2021 saw much that environmentalists can celebrate, with great strides forward made for the sake of our planet and all who live upon it. As we enter 2022, our goals should build upon the success of this past year to reach even greater heights.
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Shopify Puts Up Cash for Rooftop Carbon-Capture Machines, Tree-Planting Drones
"America’s roughly 2 million cooling towers remove heat from HVAC systems and industrial processes by bringing hot water into contact with a stream of air. Noya Inc., a San Francisco startup founded in 2020, has developed a system that captures carbon dioxide from those air currents. The gas can then be pressurized so it can be moved elsewhere to be stored underground or sold."
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Orphaned Oil Well Cleanup Expands on Federal Public Lands
A large-scale environmental remediation effort is underway through a public-private initiative. The Well Done Foundation (WDF), in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is working to decommission more than 110 orphaned oil and gas wells across four National Wildlife Refuges. As part of this collaboration, WDF recently marked a major milestone: the successful plugging of...
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U.S. Rare Earth Independence from China Still Has Years to Go, Experts Say
Decades of one-size-fits-all environment regulation and policy inattention are part of the reason for the increased dependency. Even with the United States holding vast mineral reserves worth trillions of dollars, America is now 100 percent dependent on imports for some 17 key minerals.
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Startup Wants to Store Spare Renewable Electricity to Power Heavy Industry
"Rondo has picked up high-profile backers. It said Tuesday it raised $22 million from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate-focused investment firm founded by Bill Gates, and Energy Impact Partners, another venture firm. Breakthrough Energy Ventures isn’t related to the Breakthrough Institute."
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What is Biochar, and Why Does it Matter?
Some farmers and foresters are already using biochar as a soil amendment to improve the health of their land. But what exactly is biochar, and why does it matter?
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It’s Time for Conservatives to Own the Climate-Change Issue
"Conservatives can either tackle the issue of carbon emissions sensibly by proposing workable solutions, or run the risk of allowing the Democrats to do it for us"
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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’
"Engineers for decades have chased the promise of fusion energy — a potentially limitless source of carbon-free power. There are demonstration fusion reactors running or under construction around the world. But none of the commercial devices — including Helion’s reactors — have been able to produce more electricity than they require to operate, let alone generate enough power to send to the grid. Some in the clean energy industry are skeptical it will ever work."
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As Banks Pledge Their Support, Fixing Broken Policies Will Make Nuclear More Viable
If countries and financial institutions are to make good on their commitments to nuclear energy, bold policy reform is necessary.
