Yes it’s true that developing the recycling systems would cost money—I reference the challenge of creating this new infrastructure throughout the story. This sentence was not as well-worded as it should’ve been.

What I meant to insinuate with this is that mining sand will always be a materially and ecologically…

Appreciate this critique. The article wasn’t intended to necessarily argue for anything—just point out that CCS is a big factor in the policy proposal and explain the potential risk of that. If the new EPA rule ends up enacted, it could become yet another driver that pushes U.S. energy down a fruitless path.

As Greig…

And no company is going to do that. Not a multi-billion dollar chain. Not a mom-and-pop. Not anywhere in between. These people have to get licenses. In the real world, those are at risk here.

California doesn’t operate pharmacies though. It’s really the companies that have to choose to ignore the judges ruling (CVS, Rite-Aid, Duane Reed, whatever).

My bad. I misunderstood your point. Sorry about that.

It has been incredibly difficult to find any real information about this, as Twitter is just full of nonsensical conspiracy theories from both ends of the horseshoe. David Sirota and other Bernie Bros who are still mad about losing the Iowa primary have been posting spittle-flecked rage tweets about Pete Buttigeig all…

I’m not saying anything about what Ted Cruz believes. Just about his political actions. The minds of Cruz and Manchin are utterly unknowable to me. However analyses have demonstrated that receiving money from an interest group can alter the recipients’ behavior.

Duh. They’re exaggerating for effect. It’s a legit question. If YOU were running a business and business was slower and projected to be slower than when you hired the employees, why would you just keep the same number on the team? And it’s not just Microsoft, tech companies in general are laying people off. Google is…

I skimmed through this and didn’t see a mention of Hasan hosting/boosting transphobe Christian Walker, getting clowned on by Walker, and then verbally assaulting a trans person in his audience when they had the audacity to say something to the effect of “Maybe you should know what you’re talking about before having a…

i did. it was hella fun

It’s only smart to extend the life of older plants and build new where possible. The capacity gap from the very short sighted closing of facilities is filled with fossil fuels more often than not until cleaner solutions are brought online. It’s encouraging these countries/states that were making the mistake of…

What does “trusting” Joe Manchin look like, in terms of the Democratic leadership? Because I believe he will vote no on any kind of meaningful climate change bill. He is a DINO.

The problem isn’t that “Democratic Leadership trusted Manchin”. He’s been unreliable and awful outside of voting for Schumer as Majority Leader and being a reliable vote for judges.

It’s that he’s the only game in town right now because he’s the 50th senator, and he’s made very clear that pressuring him will cause him…

This is a very good move by the EU for nuclear. Natural gas less so but better than coal that the German Greens bafflingly seem to love over nuclear. Especially considering the loss of Russian fuels to the EU. I never understood the environmentalist mentality of including nuclear in with fossil fuels. It is literally…

Cool idea, except that the state laws and punishments would still apply for the people working at abortion clinics, even if they were located on federal land.

Not too mention India and SE Asia, Japan/Korea and China are huge buyers of LNG cargos as well.

I don’t think anyone is giving Musk a free pass, and certainly not online media for the most part.

There’s a version of the future where direct air capture is treated as a public utility, funded like garbage collection or water treatment; where new scientific processes and technologies are open to public review and government funding, with nary a VC in sight; where there’s a robust and thorough vetting process for…

But THAT would be her holding herself responsible and we can’t have that!

We should be building nuclear plants. Alas, idiots.