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US nuclear start-ups battle funding challenge in race to curb emissions
Jamie Smyth of The Financial Times reports on the funding challenges of nuclear energy startups. Advanced nuclear energy projects have come under scrutiny lately after NuScale was forced to cancel its...
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Natural Gas Can Deliver Energy Justice and Climate Progress in Africa
Gracelin Baskaran and Qull Robinson of CSIS write about the importance of natural gas to Africa. Africa is home to over 600 million people who do not have access to reliable energy, a figure that must...
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Farmers race to innovate as climate change threatens African food supply
Katharine Houreld of The Washington Post reports on ways that African farmers are countering hunger. Drought, extreme weather, and a lack of international financing have impacted Africa’s agriculture...
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Bill Gates-Backed Group Supporting New Energy Storage Technology
Darrell Proctor of Power reports on a new thermal energy storage system. Fourth Power has raised $19 million to scale its energy storage technology that the startup claims will be more cost-effective...
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When Climate Ambitions Meet Energy Realities
In what is simultaneously receiving praise for being a historic achievement and criticism for not being ambitious enough, nearly 200 countries closed COP28 by agreeing to transition away from fossil...
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Will Colorado River Conservation Commitments Make a Difference?
Water management is an ongoing struggle of the American West, and the Colorado River is the very picture of these woes. The river currently provides water for 40 million people across multiple states...
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Time to Bring Nuclear Energy Into the 21st Century
Jack Spencer outlines reforms to American nuclear power in RealClearEnergy. Expanding nuclear energy will be done by modernizing regulations and investing in cutting edge innovation. One reform that...
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Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better...
Christina Larson of the Associated Press reports on how poverty is hurting the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon’s deforestation is partially a result of poverty as people deforest the land to try and...
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NYC removes zoning restrictions for rooftop solar, energy storage and...
Joe Burns of UtilityDive reports on NYC’s move to reduce zoning restrictions for clean energy. The “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality” initiative in New York City has passed zoning changes to increase...
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The Next Chips to Transform EVs Could Be Made From Wood
Rhiannon Hoyle of The Wall Street Journal reports on a technology that could transform how EVs are made. Graphite, which is primarily produced in China, is a central component to electrification and...
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With Pivot Bio, Farmers Can Say Goodbye to Noxious Nitrogen Waste
Agriculture is a significant contributor to global emissions, with roughly five percent of worldwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributed to the synthetic fertilizer supply chain alone. About...
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COP28: A Win for Climate Realism
The COP28 UN climate conference in Dubai ended last week with a flurry of self-congratulatory commentary about the “historic” nature of the final agreement in which parties, for the first time,...
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Rising peak demand, 83 GW of planned retirements create blackout risks for...
Robert Walton of UtilityDive reports on blackout risk for the U.S. grid. The U.S. grid is expected to lose 83 gigawatts of fossil and nuclear generation over the next ten years all while demand is...
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The Future of Nuclear Energy Will Be Decided In Idaho
Will Wade of Bloomberg writes on the important work of Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has developed, and continues to develop, groundbreaking innovations in the world of...
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From kicks to compost: Puma’s playbook for circular sneakers
Elsa Wenzel of GreenBiz reports on Puma’s circular sneakers. Making a sneaker can generate 30 pounds of CO2 and because they are hard to recycle, over 90 percent of old footwear ends up in landfills....
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The Case for Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform
Morgan Brummund writes in RealClearEnergy about the case for bipartisan energy permitting reform Permitting roadblocks hurt American energy security and stall climate progress. Despite legislative...
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Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature
Ameya Paleja of Interesting Engineering reports on a new machine that can remove methane 100 times faster than nature. The team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen created a reaction chamber...
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The Florida Barrier Reef’s Last Stand
C.J. Ciaramella of Reason reports on efforts to save Florida’s barrier reef. Over 97 percent of the Florida Reef Tract, America’s only great barrier reef, has died due to pollution, bleaching events...
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A Shale Oil CEO’s Second Act: Going Green
Phred Dvorak of The Wall Street Journal reports on a shale CEO who is going green. Tony Sanchez used to run an oil and gas company but has recently made the transition to clean fuels. His new company,...
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Food producers turn to greener fertilisers to reduce carbon footprints
Susannah Savage of The Financial Times reports on food companies’ efforts to reduce their carbon footprints. Companies in EU will be forced to disclose the emissions from all of their supply chains...
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