Clean energy's yearly report cardEvery year, the Business Council for Sustainable Energy partners with BloombergNEF to produce the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, a compilation of charts, graphs, and statistics about the US clean-energy industry and where it's headed. I talk with the president of BCSE…
Taking carbon out of the air and putting it into concreteA newly announced project will combine two cutting-edge processes: one will pull CO2 out of the ambient air; the other will inject the CO2 into concrete, where it will be permanently sequestered. If it works, it could help convince investors that direct air capture (DAC) has a…
How big business sold America the myth of the free marketThe Big Myth, a new book from Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway, tells the story of how big business mounted a series of massive, well-funded propaganda campaigns to convince Americans of the value of unfettered, unrestrained markets. I spoke with Conway about it at an event for…
How to think about solar radiation managementGlobal temperatures are likely to rise over the next 30 to 40 years no matter what we do. One way to mitigate those short-term risks is to seed the atmosphere with particles that reflect back some sunlight. Talk with an advocate for solar radiation management (SRM) about what we…
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