To rectify plastic's negative environmental impacts, many companies are focusing on identifying environmentally friendly raw materials that could be used to create bio-based plastics that will simply compost down.
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EverestLabs raises $16.1M for AI that sorts recyclables
"EverestLabs also sells a service to monitor the existing robotic sorting machines in recycling plants with a team of engineers who track metrics like pick efficiency and accuracy. The engineers also provide maintenance assistance, which Ambati pitches as a way for operators to focus on maintaining pace with the materials they receive and process."
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Why does Biden continue to hold back the nuclear energy industry?
"But one-off efforts are not enough. The current energy crisis demands a rethinking of all U.S. energy policy. We have spent decades trying to murder the nuclear industry. We’ll need to do more to revive it."
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Red Tape is Making Wildfires Worse
"But energy projects aren't the only area where the elimination of such red tape is needed: America's growing wildfire crisis has also been exasperated by bureaucratic sluggishness, and the problem deserves bipartisan attention."
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Exclusive: White House rules out ban on natural gas exports this winter
Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt of Reuters report that the White House has ruled out a ban on natural gas exports this winter. “The average cost of U.S. home heating is expected to rise 17.2% from last winter to $1,202, putting millions of low-income families at risk of falling behind on their energy bills, according...
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Alan Ahn Says Nuclear Is Still the Carbon-Free Fuel of the Future
"But nuclear technology has been in use for decades in the United States, and it still produces nearly a fifth of US electricity with virtually no carbon emissions. Its safety track record over that period is also remarkably solid."
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New York Wind Project Drops Federal Funding To Avoid Federal Permitting Headaches
"The situation in Albany is a perfect example of why federal permitting reform is needed—and a telling illustration of how environmental regulations can stand in the way of environmentally friendly development like wind power."
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Biden Administration Desperately Cozies Up To Venezuela
"Two years of oil and gas restrictions, reduced refinery capacity, and political and social pressure on companies across the value chain of oil and gas have affected America’s ability to raise output quickly in the face of rising oil prices. It’s not too late to lower oil prices, but it will have to start at home."
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GM Looks to Parlay Battery Work Into New Energy Business
"Other auto makers also have moved to leverage their experience developing battery-powered cars to delve into the energy space. Tesla Inc. operates an energy-storage business, which generated $866 million in revenue during the second quarter. Toyota Motor Corp. in June began sales in Japan of a battery-storage system for residential use."
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This Software Startup Doesn’t Just Aim To Profit, It Wants To Help Build A Greener Future
"The construction industry is responsible for an oversized chunk of the carbon emissions that cause climate change. More than a quarter of the total carbon comes from operating buildings — things like heating and cooling — and about 10% of the world’s emissions originate in the process of creating building materials, such as making steel and concrete. Part of Rheaply’s mission is to improve the secondary market for building supplies, thus reducing emissions and doing its part to save the planet."
