ZeroAvia is aiming to create greener, cleaner skies.
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Ontario’s green-energy catastrophe
“‘Green New Deals’ for the post-pandemic recovery in the US and Europe should learn from the GEA.”
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Bill Gates-Led Fund Raises Another $1 Billion to Invest in Clean Tech
“Here’s more evidence the clean-tech boom is only getting bigger. Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the clean-tech venture capital fund led by Bill Gates, has raised $1 billion for a second round of investments after backing 45 startups with its first billion.”
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DOE’s Energy Storage Goal Builds on Bipartisan Initiatives
Article originally on ClearPath Bipartisan support for energy storage innovation is strong and growing. On July 14, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of “Long Duration Storage Shot,” part of DOE’s new “Energy Earthshots Initiative” to accelerate breakthrough energy technologies. Storage Shot builds on years of bipartisan initiatives on energy storage, including the Trump...
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New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio is using bees to create bioplastics
Rebecca Bellan reports in TechCrunch on New Zealand-based Humble Bee Bio. “Humble Bee, which just raised $3.2 million (NZD $5 million) in convertible notes as part of its Series A, has been studying the Australian masked bee, a type of solitary bee that doesn’t make honey, but does make a nesting material for laying larvae...
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Younger Republican Attitudes Toward Climate Change Are Drastically Changing
In recent times, young adolescents have grown hopeless about climate change. Leading the charge is the notion that the overwhelming majority of Republicans are climate skeptics, unwilling to act accordingly. However, new polling shows this falsehood is quickly changing as more younger Republicans are making climate policy a priority issue. A Gallup survey found that...
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Liquid battery startup Ambri ready to embark on first utility demonstration project with Xcel Energy
"Ambri is aiming to pilot its system with five additional partners while simultaneously developing standardized 1 MWh containerized battery units, which the company hopes to begin shipping to customers by 2025, Briggs said."
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Without States’ Involvement, Permitting Reform Won’t Be as Effective
"The U.S. cannot effectively address climate change or increase the nation’s energy production without permitting reform, and permitting reform will be much more valuable with states’ involvement."
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As extreme weather events worsen, 7Analytics meshes AI and big data to predict flooding
"While its technology is mainly used by construction companies in Norway for now, 7Analytics is expanding into new areas such as energy infrastructure, and is currently in talks with a handful of energy companies in the U.S."
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‘Degrowth’ Looks As Bad As It Sounds
"Less-necessary production is often in the eye of the beholder, but fuel, food, clothing and transportation might not be the first sectors that come to mind when consumers consider things they can do without. As for the goals of fewer private jets and a reduction in purchasing power among the rich, even ecological economists ought to understand that there will be a downside for those who produce what the rich purchase. The authors might consider what happened to shipyard workers when the U.S. Congress sought to soak the rich by applying a heavy tax on yachts in 1990. Sales plummeted, and so did jobs."
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