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Earth Catalyst gathers & hand-filters the most recent updates from over 1,000 green tech and sustainability organizations. Here are all of the updates; if you subscribe to our free newsletter, we'll send you 3 each weekday we think will be meaningful to you.

Doing an end run towards opportunities

Writer: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

"There’s always going to be opportunities to improve things. You have to look where the opportunities are and pursue them, and don’t spend too much time hitting your head against the brick wall." -Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.


Hugely influential energy efficiency leader Steven Nadel has announced he's departing from his current position and offered some really good strategic wisdom in an interview RMI shared this morning that I want to share with you.


"We’re pivoting more to state and local programs, working with businesses, people who do care about this. Yes, we will work to defend key policies at the federal level, but making forward progress on efficiency at the federal level will be hard for the next few years.


"So, look for those opportunities. Look for opportunities to build some consensus and move forward.


"It’s kind of like a military campaign. If the enemy’s dug in one place, you do an end run, you go somewhere else where you feel you can make progress."

Speaking of making progress, you're invited to join us tomorrow for the 2nd Earth Catalyst Green Tech Startup Session. We'll run through a process where we:

  • look at your business to identify opportunities to make strategic progress

  • configure some tech to help you discover opportunities to make that progress

  • and we'll talk about synthesizing connections between what you're doing now and new opportunities to grow revenue, reduce costs, and reduce risk.


I'd love for you to join us.


And now we offer you the best updates from around the green tech and sustainability world today. Email subscribers get 3 just for you.


-Marshall Kirkpatrick

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  • A Visual of the Day

  • A digest-style Table of Contents for 193 selected updates from around the green tech and sustainability world

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Visual of the Day

Oil's Hidden Growth Engine

Inside Climate News illustrates how petrochemical production – not transportation – will be the biggest driver of new oil demand by 2030, according to International Energy Agency projections. The data shows petrochemicals (used primarily for plastics and chemicals) will account for over 9 million barrels per day of demand growth through 2030, far outpacing increases from shipping, passenger vehicles, aviation and road freight.



Today's Updates

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (7 stories) - Salmon die-offs, McDonald's wildfire impact, coconut monocultures, H5N1 threats, Finally Foods' GE potatoes, and EPA bee protection petition highlight agriculture's environmental challenges


  • Carbon (6 stories) - China leads 94.5GW coal surge while Chestnut Carbon raises $160M for forest projects; climate impacts span wildfires, aviation routes and flower trade


  • Circular (6 stories) -Michigan's $5.6M recycling push, Stanford's battery recycling breakthrough, and EU's repairable phone rules reshape circular economy alongside BLK + GRN's clean beauty marketplace


  • Ecosystems (11 stories) - Heatwaves hit Brazil, peatlands lack protection, and endangered species face threats - from Lahontan trout in Nevada to spotted owls in Canada - as WRI and Nature Tech Summit address biodiversity monitoring and resilience solutions


  • Efficiency (5 stories) - Patents, products & partnerships: Enertopia's moisture-cooling panels, LONGi's water efficiency gains, SolarEdge's Energy Bank battery, and ABB-Samsung smart energy integration, amid mixed home retrofit results


  • Finance (9 stories) - Arcadia's RPD Energy acquisition, Columbia's climate finance degree launch, JinkoSolar's ESG recognition, and Macquarie's NZBA exit amid rising clean energy financing challenges


  • Grid (24 stories) - Record grid battery deployments in Texas and UK, while V2G pilots and VPPs expand; transformer shortages and data center loads challenge utilities; FERC fast-tracks interconnection reforms


  • Indigenous (6 stories) - Indigenous leaders oppose NM hydrogen plans while Chilean tribes partner on sustainable mining; seed preservation and traditional knowledge efforts advance across communities


  • Industry (22 stories) - KoBold Metals, JinkoSolar, AtmosZero, StormFisher Hydrogen, and Waaree Energies lead industrial developments in AI mining, solar manufacturing, heat pumps, and e-fuels, while Europe launches €200B InvestAI plan


  • Policy (72 stories) - Trump administration blocks climate funds, nominates oil lobbyist Sgamma to BLM; EU proposes 90% emissions cut by 2040; 22 GOP states sue NY over Climate Superfund law


  • Renewables (14 stories) - Global solar surge led by Bangladesh's 1.78 GW tender and US's 47% clean energy growth, while Australia, Dominican Republic and Germany advance major wind and solar projects; Microsoft and Origin Energy expand renewable portfolios


  •  Transport (11 stories) - NIO, VinFast, BYD challenge Tesla while NY, California push charging networks; Lyft-Mobileye plan robotaxis as Ford, Lucid, BMW debate battery sizes



Agriculture

Salmon die-offs, McDonald's wildfire impact, coconut monocultures, H5N1 threats, Finally Foods' GE potatoes, and EPA bee protection petition highlight agriculture's environmental challenges



Carbon

China leads 94.5GW coal surge while Chestnut Carbon raises $160M for forest projects; climate impacts span wildfires, aviation routes and flower trade



Circular

Michigan's $5.6M recycling push, Stanford's battery recycling breakthrough, and EU's repairable phone rules reshape circular economy alongside BLK + GRN's clean beauty marketplace



Ecosystems

Heatwaves hit Brazil, peatlands lack protection, and endangered species face threats - from Lahontan trout in Nevada to spotted owls in Canada - as WRI and Nature Tech Summit address biodiversity monitoring and resilience solutions



Efficiency

Patents, products & partnerships: Enertopia's moisture-cooling panels, LONGi's water efficiency gains, SolarEdge's Energy Bank battery, and ABB-Samsung smart energy integration, amid mixed home retrofit results



Finance

Arcadia's RPD Energy acquisition, Columbia's climate finance degree launch, JinkoSolar's ESG recognition, and Macquarie's NZBA exit amid rising clean energy financing challenges



Grid

Record grid battery deployments in Texas and UK, while V2G pilots and VPPs expand; transformer shortages and data center loads challenge utilities; FERC fast-tracks interconnection reforms



Indigenous

Indigenous leaders oppose NM hydrogen plans while Chilean tribes partner on sustainable mining; seed preservation and traditional knowledge efforts advance across communities



Industry

KoBold Metals, JinkoSolar, AtmosZero, StormFisher Hydrogen, and Waaree Energies lead industrial developments in AI mining, solar manufacturing, heat pumps, and e-fuels, while Europe launches €200B InvestAI plan



Policy

Trump administration blocks climate funds, nominates oil lobbyist Sgamma to BLM; EU proposes 90% emissions cut by 2040; 22 GOP states sue NY over Climate Superfund law



Renewables

Global solar surge led by Bangladesh's 1.78 GW tender and US's 47% clean energy growth, while Australia, Dominican Republic and Germany advance major wind and solar projects; Microsoft and Origin Energy expand renewable portfolios



Transport

NIO, VinFast, BYD challenge Tesla while NY, California push charging networks; Lyft-Mobileye plan robotaxis as Ford, Lucid, BMW debate battery sizes


 
 
 

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