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Edited by Marshall Kirkpatrick, former New York Times syndicated tech journalist now focused on the urgency and opportunity of transitioning the global economy to create a more sustainable society.
Green tech and sustainability around the world: May 9th 2025
Today's stories include:  • Funding: A €750 million green bond to fund renewables  raised by Spanish energy provider Iberdrola •...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 9
240 updates for May 8th 2025
Today we've selected 240 updates from across the green tech and sustainability world, including 3 we've selected just for you personally...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 8
Transformation: What Are the Mindset Shifts Needed?
" To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour." So...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 7
What's different about Google and Dow's AI plastic recycling partnership
Google's Moonshot team has announced a partnership with Dow chemical to apply AI to the challenge of sorting plastics in the waste...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 6
An Empire Built on Waste
An empire built on waste  by Emanuele Jane Morelli. "This image is not an exaggeration. It’s a mirror.  "When clothing becomes cheaper...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 5
Chinese wind and solar capacity tops coal and gas
From Asian energy analyst Lauri Myllyvirta on Bluesky Huge news: China announces that it now has more solar and wind installed than coal...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 2
Coast Funds has secured $335M in long term financing
Here's some good news. $335M in financing secured for businesses, communities, and ecosystems to grow together: everyone should know...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
May 1
New data shows the path to disaster resilience—will we follow it?
A child born today is expected to endure on average 7X more floods, fires, and storms than one born in 1960. The accelerating pace of...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 30
Toward electrification and resilience
Today's updates are charecterized by US roll-backs, global progress in transition to renewable energy, grid challenges to that...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 29
A whole lot of bad news today
It's been a rough Monday! The US will advance controversial deep sea mining (and deploy the US military domestically , for goodness...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 28
Acceleration and Public Sentiment
Those aren't cumulative levels, those are growing annual sums. New science finds that net CO2 in the air is accelerating. Last year's...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 25
3 things I loved about SF Climate Week 2025
I got back from SF Climate Week late last night and thought I'd share three quick thoughts, perhaps especially for people considering...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 24
Renewables and stability
From Ember's Three facts that show how solar and wind strengthen energy security In an ever-more tumultuous world, with Volatility,...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 23
The Earth Needs Human Beings
I'm in San Francisco for SF Climate Week and was surprised and amazed to get the opportunity to hear the amazing Lyla June Johnston speak...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 21
Friday Updates
We had a fantastic call this morning on The Top 10 Circularity Startups in the World and What They Did in Q1 . I put everything I had...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 18
Trump freezes giant NY offshore wind project
The top story of the day is the Trump administration's move to stop construction of the already-permitted Empire Wind offshore wind...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 17
Good green investing
There are two big stories I want to highlight today, one large and one "small." The SEC's approval of the Green Impact Exchange (GIX) as...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 16
Study: Transition as stabilizing force
" Most countries around the world could improve their energy security and reduce trade risks by shifting away from fossil fuels,...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 15
April 14th, 2025: Shipping Emissions
The International Maritime Industry reached an agreement to significantly reduce emissions from shipping operations, but critics say it...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 14
EPA to Stop Measuring Most GHG Emissions: What Now?
ProPublica's graphics department is amazing. The Trump administration will turn off the light shined by the federal government reporting...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 10
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