There are times when BELIEVING IN YOURSELF feels like an ACT OF REBELLION. Oh, but what a BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, COURAGEOUS act of rebellion.
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Catherine Clifford
@CatClifford
Climate innovation and tech reporter for . Fellow . Alumna Energy Journalism Initiative. Also, lots of yoga. Cat.Clifford@nbcuni.com.
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Reminder that 's biggest personal investment (at least as of Nov 2021) was in nuclear fusion company Helion. Read 's coverage here: cnbc.com/2021/11/05/sam and her visit to Helion here:
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When I decided to commit 100% of my time to climate, I was in the middle of a grad program in statistics thinking I'd get a PhD and work on the ethics of AI for the rest of my life. But after reading the 2018 IPCC report, I knew it was climate or bust.
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Aside from being a neat piece of art, the periodic table reminds me of how one discovery can lead to countless others.
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In Bill Gates’ office, there’s a wall with the periodic table complete with actual samples of each item. 
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. from recently discussed a new, record-cheap technique developed by the that can capture carbon dioxide as it’s emitted from power plants and factories:
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My op ed on the state of transmission policy. We've got a lot of unfinished business! (scroll down a bit in the Cipher newsletter). Thanks !
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In Cipher this week, we reflect on the strides clean energy made in 2022, w/ a Data Dive exploring recent findings from @BloombergNEF and @EmberClimate. Plus: A Voices article on building a more reliable grid from @RobGramlichDC & Singapore’s Supertrees: nt-z.ro/3HmMOQp
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. CEO said the $650 million $GM deal is just the beginning of automakers looking to secure their access to minerals key for EV production. “The rush for lithium has just started. It is a land grab,” Moores told CNBC.
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. plans to invest $650 million into to secure access to lithium, a vital component of batteries for EVs. GM CEO Mary Barra said 2023 would be “a breakout year” for its Ultium Platform, which is the automakers' battery platform for EVs.
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Additional details on GM lithium investment from : $GM to invest $650 million in a lithium company to support its electric vehicle business
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The steel manufacturing industry is a major source of GHGs. BEV portfolio company Boston Metal is working to decarbonize the steel industry with an electrolysis process that eliminates the need for coal in steel production. More from : cnbc.com/2023/01/27
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Energy giant says the global energy markets are undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by the "energy trilemma": sustainability, security, affordability. Global warming & the war in Ukraine are central factors in the current market, BP says.
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BP says demand for oil and gas will drop dramatically by 2050 in 'decisive shift'
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After visiting the Dearborn blast furnace - clean steel can't come soon enough.
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Steel is the backbone of the modern world & also the $1.6 trillion industry is responsible for 7 to 9% of CO2 emissions. Steel giant @ArcelorMittal says clean steel is its future. So it led the $120M round in Boston Metal, an @MIT spinout, announced today. cnb.cx/3j7vSFu
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Good chat with on the future of energy investing.
The energy transition is not just about climate. It's about national security, foreign policy, and economic prosperity...
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Steel is the backbone of the modern world & also the $1.6 trillion industry is responsible for 7 to 9% of CO2 emissions. Steel giant says clean steel is its future. So it led the $120M round in Boston Metal, an spinout, announced today.
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Microsoft and ArcelorMittal back MIT spinout trying to green the $1.6 trillion steel industry
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Microsoft and ArcelorMittal back MIT spinout trying to green the $1.6 trillion steel industry
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How much lithium is needed to electrify the car-dependent status quo vs transforming the transportation system to increase mass transit, walking & cycling? Our new report finds dramatic differences. We can achieve more mobility with less mining 1/ climateandcommunity.org/more-mobility-
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Scientists at @PNNLab have a new technique for capturing carbon at $39/metric ton, the cheapest ever reported in a peer-reviewed journal. Pulling CO2 from an emissions flue is exponentially cheaper than direct CO2 capture, or "vacuuming" it out of the air. cnb.cx/3J9MB5N
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Scientists at have a new technique for capturing carbon at $39/metric ton, the cheapest ever reported in a peer-reviewed journal. Pulling CO2 from an emissions flue is exponentially cheaper than direct CO2 capture, or "vacuuming" it out of the air.
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Fascinating 🏭
"Capturing it before it ever gets out there, when it’s $39 a ton to capture, versus capturing it when it’s already in the atmosphere for $200-plus a ton, makes a lot more sense.”
cnbc.com/2023/01/24/new
#carbon #carbonneutral #carboncapture
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It's a lot cheaper to stop CO2 from getting into the air in the first place than it is to suck it up after it's been emitted, and scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Lab have just discovered a new record-cheap way to do it…lnkd.in/gRPu_F8Y
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New technique from U.S. national lab promises to strip carbon dioxide emissions at record-low cost
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Key 2023 themes for #NuclearPower via :
- Energy security as countries move away from Russia (key player in #uranium conversion)
- Higher conversion & enrichment prices boost uranium spot prices
- #EnergyTransition = more interest in #nuclear
$URA $URNM
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“The IRA will completely reshape the #renewables supply chain in the US, incentivising the reopening of shuttered facilities as well as provide opportunities to build entire equipment supply chains from scratch," says
#solar #wind #lithium #EVs #cleanenergy
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Amazon, Meta and Alphabet are the top 3 corporate purchasers of wind and solar energy, according to a report from the American Clean Power Association. reports.
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NEW: Greta Thunberg on Thursday accused the political and business elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, of prioritizing self-interest and short-term profits over people and the planet.
Here's the full story:
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Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering, forcing startup to pause operations
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The startup , which was experimenting with releasing sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight in order to cool the earth, said it would pause operations for now after the Mexican government cracked down on solar geoengineering.
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Technology companies like , & are leading the charge of companies buying #wind and #solar power, according to ACP's newly released #CleanEnergyPowersAmericanBiz Report.
's reports on the corporate purchasing findings.
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The tech industry has been leading the charge in corporate procurements of wind & solar, according to a new report from . , Facebook parent company , & , owned by parent company Alphabet, are the top 3 corporate purchasers. cnb.cx/3ZF2aZ3
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Amazon, Meta and Google buy more clean energy than any other companies
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We are excited to announce our Series A led by with investment from , , and other angels. We will use this $21M to grow our commercial teams to plant millions of trees across land in the US. reuters.com/business/susta
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To me, Wikipedia and Reddit are the two biggest individuals success of the internet and they both rely on volunteers to enforce community guidelines. I don't think that's a coincidence.
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Wikipedia didn’t have to exist. It exists because of the hard work of millions of volunteers who like making the world better. I am so grateful to those people, both for the resource, and for reminding me of how weird and good humanity can be.
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South Korea shows how deep decarbonizarion of the energy grid in the medium term is possible.
Short answer: renewables + nuclear.
Cc:
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It should’ve gotten more attention when the world’s best economist said climate change requires “a fundamental reconsideration of some of the field's most deeply held assumptions.”
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One happy camper.
A whole lot of medical isotopes are coming out of the research reactor.
60% of the world’s Iodine-125 which is used in brachytherapy to treat prostate cancer and now Holmium-166 to treat liver tumours!
Keep on splitting on friends!
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This is fascinating! Swiss company Climeworks has removed CO2 from air, put it underground buff.ly/3H41yVp by
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