Getting climate, energy & environment news right.

Rishi Sunak’s anti-fracking gift to Vladimir Putin
Post

Rishi Sunak’s anti-fracking gift to Vladimir Putin

"If there’s one lesson to be learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s this: Depending too heavily on other countries for your energy can leave you and your citizens stranded during times of crisis. That’s exactly what is happening today in Britain, which has the dubious designation of having the highest electricity prices in Europe. Residential consumers in Britain are paying about 64 Euro cents per kilowatt-hour — about two times the average in the European Union."

Palm oil is in almost everything, and it’s devastating rainforests. This Bill Gates-backed company used microbes to create an alternative
Post

Palm oil is in almost everything, and it’s devastating rainforests. This Bill Gates-backed company used microbes to create an alternative

"To make its palm oil alternative, C16 Biosciences uses a wild type yeast microbe that makes a functional equivalent to palm oil with a kind of fermentation process. And fermentation — which is what has been used to make wine, beer and cheese for ages — is a 'really, really robust, scalable process,' Heller said."

There are 280 billion tons of mining waste. This startup is putting it to good use
Post

There are 280 billion tons of mining waste. This startup is putting it to good use

"Now, it’s working to partner with mining companies that want to get rid of waste (and potentially, in some cases, remediate old mining land so that it can have other uses, like a park). It’s also targeting old mines where waste has been sitting for decades—or even as long ago as the 1880s. Because it starts with waste,and doesn’t have to invest in drilling into the earth,the cost of the final materials can compete with minerals from polluting mines in China and other countries."

Carbon Re spins out of academia-land to take on cement pollution
Post

Carbon Re spins out of academia-land to take on cement pollution

"Planet A Ventures, a Berlin-based climate tech venture capital firm, led the £4.2 million round, with participation from Clean Growth Fund, UCL Technology Fund and Cambridge Enterprise. The new investment will enable Carbon Re to focus on rolling out its product to the global cement market. The next target the company has set itself is to expand into other energy-intensive industries, such as steel and glass."

Copyright © 2020 Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions