Coal is back from the dead in Germany as the country grapples with the fallout of economic sanctions it imposed on Russia. According to reports from major media outlets, Germany is now “planning to fire up coal plants as Russia throttles […]
Sustainability is at the center of public discussion. In 2022, world leaders gathered at COP26, deciding that greenhouse gas emissions need to see a reduction of 45% by 2030, and net zero will be achieved by 2050. To achieve these […]
Flowcarbon, a blockchain-enabled carbon credit trading platform backed by WeWork founder Adam Neumann, has raised $70 million in its first major funding to tokenize carbon credits and build an on-chain market. The funding round was led by a16z crypto, with participation from General Catalyst, […]
Singularity Energy, a SaaS platform founded by a team of experts from Harvard, MIT, and Johns Hopkins, has closed a $4.5 million seed to bring greater data transparency and intelligence to grid decarbonization. Deep decarbonization refers to the types of changes in energy […]
The case is crystal clear. Corporate action on carbon removal is an essential response to climate change. Without business buy-in, there’s fundamentally no chance of reaching the Paris Agreement objectives or the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. That’s why carbon removal […]
On August 2, 2018, Apple became the first company in human history to reach a $1 trillion market valuation. Shares of Apple jumped Thursday to hit the magic number of $207.05, making it the first company in the world to reach […]
The transportation sector generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, according to data from the US Department of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2020 alone, 27% of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions came from the transportation sector. […]
Some of the reasons drivers often cited for not owning electric vehicles (EVs) are cost and lack of charging infrastructure. But the most common reason consumers give for not buying EVs is the concern about the driving range and the fear […]
In 1959, Dr. Kazuo Inamori founded Kyocera with the idea to do what’s right as a human being. For Kyocera, that always meant protecting the planet for future generations. As such, when Earth Day was founded, in 1970, April 22nd […]
One of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is cost. But the most common reason people give for not buying EVs is the concern about the driving range and the fear that the battery will run […]
~ How do edge analytics enable manufacturers to meet sustainability goals? ~ In the wake of the landmark climate event, COP26, manufacturers are striving to align their activities with the global net-zero targets. But the sector has a long way […]
In October 2021, Tesla officially moved its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas. As we reported a year earlier, Musk expressed dissatisfaction with California due to the state’s lockdown rules and poor handling of the stay-at-home order. Musk later filed […]
As you may recall, late last year we reported about a secret mega-battery project Tesla was building in the State of Texas. Tesla was secretly working on a previously unrevealed construction of a gigantic battery connected to the Texas ailing electric grid. […]
For over five decades, environmentalists have promoted renewable energy sources like solar and wind farms as some of the most sustainable ways to save the planet from the impending doom of climate change. In 2019, The United Nations said that […]
The impacts of climate change are global in scope, unprecedented in scale, and can no longer be denied. We can see the impacts of climate change all around us. Some of the major impacts include increased heat, drought, insect outbreaks, […]
Energy powers the world. Today, nuclear power currently provides about 20 percent of US electricity— and 50 percent of its carbon-free electricity, according to data from the US Energy Information and Administration (EIA). However, what’s rarely discussed is the overall […]
In January 2021, we wrote about electric-vehicle (EV) tech startup Faraday Future after it announced its plans to go public via SPAC. A few months later, Faraday Future went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and private investment […]
The European Union (EU) currently gets about 40% of all its energy from Russia, including 41.1% of its gas supply, according to data from FactSet. However, in the light of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the EU pledged in […]
One of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is cost. According to a recent survey, 37 percent of people say the most common reason for not buying an electric vehicle was a lack of fast charging points […]
Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng announced it has led a new $200 million investment in Rockets Capital, a fund focused on “venture and growth-stage investments in Smart EV industry value chain, clean energy, and frontier technology areas.” Backers in the fund include other high-profile venture […]
