Bill Gates Is Backing a Nuclear Power Project in Wyoming NYT: Science By: Brad Plumer and Benjamin Rasmussen 11 June 2024 at 20:24 Work is starting in Wyoming coal country on a new type of reactor. Its main backer, Bill Gates, says heβs in it for the emissions-free electricity. Β© Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times
Carbon Offsets, a Much-Criticized Climate Tool, Get Federal Guidelines NYT: Science By: Brad Plumer 28 May 2024 at 08:41 The new principles aim to define βhigh-integrityβ offsets amid concerns that current practices often donβt cut greenhouse gas emissions as claimed. Β© Zinyange Auntony/Agence France-Presse β Getty ImagesSeedlings at a carbon offset partnership in Zimbabwe.
New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power NYT: Science By: Brad Plumer 13 May 2024 at 18:22 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the biggest changes in more than a decade to the way U.S. power lines are planned and funded. Β© Renaud Philippe for The New York TimesA transmission line construction project near Bingham, Maine, in 2022.