Tag: Climate Change
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Raising money is hard these days. Even climate startups, a VC darling, are starting to feel the pinch. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a Pitchbook report: In Q1, climate tech startups raised $5.7 billion across 279 VC deals, according to PitchBook data. That’s a 36% decline in deal…
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Most of human history has been defined by a lack of capital. We struggled to scratch out a living from the earth and stay alive long enough to enjoy it. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Today, our world is one of abundance. But what if the ice is melting…
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My appointment got cancelled, so I get to spend the afternoon with you guys! And we’ve got some big news… As founders struggle with a down market, one corner of startupland is flush. Climate startups raised record funding in the second quarter. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a…
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It’s time we acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: everybody burps and farts. But amongst all animals, cows are the reigning champions. Those charming emissions contain methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Indeed, cows produce more greenhouse gases than Brazil or Germany. But an innovative startup may have found the solution. Mootral produces…
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NASA intends to put the first man on Mars in the 2030’s. But once he’s there, what will he have for lunch? Perhaps veggies grown in a BioPod. This incredible new device from startup Interstellar Lab could finally allow us to cultivate crops in space. It could also revolutionize agriculture…
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+ Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, Farming, Finance, Food, Mars, Rockets, Space, Startups, Tech+
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Never miss a post…subscribe! I recently took a short ride with my friend Paulie. We reached our destination in less than 10 minutes, only to find nowhere to park. We circled block after block. Any open spot turned out to be a fire hydrant. Finally, after 20 minutes, we found…
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Never miss a post! Subscribe! I woke up this morning and wandered into the kitchen. I opened the fridge and poured a delicious glass of tingly seltzer. Mango flavor. After a glass or two, I threw out the empty plastic bottle. That bottle may soon make it into the ocean…
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The US West Coast wildfire season used to be 4 months long. Now it’s 8, running from May to January. 2.5 million acres of land have burned in California alone this year. But for desperate homeowners in fire prone regions, there may be hope. Several new technologies have been developed…
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On Saturday, I stood in the produce section of a nearby Whole Foods. My eyes were drawn to tiny packages of delicate microgreens. The producer: Aero Farms. Agriculture faces a difficult environment. Climate change is making weather more extreme and unpredictable. Workers are harder and harder to find. But a…
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Along the New Jersey Turnpike, it comes into view: a massive complex of tanks, smokestacks, and tangled pipes. This is New Jersey’s biggest polluter: the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery. The Phillips refinery releases far more toxic chemicals than anywhere else in the state, and more than twice as many as…
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Tremendous 