Sustainability – Page 7 of 13

Seattle startup Muir AI, which helps companies calculate complex carbon emissions, raises $3.25M

Muir AI, a Seattle startup providing carbon accounting, has raised a $3.25 million seed round led by Base10 Partners. Existing… Read More

This ag-tech startup kept digging, and found an electrifying idea to zap weeds and soil pests

Initially the goal was to keep the wriggling worms alive, to use a jolt of electricity to stimulate their nerve… Read More

Meet Seattle’s ‘Climate Papa’ – an entrepreneur turned investor, podcaster, climate action apostle

There are few who can say, as Ben Eidelson can, that perhaps his most important career decision came from an… Read More

Microsoft is a guinea pig for climate friendly concrete as it paves the way to greener data centers

Microsoft is building 120 new data centers this year alone, and operates more than 300 of the server hubs worldwide.… Read More

Honeywell invests $27.5M into Oregon battery company ESS

New partnership: Oregon battery manufacturer ESS Inc. has a deal with international conglomerate Honeywell that includes a $27.5 million investment… Read More

Investors share tips for startups in the climate tech sector looking for cash

Climate tech investors and entrepreneurs met Monday evening in downtown Seattle to network and gather insights from each other. The… Read More

This startup turns discarded crab shells into useful industrial chemicals

Green chemistry startup Tidal Vision has raised more than $20 million and last month announced the acquisition of one of… Read More

Hydrogen startup spins out of Bill Gates-backed R&D effort, lands $7.8M

Peregrine Hydrogen, a Santa Cruz, Calif., startup developing technology for producing clean hydrogen, raised $7.8 million in seed financing. The… Read More

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands more cash from Amazon, Bill Gates, Alaska Airlines

ZeroAvia announced Monday that it has raised its largest round of funding to date. The company didn’t disclose the specific… Read More

Five reasons to be bullish on climate tech in the Pacific NW, according to entrepreneurs and leaders

Climate tech can be a somewhat scary sector for investors to make their bets. Backing companies that are building physical… Read More

From indifferent to energized: How a test drive at the Electrify Expo sparked a desire to go electric

I’ll admit I’m not an auto enthusiast. That could make me the best person to cover the Electrify Expo Seattle… Read More

Canadian electric bus and truck maker cruises into new assembly facility in Washington state

Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer Vicinity Motor Corp celebrated the opening Tuesday of a 100,000-square-foot assembly facility near Bellingham,… Read More

Amazon signs deal for pulling carbon from the air and locking it deep underground in Texas

Amazon today announced it’s paying 1PointFive for the removal of 250,000 metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere over a… Read More

Seattle testing electric sweeper for bike lanes as part of city’s move toward zero-emission fleet

The Seattle Department of Transportation has deployed a fully electric compact bike lane sweeper as part of a pilot program… Read More

Microsoft just signed a giant carbon removal deal to sponge up CO2 using limestone

Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup… Read More

Tech entrepreneur Robbie Cape brings a taste of startup life to Mt. Joy, his new Seattle chicken joint

The joy was on the face of Robbie Cape. And the Mt. Joy was in the mouths and bellies of… Read More

The wheels on the bus are battery powered as e-bus use surges ahead

The number of models of passenger electric vehicles keeps growing, and electric delivery vans are becoming a more common sight… Read More

Seattle clean tech startup lands $1.4M for eco-friendly soy-based suds for shampoos, detergents

The news: Seattle-based clean-tech startup Sironix Renewables raised $1.47 million in new funding. The tech: Sironix has developed a suite… Read More

Severe wildfires are difficult to control – but one research model shows ‘a better way forward’

As swaths of wildlands are being scorched and communities smoked out by another unusually hot, dry summer, researchers in Washington… Read More

Researchers want to put energy hogs like ChatGPT on a diet with more efficient computer chips

ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies are wowing — and sometimes alarming — users with their human-like abilities to carry… Read More

EV charging startup Electric Era lands $11.5M to deploy AI- and battery-supported stations

Seattle-based electric vehicle charging startup Electric Era today announced $11.5 million in new funding, bringing its total investments to date… Read More

Flying clean: National experts say ‘bold action’ required to cut carbon from aviation

Aviation is responsible for 2.3% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — a number that’s almost certain to grow as air… Read More

New legislation aims to expand Seattle’s EV charging infrastructure

Seattle could get a boost in electric vehicle charging if new legislation is approved Tuesday by the City Council. The… Read More

Water purification startup Membrion raises $5.5M as it rolls out commercial projects

Seattle startup Membrion raised an additional $5.5 million from investors. The company, which spun out of the University of Washington,… Read More

General Fusion lands $25M and reveals plans for demo machine in B.C.

The news: General Fusion today announced $25 million in new funding and plans to build a demonstration machine in its… Read More

Wildfire startup puts AI-powered eyes in the forest to watch for new blazes and provide rapid alerts

You don’t put out a wildfire with water and flame retardants like you do a burning house. You contain it… Read More

Q&A: AWS renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

Amazon for three years has ranked as the No. 1 corporate purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. As the retail, cloud… Read More

Bill Gates-backed startup aims to fight wildfires, drawing on expertise of ex-Amazon drone leader and aviation execs

Data Blanket is a new startup out of the Seattle area developing small fleets of AI-powered drones that can perform… Read More

Real estate data: Americans flocking to areas at high risk of fires, floods and extreme heat

Seattle real estate platform Redfin analyzed migration patterns of Americans in recent years and found high numbers of people moving… Read More

Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft

Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator… Read More