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Big Oil Firms Touted Algae as Climate Solution. Now All Have Pulled Funding

DeSmogBlog

Even so, every algae researcher who spoke to the Guardian said a real effort to commercialize biofuels, algal or otherwise, requires several billion dollars, and a long-term dedication to overcoming seemingly fundamental biological limitations of wild organisms. And no oil company was willing to go that far.

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Solar100’s Jon Powers: The Chief Sustainability Officer of Solar

GreenTechMedia

You might not know that he’s also an army veteran, former Federal Chief Sustainability Officer under the Obama Administration, and a multi-hyphenate who’s dedicated his career to public service, renewable energy, and sustainability. Starting in renewable energy.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

These technologies include the use of insects, ‘fake meat’ made from plants, lab-grown meat, vertical farming, genetic modification (GMO), micro-organisms (such as algae) and 3D printing of food in general. Especially the combination of these technologies can virtually annihilate all climate issues related to food within five to ten years.

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My exclusive interview with ChatGPT about AI, climate tech and sustainability

Business Green

In that spirit, I recently sat down (well, at least one of us was sitting) with ChatGPT to discuss climate tech and corporate sustainability. ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence can be considered as a climate technology in some cases, but it is not inherently a climate technology. Makower: Great.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Join me on this quest in which we start by looking into how the Arctic is doing, before making an overview of predictions on ‘when everything is gone’ by various renowned organizations. As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt. How is the Arctic doing?

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Waves of Abandonment

DeSmogBlog

A nascent but growing body of research suggests that these sorts of leaks make oil and gas wells significant contributors to climate change — especially if they’re not plugged. Since then, its lease has changed hands six times, according to state records. A drill rig in the setting sun. Ector County, Texas. May 28, 2020.

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Waves of Abandonment

DeSmogBlog

A nascent but growing body of research suggests that these sorts of leaks make oil and gas wells significant contributors to climate change — especially if they’re not plugged. Since then, its lease has changed hands six times, according to state records. A drill rig in the setting sun. Ector County, Texas. May 28, 2020.

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