People in many parts of the world are trying to lower their impact on the climate. From companies to countries, a lot of groups have goals to reduce […]
Battery swapping: Great for EV fleets, but can it work for consumers?
Battery swapping for electric vehicles might be a little like communism: good in theory, but so far the only place that it has really caught on is China. […]
Why Congruent turned down over $300M from LPs for its third climate tech fund
Joshua Posamentier and Abe Yokell have spent the last seven years on the LP circuit, tirelessly pitching LPs on the financial and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) benefits […]
Veteran life sciences firm RA Capital spins up ‘planetary health’ team to ride climate tech wave
Something that often gets lost in discussions about climate change is the massive health benefits the world would realize by ceasing to burn fossil fuels. Pollution from coal, […]
Up Catalyst draws €4M seed round to make battery graphite from carbon dioxide
Lithium might be the new oil, but it’s just one of several materials needed to make the batteries powering today’s electric vehicles. There’s also cobalt, nickel and manganese, […]
GM and Toyota are shaping up to be the biggest losers in the EV transition
GM may have mortgaged its future last week. On Wednesday, the automaker announced that it would boost its dividend and buy back $10 billion worth of its shares, […]
How come founders don’t give a crap about sustainability?
Everyone talks a good game, but fewer than 1% of founders mention ‘sustainability’ in their fundraising docs Haje Jan Kamps 13 hours When I talked to hundreds of […]
Why these investors think saving the trees isn’t just for protesters anymore
For more than 25 years, ecologists have been desperately trying to prove the economic worth of the world’s ecosystems, hoping that a markets-based approach would slow the destruction […]
Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023
Climate tech might have been down in 2023, but it’s not out yet. That’s not surprising, really. For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession […]
Why supersize convenience stores might be key to unlocking EV fast charging
If anyone can make EV charging work, it may be Buc-ee’s. Maybe you’ve heard of the convenience store chain, but if you live outside the Southern U.S., chances […]