Climate Tech Newsletter: June 09, 2025

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.

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