Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup Heirloom Carbon, one of the biggest deals of its kind… Read More
The number of models of passenger electric vehicles keeps growing, and electric delivery vans are becoming a more common sight on the road. But it’s the lowly bus that’s zooming… Read More
Aviation is responsible for 2.3% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — a number that’s almost certain to grow as air travel increases while ground transportation and the power grid cut… Read More
The news: General Fusion today announced $25 million in new funding and plans to build a demonstration machine in its home province of British Columbia. Fusion energy companies are attempting… Read More
You don’t put out a wildfire with water and flame retardants like you do a burning house. You contain it and wait for it to burn itself out. So spotting… Read More
Data Blanket is a new startup out of the Seattle area developing small fleets of AI-powered drones that can perform self-guided missions to assess wildfires and automatically share that information… Read More
The news: Group14 Technologies, a startup based in Woodinville, Wash., announced Monday it has acquired Germany’s Schmid Silicon Technology Holding for an undisclosed sum. The company produces silane gas, which… Read More
Plastic trash is everywhere in the environment. Bottles made from fossil fuels litter the side of the road, screw caps pepper the beaches, bags waft down the street. So the… Read More
X-energy, a company building next-generation nuclear reactors, announced Wednesday that it has an agreement with Energy Northwest to build up to 12 of the modular devices in Central Washington. The… Read More
Fusion startup ExoFusion today announced that it raised a seed round of an undisclosed amount. The company launched last year and is offering intellectual property and licensing of technology to… Read More
Twelve broke ground today on the site of a defunct sugar beet refinery in Eastern Washington, marking the start of construction of what will be the company’s and the state’s… Read More
The Paris Air Show is taking place this week and the event kicked off with news from two sustainable aviation ventures that are expanding their efforts in Washington state. ZeroAvia,… Read More
Inside a cavernous building in Cashmere, Wash., workers pressed thousands of tons of local apples and pears into Tree Top juices every year. But after more than four decades, operations… Read More
New cash: Carbon removal startup Nori announced $6.25 million in new funding. Current investors M13, Toyota Ventures, Placeholder and Cargill led the round. The Seattle company has raised a total… Read More
Funding news: The Seattle area’s Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a newly launched federal program supporting the commercial development of fusion power. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Milestone-Based… Read More
The news: Portland, Ore., startup Ren Energy has raised $2.3 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company declined to comment on the filing… Read More
The news: Clean energy startup Modern Electron is going all in on hydrogen — so much so that it’s changing its name to Modern Hydrogen and has stopped work on… Read More
Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant. Helion plans to build the commercial facility in… Read More
Executives from ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines joined elected officials in Everett, Wash., on Monday to kick off an effort to electrify and fly the largest zero-emissions aircraft yet. Green aviation… Read More
The news: Micro-fusion startup Avalanche Energy announced a $40 million funding round on Monday. The Seattle-based company is developing a small-scale solution for fusion power, which is called clean energy’s… Read More
The Earth is taking a beating. But there is a growing legion of companies hustling to develop technologies to preserve the planet and its inhabitants. They’re attracting levels of talent… Read More
Climate tech investments have been rapidly climbing in recent years, topping $1.11 trillion globally last year, according to BloombergNEF. And the dollars are urgently needed. International experts warn that the… Read More
Corporations worldwide are committing to shrinking their carbon footprints. But it can get complicated when companies try to calculate how much carbon they’re responsible for, and figure out how to… Read More
International scientists this month warned that urgent action is needed within a decade in order to avoid a global warming catastrophe, putting renewed pressure on climate tech companies to rapidly… Read More
As international scientists are frantically raising alarms about climate change, corporations, public policy and tech innovation are coming together to potentially unleash a large-scale rollout of solar, wind, batteries and… Read More
Myno Carbon‘s leader calls his team “committed climate warriors.” But it wasn’t always that way. “You’ll have to forgive us for this, but we’re ex-oilfield people largely by background,” said… Read More
The results are in for Washington’s first auction of carbon pollution permits. The cap-and-invest program brought in $300 million from many of state’s biggest emitters, including fossil fuel refineries and… Read More
DroneSeed, a Seattle startup using technology to help restore forests scorched by wildfire, announced Tuesday that it is now operating under a new parent brand called Mast Reforestation and has… Read More
In January 2020, Microsoft announced its $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund, and six months later Amazon unveiled its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund. An analysis of the investments made since… Read More
Reuven Carlyle, who last month retired from the Washington State Senate, is launching a startup that will provide a suite of services to help businesses reduce their climate impacts. The… Read More