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Wood or would not? Earthquake test to study how 10-story timber building stands up to Seattle shake

If the idea of a Seattle earthquake gives you the shakes, this test might be right up your alley. Researchers… Read More

Former CEO of OfferUp launches nonprofit StuffTV to spark conversation about consumption

The average U.S. adult will produce 128,000 pounds of trash in their lifetime. Sure, it sounds like a big number.… Read More

Carbon removal startup Nori lays off 10 employees, citing market concerns

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, laid off 10 employees… Read More

Universal Hydrogen plane at Moses Lake airport

Hydrogen-fueled plane begins taxi testing in preparation for first flight in Moses Lake

Universal Hydrogen says its hydrogen-fueled test aircraft has won a key certification from regulators and has completed its first taxi… Read More

Companies are making bold climate pledges – but where are the workers needed to reach them?

Some 3,900 companies worldwide have made pledges to cut their carbon emissions. But many, or perhaps most, lack the skilled… Read More

Group14 awarded $100M by Dept. of Energy as part of effort to expand U.S. battery manufacturing

Group14 Technologies, the Woodinville, Wash.-based maker of advanced silicon battery technology, has been awarded $100 million as part of President… Read More

Former 98point6 CEO goes from telemedicine to fried chicken — with recipe to fight climate change

Before co-founding Seattle telehealth startup 98point6 back in 2015, Robbie Cape was weighing whether to use his tech know-how to… Read More

Microsoft open-sources farm technologies, planting seeds for data-driven sustainable agriculture

Microsoft Research is releasing the underlying code for a series of agricultural technologies under open-source licenses, encouraging soil specialists, plant… Read More

Sustainability startups face off in the final episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch

GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch startup competition is back with the final episode of the season, featuring three entrepreneurs pitching their sustainability-focused startups.… Read More

Microsoft Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa departing to take role at private equity firm

Lucas Joppa, who became Microsoft’s first chief environmental officer in 2018 and led the company’s sustainability efforts, is stepping down.… Read More

Recipe for sustainability: Inside Microsoft’s new electric food hall, where there’s no cooking with gas

In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen were so focused on getting their software company up… Read More

Amazon aims for a zero carbon grocery store with newest Amazon Fresh opening in Seattle

Amazon is opening the doors Thursday on its latest Amazon Fresh location in Seattle, and ushering in a new benchmark… Read More

Toyota invests in Nori, a carbon removal startup trying to help reverse climate change

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, raised $7 million in… Read More

Flush with cash: Bezos and big-name celebs get behind tree-free toilet paper startup with $5M

The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to… 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

Microsoft cut carbon emissions 6% last year, predicts climate investments will pay off in long run

In the first year since it set the goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft announced Thursday that it… 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

Mark Cuban, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashton Kutcher, others invest in tree-free toilet paper startup

Cloud Paper, the Seattle-based makers of tree-free toilet paper, has attracted a host of high-profile investors and raised $3 million… Read More

Microsoft vows to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030, in latest sustainability initiative

Microsoft says it will replenish more clean water than it uses in its cloud computing and software business within a… Read More

Atomo Coffee raises $9M and will build a Seattle roastery for its molecular brew near Starbucks HQ

That’s a lot of beans. Or, lack of beans. Seattle-based Atomo Coffee has raised $9 million in new funding to… Read More

Microsoft talks trash: Tech giant aims for zero waste by 2030 in latest environmental initiative

Microsoft is rolling out details of its third sustainability focus area: waste reduction. The Redmond, Wash.-based cloud and software behemoth… Read More

Microsoft unveils new sustainability steps in effort to remove all carbon produced in company history

Microsoft unveiled a new suite of sustainability initiatives Tuesday as part of its effort to zero-out the carbon debt the… Read More

Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019… Read More

Amazon launches first solar energy facility in China

Amazon announced its first solar energy facility in China on Thursday, one of five renewable energy projects the company is… Read More

Business booms at online marketplace Crowd Cow as meat industry giants are hit hard by coronavirus

As businesses across the nation have been left reeling from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, the Seattle-based startup Crowd… Read More

Whiteboard this: Biodegradable dry erase marker is one idea in tough fight against single-use plastic

Cal McAllister was a long way from work and any whiteboards when inspiration struck. Vacationing in Thailand with his family,… Read More

The future of food is mobile, plant-based, and sustainable, experts say

Technology is transforming every sector of the economy, including the supply chain that gets food to our kitchen table. It’s… Read More

Earn some green for greener travel: Transit agency teams with rewards app Miles to target commuters

Commuters looking for a reason to ditch the car and use alternate modes of transportation will be encouraged to do… Read More

Clean tech entrepreneurs head to Burning Man to model a post-fossil fuel future

In many ways, Burning Man is an eco-urbanist paradise. It is a (mostly) car-free city designed around pedestrians and cyclists,… Read More

Crowd Cow expands with new local beef program, lands more investment from Ashton Kutcher

Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based startup with a mission of bringing higher quality, more sustainably raised meat to consumers, is doubling… Read More