"Microreactors offer a range of benefits attractive to military bases. Chiefly, they remove reliance on the grid, which is 'vulnerable to prolonged outage due to a variety of threats' and can provide both the electricity and heat that bases need. Moreover, the US DoD sees its needs for electricity growing as it requires power to desalinate water, produce hydrogen and support increasing data processing as well as to power robots and directed-energy weapons such as lasers."
Operation Open Roads Aims to Reduce Supply Chain Backlog
Operation Open Roads aims to ease regulations that are impeding on economic progress and hamstringing supply chains.
Emissions tracking startups are attracting cash
"Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins led the funding round for San Francisco-based Watershed, which claims a valuation of $1 billion. Clients include Sweetgreen, Twitter, Airbnb and DoorDash."
Georgia-Pacific Mill is Working to Solve Papermaking’s Water Problem
An idea born in a single mill could have a ripple effect across the entire industry. Blankenship should be proud of his team and their work. What is happening at Georgia-Pacific demonstrates powerfully that market-based innovation truly is the best option when tackling some of our biggest challenges to sustainability.
After West Virginia v. EPA, Time for Elected Officials to Step Up
Many climate hawks may see the Supreme Court’s ruling as a setback for climate progress. Instead, it should be an opportunity for policymakers to step up, double down on innovation, and empower the private sector to deliver the energy and climate solutions Americans and the rest of the world need.
The Climate Importance of Carbon Capture
By placing a renewed emphasis on retroactive climate solutions and market innovation, a carbon capture-forward climate movement is one that can deliver true solutions.
Energy System Planning Is Best Done Without a Partisan Thumb on the Scale
"Planning a next generation energy system that balances a cleaner grid with sufficient dispatchable resources like natural gas with non-dispatchable resources to ensure reliability is vital. And there may be a productive role for the federal government to play. But putting a thumb on the scale in favor of one or two chosen resources that are more than capable of competing on their own is not the way to do it."
Congressman Michael Cloud Explains Role of American Innovation in Driving Environmental Progress
The latest fight in Washington D.C. is centered around the debt ceiling. Conservatives in the House of Representatives, led by Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX), have begun to offer durable solutions to lower the federal debt and take steps toward a more balanced budget. Rep. Cloud recently joined John Hart on Right Voices to discuss his...
This Startup Says It Can Breed A Better Tomato On Demand
"What Sound Agriculture did, Bayer explains, was develop a solution made up of pieces of the tomato’s own DNA that, when a plant is alive, helps to guide particular genes to turn themselves on or off. In this case, they selected bits of the plant DNA that regulated the cell walls of the tomato. The company soaked the tomato seeds in this solution as they started to germinate, locking in the gene expression pathway."
Tech Billionaires Bet on Fusion as Holy Grail for Business
"The Fusion Industry Association, based in Washington, D.C., has tracked more than $5 billion in private funding, with seven firms raising at least $200 million. Around 75% of fusion fundraising has happened since 2021, according to PitchBook."