Climate Tech Newsletter: December 1, 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

This week’s post-COP30 developments highlight a global recalibration: the U.S. advanced nuclear restarts and AI-driven energy initiatives, Brazil and the U.K. clashed over drilling and offshore risks, Europe pushed resilience software and climate-risk engineering, and corporations expanded durable carbon-removal investments. The result is a dual trajectory—pursuing decarbonization while accelerating energy-system expansion.

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1. Climate Talks Turn to Fossil Fuels
   November 27, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

2. COP30 Daily Digest: Food, Climate Change & Brazil Updates
   November 24, 2025 – Green Queen

3. Hybrid Storage Projects Boost Renewable Energy Deployment
   November 26, 2025 – ESG Dive

4. NYC Comptroller Urges City Pensions to Drop Climate Lagging Asset Managers
   November 26, 2025 – ESG Dive

5. First Solar’s Louisiana Plant Strengthens U.S. Solar Supply Chain
   November 25, 2025 – Energy Tech

6. Trump Signs Order to Boost AI and Spur Energy Breakthroughs
   November 25, 2025 – E&E News

7. Labour Faces ‘Moment of Danger’ on North Sea Drilling
   November 26, 2025 – E&E News

8. Electricity Prices Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid for Utilities
   November 25, 2025 – E&E News

9. Crusoe Raises $1.375B in New Funding Round
   November 19, 2025 – Data Center Dynamics

10. How Smarter Software Helps Utilities Build a More Resilient Grid
    November 17, 2025 – Canary Media

11. East Coast Grid Reliability Under Trump Offshore Wind Study
    November 24, 2025 – Canary Media

12. Solar & Wind Meet Power Demand in New Milestone
    November 28, 2025 – Canary Media

13. Alcoa & Rio Tinto Hit Low-Carbon Aluminum Milestone
    November 25, 2025 – Canary Media

14. The Climate Risk Engineers Preparing Companies for Disasters
    November 24, 2025 – Bloomberg

15. DOE Creates New Fusion Office in Major Reorganization
    November 21, 2025 – AIP FYI

16. Australia Projected to Miss 2035 Climate Target by Wide Margin
    November 27, 2025 – ABC News Australia

17. McKinsey, Stripe, Google, Frontier Advance Biogas & Carbon Removal
    November 26, 2025 – Trellis

18. 4 Ways AI Can Build Stronger ESG Reports
    November 25, 2025 – Trellis

19. Why Now Is the Best Time to Invest in Climate Tech
    November 22, 2025 – TechCrunch

20. Quantum Sensors for Space Applications
    November 25, 2025 – IEEE Spectrum

21. PJM Members Deadlocked Over Data Center Impacts
    November 26, 2025 – Inside Climate News

22. Trump’s Offshore Drilling Expansion Meets Bipartisan Opposition
    November 21, 2025 – Inside Climate News

23. Deep Sky Deploys Airbus Direct Air Capture Technology
    November 28, 2025 – ESG News

24. Bill Gates Highlights 40% Drop in Projected CO₂ Emissions
    November 24, 2025 – ESG News

25. New Oil & Gas Investments Threaten Canada’s Economy
    November 27, 2025 – Corporate Knights

26. Brazil at COP30: Fossil Fuels & Climate Adaptation
    November 24, 2025 – Corporate Knights

27. MIT Senior Turns Fishing Waste into Biodegradable Plastic
    November 12, 2025 – MIT Climate Portal

28. EV Boom Pushes U.S. Clean Energy Investment to $75B in Q3
    November 25, 2025 – Carbon Credits

29. Constellation Secures $1B DOE Loan to Restart Crane Clean Energy Center
    November 25, 2025 – Carbon Credits

30. Boeing Partners with Charm Industrial to Remove 100,000 Tons of CO₂
    November 25, 2025 – Carbon Credits