Climate Tech

Hello. While we know we need to reduce carbon emissions at the source to combat climate change, innovative tech solutions can help. This week in the newsletter we're taking a look at projects to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere, green our busy ports, and drive community investment in clean energy.

– Michael Crowe, Editor/Project Manager, Covering Climate Collaborative

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ABC7 Bay Area: SF-based company opens 1st commercial facility to remove carbon dioxide from air

By using the slightest of breeze in the Central Valley, a San Francisco-based company can remove harmful CO2 from the air. In an area with some of the worst air pollution in the state, this technology is pushing California towards net-zero.

Shipping containers stacked at New Orleans wharf.

Times Picayune/NOLA.com: New Orleans port officials looking to lure firm turning tires, plastic into 'green' hydrogen

A company that turns plastic waste and used tires into green hydrogen is seeking to invest $100 million to build processing plants in New Orleans and Iberia Parish that would create 250 jobs.

Solar panels at the DTE O’Shea Solar Park are located at Greenfield Road and Capitol Avenue, just south of Interstate 96. CREDIT: © Kelly Jordan and Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK via Planet Detroit

Planet Detroit: Duggan shortlists nine neighborhoods to host city-owned solar farms

Some residents hope the program would cut down on blight and illegal dumping; others voice skepticism.

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Society of Environmental Journalists: Apply for SEJ’s Story Grants on the Clean Energy Transition

The Society of Environmental Journalists is now accepting proposals for story grants on the clean energy transition in the United States. January 8 (11:59 p.m. ET) is the deadline for proposals to SEJ’s Fund for Environmental Journalism (FEJ) for grants up to $5,000 for stipends and expenses such as travel, multimedia production, translation, and more. Story proposals on electrification in local communities are encouraged, as well as those that reflect diverse and inclusive perspectives.

What we're reading

Comedy Comes to Climate Change, in Steve Chapple's Substack, "Hot Globe"
The first commercial enhanced geothermal project is online and sending power to the grid in Nevada, thanks to a Google partnership
US electric cars pass a major milestone, 1 million battery-electric vehicles sold in a year, BloombergNEF reports

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