News & Announcements

The latest news, announcements and developments in the field from Green Strategies.

How odd bedfellows rescued carbon capture (E&E)

After the collapse of national Cap and Trade efforts in 2010, an unlikely coalition of oil companies, small energy generators, and environmental groups came together in an attempt to save an orphaned piece of climate legislation: the 45Q tax incentive for carbon capture and storage (CCS). At the time, NET Power, a Green Strategies client, […]

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Presentation: The Business Case for Climate Capitalism

Last week, Roger presented on Climate Capitalism to a group of sustainability and executive leaders from major multinational corporations. Our work is about helping companies create value through meaningful climate action.  

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15+ schools sign letter advocating for lightweight pallets

Change the Pallet, a national nonprofit disrupting the wood pallet monopoly, released a letter today signed by 15 universities, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, the Assoc. for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, and endorsed by Army logisticians and Green Strategies’ Roger Ballentine. Lightweight corrugated cardboard pallets reduce shipping weight, and thus fuel emissions; are […]

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Net Power & The Possibility of Clean Fossil Fuels

Energy start-up Net Power is leading the way in deploying carbon capture and sequestration. INC takes a look at the future of cleaner fossil fuel production: “In the Texas city of La Porte, about 30 miles outside of Houston, the power plant of the future generates enough electricity to power 5,000 homes simultaneously. It burns old-fashioned fossil […]

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Congress, DOE continue carbon capture push, but utilities wary

“The ability to reduce the carbon emissions from a [power] plant certainly is a de-risking factor, because I think most plant owners agree that the likelihood of some carbon control or carbon pricing is still very, very real…To get further to a deep decarbonization in the electricity sector over the next several decades, the natural […]

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