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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.

Insurance and Risk Analysis

Writer's picture: Andrea GonzalesAndrea Gonzales

The home insurance industry underwent huge changes in California just two weeks ago. One week before the current fires started.

 

Senator Alex Padilla now says the public Fair Plan has just $377m available to pay claims.

 

What will this all mean? Insurance is a business of probabilistic risk analysis, and is being heavily impacted by AI. In that spirit, I did a cursory AI probabilistic risk analysis of 24 industry, academic, and international news pieces this morning on the possible outcomes of the LA fires, edited it just a touch myself, and got this picture of high and low likelihood but high impact possible consequences to anticipate.

 

Honestly, though, I'm not sure how low these low probability scenarios really are.




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Visual of the Day

Thailand's Invasive Fish Crisis

From a single coastal site to widespread invasion: this map from Mongabay shows the rapid spread of invasive blackchin tilapia across Thailand's coastal provinces from 2011-2024, linked to a controversial aquaculture research project. A critical environmental and economic threat that researchers estimate could cost Thailand $293 million in damages, the invasion has sparked protests demanding corporate accountability and government action.


Today's Updates

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (10 stories) - Calysta's bacteria-based feed expands as Octopus acquires OX2's agrivoltaics division; SunCulture's solar irrigation and companion planting gain traction amid climate pressures


  • Carbon (5 stories) - AMOC stability findings contrast ocean warming records, while OMV Petrom and Nord Stream impacts assessed; Rondo Energy partners with Samsung for Saudi heat battery carbon capture


  • Circular (4 stories) - Li-Cycle's $15M offering and DOE's $1.5M product lifetime grants, while bamboo tissues emerge as tree-free alternative amid trillion-dollar consumer spending


  • Ecosystems (12 stories) - LA wildfires and global megafires intensify as Mid-Barataria project gets $1.8B, while Oder Delta restoration and H5N1 spread highlight ecosystem pressures; Japan protects rare rabbit tick amid forest protection rollbacks


  • Efficiency (3 stories) - Kenyan e-cookers slash costs, while solid-state transformers and HVDC emerge as data center solutions amid EPSA's demand forecast debate


  • Finance (12 stories) - kWh Analytics' $500K tax credit insurance launch, responsAbility's $350M Asian cleantech fund, and major US banks' Net-Zero Alliance exit mark shifting renewable finance landscape


  • Grid (15 stories) - ABB acquires Lumin as Germany eyes 226 GW battery projects; Tesla hits 31.4 GWh deployment while Prevalon plans 800-MWh Idaho system; UK and US utilities pivot on renewables amid grid modernization push


  • Indigenous (11 stories) - Indigenous fire exchanges span 8 states, Fire Learning Network marks 10 years, Pomo tribes aid Clear Lake, Spanish-language burn training unites 8 countries, BC First Nations secure salmon parks


  • Industry (10 stories) - Major hydrogen developments in Germany and Utah; HIUV's new TOPCon modules; Sublime Systems' cement tech recognition; Enviva dust concerns; AI mill optimization success


  • Policy (56 stories) - EPA launches safety review of vinyl chloride amid state-level climate lawsuits, as Biden administration faces pushback on Clean Air Act preemption reversal and EU implements strict deforestation regulations


  • Renewables (30 stories) - ClearVue, AIKO, Boviet Solar, X-Elio, Astronergy, and Trinasolar lead major solar expansions; UC Berkeley launches CALNEXT research center; floating solar potential on federal reservoirs could power 100M homes; IBC solar tech market share drops despite efficiency lead


  • Transport (17 stories) - BYD leads global EV sales at 4.3M units; Amogy secures $56M for ammonia shipping; Amazon orders 200 Mercedes e-trucks; Harbinger raises $100M for medium-duty EVs; ZeroAvia recognized for hydrogen aircraft tech


Agriculture

Calysta's bacteria-based feed expands as Octopus acquires OX2's agrivoltaics division; SunCulture's solar irrigation and companion planting gain traction amid climate pressures



Carbon

AMOC stability findings contrast ocean warming records, while OMV Petrom and Nord Stream impacts assessed; Rondo Energy partners with Samsung for Saudi heat battery carbon capture



Circular

Li-Cycle's $15M offering and DOE's $1.5M product lifetime grants, while bamboo tissues emerge as tree-free alternative amid trillion-dollar consumer spending



Ecosystems

LA wildfires and global megafires intensify as Mid-Barataria project gets $1.8B, while Oder Delta restoration and H5N1 spread highlight ecosystem pressures; Japan protects rare rabbit tick amid forest protection rollbacks



Efficiency

Kenyan e-cookers slash costs, while solid-state transformers and HVDC emerge as data center solutions amid EPSA's demand forecast debate



Finance

kWh Analytics' $500K tax credit insurance launch, responsAbility's $350M Asian cleantech fund, and major US banks' Net-Zero Alliance exit mark shifting renewable finance landscape



Grid

ABB acquires Lumin as Germany eyes 226 GW battery projects; Tesla hits 31.4 GWh deployment while Prevalon plans 800-MWh Idaho system; UK and US utilities pivot on renewables amid grid modernization push



Indigenous

Indigenous fire exchanges span 8 states, Fire Learning Network marks 10 years, Pomo tribes aid Clear Lake, Spanish-language burn training unites 8 countries, BC First Nations secure salmon parks



Industry

Major hydrogen developments in Germany and Utah; HIUV's new TOPCon modules; Sublime Systems' cement tech recognition; Enviva dust concerns; AI mill optimization success



Policy

EPA launches safety review of vinyl chloride amid state-level climate lawsuits, as Biden administration faces pushback on Clean Air Act preemption reversal and EU implements strict deforestation regulations



Renewables

ClearVue, AIKO, Boviet Solar, X-Elio, Astronergy, and Trinasolar lead major solar expansions; UC Berkeley launches CALNEXT research center; floating solar potential on federal reservoirs could power 100M homes; IBC solar tech market share drops despite efficiency lead



Transport

BYD leads global EV sales at 4.3M units; Amogy secures $56M for ammonia shipping; Amazon orders 200 Mercedes e-trucks; Harbinger raises $100M for medium-duty EVs; ZeroAvia recognized for hydrogen aircraft tech


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