From the lab to the air 🌬️
Verdox, a new carbon capture and removal company, burst onto the scene today with $80M in funding from seminal climate tech investors like Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital. How is Verdox’s technology, which was developed at MIT, different from other carbon capture and removal approaches? For one, it’s powered purely by electricity and doesn’t require heat…
Read MoreH2-zero: decarbonizing hydrogen ⬇️
If you keep an eye on our weekly round-up emails on Sundays, you’ll have noticed a bevy of ‘green’ hydrogen deals hit the wire over the past few weeks and months. These are companies whose business and technology centers on producing hydrogen with low-to-no carbon emissions. For example: Last week, H2Pro raised $75M in Series B funding…
Read MoreCool or not – carbon neutral cards
If you live in NYC, you’ve definitely seen them. Advertisements for ‘carbon-neutral’ credit cards, that is. With interest rates at record lows, consumer credit has become increasingly commodified. As a result, card issuers have to look for more creative ways to attract new customers. Some offer miles. Some offer cash back bonuses. Some tout security.…
Read MoreKeep Cool Report #0004: Blockchain
2,442 words, ~ 7 .5 min read This piece is the first of a three part series, in partnership with Katapult. Parts two and three of the series will include a company deep dive, profiling a business in this space, as well as a live session designed for our community’s participation. Stay tuned! Report North…
Read MoreKeep Cool Report #0003: Regenerative Agriculture
2,152 words, ~ 7 min read “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we…
Read MoreKeep Cool Report #0002: Biochar
1,979 words, ~ 6.5 min read Report North Star Scale carbon sequestration, promote clean energy production and illuminate the soil enrichment benefits of biochar. What is Biochar? Biochar is a biocarbon made by pyrolysis, i.e.: the heating of biomass in the absence of oxygen. During the slow baking of biomass, gas and oil separate from…
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