacturing of the blades. This scrap is processed into fibers that can be used for asphalt and composite products, the company said."
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I’m a video game developer but this technology to drop your energy bill $820 per year is no fantasy
"We can strengthen our energy grid and produce more power than ever before. But we can only accomplish this if Congress takes action to provide American researchers and developers a regulatory framework that makes room for fusion energy."
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Why Does the U.S. Tax Code Penalize R&D?
"Returning to R&D expensing—by which investments are written off immediately—makes sense. Virtually every single country around the world allows companies to deduct the full cost of R&D—and many subsidize it heavily. China, among other countries, does so using a 'super-deduction,' allowing companies to deduct more than 100% of their R&D costs. In China, companies may deduct 175% of R&D expenses. The U.S. is the outlier; it punishes investment by not letting companies deduct even 100% of R&D costs."
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Willams’ CEO: Complex permitting, lack of infrastructure block nation’s natural gas potential
"'It used to take five years to build something like the Hoover Dam,' he said. 'Now, it takes us, at least for any kind of sizable project today, at least four years for the permitting process, not the construction. And generally, it will take us nine months to construct.'"
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Nuclear-powered datacenter throws open doors to tenants this year
"Touted as the first facility of its kind in the US, datacenters at the campus will be directly connected to the 2.5 gigawatt Susquehanna power plant 'without intermediation by legacy electric transmission and distribution utilities,' which the company claims will allow it to offer the most attractive energy rates in the country."
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For all their ferocity, California storms were not likely caused by global warming, experts say
"'Most recent storm systems don’t hold a candle to the kinds of extreme prolonged storms of the last century,' said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA. 'They do, however, point in the direction of the episodes of hydro-climate we can expect to see more of due to global warming.'"
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How Texas’ electricity plan could change the grid
"Critics, however, warn that the PUC is pushing the state toward a market design rooted in the past instead of embracing renewable energy and accelerating efforts to cut electricity use when demand is highest. Some also say the proposal would raise power costs for customers. And powerful legislators question whether the PUC’s plan will offer the reliability its supporters promise."
