Climate Tech Newsletter: June 09, 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

IEA projects record $3.3T energy investment, driven by clean tech and global momentum—even as U.S. political rollbacks and AI-driven energy demand challenge climate progress and infrastructure sustainability.

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1. A Chinese-owned battery plant in South Carolina halts construction
   June 7, 2025 – The Wall Street Journal

2. Coastal flooding hits North Carolina as climate change worsens storm surges
   June 2, 2025 – The Washington Post

3. Meta turns to nuclear power to fuel AI expansion
   June 3, 2025 – The Guardian

4. ‘Unprecedented’ bleaching event hits Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef
   June 7, 2025 – The Guardian

5. Slashed cement decarbonization funding worries experts
   June 5, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

6. The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
   June 2, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

7. Trump budget bill would kill subsidies that made home solar mainstream
   June 5, 2025 – Reuters

8. Global energy investment set to hit record $3.3 trillion in 2025, IEA says
   June 6, 2025 – Reuters

9. Fusion supply chain spending almost doubles in 2024
   June 3, 2025 – Fusion Industry Association

10. New York launches green economy and climate innovation hub at BATWorks
    June 6, 2025 – ESG Dive

11. White House rescissions request targets climate programs
    June 4, 2025 – E&E News by POLITICO

12. Republicans look to slash climate funds in 2 spending bills
    June 5, 2025 – E&E News by POLITICO

13. Labor Department ready to roll back climate investing rule
    June 3, 2025 – E&E News by POLITICO

14. California is wasting clean energy. Here’s how to fix it
    June 6, 2025 – Canary Media

15. Why Jigar Shah thinks America’s clean energy industry isn’t dead yet
    June 3, 2025 – Trellis

16. Clean energy investment hits new highs — and shows no sign of slowing
    June 6, 2025 – TechCrunch

17. Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals
    June 2, 2025 – TechCrunch

18. Puerto Rico’s solar microgrids: A model for energy resilience
    June 3, 2025 – IEEE Spectrum

19. Pacific Island fishing jobs threatened as warming ocean drives tuna east
    June 6, 2025 – Inside Climate News

20. US gas pipeline buildout is mostly for export
    June 2, 2025 – Inside Climate News

21. Gila River Tribes’ floating solar could help Colorado River
    June 1, 2025 – Inside Climate News

22. NuScale gets the NRC nod to go bigger
    June 2, 2025 – Ignition News

23. IFC commits $100M to TPG’s climate investment push in Global South
    June 3, 2025 – ESG News

24. AllianzGI to permit defense holdings in ESG funds amid Europe’s security shift
    June 4, 2025 – ESG News

25. Endolith corrals microbes to increase copper supplies
    June 5, 2025 – Climate Insider

26. Leading CVCs in the climate tech sector
    June 5, 2025 – Climate Insider