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Crunchbase
Cortex’s software helps to decarbonize commercial buildings. The company, which is based in New York, was founded in 2014. Decarbonizing is the process of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
PR Newswire
INDIANAPOLIS, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pretred, a Colorado-based company that produces industrial barriers from >95% recycled materials, has announced a $3 million seed investment led by HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of The Heritage Group. Pretred will use this investment to scale its US-based tire and plastic recycling process to meet the growing demand for green construction products. Pretred is a graduate of the 2020 cohort of The Heritage Group Accelerator Powered by Techstars®…
WE Forum
Technology was omnipresent before the COVID-19 pandemic. And its relevance has grown ever since – it’s become even more essential in helping us stay connected and work, or learn, from home. Gartner estimates PC shipments went up 32% in the first quarter of 2021, and International Data Corporation (IDC) saw the global hardcopy peripherals market ship 27 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a growth rate of nearly 6% year over year. IDC also predicts the global technology industry wi…
ProptechLab
Breezo is improving indoor environments by misting our probiotics. In doing so, we create airborne nanoparticles loaded with probiotics. People say that if it’s in the air, it’s everywhere, and that’s especially true for our probiotic particles, which can reach places that traditional cleaning, or physical cleaning, can’t reach.
Wall Street Journal
If you’ve lost power anytime recently, you’ve come face to face with one of the fundamental truths about energy today: There are a lot of things we once could do without electricity that now require it.
GreenBiz
In the next 20 years, climate will move from being a sector of the economy to becoming the dominant force in macroeconomics. New forms of sustainability will disrupt virtually all industries: from manufacturing, the production and use of energy, food, fiber and material resources, to the expansion of transport options and consumer choices.
The Verge
Elon Musk shouldn’t hold his breath waiting for bitcoin to become environmentally friendly enough for Tesla to take it as payment. Musk announced yesterday that Tesla was walking away from the cryptocurrency because of the fossil fuels used for bitcoin mining and transactions. In the announcement, he left the door open for Tesla to accept bitcoin again if mining the cryptocurrency eventually runs on “more sustainable energy.” But some experts caution that renewable energy is not a silver bullet…
Bloomberg Quint
The commitment is among steps announced Thursday by the largest U.S. bank, which agreed last year to align its financing activities with the United Nations’ Paris climate agreement. The firm said that it aims to cut carbon intensity by 41% for new-vehicle manufacturing and tailpipe emissions, and 69% in its electric-power portfolio. Carbon intensity is a measure of carbon in emissions generated by
AXIOS
A new policy roadmap provides Congress and the White House with ways to support the growth of methods to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using everything from existing forests to direct air capture machines.
Fast Company
Tesla isn’t the only company that can build a great electric car. And that’s a point proven by Polestar—the Swedish car company that was born as a skunkworks racing team for Volvo and spun off to be one of the most promising, premium electric vehicle companies in the world.
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