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We Can Still Demand Corporate Social Responsibility in 2025

Writer: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

If Microsoft Can Do it, You Can Too


We've got more than 180 updates, good and bad, from across the sustainability world today - but one of the biggest is Microsoft's agreement to purchase nearly 400 MW of solar power from EDP Renewables North America.


The coolest part? They made the purchase using the Environmental Justice Power Purchase Agreement, which "focuses on clean energy investments in rural and urban communities that are disproportionately impacted by environmental injustices and behind in securing the benefits of a clean energy economy." The agreement will include funding to the EJ-focused Sharing the Power Foundation, which provides grants to a list of local organizations we're now tracking for updates and lessons learned.


The whole announcement of that purchase highlights extensive community benefits, signaling that the bar can still be raised in a Trump II era.


Other Renewables Projects Are Not There Yet

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia announced a "net zero AI data center" that will use 4X as much power as Microsoft just agreed to purchase, but without any discussion of environmental justice or community benefits.


And global EV leader BYD got tons of press coverage for announcing that they will be including a higher level of autonomy in all their models, even the low end ones, and making use the hot new AI model DeepSeek. (We use DeepSeek every day over here, it's awesome!)


But how's their social responsibility in doing so? Turns out BYD is in 16th place among 18 global auto makers in this week's just-released Lead the Charge scorecard measuring auto makers in their sustainability and human rights records and policies. (Tesla and Ford are at the top and still have a lot of room for improvement.)


Come on, corporate leaders! It's time to rise to the challenge, not just of renewable energy - but recognition that you're a part of a global network of people and planet. If Microsoft can do it, you can too!


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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Visual of the Day

Bioflourescent Birds

A male Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise, photographed in Indonesia's rainforests, displays its brilliant yellow feathers that scientists now know can emit light. New research shows these birds don't just have bright colors - they actually absorb and re-emit light through their feathers, a discovery that transforms our understanding of these remarkable creatures. They're biofluorescent, like jellyfish and other biofluorescent sea animals.

 

Let's save them and their homes!



Today's Updates

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (8 stories) - Symbrosia and MeliBio scale up alternative products, while Bovaer and seaweed farming advance sustainable livestock solutions amid food security challenges


  • Carbon (9 stories) - Carbon credit programs, soil tech advances, and DAC funding in Kenya, while studies show 1.5°C threshold breach and China's emissions stabilize


  • Circular (2 stories) - Acciona Energía tackles wind blade recycling in Australia; Oregon's SB551 targets reusable plastic bag restrictions


  • Ecosystems (13 stories) - Record snowfall in Japan, Australian cyclones, and coastal erosion threaten ecosystems while EDF wins AAAS award for Cuba marine work; NYBG forms climate advisory group as Pakistan's leopards face extinction and German institute studies wildlife adaptation


  • Efficiency (6 stories) - Heat pump innovations from Daikin, Mitsubishi & Terravis; NEOM's $5B green data center; efficiency programs in Nevada & California


  • Finance (10 stories) - Tax credit market hits $30B as Climate First Bank names Castro CSO; UN and SEC shape climate finance policy while European cities eye $4T urban sustainability opportunity


  • Grid (17 stories) - AGL, Tesla, Enphase and Fortum lead battery and pumped hydro expansion while AI data centers reshape grid planning, with Duke University research showing 76-126GW flexible load potential


  • Indigenous (4 stories) - Ford leads weak industry rights record; UN review training announced; Minnesota dam policy draws tribal concern; Indonesian climate storytelling project launches


  • Industry (20 stories) - EV and battery factories face funding threats in Southeast; ES Foundry, Astronergy, DMEGC Solar advance manufacturing; patent battles between JinkoSolar, LONGi, Trinasolar, Canadian Solar; TVA pursues fusion with Type One Energy


  • Policy (56 stories) - AFP/CCNow's global climate news initiative, Trump's dismantling of Justice40 and EPA programs, 22-state lawsuit against NY's $75B climate law, and federal judge's IRA funding restoration order shape policy landscape


  • Renewables (14 stories) - Major solar deals: Astronergy's European expansion, Huasun's 3GW projects in China, RenewableUK's offshore wind study, and Goldwind's $296M Australian wind contract, while India hits 100GW solar milestone


  • Transport (22 stories) - BYD dominates Philippines market and launches 'God's Eye' system, while Ionna plans 30,000 US charging bays, ComEd offers $100M in rebates, and Revel expands NYC network amid federal funding suspension


 Agriculture

Symbrosia and MeliBio scale up alternative products, while Bovaer and seaweed farming advance sustainable livestock solutions amid food security challenges



 Carbon

Carbon credit programs, soil tech advances, and DAC funding in Kenya, while studies show 1.5°C threshold breach and China's emissions stabilize



 Circular

Acciona Energía tackles wind blade recycling in Australia; Oregon's SB551 targets reusable plastic bag restrictions



 Ecosystems

Record snowfall in Japan, Australian cyclones, and coastal erosion threaten ecosystems while EDF wins AAAS award for Cuba marine work; NYBG forms climate advisory group as Pakistan's leopards face extinction and German institute studies wildlife adaptation



 Efficiency

Heat pump innovations from Daikin, Mitsubishi & Terravis; NEOM's $5B green data center; efficiency programs in Nevada & California



 Finance

Tax credit market hits $30B as Climate First Bank names Castro CSO; UN and SEC shape climate finance policy while European cities eye $4T urban sustainability opportunity



 Grid

AGL, Tesla, Enphase and Fortum lead battery and pumped hydro expansion while AI data centers reshape grid planning, with Duke University research showing 76-126GW flexible load potential



 Indigenous

Ford leads weak industry rights record; UN review training announced; Minnesota dam policy draws tribal concern; Indonesian climate storytelling project launches



 Industry

EV and battery factories face funding threats in Southeast; ES Foundry, Astronergy, DMEGC Solar advance manufacturing; patent battles between JinkoSolar, LONGi, Trinasolar, Canadian Solar; TVA pursues fusion with Type One Energy



 Policy

AFP/CCNow's global climate news initiative, Trump's dismantling of Justice40 and EPA programs, 22-state lawsuit against NY's $75B climate law, and federal judge's IRA funding restoration order shape policy landscape



 Renewables

Major solar deals: Astronergy's European expansion, Huasun's 3GW projects in China, RenewableUK's offshore wind study, and Goldwind's $296M Australian wind contract, while India hits 100GW solar milestone



 Transport

BYD dominates Philippines market and launches 'God's Eye' system, while Ionna plans 30,000 US charging bays, ComEd offers $100M in rebates, and Revel expands NYC network amid federal funding suspension


 
 
 

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