"He would not find himself wondering for too long. Already in search of a retirement hobby, the timing felt right to explore what he referred to as 'a calling' to search for lost apple varieties. After connecting with a small community of rare orchard growers and diving into extensive research, Brown began to track down forgotten fruit trees and share their produce again with the world."
JPMorgan agrees to purchase $200 million worth of carbon removal
"JPMorgan also signed a deal with Charm Industrial, a carbon storage company that converts excess organic material such as corn stover — the stalks, leaves and cobs that remain in fields after the corn harvest, and which would otherwise decay and release carbon dioxide into the air — into a bio-oil and then put that oil into the ground in abandoned oil wells. The deal with Charm aims to remove and store the equivalent of approximately 28,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide over five years."
Biden’s plan to phase out gas-powered cars is all pain for consumers and no gain
"Through regulation, the Biden administration wants to put the U.S. on a glide path to California’s rule to eliminate sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles altogether by 2035. Just as many Americans enjoy driving electric vehicles, others prefer gasoline-powered cars. Their choice of cars should be preserved."
Westinghouse secures contract extension to fuel U.K. AGRs
"EDF Energy’s current fleet of operating AGR plants includes the two-unit Hartlepool in Durham, the co-located two-unit Heysham 1 and two-unit Heysham 2 in Lancashire, and the two-unit Torness in East Lothian. This March, EDF Energy announced that it intends to keep the Hartlepool and Heysham 1 stations in operation to March 2026—two years past their previously scheduled 2024 retirement dates. The estimated March 2028 closure dates for Heysham 2 and Torness remain unchanged."
An Innovative Solution to Reduce Air Travel’s Climate Impact
With the help of data and AI, American Airlines may be on to a cost-effective solution to significantly reduce the climate effect of contrails.
Chemical fertilizer is a climate disaster. Can high-tech biology fix it?
"There’s an old joke that a farmer’s top three priorities are yield, yield and yield. Some scientists remain skeptical that Pivot’s biological solutions can replace chemical solutions on a grand scale without hurting yields. But so far, most of Pivot’s customers are coming back for more, which suggests they’re seeing financial benefits. Those benefits could increase if more countries crack down on nitrous oxide, as the Dutch government did in January. And the economics could become even more favorable as fledgling carbon markets begin to reward farmers for reducing emissions from fertilizer use."
In climate fight, Europe’s olive, wine farmers turn to tech and tradition
"Spanish farmer Miguel Moreno was an early adopter of so-called cover crops. He began growing grasses alongside trees almost 30 years ago to stop water draining away down the hill on his 74-hectare olive grove in the southern region of Andalusia."
Maritime industry explores nuclear power for ships as technology opens up
"A survey in May by the International Chamber of Shipping association said nuclear fuel was being viewed with more interest than in 2021, with some seeing nuclear-powered commercial ships being viable within the next decade."
China’s new coal projects account for 90% of global total in first half – study
A new Reuters study shows that 90% of global coal consumption in the first half of 2020 took place in China.
Is this Chicago-area startup the ‘Tesla of heavy-duty’ trucking?
"Blumreiter and Johnson co-founded ClearFlame Engine Technologies to market engine technology that allows trucks, generators and other motors to run on a variety of low-emissions fuels such as ethanol, methanol or liquid ammonia. While these fuels are not zero emissions, various studies have shown pure ethanol’s life cycle greenhouse gas emissions are roughly 40 percent to 50 percent less than petroleum-based fuel."
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