September 16, 2018
Uber fires up its own traffic estimates to fuel demand beyond cars
If the whole map is red and it’s a short ride, maybe you’d prefer taking an Uber JUMP Bike instead of an UberX. Or at least if you…
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September 14, 2018
California is ‘launching our own damn satellite’ to track pollution, with help from Planet
California plans to launch a satellite to monitor pollution in the state and contribute to climate science, Governor Jerry Brown announced today. The state is partnering with satellite…
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ChargePoint is adding 2.5M electric vehicle chargers over the next 7 years
Electric vehicles still make up just a fraction of the cars, trucks and SUVs on the road today. But that’s changing: The number of electric and plug-in hybrid…
Read articleSeptember 6, 2018
CB Therapeutics’ lab-grown cannabinoids could unlock new medicines and make others affordable
Marijuana may still be on shaky legal ground, but the therapeutic benefits of the psychoactive molecules — cannabinoids — inside the plant are solidly established. Unfortunately, cultivation of…
Read articleAugust 28, 2018
Facebook has committed to using 100% renewable power for global operations by 2020
Earlier today, Facebook said that it has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent and using 100 percent renewable energy to power global operations at the…
Read articleAugust 15, 2018
Powered by $25 million, Arcadia Power looks to expand its distributed renewable energy services
As renewable energy use surges in the U.S. and the effects of global climate change become more visible, companies like Arcadia Power are pitching a nationwide service to…
Read articleJuly 17, 2018
Ocean Solutions Accelerator names its first wave of conservation startups
Early this year the Sustainable Oceans Alliance announced it would be starting its own accelerator with a focus on conservation. The nonprofit has just announced the Ocean Solutions…
Read articleJuly 16, 2018
WeWork takes meat off the menu as part of environmental policy drive
WeWork, the co-working startup that’s valued at ~$20 billion and has some 200,000 members across 200 locations globally plus nearly 6,000 staff of its own, will no long allow…
Read articleJuly 5, 2018
Bioproducts are seeing major tailwinds in renewable tech
Tom Dickson Contributor Share on Twitter Tom Dickson is CEO of New Energy Risk. Brentan Alexander Contributor Share on Twitter Brentan Alexander is chief science officer for New…
Read articleJune 26, 2018
Aclima sucks in $24M to scale its air quality mapping platform
Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A…
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