Gates offers $1.5B for carbon-cutting innovation if lawmakers enact public-private program Bill Gates has pledged to invest $1.5 billion on joint projects with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to remove… Read More
New UN climate report emphasizes speed, intensity of warming and benefits of aggressive response While the world’s top coalition of climate scientists say the planet is warming faster than ever with dire effects due… Read More
Redfin to include ‘climate risk’ in all listings as Americans consider climate change when buying It’s no longer enough to consider whether you can simply afford a home, or beat out other potential buyers in… Read More
Junior Geek of the Month: Luna Abadía turned her climate change fears into action and solutions As a child growing up in Portland, Ore., Luna Abadía was always curious about the nature around her. She carried… Read More
Wildfire forecast: How to stay safe and what to expect this summer in the Pacific Northwest If you were in the Pacific Northwest during last September’s super smoky wildfires, it was a miserable, apocalyptic-hued experience that… Read More
Microsoft president says support of SEC climate disclosure rules goes beyond its own business It’s little wonder that Microsoft is in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) creating robust regulations for publicly… Read More
I want to fly to Hawaii, but I don’t want to wreck the planet. With carbon offsets, can I do both? The gift I best remember from my high school graduation was a pale blue stuffed whale. The parents of one… Read More
Climate solution or corporate greenwashing? Tech taps farmers to help offset carbon footprint Five years ago, David Gruenbaum abandoned dairy farming and a conventional method of growing vegetables that relied on tilling large… Read More
As Washington inks ‘most ambitious’ climate rules in U.S., lawmaker praises tech’s supporting role Washington Gov. Jay Inslee this week signed into law what many are calling the nation’s most ambitious package of climate… Read More
Amazon begins the ‘huge’ lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals Amazon’s newest Echo Dot is sold in charcoal, glacier white and twilight blue. But behind the scenes, the smart speakers… Read More
Bill Gates shares 3 steps to a clean energy economy in message to Leaders Summit on Climate Bill Gates joined day two of President Joe Biden’s virtual “Leaders Summit on Climate” on Friday with a message to… Read More
Amazon unveils 9 clean energy projects, says it will power company with 100% renewables by 2025 Amazon on Monday announced nine new wind and solar energy projects, bringing its total number of renewable projects to 206.… Read More
Bezos Earth Fund again poaches the leader of a grant recipient to help run its organization The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort… Read More
‘Second Nature’: How technology is remaking our world, for better or worse This is a bad time for Mother Nature — but it’s no use trying to turn the clock back. Instead,… Read More
As worries spark over the carbon impacts of NFTs, some unexpected boosters come to their defense Time will tell whether buying NFTs for Beeple’s digital collage for $69 million or Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet… Read More
Bill Gates returns to Reddit for meaty discussion on climate, COVID-19, conspiracies and burgers Bill Gates masked up for his ninth “Ask Me Anything” event on Reddit on Friday, taking questions related to climate… Read More
$10B Bezos Earth Fund hires a long-time global leader on climate issues as president and CEO Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday that his Bezos Earth Fund has hired Andrew Steer, the head of the World Resources Institute,… Read More
In Clubhouse chat, Bill Gates talks bitcoin, iPhone, the pandemic and what he’s binging on Netflix Bill Gates entered Clubhouse for the first time on Wednesday night, taking his ongoing book tour to the popular invite-only… Read More
Here’s what Bill Gates is doing — and not doing — to help fight climate change Climate change is by definition a global challenge, and in his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill… Read More
Podcast Bill Gates on his high-risk climate investments, and spurring innovation to save the planet Breakthrough Energy Ventures last month grabbed headlines with the news that the fund had raised another $1 billion to be… Read More
In ‘How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,’ Bill Gates charts a difficult course that might just be doable In his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates plays a role akin to a trusted doctor… Read More
Carbon-capture company Svante raises $75M to trap emissions at their source Vancouver, B.C.-based Svante has closed a $75 million funding round. The company calls it “the largest private investment into point… Read More
Robert Downey Jr. backing Seattle bamboo toilet paper maker Cloud Paper as part of new VC effort Iron Man is a softy for sustainable toilet paper. Actor Robert Downey Jr. launched two venture funds on Wednesday focused… Read More
Amazon invests in startup producing ‘net-zero carbon fuels’ for transportation Amazon announced on Tuesday that it was investing in Infinium, a Sacramento, Calif.-based startup that is developing what it describes… Read More
Bill Gates ready to tackle toughest challenges with President Biden after ‘troubling time in America’ Editor’s note: Post updated with comments from Melinda Gates Ever the optimist, Bill Gates said he sees promise in the… Read More
Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures raises another $1B for investing in climate innovation Breakthrough Energy Ventures — an initiative to help the planet reach zero carbon emissions through innovation — has raised its… Read More
Back to the ‘Future Innovators’: 5 years later, kids adjust to an evolving and turbulent world Five years ago, budding 11-year-old Seattle scientist Rebecca Yeung was launching a homemade spacecraft high above Earth. The exploits with… Read More
Outspoken climate researcher dishes out some advice for Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos If billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos really want to maximize their efforts to solve the global climate crisis,… Read More
Bill Gates calls for creation of National Institutes of Energy Innovation to better address climate change In the midst of one global disaster, Bill Gates is thinking about how to prevent the next. And while the… Read More
Geek of the Week: Vulcan’s W. Andre Perkins uses machine learning to help predict climate change Growing up outside a town in Wisconsin, out in the woods with dial-up internet and his parents, sister, cats, horses,… Read More
