Climate Tech Newsletter: May 11, 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

Real-world geoengineering trials revealed by a UK agency, combined with Google’s strategic nuclear energy partnership, mark a turning point in how governments and tech giants may actively intervene in the climate crisis.

1. Trump Proposes Slashing $163 Billion From Federal Budget
   May 02, 2025 - WSJ

2. Hope to halt climate change by thickening Arctic sea ice
   May 08, 2025 - The Times

3. Real-world geoengineering experiments revealed by UK agency
   May 07, 2025 - The Guardian

4. Mission Cities call to work with Ukraine on climate neutrality

   May 06, 2025 - Smart Cities World

5. COP30 Brazilian presidency calls for new global climate governance
   May 08, 2025 - Reuters

6. EU to propose end-2027 halt to all Russian gas imports
   May 06, 2025 - Reuters

7. Elementl Power and Google Sign Strategic Agreement to Develop Locations for Advanced Nuclear Projects

   May 07, 2025 - PR Newswire

8. New tool to help fashion brands calculate climate footprint, comply with regulations
   May 09, 2025 - ESG DIVE

9. Nine Eastern states team up to build a bigger grid
   May 07, 2025 - E&E News by POLITICO

10. Google commits early stage capital for three nuclear sites

11. May 08, 2025 - E&E News by POLITICO

12. Cleaning up industry may get harder

    May 09, 2025 - Canary Media

13. Could this 1980s battery design unlock long-term clean energy storage?
    May 07, 2025 - Canary Media

14. Renewable energy’s scale-up provides blueprint for carbon removal

    May 08, 2025 - TRELLIS

15. Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this week

    May 05, 2025 - TRELLIS

16. Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power
    May 09, 2025 - Tech Crunch

17. Climate unicorn 1Komma5 mulls delaying IPO until after next US election

    May 05, 2025 - Sifted

18. New climate tech partnership to help accelerate industrial transformation in Asia

    May 06, 2025 - RMI

19. New PacifiCorp Forecast Sees More Fossil-Fueled Electricity. How Will That Affect Western Energy Jobs?
    May 09, 2025 - Inside Climate News

20. Power Sustainable Launches $330M Decarbonization Fund Targeting Middle-Market Climate Solutions

    May 05, 2025 - ESG News

21. Google, Dow Partner to Use AI Sorting Tech to Recycle Hard-to-Process Plastics
    May 05, 2025 - ESG News

22. Microsoft extends carbon removal pact with Sweden’s Exergi

    May 08, 2025 – Climate Insider

23. Global Solar Outlook 2025–2029: SolarPower Europe Forecasts 1 TW Annual Installations By 2030

    May 09, 2025 - Clean Technica

24. Tencent Partners with Temasek-Backed GenZero to Boost Carbon Credits
    May 09, 2025 - Carbon Credits

25. Rockefeller Foundation's Carbon Credit Initiative: Turning 60 Coal Plants Into Clean Energy Gold

    May 08, 2025 – Carbon Credits

26. Microsoft’s Bet on Forests: How A 3M Carbon Credit Deal Shapes Its Climate Strategy

    May 09, 2025 – Carbon Credits

27. Europe's Battery Storage Hits 21.9 GWh Amid Policy Demands

    May 08, 2025 – Carbon Credits

28. Big Tech’s Clean Energy Rush to Power the AI Era, With Nuclear Boosting Growth

    May 06, 2025 – Carbon Credits