Exelon’s Climate Bet: How $300K Checks Are Unlocking Half A Billion

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’s Climate Bet: How $300,000 Checks Are Unlocking Half A Billion Dollars

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 new tyre standard is stricter than Europe’s, which has had one since 2012
California’s new tyre standard is stricter than Europe’s, which has had one since 2012

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…

As Wildfires Intensify, Climate Lies Endanger Lives, Report Warns

A new report warns climate disinformation about wildfires and heatwaves is spreading faster than ever, undermining public safety and emergency response.

Fairphone’s most repairable phone yet is now available in the US at $650
Fairphone’s most repairable phone yet is now available in the US at $650

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…

Scrapping your petrol car for An EV pays back In three years
Scrapping your petrol car for An EV pays back In three years

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…

Google and the UK will steer planes around contrails over the Atlantic
Google and the UK will steer planes around contrails over the Atlantic

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 An Oil Chokepoint. It Is A Living Ecosystem.

The Strait Of Hormuz is more than a political pain point. It is a unique ecosystem that is being endangered by conflict.

Stories To Save The World: 5 Novels Of Climate Solutions

Climate fiction is booming. Here’s five of the recent best novels – all focussed on solutions rather than doom.

Nvidia is not backing OpenAI’s rent. It is backing the buildings
Nvidia is not backing OpenAI’s rent. It is backing the buildings

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…