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Prometheus Fuels is an American energy startup developing tools to filter atmospheric CO 2 using water, electricity, and nanotube membranes to produce commercially viable fuels. When powered by renewable electricity sources, e-fuels produced by such direct air capture methods do not contribute further emissions, making them carbon neutral . [ 1 ]
The Canadian federal government offers subsidies for fossil fuel exploration and production and Export Development Canada regularly provides financing to oil and gas companies. A 2018 report from the Overseas Development Institute, a UK-based think tank, found that Canada spent a greater proportion of its GDP on fiscal support to oil and gas ...
As a scientist, McGinnis is known for his contributions in the domain of desalination and forward osmosis; [1] in particular he is credited as a co-inventor of the NH 3 /CO 2 draw solution for the forward osmosis (FO) desalination process. [6] [7] [8] McGinnis is CEO at Prometheus Fuels, an environmental technology startup company he founded in ...
As of 2021, 1,300 institutions possessing US$14.6 trillion have divested from the fossil fuel industry. [1]Fossil fuel divestment or fossil fuel divestment and investment in climate solutions is an attempt to reduce climate change by exerting social, political, and economic pressure for the institutional divestment of assets including stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments connected to ...
Development financial institution (DFI), also known as a Development bank, is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development projects on a non-commercial basis. DFIs are often established and owned by governments or nonprofit organizations to finance projects that would otherwise not be able to get financing from ...
A coal power plant in Germany. Due to emissions trading, coal may become a less competitive fuel than other options. Emissions trading is a market-oriented approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants. [1] The concept is also known as cap and trade (CAT) or emissions trading scheme ...
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development or NBESD (Portuguese: Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social, abbreviated: BNDES) [2] [3] [4] is a development bank structured as a federal public company associated with the Ministry of the Economy of Brazil. The stated goal is to provide long-term financing for endeavors ...
The IBRD and its concessional lending arm, the International Development Association (IDA), are collectively known as the World Bank as they share the same leadership and staff. [1] [2] [3] Following the reconstruction of Europe, the Bank's mandate expanded to advancing worldwide economic development and eradicating poverty.