Climate Tech Newsletter: May 25, 2025

Climate Tech Newsletter: May 25, 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

Republican efforts to repeal the IRA threaten U.S. clean energy growth, prompting industry concern. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s major biochar and green cement deals push carbon removal forward, and Europe’s relaxed carbon border tariffs are reshaping global climate trade dynamics.

1. Republican states embrace renewable energy projects despite party pushback
   May 19, 2025 – The Wall Street Journal

2. Three takeaways on AI and energy
   May 22, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

3. AI’s energy usage: The climate footprint of big tech
   May 20, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

4. Meta’s $10B US AI data center plan sparks climate concerns
   May 18, 2025 – Tech in Asia

5. Boston expands Google research partnership for Project Green Light
   May 23, 2025 – Smart Cities World

6. Italy’s Meloni warns EU green policies risk industrial desertification
   May 17, 2025 – Reuters

7. House budget bill effectively kills US clean energy boom
   May 22, 2025 – Reuters

8. EU asks 44 oil, gas producers to provide new CO₂ storage solutions
   May 23, 2025 – Reuters

9. Save health, science, and climate
   May 19, 2025 – The New York Times

10. Microsoft inks another forestry-based carbon offtake deal with Rubicon Carbon
    May 20, 2025 – ESG Dive

11. At the world’s biggest nuclear plant: How to restart a giant
    May 19, 2025 – Cipher News

12. Equinor’s troubled Empire Wind project and Trump’s role: A timeline
    May 20, 2025 – Canary Media

13. The economic impact of clean energy manufacturing: factories, jobs, and growth
    May 20, 2025 – Canary Media

14. Microsoft just signed a deal for green cement — here’s why
    May 22, 2025 – Bloomberg

15. Carbon removal startup Climeworks is cutting 22% of staff
    May 21, 2025 – Bloomberg

16. The island at the heart of China-US climate fight
    May 21, 2025 – BBC News

17. Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this week
    May 19, 2025 – Trellis

18. SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments
    May 20, 2025 – TechCrunch

19. Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
    May 17, 2025 – TechCrunch

20. A Double Whammy for Scientists: Big Budget Cuts, Big Climate Consequences
    May 23, 2025 – Inside Climate News

21. House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts?
    May 22, 2025 – Inside Climate News

22. Google to source over 600 MW of new solar energy from energyRe projects in South Carolina
    May 20, 2025 – ESG News

23. EU eases carbon border tariff rules, exempting 90% of importers
    May 23, 2025 – ESG News

24. Microsoft’s major biochar deal aims to offset 1.24M tonnes CO₂
    May 22, 2025 – Carbon Credits

25. 2025 EV sales surge: Which countries are winning the electric race?
    May 20, 2025 – Carbon Credits