Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to Kurnik, hydroponics and aeroponic farming use less water and don't degrade soil like traditional farming, but for vertical farming to become environmentally sustainable on a carbon emissions level, these systems need to source electricity from renewables such as solar, wind or hydro.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, a decades-long effort to get a major climate package through Congress is over. Current supplies are made by reforming natural gas, which releases greenhouse gasses. Most importantly, it does not emit carbon when it’s used.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20 percent currently allocated to coal and 80 percent to natural gas and crude oil. Conservative estimates put direct U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

BHE’s giant wind fleet is shared between its unregulated and regulated utility businesses, with Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Company taking an early lead in capturing its plentiful regional wind power. Dominion's generation fleet centers around nuclear and gas.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Major natural gas and oil pipeline projects have been abandoned or halted by legal challenges. Even this lower-cost scenario would require about 70 gigawatts of new wind and solar to be added per year, however. What's at stake for the wind industry? Wind power’s reign as the leading source of U.S.

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