Oil and gas production generates so much excess methane, it’s cheaper to set it on fire in a process called flaring than it is to capture it for sale or storage. Just in the U.S., producers flare so much gas
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Europe’s Revent hits $68M hard cap on its climate, health & impact-focused fund
Last year I covered the launch of Berlin-HQ’d Revent — a new European early-stage with an “impact” focus — it was aimed to launch a €50 million ($60 million) fund to focus on climate tech, health, and well-being, and economic
Bhumi Pednekar to speak to Harvard Universitys students about climate conservation
Bhumi Pednekar has always raised her concerns and voice, over protecting nature. She leads the widely recognised social media initiative Climate Warrior. She is a climate change advocate who considers climate conservation the need of the hour. Through her initiative
Climate, Central Planning, and the Fed: The Raskin Nomination
Sarah Bloom Raskin participates in an open meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans at the Treasury Department in Washington D.C., October 2, 2014. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) The week of February 14: a central planner (possibly)
Envisioning Partners closes on $64M fund for climate tech startups
Most companies today recognize the importance of global warming. As such, they are redefining their goals in an effort to address the climate change issue. Envisioning Partners, a Seoul-based venture capital firm, has secured its latest impact fund, the oversubscribed
Behind Manchin’s Opposition, a Long History of Fighting Climate Measures
Mr. Manchin on Sunday argued that “the energy transition my colleagues seek is already well underway,” as the price of wind and solar energy drops, easing the utility and transportation sectors away from oil, gas and coal. But scientists say
Heresies in a Time of (Western) Climate Conformity
European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. (Ralph Orlowski/Reuters) The week of December 13: Climate policy, ‘socially responsible’ investment, China, taxation, and much, much more. Awise person told me recently that the Capital Letter tended to be on the bleak
Death by 1,000 Climate Faucis
The government’s pandemic power grab should make us more skeptical of climate policy. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he recent European riots in response to COVID shutdowns reminded us that pandemic disruptions are far from being behind us, especially now with
Albatross ‘Divorces’ May Be Climbing Because Of Climate Change
One of the most famously monogamous species of birds may be driven to “divorce” their partners at higher rates as a result of a warming planet, a new study found. Black-browed albatrosses have the reputation of mating for life and
The next front in Facebook’s misinformation battle: climate change
More than a year later, in January 2021, a Facebook employee noted a similar concern when searching for “climate change” on the social network’s video-on-demand service, Facebook Watch. The second result, according to the employee, was a video titled “Climate
Climate, Democracy, and Other People’s Money
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 1, 2021. (Christopher Furlong/Pool via Reuters) The week of November 1: COP-26, corporatism,
Don’t Buy the U.N. Climate Change Conference’s Scary Stories
Protestors at the Global Climate Strike of the movement Fridays for Future at Kramgasse Street in Bern, Switzerland, October 22, 2021. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters) Like all Halloween tales, they aren’t grounded in reality. Starting tomorrow, on Halloween, government leaders from around
Energy, Climate Policy, and Inflation
A woman walks her dog along Energy Street past a disused gas holder in Manchester, England, September 23, 2021. (Phil Noble/Reuters) The week of October 11: a grim cocktail (an energy crunch, inflation, and a supply-chain mess) and much, much
A Fundamental Millstone: Climate Policy and the Energy Crunch
Power lines near Ulm, Germany, in 2006. (Alexandra Beier/Reuters) The week of October 4: a higher debt ceiling, higher energy prices, spending, American banking with Chinese characteristics and much, much more. So, where were we? I was just getting ready
Some Democrats are worried climate provisions won’t pass before critical global meeting in November
“That is a real concern,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told CNN. “I think it’s critical that we go to Glasgow with the package of President (Joe) Biden’s proposals moving forward.” World leaders will attend the COP26 conference in November