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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.
Is battery recycling patriotic?
The American Battery Technology Company has announced that it doubled its battery recycling production quarter over quarter, it will...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 9, 2025
Emissions-free power hits 40% of global electricity generation
Clean power is now at 40% of global energy generation! That's among the findings in a new report from energy experts Ember released today...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 8, 2025
China to Add 10,000 More EV Battery Swapping Stations
Above:The CATL & Sinopec Industrial & Capital Cooperation Framework Agreement Signing Ceremony. Guess how many gas stations there are in...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 7, 2025
China to add emissions fees for cement, steel, aluminum production
Cement: It's not everywhere, thank goodness, but almost. (CC by Jeremy Mikkola) The Chinese government has announced that it will expand...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 4, 2025
Climate Aimed to Destroy Capitalism & Civilization, Says World's Largest Insurance Co Leader
Last week Günther Thallinger, Board member at the world's largest insurance company, Allianz in Germany (€2.448 trillion assets under...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 3, 2025
Unilever makes acquisition to replace single-use plastics
Wild's flagship product In a blow against single use plastics, Unilver has acquired refillable body care company Wild . The 5 year old...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 2, 2025
New dashboard: Here's how much CO2 is in the air today and its impacts
Deep Sky's new free daily Climate Dashboard There's nothing like a good dashboard, and this Bill Gates backed carbon dioxide removal...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Apr 1, 2025
Communities Pushing Back on the EPA, Grounded in Faith
ChatGPT illustration of the new head of the EPA and religious leaders responding. There's a short list of real whopper statements coming...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 31, 2025
California now has 50% more EV chargers than gas pumps
While not a panacea, electric vehicles are important. California says it's hit an important milestone in the transition to EVs: 178,549...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 28, 2025
Report: Economic Growth, Avoiding Disaster, Will Come From Investing in Sustainability
Photo of giant solar panel array, Barcelona's Pergola Fotovoltaica, by Biel Morro on Unplash. Look at the tiny people there....
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 27, 2025
Head and Heart Appeals: We're Doing It, It's Happening
From energy risk management firm DNV's remarkable short firm The Great Energy Transition: A Future Worth Building We've already started,...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 26, 2025
Solar Grows 30% YoY: Here's the Global Energy Mix
From IEA's new Global Energy Review 2025 Too much coal, too much natural gas, solar up 30% year over year, in its 22nd consecutive year...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 25, 2025
There's a Beaver for That!
The group Southern Oregon Climate Action Now has testified in favor of Oregon bill HB 3932: Relating to Protecting Beavers . The bill...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 24, 2025
Donald Trump does not hate trees
He hates programs to plant trees in poor Black neighborhoods. Trump may hate trees too, I'm sure he doesn't appreciate them, but the...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 21, 2025
1.5C Surpassed, but Still Within Reach, UN Says
The UN highlighted the work of photographer Muhammad Amdad Hossain in its announcement " The latest State of the Global Climate report...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 19, 2025
Science Based Targets Grow Stronger
Starting with Z, companies in the US who have set SBTi targets. If your company sells to enterprise-scale customers, some big new...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 19, 2025
Raise the ceiling or the floor?
The top story in green tech and sustainability today is the English government's announcement that it will pause and rewrite its program...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 18, 2025
Monday Morning Update
Today's Updates Table of Contents Agriculture (4 stories) - Microplastic crop impacts, fog-harvesting nets in Morocco/Chile, solar...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 17, 2025
FBI Action Against Climate Orgs and Green Banks: What, Why, and What it Means
I don't know why anything is shocking anymore, but the top story today in sustainability today is undoubtedly the FBI and EPA's move...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 13, 2025
Northvolt's battery bankruptcy
F The ambitious European battery project Northvolt will file for bankruptcy, after raising $15B in financing, due to a list of...
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mar 12, 2025
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