”It’s morally wrong, in my opinion, for us not to be doing this,” that was a statement made by the founder of Make Sunsets about why his startup has to block the sun to save us from the climate apocalypse. […]
In a race to zero emissions, governments and investors have poured billions of dollars into clean energy initiatives to combat climate change and its impact on the environment. While the US government has invested in multiple clean energy projects, tech […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are not new in the United States, EVs made their way back to the mainstream in the early 2000s with the popularity of Tesla. Even after two decades, the EV car market is still dominated by conventional lithium-ion […]
Arkon Energy, a Sydney-based startup and provider of 100% renewable data center infrastructure, has raised $28 million in funding led by quantitative investment manager and digital assets market maker, Blue Sky Capital. In conjunction with the funding, the startup also […]
On July 7, 2021, Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO, the company he founded in a home garage in 1994. Following the announcement, Bezos said he planned to spend the rest of his time on passion projects like his space company […]
With the growing threats of climate change, businesses and big corporations no longer focus on short-term profit but also on their impacts on the environment and the world at large. Over the past few years, some of these companies are […]
In June 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order directing the state to require all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Then on August 24, the state of California banned the sale of new gasoline-powered […]
As the battle against climate change rages on, people are now turning to alternative foods to save the planet. According to a recent study conducted by Ipsos Retail Performance, there has been a 300% increase in veganism in the United States alone. […]
The global energy demand is projected to grow 47% by 2050. Currently, fossil fuels still remain the largest energy source but oil reserves continue to dwindle. What about clean energy? Researchers also predicted that over the next 30 years cannot be […]
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 energy lifecycle […]
With many issues facing our world today, small and big corporations alike are no longer just focusing on short-term profit but also on their impacts on society and the world at large. Today, the world is faced with a plethora […]
In late 2019, we wrote Northvolt after the maker of electric vehicle batteries received a €5.8 million investment from EIT InnoEnergy to support Northvolt’s target of using 50% recycled materials in all its new battery cells by 2030. The funding also went […]
The impacts of climate change are global in scope, unprecedented in scale, and can no longer be denied. According to multiple studies, the burning of fossil fuels accounts for about 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is the largest driver of climate […]
Transportation emits more carbon pollution than any other sector of the U.S. economy, making up about 29% of emissions, according to the US Department of Energy. But the US is not alone. Europe is also experiencing carbon emissions from millions […]
For many years, the European Union (EU) has been calling on other nations to reduce their carbon emissions. Now, the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has exposed EU energy vulnerability and its reliance on Russian energy as Moscow tightens the […]
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 […]
In April 2021, Washington State approved a bill to ban the sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030, making it the third state after California and Massachusetts to ban ICE vehicles. The state said the ban will drastically reduce the demand for […]
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 […]
