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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.

Friday, Jan 10th 2025

Writer's picture: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

The LA area fires continue to dominate the news and are the top sustainability story. In addition to untold suffering by humans, animals, and ecosystems, Heatmap has good coverage of the incredibly high costs to the insurance industry, which could have substantial economic follow-on impacts. The L.A. Fires Are an Epochal Economic Disaster. And the Guardian rounds up right-wing misinformation blaming Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the fires.


Lyla June has some great discussion on Instagram about indigenous perspectives on fire and how Southern California can protect what's left of the forests there going forward.

 

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Visual of the Day

Projecting visions of sustainability

A protest light projection by the Protect the Ȟesápa campaign from June 2024, highlighting their opposition to mining on sacred Indigenous lands in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The campaign, discussed by NDN Collective, successfully advocated for the recent Pactola Mineral Withdrawal which protects 20,000 acres near the Pactola Reservoir from mining activities for the next 20 years.


Today's Updates




Today's Updates

Table of Contents


  • Agriculture (9 stories) - Dream Harvest liquidates $8M vertical farm assets amid industry struggles; scientists develop air-to-ammonia fertilizer device; Indonesia proposes 20M hectare forest clearing; RNA spray fights crop disease; Bihar farmers see gains from collective methods


  • Carbon (15 stories) - Record temperatures hit 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels as Duke University achieves carbon neutrality; Uniper plans 470MW carbon capture plant while PIK warns of 3°C rise; wealthy 1% to exceed 2030 carbon allowance in 10 days


  • Circular (2 stories) - Dark Green Group's 12 UK biomethane plants and Amsterdam Real Estate's waste reduction strategy lead circular initiatives


  • Ecosystems (19 stories) - Devastating wildfires strike Madagascar's Ranomafana Park and Los Angeles County while National Trust launches 250,000-hectare restoration; global atlas project and NY Botanical Garden advance conservation amid rising extinction threats


  • Efficiency (2 stories) - TVA workshop trains religious facilities in energy audits while Australians adapt to extreme heat through creative cooling methods


  • Finance (8 stories) - AI wildfire insurance debuts in LA as RBC, BMO exit Net-Zero Alliance; PosiGen secures $200M Brookfield deal; Optera ranks 16th in Colorado startups


  • Grid (11 stories) - DOE backs major storage projects with $1.81B for APS batteries and $1.76B for Hydrostor's air storage; EQT acquires Scale Microgrids; 1.5GW Scottish battery planned; PJM fast-tracks grid projects amid $64B federal expansion uncertainty


  • Indigenous (10 stories) - Indigenous fire practitioners lead cross-border training initiatives, as Interior blocks Black Hills mining near Lakota sites and Pomo tribes partner on Clear Lake watershed protection


  • Industry (5 stories) - Chinese dominance in mineral processing and PV markets, GE Vernova turbines launch in Guangdong, while APAC supply chains pivot to AI/IoT solutions


  • Policy (39 stories) - EPA unveils 800-chemical tracking for incinerators, UN COP29 sets $1.3T climate finance goal, Canada's carbon tax faces election test, and US Forest Service launches $200M wildfire grant program


  • Renewables (19 stories) - Major expansions in China's solar sector with LONGi, Astronergy, and Tongwei advancing TOPCon technology; global growth highlighted by Germany's 16.2GW surge, EWEC's 1.5GW Zarraf project, and EDF's 749MW Ohio installation


  • Transport (12 stories) - Tesla Supercharger access for Mercedes-Benz, VW's 383K EVs, Renault 5 vs Model Y in France, Olinia's Mexican EVs, and new in-wheel motor tech from Donut Labs and Elaphe showcased at CES


Agriculture

Dream Harvest liquidates $8M vertical farm assets amid industry struggles; scientists develop air-to-ammonia fertilizer device; Indonesia proposes 20M hectare forest clearing; RNA spray fights crop disease; Bihar farmers see gains from collective methods



Carbon

Record temperatures hit 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels as Duke University achieves carbon neutrality; Uniper plans 470MW carbon capture plant while PIK warns of 3°C rise; wealthy 1% to exceed 2030 carbon allowance in 10 days



Circular

Dark Green Group's 12 UK biomethane plants and Amsterdam Real Estate's waste reduction strategy lead circular initiatives



Ecosystems

Devastating wildfires strike Madagascar's Ranomafana Park and Los Angeles County while National Trust launches 250,000-hectare restoration; global atlas project and NY Botanical Garden advance conservation amid rising extinction threats



Efficiency

TVA workshop trains religious facilities in energy audits while Australians adapt to extreme heat through creative cooling methods



Finance

AI wildfire insurance debuts in LA as RBC, BMO exit Net-Zero Alliance; PosiGen secures $200M Brookfield deal; Optera ranks 16th in Colorado startups



Grid

DOE backs major storage projects with $1.81B for APS batteries and $1.76B for Hydrostor's air storage; EQT acquires Scale Microgrids; 1.5GW Scottish battery planned; PJM fast-tracks grid projects amid $64B federal expansion uncertainty



Indigenous

Indigenous fire practitioners lead cross-border training initiatives, as Interior blocks Black Hills mining near Lakota sites and Pomo tribes partner on Clear Lake watershed protection



Industry

Chinese dominance in mineral processing and PV markets, GE Vernova turbines launch in Guangdong, while APAC supply chains pivot to AI/IoT solutions



Policy

EPA unveils 800-chemical tracking for incinerators, UN COP29 sets $1.3T climate finance goal, Canada's carbon tax faces election test, and US Forest Service launches $200M wildfire grant program



Renewables

Major expansions in China's solar sector with LONGi, Astronergy, and Tongwei advancing TOPCon technology; global growth highlighted by Germany's 16.2GW surge, EWEC's 1.5GW Zarraf project, and EDF's 749MW Ohio installation



Transport

Tesla Supercharger access for Mercedes-Benz, VW's 383K EVs, Renault 5 vs Model Y in France, Olinia's Mexican EVs, and new in-wheel motor tech from Donut Labs and Elaphe showcased at CES


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