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Floating Nuclear Power Plants Could Save Numerous Lives

R-Squared Energy

Last month the Akademik Lomonosov, a first-of-its-kind floating nuclear plant built by Russian state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, arrived at Pevek, a port town on the remote Chukotka Peninsula in the Russian Arctic. There, the plant is expected to provide power to about 100,000 homes. No Free Lunch.

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Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

DeSmogBlog

That’s the assessment of major environmental organizations based in South Korea and Japan, whose representatives told DeSmog that rather than increasing east and southeast Asia’s dependance on an economically volatile and planet-warming energy source it would be much better for the region to shift from coal directly into renewables. “We

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The future of clean hydrogen in the US could hinge on a new tax credit

The Verge: Energy

The problem is that today, most hydrogen is made with the help of fossil fuels — mostly through a process called steam-methane reforming that produces carbon dioxide emissions. Methane is an even more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, and routinely escapes along the supply chain from production to final use.

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What is in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022? We summarize.

38 North Solutions

Methane and Superfund. -$15 ZERO EMISSION NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION CREDIT. Creates a new production tax credit for nuclear power. Entity would be a nonprofit organization and not under the direct purview of the federal government. . -$100 billion. . . Total Spending. -$485 485 billion. 470 billion.

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

1, 2020 rules adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) came into effect that substantially decreased the amount of sulfur allowed in maritime fuels with the goal of cutting sulfur oxide emissions from ships by 77%. Rules Refresh The shipping industry has undergone major regulatory shifts already. Regulatory rewind: On Jan.1,

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Meanwhile, Shell would commission British scientist James Lovelock — later a renowned proponent of the “Gaia Theory” of earth as a self-regulating organism — to investigate the possible global consequences of pollution from fossil fuels. -based Center for International Environmental Law has reported.

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Big Oil’s Been Secretly Validating Critics’ Concerns about Carbon Capture

DeSmogBlog

Climate and environmental justice organizations , some climate and energy experts, and some lawmakers, are speaking out against the false promise of CCS. A methane flare at an oil and gas site in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Numerous projects have failed or underperformed.

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