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Voting along party lines as the legislative session neared its end, Washington state lawmakers approved a controversial bill over the… Read More

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In its pursuit of planet-friendly plastics, Amazon is putting candidate materials through a series of devices that recall medieval torture… Read More

Apr 23, 2025, 8:16 AM

Solar power servicing company Omnidian raises $87M to spark growth

Omnidian, a Seattle company that manages solar power performance and services the panels for commercial and residential installations, announced an… Read More

Apr 16, 2025, 6:00 AM

Climate-focused venture firm Stepchange raises $7M to back startups with ‘immediate’ impact

Seattle-based venture firm Stepchange announced that it closed its first fund, raising $7 million to invest in climate-focused startups. The… Read More

Apr 11, 2025, 9:42 AM

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Microsoft and CO280, a Vancouver, B.C.-based startup, today announced a 12-year deal to capture and store carbon emitted from a… Read More

Apr 10, 2025, 8:00 AM

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Seattle startup Avalanche Energy plans to open a first-of-its-kind facility for commercial-scale testing of radioactive fusion technologies in Eastern Washington.… Read More

Apr 7, 2025, 7:30 AM

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Earth Finance, a Seattle-area company that helps businesses reduce their climate impacts, acquired Climate Engine, a startup that provides analysis… Read More

Apr 4, 2025, 12:52 PM

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A team of students from the University of Washington is developing self-charging drones that use AI to survey electrical lines… Read More

Mar 27, 2025, 3:04 PM

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Seattle startup Shelf Engine, a company helping grocers manage their inventory, was acquired by Crisp, a New York-based retail data… Read More

Mar 25, 2025, 5:00 AM

Sironix, which turns soybeans into cleaning ingredients, raises $3.5M to fund manufacturing

Sironix Renewables, a startup turning coconuts and soybeans into high-performing cleaning ingredients, has raised $3.5 million from investors and $400,000… Read More

Mar 21, 2025, 9:49 AM

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TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque offered a sunny picture for the work underway at the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power company in… Read More

Mar 20, 2025, 7:41 AM

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The Sustainable Innovation of the Year finalists for the 2025 GeekWire Awards sound like they could be wizards or minor… Read More

Mar 17, 2025, 5:00 AM

This Seattle-area startup just raised $600K to capture carbon and turn it into graphite

Sustainable tech startup Homeostasis is capturing carbon in a form that the world has too much of — atmospheric CO₂… Read More

Mar 12, 2025, 4:39 PM

Report: Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy cuts climate policy team and partnership support

Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused global initiative created by Bill Gates, has cut dozens of staff, reports The New York Times.… Read More

Mar 11, 2025, 6:00 AM

Ravel’s technology teases the spandex out of tossed apparel to enable enviro friendly recycling

As the sayings go, you can’t unscramble an egg or un-ring a bell. But Seattle startup Ravel has accomplished a… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 8:00 AM

OCOchem prepares to flip the switch on tech for turning captured CO2 into industrial chemicals

OCOchem, a startup turning captured carbon dioxide into a valuable industrial chemical, is completing construction of its pilot plant in… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 1:56 PM

Allen Family Foundation awards $5M to support and study six nature-based carbon removal projects

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced $5 million in grants on Thursday being awarded to six Pacific Northwest efforts… Read More

Feb 26, 2025, 7:38 AM

CarbonQuest, which captures carbon emitted from industrial sites, closes $20M round

CarbonQuest has closed a $20 million investment round led by Riverbend Energy Group. GeekWire previously reported on the funding in… Read More

Feb 25, 2025, 2:41 PM

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Impact Laboratories, a startup verifying the environmental bona fides of some 3,800 labs worldwide, announced nearly $5 million in funding… Read More

Feb 25, 2025, 10:20 AM

Tesla retains advantage in Washington state as effort stalls to expand direct EV sales

The third time was not the charm for a coalition that was pushing to level the playing field for electric… Read More

Feb 22, 2025, 9:03 AM

Qualterra raises $4.5M to turn organic waste into carbon-trapping, crop-boosting biochar

There’s a pleasing circularity to Qualterra’s ag-tech operations. The Eastern Washington company takes crop and forestry wastes, applies a patented… Read More

Feb 17, 2025, 9:39 AM

Trump layoffs hit Pacific Northwest engineers and researchers at PNNL, Hanford cleanup, elsewhere

The Trump administration’s government-wide layoffs are hitting engineers and researchers at agencies in Washington state including the Pacific Northwest National… Read More

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Seattle-area company with climate friendly ‘mechanical cows’ for digesting waste is acquired

Chomp, a company building devices that turn food waste into fuel and liquid fertilizer, today announced its acquisition by Martin… Read More

Feb 11, 2025, 10:57 AM

Wildfire recovery and carbon capture company Mast Reforestation lands $25M

Seattle’s Mast Reforestation announced today $25 million in new funding and an expansion of its operations into “wood vaulting” in… Read More

Feb 7, 2025, 6:00 AM

‘Layoffs and pain’: Frozen federal funding batters clean energy and climate efforts

President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order puzzles David Funk. The order targets clean energy efforts, pausing the distribution of… Read More

Feb 4, 2025, 9:11 AM

Tesla could lose its big EV sales advantage in Washington state if lawmakers pass new rules

Tesla could soon lose its electric vehicle sales advantage as Washington state lawmakers are taking their third shot at legislation… Read More

Feb 3, 2025, 11:57 AM

First electric fire engine in Wash. state unveiled in Redmond as city seeks more sustainable fleet

Redmond, Wash., is home to the first electric fire engine to enter service in Washington state as city government officials… Read More

Feb 3, 2025, 6:00 AM

Tidal Vision, a company turning tossed crab shells into a green chemical, nets $140M in funding

Tidal Vision, a green chemistry company founded by a former Alaska fishing boat captain, has raised $140 million to fund… Read More

Jan 31, 2025, 8:00 AM

Tire recycling tech startup with link to Costco lands $40M from former CEO Jim Sinegal and others

Prism Worldwide is likely the swan song for Bob Abramowitz, its CEO and 66-year-old co-founder. The tire recycling company is also… Read More

Jan 29, 2025, 12:02 PM

Modern Hydrogen and major Seattle-area utility aim for less controversial clean energy fix

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