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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | The following report provides a thorough overview of the current and upcoming lithium-ion battery recycling targets and illustrates what it will take to meet these targets by all parties involved.  We are not only asking if we can meet our LIB recycling obligations; we are also asking if these recycling obligations are […]

Opinion: Nuclear Power Is the Best Climate-Change Solution by Far Wall Street Journal • 11-04-21 • By Andrew I. Fillat and Henry I. Miller Politics seems to have become inimical to critical thinking, and nowhere is this more obvious than climate change. Politicians peddle apocalypse and demand that Americans accept skyrocketing gasoline and home heating […]

Forget batteries. This 100-year-old technique provides cheap energy storage for wind and solar power Fast Company, 1-22-22 • 01-22-22 • By Andrew Blakers To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the U.S. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of […]

Editorial: Closing California’s last nuclear power plant would be a mistake Washington Post • 11-16-21 • By Editorial Board In 2018, California’s leaders decided to close the state’s last nuclear power plant, at Diablo Canyon, by 2025. Several months later, they approved a bill obligating the state to be carbon-neutral by 2045. These acts of […]

China mined a record amount of coal in 2021. It might produce even more this year CNN Business • 01-19-22 • By Laura He China produced more coal than ever last year as its power stations struggled to meet demand for electricity, undermining plans to curb carbon emissions. While the surge in output helped bring […]

As Tesla, Ford and others invest billions in EVs, will the power system be ready? Utility Dive • 11-03-21 • By Herman K. Trabish Transitioning transportation, the nation’s biggest source of carbon emissions, to clean electricity is urgent, but will not be easy, according to charging companies, auto industry analysts and others. President Joe Biden’s […]

Big winners from natural-gas crunch: Coal power plants in Europe Wall Street Journal • 11-17-21 • By Joe Wallace Coal power plants are running at full tilt in parts of Europe and enjoying a rare bout of massive profitability, a setback to efforts to cut carbon emissions. Under Europe’s climate policies, this shouldn’t be happening. […]

A $4B nuclear power plant backed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett is set for construction in Wyoming USA Today • 11-16-21 • By Trevor Hughes Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have chosen a remote town in Wyoming to build a new small nuclear power plant intended to help replace the coal-fired plants dotting […]

As woods give way to solar farms, state to issue controversial rules that could harm solar industry https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/12/metro/woods-give-way-solar-farms-state-issue-controversial-rules-that-could-harm-solar-industry/ When Brian Hagberg and his wife bought their home in a suburb west of Boston, the main appeal was the dense woods just off their backyard, which they were assured would never be developed Then two years […]