If governments meet their commitments to reduce methane emissions, slash coal use, end deforestation, and fully fund projects that have been historically underfunded the world will reduce rising temperatures by nearly a full degree. That’s the word from Fatih Birol, the head of the influential energy monitoring group, the International…

On Wednesday night, the town of Ithaca, NY voted to electrify and decarbonize all of its buildings. It could be a big step forward for the movement to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and it comes from a very small town on the southern shore of New York’s Cayuga Lake. …

UPSIDE Foods, one of the companies making the lab grown meats that hope to replace industrial animal farming, is opening a massive new production and research facility in Emeryville, Ca. It’s the first of its kind in the US and the company claims that it’s “the most advanced cultivated meat…

Ford cannonballs into the electric vehicle aftermarket Ford has just unveiled what could be the supercharger it needs in its race to claim the top spot in the US electric vehicle market. The company isn’t just going after new vehicles, but hopes to win in the aftermarket as well. For…

As world leaders from 100 countries commit to halt and reverse deforestation within the next 9 years, they may find themselves turning to startups for help. Backed by $19 billion in funding, governments including Brazil, Russia, Canada, China, Colombia, Indonesia, and the US agreed to halt and reverse forest loss…

Third Derivative, the non-profit technology accelerator co-founded by the clean energy think-tank and consulting firm, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the sustainable startup network and support organization, New Energy Nexus, has just unveiled its latest cohort. Running the gamut from building material innovations to efficient heating and cooling systems, energy generation…

The US announced a sweeping set of regulations and initiatives today to drastically reduce methane emissions. The regulatory push spans across the multiple agencies responsible for agriculture, energy, the environment, housing, land management, and transportation. Reducing methane emissions across industries is seen as one of the fastest ways to dramatically…

Meet Envision Group, the privately-held, Shanghai-based renewable energy juggernaut that just announced $1 billion in new funding from a group of some of the best connected investors in the country. The investment was a sort of curtain-raiser to the international negotiations on climate change mitigation taking place this week in…

Rivian, the hotter than hot electric vehicle startup that’s almost managing to steal buzz from Tesla, has set an initial price for its public offering — hoping to raise $8.4 billion when it lists on the stock exchange. The price would give the electric pickup and SUV manufacturer a valuation…