Pyrolysis tech turns plant waste into CO2 storage solution
A study from Iowa State University found that converting crop residue...
A study from Iowa State University found that converting crop residue and forest debris into bio-oil and pumping it into abandoned oil and natural gas wells could lock away carbon while tackling the costly problem of plugging orphaned wells. The researchers estimate that a network of 200 mobile pyrolysis units could remove carbon at about $152 per ton, rivaling other approaches but with lower capital demands. "One of the innovations here is that you can do carbon capture with units the size of a skid loader or a combine. You can start small," said mechanical engineering professor Mark Mba-Wright.
Japan’s prime minister is resigning after striking tariff deal
Shigeru Ishiba ate the frog and is now packing up his office after ...
Shigeru Ishiba ate the frog and is now packing up his office after less than a year as prime minister, he announced at a news conference yesterday. But his departure has little to do with the deal itself: Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority in the upper house of Japan’s Parliament in July, as voters worried about inflation and immigration more than the impending trade deal. As for the said agreement, President Trump lowered tariffs on Japan to 15% in exchange for Japan agreeing to buy more American exports and invest $550 billion in the US. As for how long he’d been drafting his notice, Ishiba said only, “Who would seriously negotiate if I were to say, ‘I’m quitting?’”
Last month’s producer price data will be out on Wednesday, and the...
Last month’s producer price data will be out on Wednesday, and the consumer price index will be released on Thursday. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will be combing through both of them as the central bank prepares for its September 16–17 meeting. Pretty much everyone expects a quarter-point interest rate cut to come out of that meeting, but last week’s worse-than-expected jobs report has some crossing their fingers for a half-point cut.
Apple is expected to debut its new iPhone on Tuesday:...
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From MarketWatch: Bessent says U.S. would have to give huge refunds if tariffs overturned
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said the U.S....
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said the U.S. could end up giving massive refunds if the U.S. Supreme Court finds the Trump administration’s tariffs are illegal, and denied that the tariffs are effectively a tax on American consumers.
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Bessent said he’s confident that the tariffs will be upheld by the Supreme Court. But even if they’re not, “there are numerous other avenues that we can take,” he told host Kristen Welker, though that would “diminish President Trump’s negotiating position.”
“We would have to give a refund on about half the tariffs, which would be terrible for the treasury,” Bessent said, according to a transcript. “If the court says it, we’d have to do it.”
When asked straight up if he would acknowledge that tariffs are a tax on American consumers, Bessent replied: “No, I don’t.”
More specifically, Bessent brushed off a Goldman Sachs report from August that found 86% of the tariff revenue collected so far has been paid by U.S. businesses and consumers.
