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Beating the Authoritarian Playbook on Climate Change

to convey the need for things like command-and-control over production ... enforced consensus on sacrifice and commitment to the cause. Five or ... seized and devoted to protecting the U.S., an “America for Americans

The Calculus on Direct Air Capture

compressed and sent to storage, keeping it out of the atmosphere for many years ... to remove carbon from the atmosphere. It doesn’t need to be placed on ... initiatives to help reach their net-zero goals, which results in revenue for the

Empowering Tomorrow: Lessons from the Hult Prize Challenge on Clean Energy Startups

the future than through entrepreneurship? Everyone working to combat ... Energy became the first private fusion company to generate revenue when it ... University teams selected globally, we flew in to present our startup on energy

DOE’s Lifeline to Transmission Siting for Renewables

obstacles in two ways. The project will use HVDC technology, as opposed to ... ’s involvement on the federal government’s ability to overcome state opposition to ... challenges as it attempts to begin construction in 2017, aiming for completion

The Coal Dilemma

remains an inexpensive and reliable way to produce electricity for countries ... prospects for countries with significant impact on the global coal industry ... to eliminate the need for imports, the country’s reserves—an estimated

Nord Stream 2 Readies First Line for Natural Gas, But Start-Up Still in the Offing

Extra-Metabolic Energy: The Power to Sustain or Destroy

earth’s natural history. For the first time, fire allowed us to ... resource is what has driven evolution since the dawn of life on Earth. For ... photosynthetic organisms, by finding a new way to harness energy, led the planet

Barcelona Wants to Build 500 Superblocks. Here’s What it Learned From the First Ones

The Net-Zero Governance Conveyor Belt

scientific answer on the single right path to net zero for a given country ... standards, and made mandatory through regulation. In this way the “groundswell ... shape the “ground rules” for the economy overall to better align to the

A Preview of Key Energy Challenges for the 2020s

neatly divided by the decade.  Going way back, the 1880s stood out for the ... point to a more difficult path forward for fossil energy.  In the U.S. the ... scheduled to go offline through 2025 despite support from the Trump