The Lone Star state is a geothermal sleeping giant
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Venezuela’s Oil Industry, Reopening to Investors, Is Major Polluter
"'It’s not even happening once in a while anymore, we’re now talking about spills and leaks that are practically constant because there’s no personnel to handle them,' Mr. Quero said. Venezuela has seen many experienced oil field technicians and laborers flee the country over the past decade as the economy tanked and as the collapse of the local currency, the bolivar, rendered salaries the equivalent of a few U.S. dollars a month, oil union leaders say."
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Genetically Modified Trees Are Taking Root to Capture Carbon
Margaret Osborne of Smithsonian Magazine reports on a startup that is using genetically modified trees to capture carbon. “In 2021, Living Carbon received a $500,000 grant from the Department of Energy, which predicted that the genetically engineered trees could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere if planted at scale, writes John...
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Three States that are Advancing Energy Innovation
By implementing pro-growth policies at the state and federal levels, policymakers can ease burdens to allow innovators and entrepreneurs to continue this remarkable progress.
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Why Is There Buzz About Pink Hydrogen?
Pink hydrogen could soon play a key role in our clean energy mix.
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Battery recycling, two ways
Mike De Socio writes in GreenBiz on battery recycling methods. “Because the cathode materials in EV batteries are often the most carbon-intensive piece, Ascend’s recycling process can render batteries a lot more sustainable. ‘We are able to reduce the carbon footprint of our cathode materials by over 90 percent,’ O’Kronley said. ‘Just by swapping out...
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Current Climate: Funding For Carbon-Reduction Tech Hits $4.2 Billion
Katie Jennings and Alan Ohnsman of Forbes report on carbon-reduction funding. “Last year investors pumped nearly $4.2 billion into startups working on technology to reduce CO2 emissions, up from $3.6 billion in 2021, according to PitchBook. The number of deals also increased to 204 in 2022 from 167 in 2021. Svante, a Canada-based carbon capture startup,...
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DeSantis, Pence allies launching campaign to speed energy approvals
"'This truly bipartisan effort will help America once again lead the next century in reliable, affordable and clean energy,' Kott said in a statement. 'We need an all-of-the-above approach to meet our climate goals and power our economy.'"
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How Fusion Power Can Help Balance the Federal Budget
Balancing the budget while investing in breakthrough technologies like fusion should be a “yes, and” winning proposition for America’s economic strength and energy security.
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Senate overturns federal rule on ESG investments, Biden vows to veto
"'The last thing we should do is encourage fiduciaries to make decisions with a lower rate of return for purely ideological reasons,' Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, the Senate’s lead sponsor of the bill, said earlier this month."
