Sustainability – Page 10 of 13

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

Washington governor calls for $10M in funding for university-led clean energy institute

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is asking lawmakers to allocate $10 million in funding for Washington State University’s Institute for Northwest… Read More

Historic fusion energy achievement will boost Pacific Northwest’s burgeoning startups

U.S. physicists have accomplished a feat the world has pursued for more than 60 years: producing more energy from fusion… Read More

Sustainable shoes: This startup created baby shoes that can dissolve in water

Instead of throwing out used baby shoes, a Portland, Ore., startup want you to boil them. Woolybubs founders Jesse and… Read More

Anglo American follows through on $200M combination agreement with First Mode

Seattle-based First Mode and the Anglo American mining company have signed a binding agreement to combine First Mode with Anglo… Read More

Rad Power Bikes launches RadTrike, a three-wheeled model of its e-bike

Rad Power Bikes announced today that it’s launching a trike version of its electric bikes. Customers can take demo models… Read More

Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

The shift to electric vehicles is gaining speed in Washington. This month state leaders plan to adopt EV sales targets… Read More

Seattle startup has a climate friendly solution to the sticky problem of petroleum-based adhesives

Every year, billions of packages are shipped in the U.S. alone. While Amazon and others are trying to shrink the… Read More

Pacific Northwest is a hub for fusion companies chasing power’s ‘Holy Grail’

The Sun is the ultimate fusion machine, endlessly smashing atoms together and creating power. For decades, physicists have struggled to… Read More

Amazon earmarks $53M for women-led climate tech companies

Amazon on Thursday announced two efforts to support women who are leading climate tech companies: The Seattle-based tech giant is… Read More

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower announces feasibility study to explore sites for 5 new nuclear reactors

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower announced on Thursday that it’s going to conduct a feasibility study to explore locations for up to… Read More

First Mode will develop zero-emission trucks at proving grounds south of Seattle

First Mode is establishing a proving grounds between Seattle and Portland to test and optimize giant zero-emission hauling trucks and… Read More

5 climate technologies you’ve probably never heard of – but could someday be on investor radars

The race to replace fossil fuels with clean alternatives has triggered an explosion in climate tech innovation and funding. That… Read More

Seattle startup and U.S. universities land $3.77M USDA grant to develop AI tech for indoor farming

The news: Seattle-based indoor agriculture startup Koidra will share a $3.77 million research grant with Ohio State University, Rutgers University,… Read More

Go inside the invite-only, climate tech summit in Seattle hosted by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy

Inside a Seattle waterfront center cloaked in wildfire smoke, climate tech innovators and investors came together this week at the… Read More

MagniX branches out from electric aircraft propulsion to get into hydrogen as well

MagniX has been working on electric propulsion systems for years, but now the Everett, Wash.-based venture is adding hydrogen fuel… Read More

Lithos, a Seattle agtech startup that uses basalt rocks to help farmers remove carbon, lands $6.3M

Lithos, a Seattle startup applying carbon capture technology in an agricultural setting, announced Thursday that it raised a $6.29 million… Read More

Bill Gates ‘amazed at how far we’ve come’ as he opens inaugural climate tech summit in Seattle

Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-led effort to stoke innovation in climate technology, is holding its inaugural summit this week in… Read More

How Sen. Cantwell used classified briefings to build bipartisan support for historic CHIPS Act

If there’s one thing U.S. senators can likely agree on, it’s that there’s little that they agree about. So how… Read More

Seattle’s record-setting warm and dry weather is both random and a dress rehearsal, experts say

Seattle’s identity has been synonymous with drizzle, moss and the angsty grunge music and compulsive coffee drinking that’s fueled by… Read More

Why this Microsoft vet quit and launched an EV smart charging startup

In 2014, Brian Grunkemeyer was a Microsoft principal software engineer with a passion for fighting climate change. That year he… Read More

Alaska Airlines shaves flight minutes and fuel, thanks to software from Google-backed AI startup

Alaska Airlines has reduced flight time and carbon emissions after using dispatch software from a small Silicon Valley startup. Airspace… Read More

Rad expands to rentals: Seattle e-bike startup debuts subscription plan in Berlin

The biggest e-bike company in North America is for the first time offering its bikes to consumers through a subscription… Read More

How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out

In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but… Read More

Amazon is using ultra-low carbon fuels to curb climate impact of deliveries

Amazon today announced a deal with low-carbon fuel manufacturer Infinium to purchase some of its “electrofuel” to power delivery trucks… Read More

A modern Johnny Appleseed: Meet the Seattle drone startup replanting forests after wildfires

A swarm of giant drones navigates a scorched moonscape, tracing the rugged topography. The scene has a desolate, sci-fi vibe… Read More

Microsoft’s outgoing environmental chief reflects on bold actions and navigating ‘hiccups’

Lucas Joppa was Microsoft’s first chief environmental officer when he took the role in 2018 and went on to help… Read More

Bill Gates encouraged by U.S. climate initiatives as ‘mega-region’ grapples with long-term challenges

BLAINE, Wash. — Wildfire smoke was hanging over the U.S.-Canada border in the distance as regional leaders from both countries… Read More

Univ. of Washington pledges to divest multi-billion dollar endowment from fossil fuels by 2027

The University of Washington on Thursday announced that it will divest its multi-billion dollar endowment from fossil fuel companies by… Read More

Gut check: Seattle Aquarium scientists simulate a whale stomach to test plastic alternatives

You cannot deliberately feed plastic to a whale, even in the name of science. So researchers at the Seattle Aquarium… Read More