Geoff Brown, Powin chief executive. (LinkedIn Photo) New money: Powin, an energy storage company based in Oregon, has received a $135 million investment to continue growing its international business. The company is the world’s fifth largest battery energy storage system integrator, according to a trade journal. The round was led by GIC, Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth…
Tag Archives: Climate change
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A crane moves a section of a Starbucks cafe being built by Vancouver, B.C.-based Nexii. The climate-tech company constructs energy-efficient buildings made from less carbon-intensive materials than traditional structures. (Nexii Photo) New funding: Nexii — a Vancouver, B.C. startup with the distinction of being Canada’s fastest company to ascend from launch to unicorn status —…
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Unfortunately, emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases aren’t this easy to visualize, making it challenging to figure out rigorous systems for calculating and reporting the pollution. (Matthias Heyde Photo / Unsplash) More than 683 companies, 136 countries and 234 cities have made pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions. But for those goals to…
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From left: The Cool Down co-founders Dave Finocchio, CEO, and Chief Content Officer Anna Robertson. (TCD Photos) Dave Finocchio, co-founder and CEO of the popular sports media outlet Bleacher Report, and Anna Robertson, an ABC and Yahoo News executive, were concerned about climate change. But when California blazes repeatedly engulfed their communities with smoke and…
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Rivian, a U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer, is producing 100,000 delivery vehicles for Amazon by 2030. (Amazon Photo / Jordan Stead) Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 18% last year — the third straight year of increased emissions since the company started sharing the information. The Seattle-area company created the international Climate Pledge, vowing to reach carbon neutrality…
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Amazon secured the naming rights for Seattle’s rebuilt KeyArena, dubbing it the Climate Pledge Arena. The company’s investments helped make it the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world. Among its enviro features is a living wall. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)) President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation Tuesday that includes the…
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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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A two-megawatt hydrogen-fueled powerplant, designed and built by First Mode in Seattle, is installed in this Anglo American haul truck at their platinum mine in South Africa, creating the largest zero-emission vehicle in the world. (First Mode Photo) As the United States undergoes a massive transition toward clean energy, Washington state officials are hoping to…
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A scuba diver among a bed of kelp in Edmonds, Wash. (Gray McKenna Photo) Kelp is cool. Some varieties of the ribbony seaweed can grow up to two feet a day. They form “marine skyscrapers” that stretch up to 45 feet from the seafloor to the surface, creating habitat for crabs, fish and sea otters….
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An artist’s conception shows the layout for the Natrium reactor demonstration project in Kemmerer, Wyo. (TerraPower Illustration) Could we be witnessing nuclear power’s comeback? After decades on the back burner, the sweeping climate change bill recently signed by President Biden includes multiple initiatives boosting existing and future nuclear plants. California this week took steps to…