Climate Tech Newsletter: October 20, 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

Global renewable energy reached record expansion but remains insufficient to meet climate goals. BECCS carbon-removal technologies drew skepticism for inefficiency. Meanwhile, AI’s growing reliance on fracked gas reignited debate over clean computing. Carbon markets gained strength as Indonesia resumed international trade and Brookfield launched a $5B AI energy partnership, showing finance’s renewed climate focus.

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1. Carbon Removal via BECCS Faces Major Obstacles
   October 16, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

2. Record Global Renewable Energy Growth Still Falls Short of Climate Targets, Report Says
   October 14, 2025 – Reuters

3. EU Plans Support Package for Countries Affected by Carbon Border Levy
   October 16, 2025 – Reuters

4. Inside the Stars: How Nuclear Fusion Powers the Universe
   October 14, 2025 – National Geographic

5. EEI: U.S. Utilities Are Planning Record Capital Expenditures
   October 14, 2025 – Latitude Media

6. GFI APAC Launches World FoodTech Council, Highlighting South Korea’s Role in Alternative Protein
   October 17, 2025 – Green Queen

7. Republican State Attorneys General Probe Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Google Over Renewable Energy Certificates
   October 17, 2025 – ESG Dive

8. California Delays Rulemaking Timeline for Climate Regulations SB 253 and 261 to 2026
   October 15, 2025 – ESG Dive

9. California CEC Funds Offshore Wind Port Infrastructure
   October 16, 2025 – ESG Dive

10. Republicans Urge DOE to Spare Green Energy Projects
    October 14, 2025 – E&E News

11. EPA’s Climate Rollback Squeezes States Struggling to Meet Emissions Targets
    October 14, 2025 – E&E News

12. Texas Battery Startup Raises $1B for Cheaper Energy Model
    October 14, 2025 – Corporate Knights

13. Canceled Solar Projects Mark New Trump-Era Threat to Renewables
    October 13, 2025 – Canary Media

14. UN Shipping Decarbonization Rules Delayed Amid Trump Administration Pushback
    October 17, 2025 – Canary Media

15. Boston Startup Gradient Launches Window Heat Pump for Public Housing
    October 14, 2025 – Canary Media

16. Global Climate Tech Is Attracting More Investors Than Pre-Trump Era
    October 15, 2025 – Bloomberg

17. Google DeepMind Pursues Clean Energy Fusion Ambitions
    October 16, 2025 – Axios

18. Your AI Tools Run on Fracked Gas and Bulldozed Texas Land
    October 17, 2025 – TechCrunch

19. Virginia Pushback Grows Over Fast-Tracked Gas Plant Approvals in PJM
    October 18, 2025 – Inside Climate News

20. EPA Faces New Challenge: Solar Panel Waste Management
    October 18, 2025 – Inside Climate News

21. South Korea to Mandate Sustainable Aviation Fuel for International Flights by 2027
    October 15, 2025 – ESG News

22. Indonesia Resumes International Carbon Trade
    October 16, 2025 – ESG News

23. Federal Reserve and FDIC Withdraw Climate Risk Rules for Large Banks
    October 17, 2025 – ESG News

24. Brookfield and Bloom Energy Launch $5B Partnership to Power Next-Gen AI Factories
    October 15, 2025 – ESG News

25. Renewables 2025: How China, the U.S., Europe, and India Lead Global Clean Energy Growth
    October 9, 2025 – Carbon Credits

26. Forest Finance Hits Record Growth in 2025 as Investment Doubles for Nature-Based Climate Action
    October 17, 2025 – Carbon Credits