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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

of total GHG emissions, about as much as the entire aviation sector. The why: Geothermal offers the best pathway to decarbonize HVACs for large commercial buildings without adding stress to the grid. The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4%

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Kansas City’s new airport terminal celebrates sustainability in a big way

Greenability Magazine

EPA; Pat Klein, Director of Aviation – Kansas City, MO; Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, MO; Lee Barnes, Council Member, Kansas City, MO. Photo courtesy of the KCMO Aviation Department Air Quality The construction process and final project took innovative approaches to air quality. KCI is now the first U.S.

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Build Back Better: Top green consultancies beef up post-coronavirus services

Business Green

Potential solutions include upgrading HVAC and lighting systems, replacing fossil fuel boilers with renewable heating solutions or generating electricity through renewable sources, deploying renewable energy battery storage solutions, and enhancing environmental reporting and compliance processes.

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Delta lifts off with $1 billion pledge to become carbon neutral

AGreenLiving

The airline plans to invest in aircraft renewal, sustainable jet fuel, weight reduction, and CO2 offsetting and sequestration projects. Read the original post: Delta lifts off with $1 billion pledge to become carbon neutral.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022. 

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Energy Provisions In The Inflation Reduction Act

R-Squared Energy

10 years of consumer tax credits to make homes energy efficient and run on clean energy, incentivizing heat pumps, rooftop solar, and electric HVAC and water heaters. Tax credits and grants to support the domestic production of biofuels, and to build the infrastructure needed for sustainable aviation fuel and other biofuels.

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? Methane monitoring goes stratospheric #185

Climate Tech VC

  In deals this week $145m for lithium extraction, $52m for methane emissions detection, and $40m for sustainable aviation fuel.   ⚡ Velocys , an Oxford, UK-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAFs) developer, raised $40m in Growth funding from Carbon Direct, GenZero, Kibo Ventures, and Lightrock.