NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission on Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the m...
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How the U.S. government can keep household debt in check
On Aug. 24, President Biden announced the cancellation of $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most borrowers making less than $125,000 annually. But student loans account for less than 10% of hou...
Japan is pivoting to more nuclear power — the IEA says it’s good news
This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines in front of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The country is now planning to use more nuclear power in the years ahead. Korekore | Istock | G...
California bans the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
A charging port on a 2022 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring plug-in hybrid vehicle during AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 18, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomber...
Norway invests in Indian solar project, sees it as a priority market
India is targeting a major ramp up of its renewable energy capacity, but achieving its aims represents a big challenge. Puneet Vikram Singh | Moment | Getty Images Norway’s Climate Investment Fu...
Inflation Reduction Act could cut climate damages by $1.9 trillion
President Joe Biden signs The Inflation Reduction Act with (left to right) Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY; House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-SC; Rep. Frank Pallo...
Flash flooding in Texas forces road closures and rescues
Brooke Conley looks for personal items to salvage at her flooded wellness studio in the Fair Park section of Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Residents are cleaning up the day after heavy rains across ...
Japan just signaled a big shift in its post-Fukushima future
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida photographed during a news conference on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Rodrigo Reyes-Marin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The prime minister of Japan said Wednesday that ...
Texas Senator Ted Cruz Says Bitcoin Can Bring Prosperity, Calls BTC Mining a Net Plus for Environment
United States Senator Ted Cruz believes that Bitcoin and BTC mining are beneficial to both the economy and the environment. Cruz says at the Texas Blockchain Summit event that Bitcoin generates prospe...
Twelve makes jet fuel from CO2; signs deal with Microsoft, Alaska Air
Sustainable aviation fuel, commonly called SAF, has so far been expensive to produce, but new startups are now creating clean fuels out of carbon at a much cheaper cost. Now, new tax credits for clean...
Australian bank to scrap loans for new diesel and gasoline cars
Cars and buses in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, May 25, 2020. Authorities in the country are looking to set up a National Electric Vehicle Strategy. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Austra...
Bitcoin Mining is a ‘Net Plus’ for the Environment: US Senator Ted Cruz
United States Senator Ted Cruz has showered accolades on Bitcoin mining as a venture, taking a wildly divergent view from major critics who believe Bitcoin mining is damaging to the environment. Acco...
Texas senator lauds Bitcoin mining as ‘a net plus for the environment’
Texas senator Ted Cruz has suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) mining is an added advantage to the environment, dispelling the perennial concerns about the asset’s energy consumption. Cruz stated that crypt...
What happens to our assets in a stagflationary environment? Will smart money eventually move into BTC?
Inflation has become one of the most pressing global economic issues today. Rising prices have drastically reduced both the overall wealth and the purchasing power of a huge chunk of the developed wor...
Bill Gates Is Ecolab’s Largest Shareholder. He Just Scooped Up More Shares.
Text size Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been buying shares of Ecolab. Leon Neal/WPA Pool /Getty Images Ecolab ’s largest shareholder, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bought more shares of the p...
US lawmakers eye environmental impact of crypto mining
US House lawmakers are seeking information from four crypto mining companies in an effort to understand the environmental impacts of blockchain technology. The House Energy and Commerce Committee sent...
China issues first national drought emergency scorching temperatures
The Jialing River bed at the confluence with the Yangtze River is exposed due to drought on August 18, 2022 in Chongqing, China. Vcg | Getty Images China issued its first drought emergency this year a...
China’s heatwave could have knock-on effect on its economy: Economist
A citizen wearing a breathing mask to escape heat rides on the road on May 23, 2019 in China. The electricity load in the Chinese province of Henan reached a new record on Monday, primarily driven by ...
London to face water restrictions from next week, Thames Water says
A man walks in Greenwich Park, London, on August 14, 2022. On August 17, Thames Water said a Temporary Use Ban covering London and the Thames Valley would begin next week. Dominic Lipinski | PA Images...
BlackRock to invest over $700 million in Australian battery storage
Wind turbines in Australia. Earlier this year, a report from Australia’s Clean Energy Council said renewables were responsible for 32.5% of the country’s electricity generation in 2021. Jo...
SoftBank-backed Ola Electric wants to launch India-built EV in 2024
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal appears on screen during a presentation in August 15, 2021. The company’s EV-arm, Ola Electric, plans to launch an electric car in 2024. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | G...
Dodge Challenger, Charger to be discontinued in 2023
2022 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat (left) and 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock Dodge DETROIT — Dodge will discontinue its gas-powered Challenger and Charger muscle cars at the end of next year, marki...
Bill Gates’ nuclear company TerraPower raises $750 million
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and Chair of the Gates Foundation, walks to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Diet...
Automakers investing in the South as EVs change the auto industry
Jack Weaver, an 82-year-old retired dairy farmer whose house sits on a Civil War battlefield, lives near General Motors’ Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. Michael Wayland / CNBC SPRING HILL, Tenn....
Crypto needs ‘enabling environment,’ Philippines central bank says
Amid the rising cryptocurrency adoption in the Philippines, the country’s central bank is seeking measures to better protect investors through elevating local crypto awareness. The Philippine central ...
DecentWorld Launches the First 3D City Environment
[PRESS RELEASE – ZUG, Switzerland, August 1, 2022] The ever-growing DecentWorld community can now have a stroll through the 3D render of the most modern version of Dubai. Swiss-owned metaverse and blo...
We’ll have to burn additional coal in the short term, CFO of RWE says
An excavator photographed at a lignite mine operated by RWE on April 8, 2022. RWE says it wants to be carbon neutral by 2040. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images The chief financial officer of Germa...
What Color Is Your Hydrogen? Not All Hydrogen Is Clean.
Green hydrogen is made by using clean electricity from renewable energy technologies to electrolyse … [+] water (H2O), separating the hydrogen atom within it from its molecular twin oxygen. gett...
Inflation Reduction Act EV tax credits could hurt sales
Tesla cars charge next to a traditional Texaco gas station on July 17, 2022 in Nephi, Utah. With more electric cars on the road, lack of charging infrastructure is becoming more of a problem for EV ow...
Ford CEO doesn’t expect electric vehicle battery costs to drop soon
Ford CEO Jim Farley poses with the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, May 19, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters WAYNE, Mich. – Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley does not expect the costs of r...
Ford increasing price of electric F-150 Lightning
Ford F-150 Lightning trucks manufactured at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn Michigan. Courtesy: Ford Motor Co. DETROIT – Ford Motor on Tuesday said it is increasing the starting prices o...