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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

The why: The nearly 16,000 desalination plants around the world create enough waste to cover Florida with a foot of brine each year. 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.

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

Greenability Magazine

The project met sustainability benchmarks for energy efficiency, water conservation, material selection, waste reduction, and more to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) certification. “The Waste The construction project featured impressive waste diversion. 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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? 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.

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Green New Deals For The World Are Green Good Deals

CleanTechnica

The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward.