Climate

There are two types of people in the world. There are the people who like waking up softly, perhaps with some gentle music and some stretching to slowly shake off the gentle slumber as they transition from a night’s rest. Maybe journal your dreams, do some gratitude practice and hum to yourse

I’ve been writing about climate change for about 22 seconds. I spoke with a dozen VCs about how they see the world of climate change. I’ve read every report, spoken to scores of founders and, when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its 3,675-page report the ot

Sure, you can run machines to decarbonize the air, but where’s the fun in that when you can invite Mother Nature to do the work for you? Brilliant Planet does just that: By using seawater and replicating the perfect growth conditions for algae blooms, the company has created what it believes

The future of humanity itself is at stake, and that's the driving thesis behind TC Sessions: Climate 2022 (presented by Extreme Tech Challenge), which takes place in person on June 14 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley, California — with an online event to follow on June

Pinterest announced today it’s becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinformation policy designed to combat false and misleading claims around climate change on its platform. According to the company’s newly updated misinformation guidelines, Pinterest

The U.S. government owns about 1,100 charging stations. It may need more than 100,000 charging stations to support widespread EV use in the next decade, according to testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday. The testimony, which was first reported by Reuters, mainly delv

There’s coming hard out of the gates with a new company, and then there’s Sweep. The company was founded in 2020, then raised a $22 million Series A round a few months ago, following by a $73 million Series B round announced today. The company swept in with a platform for carbon emissio

The COVID-19 pandemic taught the world how to work from home, but Russia's war in Ukraine has taught the employees at Delfast, a Ukrainian e-bike startup, how to work from bomb shelters, while on the move and under threat of violence.  The usual priorities of a startup – securing venture fun

Plastic bags are bad. Ban them from supermarkets, and the problem is solved, right? Right? Right? Turns out, as is often the case, there may be a little bit more to that story. Researchers at the University of Georgia suggest that banning the sale of plastic bags may come with a side-dish of uninte

The European Union has announced a new bundle of sustainability-focused policy proposals that will expand existing ecodesign rules on energy efficiency by encouraging longer product lifespans, supporting the growth of circular economy business models and helping consumers combat greenwashing and ma

Vertical farming has long done a very good job with a very thin sliver of the agricultural marketplace. Specifically, years of advancements in hydroponics and greenhouse farming have made it possible to grow a fine head of lettuce and other leafy greens under the glow of LED lighting. Now, suddenly

TC Sessions: Climate 2022 — our first annual day-long summit focused on early-stage climate tech founders, builders and the investors who fund them — takes place at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley, California on June 14, with an online event to follow on Thursday, June 16.

Public companies would be required to disclose greenhouse gas emissions they produce under new rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The move is part of the Biden government’s push to identify climate risks and cut emissions as much as 52% by 2030. The SEC’s thr

Utility companies have a problem: Their “smart grids” were created to solve billing problems from a decade ago, not the needs and expectations from 2022 consumers with electric cars, solar panels and an obsession with real-time data. Copper Labs just raised $5.5 million to help them sol