Exelon Foundation’s 2c2i bets small equity checks can rival a corporate VC arm on climate impact. See how Buckstop and Public Grid are testing that model.
Exelon Foundation’s 2c2i bets small equity checks can rival a corporate VC arm on climate impact. See how Buckstop and Public Grid are testing that model.

California’s Energy Commission has unanimously approved the first US efficiency standard for replacement tyres, capping rolling resistance from 2029 and tightening it in 2033. Europe has enforced a looser ceiling since 2012 and labelled tyres for effic…
A new report warns climate disinformation about wildfires and heatwaves is spreading faster than ever, undermining public safety and emergency response.

Fairphone is selling directly in the United States for the first time, with the $650 Gen 6+ and its twelve user-replaceable parts. The Dutch company is entering a market with no equivalent of the EU repairability rules that took effect last year. Fairp…

Research published in Science finds that scrapping a petrol car in its first year and replacing it with a battery electric vehicle cuts emissions by 58% over 16 years, with carbon payback in about three years. The benefit does not hold for efficient hy…

The UK government and Google are launching a trial to steer aircraft around climate-warming contrails. Google announced Operation Blue Skies on Tuesday. It is the first such effort across an entire ocean airspace. AI forecasts will predict where contra…
The Strait Of Hormuz is more than a political pain point. It is a unique ecosystem that is being endangered by conflict.
Climate fiction is booming. Here’s five of the recent best novels – all focussed on solutions rather than doom.

A residual value guarantee is a promise about an object, not about a tenant. Someone builds a thing. Someone else rents it. A third party promises the thing itself will still be worth a set amount. If the renter walks, the owner relets or sells. The gu…