JB Straubel sits down with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau at Redwood Materials. Redwood Materials has attained a $2 billion loan commitment from the Department of Energy, the agency announced on Thursday vi...
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Lucid offers EV price cuts on some Air luxury sedans
Lucid Air Courtesy: Lucid Motors Lucid Group said Thursday that buyers of certain versions of its pricey Air electric luxury sedan will be eligible for a $7,500 “credit.” But that credit w...
Shell board of directors sued by investors over climate strategy
Shell recently reported its highest-ever annual profit of nearly $40 billion. Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty Images Shell‘s directors are being personally sued for allegedly failing to adequately mana...
A Plea For Empathy, Imagination, And Meaningful Action During The Climate Crisis
Tragedy struck Turkey and Syria this week, as a massive earthquake struck the region. More than 11,000 people have died, and countless others displaced. This devastation hits especially hard since man...
Fake seafood industry getting big investment dollars
While the plant-based burger wars have been waging for several years now, plant-based fish is just in its infancy. But that is about to change, as new contestants enter the mix with various types of f...
Former SEC Chair Calls for Scrapping SEC’s Climate Rule
Fmr. SEC Chair Jay Clayton feels SEC’s climate rule should be scrapped. Clayton says that the European financial market regulation has proven inferior to its US counterpart. “U.S financial market regu...
Five Powerhouse Climate Policies Can Rapidly Slash Emissions And Strengthen The Economy In Any State
Minnesota just passed a 100% clean electricity bill with one of the country’s fastest timelines to make the switch—by 2040. With its rich wind resources, a surprising amount of solar, and a strong cle...
Makerdao Co-Founder Proposes $14 Million Fund to Combat Climate Change; Crypto Supporters Mock Idea – Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a proposal by the founder of Makerdao, Rune Christensen, to fund a Scientific Sustainability Fund. An idea that aims to combat climate change and misinfor...
Canoo (GOEV) shares sink on $52 million stock offering
The Lifestyle Vehicle electric minivan from Canoo. Source: Canoo Shares of electric vehicle startup Canoo were sharply lower in early trading on Monday after the company said that it has agreed to sel...
MakerDAO Founder Seeks $14 Million in MKR to Fight Climate Change
In the latest draft of the Pregame Maker Constitution — Rune Christensen, the founder of MakerDAO — requests 20,000 MKR tokens ($14 million) to be dedicated to a Scientific Sustainability Fund. The Pr...
Ford sold most of its Rivian stake last year
RJ Scaringe, Rivian founder and CEO, and Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford announce a $500 million Ford investment in Rivian. Source: Ford Motor Co. DETROIT – Ford Motor liquidated most of its ownersh...
Tesla, General Motors get boost from EV SUV tax credit change
A Tesla Model Y on display inside a Tesla store at the Westfield Culver City shopping mall in Culver City, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT –...
Why pink hydrogen produced using nuclear may have a big role to play
Both pink and blue have been used to differentiate between different methods of hydrogen production. Eve Livesey | Moment | Getty Images From Tesla’s Elon Musk to European Commission President U...
‘Greenwashing’ is a good thing, according to one renewable energy tycoon
Greenwashing should be seen as a positive sign that companies are moving in the right direction, according to the founder of British energy firm Ecotricity. “It’s everywhere,” Dale V...
Biden moves toward approval for Alaska oil drilling project
Alaskan oil extraction site. Lowell Georgia | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday recommended a scaled-down version of a major oil drilling project in the North Slope ...
Saudi Aramco backs Brooklyn-based startup turning ammonia into fuel
In the race to find cleaner fuels, the heavy duty transportation sector is woefully behind because batteries don’t have enough juice to power trucks and ships. Enter ammonia. New technology and ...
Rivian to lay off 6% of workforce as EV price war concerns grow
Workers inspect a Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., on Monday, April 11, 2022. Jamie Kelter Dav...
Concerns over golden eagles partly prompt the redesign of wind farm
A golden eagle photographed in Scotland. The bird of prey is protected under the U.K.’s Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Plans for an o...
States miss deadline for deal on water cuts
The Hoover Dam water intake towers at Lake Mead, the country’s largest man-made water reservoir, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States, has dropped 2 inches e...
‘Land grab’ for lithium is just getting started with GM, expert says
Brine pools at the Albemarle Corp. Lithium mine in Calama, Antofagasta region, Chile, on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Cristobal Olivares | Bloomberg | Getty Images General Motors‘ announcement on Tue...
TRON Academy Sponsors Princeton Blockchain Club and Partners with TRON Climate Initiative
[PRESS RELEASE – Geneva, Switzerland, 30th January 2023] TRON Academy has become the official sponsor of the Princeton Blockchain Club, the premier blockchain-focused student organization at Princeton...
TRON Academy Sponsors Princeton Blockchain Club and Partners with TRON Climate Initiative – Cryptopolitan
Geneva, Switzerland, 30th January, 2023, Chainwire TRON Academy has become the official sponsor of the Princeton Blockchain Club, the premier blockchain-focused student organization at Princeton Unive...
Why desalination won’t save states dependent on Colorado River water
The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Arizona. Rhona Wise | Afp | Getty Images States dependent on the drought-stricken Colorado River ...
Rainfall Records Shattered In Auckland, New Zealand
Cloud systems with rainfall in Australia and New Zealand NASA New Zealand’s official weather agency, MetService, posted some stunning facts in the past few days. One Tweet by the agency noted that the...
Eat Local If You Want, But Not For Climate Reasons
Produce for sale at Wuse Market, Abuja, Nigeria. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon) AFP via Getty Images A new year is when many people pledge to improve their diets – whether to better their own health or the ...
Biden restores protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Part of Tongass National Forest Urbanglimpses | Istock | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it’s reinstating restrictions on logging and road-building on about nine mil...
Tesla plans to spend $3.6 billion more on manufacturing in Nevada
An aerial view of the Tesla Gigafactory near Sparks, Nevada Bob Strong | Reuters Tesla plans to spend $3.6 billion more on expanded battery and heavy duty truck manufacturing in Nevada, the company sa...
IOTA Supremacy in Sustainability and Climate Protection — Coin Prices Held High
IOTA Foundation’s regulatory affairs manager explains project spanning sustainability initiatives. IOTA’s Soonverese released its first update. The protocol introduced features including On Tangle Req...
Two Ways Canada Can Advance Green Growth And Accelerate Climate Change Efforts
Vieux port de Montreal and downtown skyline with promenade pier on a clear May Springtime day with … [+] people walking in the distance getty In March 2022, the Government of Canada unveiled its...
Analyst sees market making a big mistake with the energy transition
The pace of change in the modern world is often rapid and dizzying. Technologies that seem integral to our lives can, in what feels like an instant, become redundant and irrelevant. Energy is one sect...
Hate fast fashion? You can compost this new streetwear clothing line
Fast fashion is big business, but it is also a big polluter, responsible for about 10% of global carbon emissions. Roughly 70% of the $3 trillion fashion industry is comprised of articles made from sy...