low carbon economy
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Staggering Quantities of Valuable Metals Are Winding Up in the Garbage Bin
To build all of the solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries, and other technologies necessary to fight climate change, we’re going to need a lot more metals. Mining those metals from the Earth creates damage and pollution that threaten ecosystems and communities. But there’s another potential source of the copper, nickel, aluminum, and rare-earth…
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For Earth Day, Houston Public Media Is Promoting… Chevron?
One might not associate “public media” with “carrying water for the oil and gas industry,” but it’s 2022, and anything can happen. On Wednesday, Houston Public Radio, which encompasses the city’s NPR affiliate as well as its public broadcasting network, unveiled a series it produced with oil giant Chevron on the energy transition — and,…
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Nebraska Becomes the First Red State to Set a Decarbonization Target
The clean energy revolution has come to the heartland. Nebraska became the first red state in the U.S. with a goal of completely cleaning up its electric grid on Thursday. The plan has a few areas where it needs to be shored up and is by no means a slam dunk — but it’s certainly…
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Top Gas Exporters Say They’re Victims of ‘Cancel Culture’
The woke mob has moved on from Aaron Rodgers to find something new to stuff into the “cancel culture casket.” That something is poor, misunderstood fossil fuels.