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Back to news homeHow companies at CES are taking on climate change (or pretending to)
I can’t get it out of my head: A honkingly big Caterpillar sign that read, “JOIN US AS WE BUILD A BETTER WORLD.” The digital recruitment billboard at CES 2023 […]
Share your carbon-adjusted earnings per share number, you cowards
If my PR inbox is anything to go by (trust me, it is), companies, and especially stock-market listed megacorps, are scrambling to out-green each other with tales of how the […]
California EV owners asked to curb charging ahead of travel holiday
As a brutal heat wave cooks the West in the run-up to Labor Day, California’s power grid manager is calling on electric vehicle owners to avoid charging at peak times. […]
California clears the way to ban new gas car sales
The California Air Resources Board voted Thursday afternoon to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the Golden State. The full effect of the binding decision will kick […]
🌎🔥😬🥴🤷😭 Why we need an emoji for climate change
Five years ago, the group that approves new emoji rejected one for climate change. It’s time for them to rethink that decision. After a summer of drought, floods, fire and […]
World Fund joins $128M bet that quantum can deliver climate breakthroughs
World Fund, a newcomer in climate-VC land, is taking the lead in a $128 million round for IQM, with hopes the Finnish quantum computing company will one day deliver carbon […]
Massive Facebook survey shows climate investors have more sway on public opinion than you think
Investors are used to using their acumen and financial heft to find companies that might disrupt markets. But it turns out their views and investments might disrupt public opinion, too. […]
‘How doomed are we?’ and more questions for a climate expert
Thanks in no small part to the fossil-fueled cult of obstructionism, we’re on track to blow past the 1.5 degrees Celsius global-warming threshold laid out in the 2016 Paris Agreement. […]
A decade after the bubble burst, 5 climate tech investors explain why they’re all in
Climate tech has been one of the biggest successes of the last few years. By 2025, investors are expected to sink $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion annually into a wide […]