Climate Tech Newsletter: September 1, 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

AI’s massive energy use dominated headlines, with Amazon, Google, and Nvidia investing in nuclear projects and grid flexibility to power data centers. Norway’s Northern Lights CCS began the world’s first commercial CO₂ injection in the North Sea. China both commissioned record coal and expanded its carbon market. Meanwhile, U.S. clean energy construction reached record highs, showing strong momentum.

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1. AI’s Energy Use Is Surging — and Gemini Shows Why
   August 28, 2025 – MIT Technology Review

2. Why Climate Week New York Matters This Year More Than Ever
   August 28, 2025 – Reuters

3. Ørsted Shares Sink to Record Lows After U.S. Halts Wind Farm off Rhode Island
   August 26, 2025 – Reuters

4. China’s Commissioning of Coal Power Hits 9-Year High in First Half, Report Says
   August 25, 2025 – Reuters

5. General Atomics Invests $20 Million in Canadian Nuclear Fusion Venture
   August 27, 2025 – Morningstar

6. Accellta Secures Funding for Lab-Grown Milk Fat in Cultivated Dairy Push
   August 26, 2025 – Green Queen

7. Climate Tech Companies Dominate PNW Funding With Three Biggest Rounds of 2025
   August 28, 2025 – GeekWire

8. The Language of Carbon: Why Words Are Now the Frontline of Climate Credibility
   August 28, 2025 – ESG Dive

9. Illuminating the Impact of Aluminum Oxide in Industrial HVAC
   August 25, 2025 – EnergyTech

10. More Than $500B in Planned Clean Energy Projects Linked to Federal Incentives
    August 28, 2025 – E&E News

11. Wisconsin Youth-Led Climate Litigation Movement Growing
    August 27, 2025 – Corporate Knights

12. Google AI Data Center Flexibility Could Help the Grid
    August 28, 2025 – Canary Media

13. U.S. Solar Construction Hits Record-Breaking Levels
    August 25, 2025 – Canary Media

14. Affordable Housing Developers Face Setbacks as Trump Pulls Back Funding
    August 27, 2025 – Canary Media

15. Nippon to Reline Indiana’s Gary Coal Furnace Amid Green Steel Push
    August 28, 2025 – Canary Media

16. Nvidia Joins Google to Fund Commonwealth Fusion Power Plant
    August 28, 2025 – Bloomberg

17. China to Expand Carbon Market With Major Industries by 2027
    August 25, 2025 – Bloomberg

18. Why Mars Plans to More Than Triple the Renewable Energy It Buys
    August 25, 2025 – Trellis

19. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and the Climate Tech Investment Surge
    August 26, 2025 – Trellis

20. Terraton Wants to Be the McDonald’s of Biochar
    August 27, 2025 – TechCrunch

21. Frontier Buys $31M Worth of Antacids for the Ocean
    August 26, 2025 – TechCrunch

22. The Nuclear Battery Revival
    August 25, 2025 – IEEE Spectrum

23. Amazon, X-Energy, KHNP, Doosan Launch $50B Nuclear Power for AI
    August 28, 2025 – ESG News

24. New Self-Assembling Material Could Be Key to Recyclable EV Batteries
    August 28, 2025 – MIT Climate

25. World’s First Commercial CCS Plant Northern Lights Injects CO₂ in North Sea
    August 25, 2025 – Carbon Credits

26. U.S. Releases New Draft Critical Minerals List — Silver and Copper Join the Clean Energy Race
    August 27, 2025 – Carbon Credits

27. Carbon Credits Supply to Skyrocket 35x by 2050 — But at What Price?
    August 27, 2025 – Carbon Credits