Climate Tech Newsletter: May 11, 2025

Climate Tech Newsletter: May 11, 2025

Welcome to last week’s edition of the CBKNY’s Weekly News Highlights. Explore the latest policies, innovations, and market trends driving the future of climate tech.

🌱 Climate Tech Insights

Real-world geoengineering trials revealed by a UK agency, combined with Google’s strategic nuclear energy partnership, mark a turning point in how governments and tech giants may actively intervene in the climate crisis.

1. Trump Proposes Slashing $163 Billion From Federal Budget

   May 02, 2025 - WSJ

2. Hope to halt climate change by thickening Arctic sea ice
   May 08, 2025 - The Times

3. Real-world geoengineering experiments revealed by UK agency

   May 07, 2025 - The Guardian

4. Mission Cities call to work with Ukraine on climate neutrality

   May 06, 2025 - Smart Cities World

5. COP30 Brazilian presidency calls for new global climate governance

   May 08, 2025 - Reuters

6. EU to propose end-2027 halt to all Russian gas imports
   May 06, 2025 - Reuters

7. Elementl Power and Google Sign Strategic Agreement to Develop Locations for Advanced Nuclear Projects

   May 07, 2025 - PR Newswire

8. New tool to help fashion brands calculate climate footprint, comply with regulations
   May 09, 2025 - ESG DIVE

9. Nine Eastern states team up to build a bigger grid
   May 07, 2025 - E&E News by POLITICO

10. Google commits early stage capital for three nuclear sites

    May 08, 2025 - E&E News by POLITICO

11. Cleaning up industry may get harder

    May 09, 2025 - Canary Media

12. Could this 1980s battery design unlock long-term clean energy storage?

    May 07, 2025 - Canary Media

13. Renewable energy’s scale-up provides blueprint for carbon removal

    May 08, 2025 - TRELLIS

14. Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this week

    May 05, 2025 - TRELLIS

15. Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power
    May 09, 2025 - Tech Crunch

16. Climate unicorn 1Komma5 mulls delaying IPO until after next US election

    May 05, 2025 - Sifted

17. New climate tech partnership to help accelerate industrial transformation in Asia

    May 06, 2025 - RMI

18. New PacifiCorp Forecast Sees More Fossil-Fueled Electricity. How Will That Affect Western Energy Jobs?
    May 09, 2025 - Inside Climate News

19. Power Sustainable Launches $330M Decarbonization Fund Targeting Middle-Market Climate Solutions

    May 05, 2025 - ESG News

20. Google, Dow Partner to Use AI Sorting Tech to Recycle Hard-to-Process Plastics
    May 05, 2025 - ESG News

21. Microsoft extends carbon removal pact with Sweden’s Exergi

    May 08, 2025 – Climate Insider

22. Global Solar Outlook 2025–2029: SolarPower Europe Forecasts 1 TW Annual Installations By 2030

    May 09, 2025 - Clean Technica

23. Tencent Partners with Temasek-Backed GenZero to Boost Carbon Credits
    May 09, 2025 - Carbon Credits

24. Rockefeller Foundation's Carbon Credit Initiative: Turning 60 Coal Plants Into Clean Energy Gold

    May 08, 2025 – Carbon Credits

25. Microsoft’s Bet on Forests: How A 3M Carbon Credit Deal Shapes Its Climate Strategy

    May 09, 2025 – Carbon Credits

26. Europe's Battery Storage Hits 21.9 GWh Amid Policy Demands

    May 08, 2025 – Carbon Credits

27. Big Tech’s Clean Energy Rush to Power the AI Era, With Nuclear Boosting Growth

    May 06, 2025 – Carbon Credits