Articles about Climate change – Page 3 of 12

Boeing wins $425M in NASA backing to demonstrate super-fuel-efficient airplane

NASA says it’ll give Boeing $425 million over the next seven years for the development and flight testing of a… Read More

Nest co-founder launches service to turn household food scraps into chicken feed for $33/month

Matt Rogers, a former Apple engineer and co-founder of Nest, is using his passion for climate challenges to fuel a… Read More

Fired from Amazon for her activism, Maren Costa is calling for climate action at Microsoft

Microsoft shareholders recently voted on a proposal calling on the company to disclose the climate impacts of its employee retirement… Read More

Tech plays key role as Washington state launches ambitious programs to curb carbon emissions

Washington state this week kicked off the implementation of its two most ambitious climate policies to date: one that caps… Read More

‘The billionaires are in charge’ – here’s who is spending the most on climate change efforts

Climate change is starting to receive the funding and attention that some activists, scientists and policy makers have sought for… Read More

Chevron leads $318M investment round for carbon capture company Svante as sector booms

British Columbia-based Svante raised a $318 million Series E round led by Chevron New Energies, a division of the fossil… Read More

Washington, Oregon join California in requiring all new vehicle sales to be EVs by 2035

On Monday, Washington and Oregon officially joined California in requiring that all new vehicles sold in the states are zero-emitting… Read More

Grandfather-to-be Bill Gates sees world through new lens as he outlines assorted challenges

In his annual end-of-the-year essay, Bill Gates looks ahead to 2023 and the global challenges he hopes to help combat… Read More

Microsoft’s new chief sustainability officer will draw on skills from White House, VC and law background

Microsoft today announced that Melanie Nakagawa will start next month as its chief sustainability officer. She will oversee the company’s… Read More

Seattle-area battery manufacturer Group14 lands $214M from Microsoft’s climate fund and others

Group14 Technologies, a Woodinville, Wash.-based battery materials manufacturer, announced today that it raised $214 million from investors that include Microsoft’s… 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

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

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

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

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

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

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