"Of course both climate change and land drainage were important in causing the floods. But while one will take decades of international action to fix, the other could be healed locally."
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Young Americans Still Searching for Real Climate Leadership, According to New ACC Poll
The American Conservation Coalition (ACC) has released new polling on climate change. “Despite climate policy remaining a divisive topic in Congress, our survey showed that some solutions are hugely popular among young people. For example, nature-based solutions, as well as wind and solar power, unite young Americans despite their other policy disagreements.” Read more here.
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A Turning Point in the Climate Debate
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher’s Forgotten Environmental Strategy
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Decarbonizing Cement: An Interview With Brimstone Co-Founder Hugo Leandri
"We set ourselves apart from other companies because our proprietary process produces a cost-parity product which is identical in every way to conventionally produced Portland cement and we do not rely on costly carbon capture and sequestration."
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How a breakthrough in geothermal could change our energy grid
"If Altarock is going to reach those super hot temperatures beyond Newberry, they’re going to need to drill deeper. And that’s really hard to do with conventional drills. Instead, they’re hoping to use another type of new technology that sounds like science fiction: A heat ray to melt rocks. It’s called a millimeter wave — it’s kind of like a laser, in a different part of the spectrum."
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GM And Honda Partner To Create Sub-$30,000 Electric Vehicles
"The costs associated with developing EV technology will probably drive more such partnerships across automakers in the coming years. Ford is already working with Volkswagen and Toyota has partnered with Subaru."
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Plug Supplies Walmart with Green Hydrogen to Power Lift Fleet
"Walmart is among more than 20 organizations that are a part of Building the Clean Hydrogen Economy, which is piloting programs for the industrial, heavy machinery and power sectors across the US. SoCalGas has plans for an expansive hydrogen infrastructure system, Toyota is producing and distributing the clean gas as part of its Woven City project, and the hydrogen fuel cell market is expected to reach nearly $30 billion by 2028."
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Can AI help create less carbon-intensive concrete?
"Once the AI model came up with lower-carbon recipes for concrete, the researchers tasked a concrete supplier with whipping up the new batches. And since the new formulas had performed well in testing, Meta used them in construction on its data center in DeKalb, Illinois—specifically a guard tower and an office building for the construction crew."
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Reliable Power During the Energy Transition Requires Natural Gas
Todd Snitchler writes in RealClearEnergy on the importance of natural gas in an energy transition. “Until battery storage is available at sufficient scale to smooth over the natural ebbs and flows of intermittent generation, we will need natural gas to remain part of the vital fuel mix.” Read the full article here.
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An office tower with ‘solar skin’ to save 77 tons of CO2 each year
"Skala uses a 'thin-film PV module' atop a network that transfers the electricity generated into the building's main power supply. According to The Guardian, it can generate 50 times the energy of a typical rooftop photovoltaic solar array used in residential homes."
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