The Pacific Northwest was hit by a series of rainstorms in November 2021, leading to widespread flooding in rural and urban areas that included the city of Bellingham, Wash. (Photo via the city of Bellingham, used with permission) It started with a November 2015 announcement by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates along with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos,…
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Bill Gates, right, speaks with Microsoft President Brad Smith during the opening session at the Cascadia Vision 2050 conference at Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, Wash., on Monday. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) BLAINE, Wash. — Wildfire smoke was hanging over the U.S.-Canada border in the distance as regional leaders from both countries arrived here Monday,…
We visited the world’s biggest carbon capture plant, which just signed a 10-year deal with Microsoft
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Climeworks, a leader in direct air capture of carbon dioxide, has facilities alongside a large geothermal power plant outside of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik. The Orca facility is on the far right, and the new Mammoth facility will be to the left, across the road. The pipes are carrying geothermal hot water. Climeworks relies on clean,…
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Bill Gates and Rodi Guidero, executive director of Breakthrough Energy, speak at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in Seattle on Oct. 18, 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-led effort to stoke innovation in climate technology, is holding its inaugural summit this week in Seattle. It kicked off its program on Tuesday…
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Bill Gates speaks with Rodi Guidero, Breakthrough Energy executive director and managing partner, at the 2022 Breakthrough Energy Summit. (Breakthrough Energy / Steven Walter Photo) Inside a Seattle waterfront center cloaked in wildfire smoke, climate tech innovators and investors came together this week at the Breakthrough Energy Summit. The event was a chance to share…