Climate Tech Newsletter: August 4, 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

Fusion breakthroughs lead headlines as China unveils its most advanced reactor and a U.S. startup starts building a commercial fusion plant. Google announced a $6B investment in India’s largest green data center and renewables hub. Quidnet’s “Earth battery” gains traction for long-duration storage. Meanwhile, offshore wind in eastern Canada expands and ESG litigation rises globally in clean energy disputes.

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1. China Takes Bold Step Forward in Global Race for Limitless Energy Device
   July 30, 2025 – The Cool Down

2. Earth Battery Quidnet’s Underground Storage Concept Grows
   July 29, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

3. Australia’s Green Bank Makes Record $23 Billion Clean Energy Investments
   July 28, 2025 – Reuters

4. Sustainserv, Palau Ink Tech Partnership to Boost ESG Reporting with AI
   July 31, 2025 – ESG Dive

5. Renewable Energy Projects Facing Increased Litigation, Climate Lawsuits Rising
   July 28, 2025 – ESG Dive

6. Trump 2.0 Went Where Trump 1.0 Wouldn’t on Climate
   July 31, 2025 – E&E News

7. Startup Begins Work on Major U.S. Fusion Power Plant — Yes, Fusion
   July 31, 2025 – E&E News

8. The Rush to Mine the Seafloor Is Testing the Authority of International Law
   July 29, 2025 – Corporate Knights

9. Study: Repealing NC’s Climate Target Would Cost $47.2B, 50,000 Jobs
   July 28, 2025 – Canary Media

10. Iowa Could Lose Its Clean Energy Appeal to Data Centers
    July 28, 2025 – Canary Media

11. North Carolina Approves Duke Data Access Provision
    August 1, 2025 – Canary Media

12. Lessons in Clean‑Energy Decarbonization from Food & Farms
    July 31, 2025 – Canary Media

13. New York Finalizes Gas Ban for Carbon‑Free Buildings
    July 30, 2025 – Canary Media

14. Vertical Future: Agritech Scaling in the UK
    July 30, 2025 – Sifted

15. Lithium‑Wall Nuclear Fusion Reactor Concept Explored
    July 30, 2025 – Interesting Engineering

16. Inside Clean Energy: Solar and Batteries Lead U.S. Power Mix
    July 31, 2025 – InsideClimate News

17. EPA Rescinds Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    July 29, 2025 – InsideClimate News

18. Convention on Wetlands Gathers to Save Critical Ecosystems
    July 29, 2025 – InsideClimate News

19. Google to Invest $6 Billion in India’s Largest Data Centre & Renewable Energy Hub
    July 31, 2025 – ESG News

20. Barclays Generates $666 Million in Sustainable Finance Revenue; Targets $1 Trillion by 2030
    July 31, 2025 – ESG News

21. 13 Public Funding Agencies Leading on Climate‑Tech Investment in Europe
    July 30, 2025 – Climate Insider

22. Trump’s Most Ambitious AI Plan to Lead America in the Global Data Center Race
    July 29, 2025 – Carbon Credits

23. Microsoft to Get Fusion Power as Helion Energy Kicks Off Orion Plant Construction
    July 31, 2025 – Carbon Credits

24. MSFT Stock Tops Q2 2025 Record‑Breaking Surge in Durable Carbon Removal Credit Purchases
    July 30, 2025 – Carbon Credits

25. EU–China Joint Climate Deal Focuses on Clean Tech, Skips Coal Commitments
    July 28, 2025 – Carbon Credits