Climate Tech Newsletter: September 29, 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

Fusion breakthroughs dominated headlines as France sustained plasma for 22 minutes and the U.S. DOE launched new funding. AI’s soaring energy and water use sparked infrastructure concerns. CCS projects faced rising financial risks. Meanwhile, California advanced solar-canal innovation, Texas hit solar-battery records, carbon markets expanded in Korea and regenerative farming, and emerging economies were deemed vital to the clean-energy transition.

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1. AI Carries Risks but Will Help Tackle Global Heating, Says UN’s Climate Chief
   September 22, 2025 – The Guardian

2. U.S. Urges Utilities to Keep Coal-Fired Plants Running as AI Demand Booms
   September 26, 2025 – Reuters

3. Fortescue Chairman Forrest Doubles Down on Renewables in Challenge to Trump
   September 26, 2025 – Reuters

4. Nuclear Fusion: The Race Among Start-Ups to Harness Limitless Clean Energy
   September 25, 2025 – Le Monde

5. “한국 기후테크 스타트업 보자” 뉴욕에 몰린 전세계 투자자 북새통
   September 28, 2025 – 한국경제

6. Bill Gates Foundation and Novo Nordisk Join Consortium to Turn CO₂ Into Protein
   September 24, 2025 – Green Queen

7. Utilities Backtrack on Climate Commitments, Sierra Club Says
   September 23, 2025 – ESG Dive

8. Trump Policies Could Slow Decarbonization Pace by 64%, Rhodium Group Report Finds
   September 22, 2025 – ESG Dive

9. Climate Week NYC 2025: Announcements on Disaster Response and Green Deals
   September 24, 2025 – ESG Dive

10. Oklo and Kiewit Break Ground on Aurora Nuclear Reactor at INL
    September 24, 2025 – EnergyTech

11. Startup Launches System for Making Jet Fuel From Carbon Dioxide
    September 23, 2025 – E&E News

12. Grid Batteries Defy Trump Crackdown on Renewables
    September 22, 2025 – E&E News

13. DOE to Pull Back $13B From Clean Energy Projects
    September 24, 2025 – E&E News

14. DOE Is Ready to Move on Uranium. It Might Not Be Enough.
    September 26, 2025 – E&E News

15. China Doubles Down on Climate a Day After Trump Called It a Scam
    September 25, 2025 – E&E News

16. Canada’s Finance Regulator Says Up to $1 Trillion in Lending Could Be Unlocked
    September 23, 2025 – Corporate Knights

17. Illinois Legislation Expands Customer Battery Incentives
    September 25, 2025 – Canary Media

18. Trump’s Offshore Wind “Revolution Halted” by Judge’s Ruling and Lawsuits
    September 23, 2025 – Canary Media

19. Stegra Strikes Deal With Microsoft for Data Center Green Steel
    September 25, 2025 – Canary Media

20. What Venture Capitalists Learned in China (Green Daily)
    September 22, 2025 – Bloomberg

21. EV Charging Scaleup Waat Raises $100M
    September 26, 2025 – Sifted

22. Inside Climate Talks: AI, Data Centers, and Energy
    September 22, 2025 – Inside Climate News

23. Recycling Using Microwaves
    September 25, 2025 – Happy Eco News

24. California Names 4,000 Companies Facing Mandatory Climate Disclosures
    September 26, 2025 – ESG News

25. Barclays Strikes First Major Carbon Removal Deal With UNDO in Canada
    September 24, 2025 – ESG News

26. Macquarie Raises $3B Energy Transition Fund to Boost the Net Zero Future
    September 25, 2025 – Carbon Credits

27. Lithium Americas Stock Rockets 90% as Trump Seeks Government Equity in Nation’s Largest Lithium Mine
    September 24, 2025 – Carbon Credits