Climate crisis
Reason to have hope on climate: 'We are bending the curve'
A conversation on ‘Pod Save America’ about COP26, Build Back Better, super-apocalyptic eventualities avoided and more.
By David Roberts .
Carbon capture
Carbon capture
CO2-removal leader Climeworks says new tech can halve costs, energy use
Direct air capture is expensive and energy-intensive. Climeworks, which operates the world’s largest DAC plant, says it’s making progress tackling both challenges.
By Maria Gallucci .
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Climatetech finance
Jigar Shah has a new strategy to boost climatetech through DOE loans
The serial entrepreneur, who now leads the loan program at the Department of Energy, has $46B to invest in long-shot decarbonization bets.By Jeff St. John .
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Carbon capture
How shrinking carbon capture could help it scale up
Startups are vying to miniaturize this potentially climate-saving technology.By Julian Spector .
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Carbon capture
Can carbon-capture startups make it big with small-scale tech?
We need to remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere. These companies think they've found a way to do it more affordably.By Jeff St. John .
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Carbon capture
The carbon capture project that couldn't: Chevron misses targets for its huge Australia facility
If one of the richest companies on earth can't get CCS to work as promised, what does that say about the embattled technology?By Jason Deign .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: Women's climatetech career moves at 8minute, DNV, Voltus, Copia, Motor and more
Electriq Power follows up a successful fundraising round by adding five women to its senior leadership team.By Eric Wesoff .
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Fossil fuels
What’s the future for US coal and nuclear as the energy transition takes hold?
Both face market challenges, but nuclear could outlast coal.By Jason Deign .
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Guest essay
To meet Biden’s new climate goal, forests and farms must sequester a lot more carbon
A new "One Gigaton Land Carbon Bank" could unlock billions of dollars a year to help U.S. landowners "grow" a hot new commodity: carbon.By Emily McGlynn .
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Climate crisis
The policy pathways to cut US carbon emissions in half by 2030
Energy Innovation's models show that technologies and policies can cost-effectively meet President Biden’s carbon-cutting commitments. The politics are another matter.By Jeff St. John .
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