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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results.    ⚡ Aether Fuels , a San Francisco, California-based sustainable aviation fuel developer, raised $9M in Seed funding from Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, Foothill Ventures, JetBlue Ventures, Xora Innovation, and TechEnergy Ventures.  

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Inflation Reduction Act: 10 ways it will turbocharge US climate action (and one way it won't)

Business Green

The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential many times higher than that of CO2. The IRA introduces a charge on methane emissions starting at $900 per metric tonne, before rising to $1,500 per tonne after two years.