Climate Tech Newsletter: December 8, 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

COP30’s aftermath is now defined by accelerating carbon-market coordination rather than political clashes, as Exxon’s withdrawal from its Texas hydrogen project highlights growing uncertainty in fossil-linked decarbonization. Meanwhile, surging U.S. data-center loads and major investments in DAC innovation, SMRs, and peatland restoration signal a pivot toward scalable, infrastructure-anchored climate strategies grounded in both engineered and ecological carbon removal.

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1. Denver to Launch Renewable Natural Gas Facility
   December 3, 2025 – Smart Cities World

2. National Grid Uses AI to Combat Rising Wildfire Risk
   December 3, 2025 – Smart Cities World

3. EU Parliament Supports One-Year Delay of Deforestation Law
   November 27, 2025 – Reuters

4. Momentum Builds Behind Carbon Markets Ahead of COP30
   November 29, 2025 – Reuters

5. UN Chief Says Multilateralism Still Works Despite Industry Pushback
   December 4, 2025 – Reuters

6. U.S. Data Center Power Demand Could Reach 106 GW by 2035
   December 4, 2025 – ESG Dive

7. Green Economy Worth Over $5 Trillion Annually: BCG & WEF Report
   December 5, 2025 – ESG Dive

8. TVA & Holtec Split $800M DOE Funding for SMR Nuclear Generation
   December 4, 2025 – Energy Tech

9. DOE Renames NREL as National Laboratory of the Rockies
   December 3, 2025 – Energy Tech

10. Exxon Halts Massive Texas Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility
    December 1, 2025 – Canary Media

11. Grid Storage Industry Surpasses 2025 Targets
    December 4, 2025 – Canary Media

12. Georgia Data Centers Expand Clean Energy Buildout
    December 5, 2025 – Canary Media

13. How to Fix ESG Reporting
    December 1, 2025 – Trellis

14. Energizing America: Future Energy Innovation & Sustainability Startups
    November 19, 2025 – Trellis

15. Mars US Invests $20M in Climate-Smart Rice Farming
    December 4, 2025 – Sustainability Magazine

16. Google-Backed Fusion Firm Achieves Plasma Confinement Breakthrough
    December 3, 2025 – Interesting Engineering

17. Worker Heat Standards Could Save Lives, Experts Say
    December 2, 2025 – Inside Climate News

18. China’s Peru Port Project Raises Amazon Rainforest Concerns
    December 1, 2025 – Inside Climate News

19. Microsoft Backs Pantheon for Peatland Restoration & Carbon Removal
    December 4, 2025 – ESG News

20. CVC Low Carbon Raises $1.39B to Accelerate EU Clean Energy Expansion
    December 2, 2025 – ESG News

21. Montreal Startup Develops Solution for EV Range Anxiety
    November 28, 2025 – Corporate Knights

22. Alberta Data Centre Could Erase 20 Years of Emissions Reductions
    December 3, 2025 – Corporate Knights

23. Climeworks Launches World’s Largest DAC Innovation Center
    December 4, 2025 – Carbon Herald

24. Lithium Prices Surge; Could Reach $28,000/Ton by 2026
    December 8, 2025 – Carbon Credits

25. China Now Controls 69% of Global EV Battery Market
    December 3, 2025 – Carbon Credits