"Nuclear is a unique and underutilized power source. Not only does it safely and securely produce clean, emissions-free electricity, but it’s among the most versatile energy sources we have and can be used for a myriad of industrial applications."
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This new magnetic powder can capture microplastics in water
"Conventional filters used to clean up plastic can’t capture the smallest fragments, and even nano-sized filters designed specifically for the task work slowly, if at all. Clean-up approaches that accelerate the breakdown of plastic can release other pollution, and still don’t work quickly enough for wastewater treatment plants. This new technology can work within an hour, the researchers say. The plastic that’s captured can then be recycled."
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Products Made With Captured Greenhouse Gas Are Reaching Commercial Scale
"The company took about a decade to develop a process using microbes that suck up methane or carbon dioxide to grow a biological material called polyhydroxybutyrate, which is used to make biodegradable resins that can replace plastic. The private company sources captured emissions from dairy farms, ethanol plants and landfills, and is expanding into coal mines and exploring direct-air capture."
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The Boring Truth About Nuclear Waste
"The current generation of nuclear power reactors in the United States runs on uranium, formed into a ceramic somewhat like the material that makes up a coffee mug. The ceramic comes in the form of pellets about the size of a pencil eraser, and these are stacked in long, thin tubes. The tubes are bundled together into fuel assemblies that are up to 15 feet long and weigh about 1,000 pounds each. When they are new, they are barely radioactive, and technicians can handle them wearing cotton gloves."
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Seaweed Could Change Packaging As We Know It
Seaweed is poised to become the next environmentally friendly way to package food.
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Enriched Ag discusses its $9m mega-seed round & how it could help ranchers rein in cattle emissions
"Founded in 2019, Enriched Ag wants to equip ranchers with both tools and insights to better manage grazing practices on their land as well as make decisions around carbon capture. Three different data insight products constitute the Enriched Ag platform: one for grazing, another for carbon and a third for supply chain."
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One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Clean Fuel
"Some of the predictions in 'Back to the Future' proved too far-fetched. Flying cars seem as distant today as they were in the 1980s. But power from trash? Today trash represents a permanent carbon-negative source of natural gas. Voluntary transactions in RNG, and the micro-scale process improvements that have boosted this market, suggest a far more circular economy on the horizon."
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Amazon Web Services plans to be water positive by 2030
"'It’s good for the environment, it’s good for the convenience of our customers, and it’s good for Amazon economics,' he added."
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NET Power is Bringing Carbon-Free Natural Gas to Texas
The Durham, NC-based clean energy startup is pioneering a net-zero natural gas plant.
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Is Green Hydrogen The Fuel Of The Future? This CEO Is Betting On It
Alan Ohnsman of Forbes writes about Plug Power, which is ramping up green hydrogen production. “Amazon plans to purchase over 10,000 tons of it a year in a deal worth up to $2.1 billion and Plug Power will also provide Walmart with enough fuel for 9,500 warehouse fuel cell forklifts. The company is also preparing to sell...