"Replacing fossil fuel-based energy with clean energy like wind power is essential to holding off the worsening effects of climate change. But that transition isn’t happening fast enough to stop global warming. Human activities have pumped so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that we will also have to remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away permanently."
"By clarifying that the standard for WOTUS, including wetlands, should be based on Scalia’s plurality opinion in Rapanos, the Supreme Court will ensure that the agencies have the clear guidance they need to develop a WOTUS regulatory definition that does properly reflect Supreme Court decisions, the Clean Water Act, and the Constitution. Absent this, there will be continued confusion."
"The deal is expected to accelerate progress toward Chevron's goal to grow renewable fuels production capacity to 100,000 barrels per day by 2030 and brings additional feedstock supplies and pre-treatment facilities, the company said in a statement."
"The White House pivot has also put the U.S. and its vast oil and gas reserves in shale rock back at the center of a global scramble for energy resources as a bulwark against petrostates and authoritarian regimes. The U.S. is the world’s largest oil and gas producer."
Leaders should develop real plans, such as steps to enable the free market to increase energy supplies and decrease energy prices while easing the eventual move to cleaner sources.
"Promoting panic and central planning to solve our greatest environmental challenges will ultimately be unsuccessful and only increase global and political temperatures. Durable climate solutions will require innovation in lieu of central planning, and prosperity rather than poverty. If we want to truly make a change this Earth Day we must embrace economic freedom."
"Startups marketing alternative crop fertilizers said they are gaining traction among U.S. farmers and investors, pitching themselves as a potentially cheaper option as prices for traditional fertilizers surge."
Renny Vandewege writes in Forbes about artificial intelligence combatting wildfires. “The promising results of innovation, computing power, and AI may give us the advanced warning and accurate predictions needed to take preventive measures well before the spark ignites.” Read the full article here.
To accelerate mining production of rare earth metals and elements, our government will need to modernize regulations to encourage the cleanest, safest and most technologically advanced mines and separation plants ever created to flourish.
Derya Ozdemir of Interesting Engineering writes on one town’s attempts to save bees. “In this photovoltaic installation, the solar plant project — 100 MW and 200 hectares — combines agricultural usage — 3 hectares of aromatic plants: sage, rosemary, oregano, and coriander — and beekeeping with 50 or 60 hives.” Read the full article here.
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