Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Thus far we have made investments towards reducing the climate impact of our food, industrial production, and energy systems, and we are eager to make more. Saildrone (Series B | $86M | $260M): wind- and solar-powered autonomous sailing drones collecting and relaying real-time ocean data. Overstory (Seed | $1.8M Applications.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . Other wood pellet companies have flocked to the region, including Drax , a major energy utility in the UK that now manufactures wood pellets in the U.S.

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Grist

JULY 6, 2024

Solar geoengineering — also called solar radiation management or solar radiation modification — was then and is now a fraught subject. As the climate crisis has escalated, some experts have suggested that drastic measures like solar geoengineering may eventually become necessary and so should be researched now.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis?

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. But the picture is much more complicated.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Some 200 participants came together in Budapest, Hungary for the second edition of the Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit , organized by White Paper Consulting. We need more political love for geothermal energy […] and we need more people, because it’s going to grow, it’s booming,” Ms Brommer said. ukasz Koli?ski,

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

billion Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub (HyVelocity) State Involved: Texas Key Features: Large-scale hydrogen production from natural gas with carbon capture and renewables-powered electrolysis Job Creation: Approximately 45,000 direct jobs (35,000 construction jobs and 10,000 permanent jobs) Funding: Up to $1.2

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Policy and Regulatory Affairs Associate | Fervo Energy | NV, UT, IH, or CA. FERVO ENERGY Fervo Energy Roles: Policy and Regulatory Affairs Associate – Western States . Geothermal energy can play a central role in decarbonizing the energy sector. 2+ years of experience with roles in policy, electricity, or energy .

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. Other wood pellet companies have flocked to the region, including Drax , a major energy utility in the UK that now manufactures wood pellets in the U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

  In deals, $90m for animal-free dairy, $50m for fusion, and $30m for resi solar and storage.    Ship Orders  Yara Eyde, a joint venture between Yara Clean Ammonia and North Sea Container Line, aims to be the  world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship.   Want more deals?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

After the turmoil of the last several months, residential solar is now coping with a new threat — one the industry says is existential. Net metering credits home solar customers for the power they sell back to the grid if they produce in excess of their own usage. NERA's solar petition.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

A wave of farmers protests in Europe earlier this year were jumped on by populist politicians, resulting in the watering down of measures including a law to restore nature – ignoring that many of the farmers’ concerns were unrelated to green rules. She began her political career in 2016 with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That's par for the course — an exciting advancement here, political or economic pushback there. So, too, the reversal of political fortunes in Brazil (Jair Bolsonaro out, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in) and Australia (Scott Morrison out, Anthony Albanese in), where climate deniers were replaced by more action-oriented leaders.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Some go even further.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

  The Super Bowl might have got us hyped this weekend, and now, we’re taking on some other hype: the arrival of DeepSeek’s new AI model, and what its actual impacts will be on projected power demand.  There’s a difference between a general slowdown in power demand and a dip in hyperscaler demand.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. The report gives some of its worst marks to some of the biggest utilities with net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, including FirstEnergy , Duke Energy , Dominion Energy and utilities operated by Southern Company. And only two — Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 24, 2020

Photos of celebrities who’d visited the zoos were flooding the internet, Joe Exotic’s power-ballads were hitting it big on Spotify and even President Donald Trump was fielding questions about the gun-toting zookeeper during press briefings. Surprisingly, only an estimated 6% of the captive tiger population in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It has confused the public about climate science, bought the eternal gratitude of one of America’s two main political parties, and repeatedly out-maneuvered regulatory efforts. They also mounted a stealth campaign to monitor and influence what the rest of the scientific community learned and said about climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2020

Al Pacino's epic half time team talk in Any Given Sunday probably seems an odd one to kick off an article on climate politics, but for me it holds some truths. It's slow, because the opposition is exceptionally well-funded, connected, with deep roots to power. The UK, birthplace of the industrial revolution, has signed it into law.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

The past decade has been a wild ride for America's massive electricity sector. Cheap wind and solar have turned the industry's conventional economic wisdom on its head. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. Today, no U.S. Today, no U.S.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. Board members, who did not respond to requests for comment, tend to reflect the politics of the administration in office; currently, under Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy, they are sport hunters, trappers, and guides.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 20, 2020

Reporters at E&E News called it “arguably the most comprehensive climate policy plan in American politics.” We’ll also look at a companion infrastructure bill from House Democrats that makes clean energy a centerpiece. GTM : ‘Enormous Step’ for Energy Storage as Court Upholds FERC Order 841.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the last four years, federal leadership on clean energy and climate change has stalled. In 2018, California became just the second state working towards a mandate of 100 percent clean electricity. Approval of a ballot measure in Nevada plus consistent bipartisan support for clean energy means some action is still possible.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Over the course of the year, previous entrants such as Xcel Energy , Duke Energy and National Grid were joined by utilities including Dominion Energy , Southern Company , Arizona Public Service , Ameren , Entergy , Consumers Energy , Alliant Energy , Public Service Enterprise Group and even FirstEnergy.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In other news, Elon Musk's potential influence on environmental policy; clean energy stocks fell after the election news; and climate policy momentum in local and state elections. In deals, $552m in renewable energy development, $340m in battery cell manufacturing, and $27m in mobile energy storage. 

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On Monday, I wrote about an uplifting new law in France that will get a lot more solar power installed in the country. Under the article, one of our readers indicated that his country just did better. It was no joke. First of all, Slobodan Br?in, in, familiar to any readers who routinely frequent the comments, […].

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

In late 2012, I went to the Miami International Auto Show and had my first experience in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). My brother-in-law and I took a ride in a Fisker Karma inside the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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