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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — June 2024

Greentown Labs

Awards + Recognitions Hertha Metals , a startup developing technology to cost-effectively produce steel from low-grade iron ores, won first place and $100k in the Summer 2024 EPIC Pitch Competition. Climative and ACCEL Year 2 participant EcoForge were chosen for the Cleantech Open Northeast 2024 Cohort.

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Understanding Biodiversity Loss In A Changing Climate

Energy Innovation

Rising temperatures can shrink suitable habitats, drought can spur tree mortality, imperiling forest health, and ocean acidification, driven by elevated ocean uptake of CO 2 emissions, intensifies damage to coral reefs and other marine species around the globe. Figure and adapted caption text from Wiens & Zelinka, 2024.

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. Regulatory rewind: On Jan.1,

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Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial

Grist

In December, the Makah and Shoalwater Bay tribes along the coast of Washington state became the first Native American tribes to take oil companies to court over the costs of responding to climate-related risks from rising seas, flooding, and ocean acidification.

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Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?

Grist

Elsewhere, laboratories are breeding corals to withstand heat and ocean acidification. He calls it a “Noah’s Ark” for corals, hoping that species can live in the lab until, one day, they’re ready to return to the ocean. on Apr 29, 2024.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet this week unveiled the catering strategy for the upcoming Olympic Games in the French capital, revealing a goal to halve the average carbon footprint of meals served during the Games. African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

Solar geoengineering, for example, does nothing to ameliorate ocean acidification, which occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative on Jul 6, 2024.