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The Race for Limestone as climate change’s Big Solution: Sulzer, Blue Planet sign key partnership

The Race for Limestone as climate change’s Big Solution: Sulzer, Blue Planet sign key partnership

July 22, 2021 |

As we continue with Gas Week at The Digest, today we move past green hydrogen (where we will return on Monday) and the nitrogen technology we looked at with Pivot Bio yesterday, and onto Blue Planet’s carbon-negative building material technology. Recently, we highlighted the future we see for carbon capture at scale has to take […]

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We Can Love Electric Cars, But Let’s Not Spurn Biofuels

We Can Love Electric Cars, But Let’s Not Spurn Biofuels

July 22, 2021 |

Right now, electric cars have the momentum and the “inevitability” narrative on their side. Is the idea of pursuing two paths forward a waste of money? By Dan Morgan Note: This article originally appeared in the Globalist and is re-published with permission. More about the Globalist here. https:theglobalist.com The Biden administration, the European Union, China […]

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The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to Nanoplazz’s Green Hydrogen, Syngas Technology

The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to Nanoplazz’s Green Hydrogen, Syngas Technology

July 22, 2021 |

Nanoplazz Technologies has developed cutting-edge plasma reactor technology to convert greenhouse gases into value-added fuels and chemicals and to produce carbon nanoparticles with diamond cores to enhance the performance and sustainability of industrial and consumer products. The Multi-Slide Guide visualization of their technology.

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Letter to Secretary Vilsack from Members of Congress Marc Veasey and Kay Granger

Letter to Secretary Vilsack from Members of Congress Marc Veasey and Kay Granger

July 21, 2021 |

The original version of the letter is here: https://bit.ly/2Uq48zN July 16, 2021  The Honorable Thomas Vilsack  Agriculture Secretary  U.S. Department of Agriculture  1400 Independence Ave., S.W.  Washington, DC 20250  Dear Secretary Vilsack:  We congratulate you on your confirmation as the Agriculture Secretary and leadership of the Department of Agriculture in these times of great need […]

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An Open Letter to President Biden on Competition for Climate Change Reduction Businesses

An Open Letter to President Biden on Competition for Climate Change Reduction Businesses

July 21, 2021 |

by Bob Kozak, Atlantic Biomass, LLC July 21, 2021  President Josepr R. Biden Jr.  The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.  Washington, DC 20500  Dear President Biden, For someone who says competition is the key to American economic success, “A fair, open, and competitive marketplace has long been a cornerstone of the American economy, while […]

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The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: Japan

The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: Japan

July 21, 2021 |

As we continue with Gas Week, we’re providing you with 10 National Hydrogen Strategies between now and Friday. Today: (as we near the Summer Olympics) Japan.

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The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: Germany

The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: Germany

July 21, 2021 |

As we continue with Gas Week, we’re providing you with 10 National Hydrogen Strategies between now and Friday. Today: Germany.

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The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: France

The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: France

July 21, 2021 |

As we continue with Gas Week, we’re providing you with 10 National Hydrogen Strategies between now and Friday. Today: France.

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Notes from the Bar None Ranch: The new Sheriff in Nitrogenville, Pivot Bio, raises another $430M

Notes from the Bar None Ranch: The new Sheriff in Nitrogenville, Pivot Bio, raises another $430M

July 20, 2021 |

News arrives from Berkeley and Pivot Bio that the company has raised $430 million in its Series D venture round, led by DCVC and Temasek, bringing the total equity raised to more than $600 million. Last we saw, the company was valued at $1.6 billion — now, even more. The nitrogen rationale You might ask, […]

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The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: Canada

The Digest’s Multi-Guide Slide to National Hydrogen Strategies: Canada

July 20, 2021 |

As we continue with Gas Week, we’re providing you with 10 National Hydrogen Strategies between now and Friday. Today, the Big Hockey Stick, that is to say, Canada and its desire for this sector to “Take Off, Eh?” and as quickly as possible. Un génération nouvelle de technologie arrive pour  pour la mobilité, l’énergie et […]

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