January 20th, 2021 | by Matt Pressman
Recently, the über-rich Amazon founder Jeff Bezos got bumped from his #1 spot. As Akshay Sawai writes in Money Control, "The man who wants to put people on Mars has become the richest man on Earth."
December 16th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Long-haul aviation is a hard global warming nut to crack, and assessing methanol as a potential nutcracker shows why
November 17th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Jeff Bezos' $10 billion Earth Fund has announced its first allocation of funds to well known and lesser known climate advocacy groups.
September 9th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
California is on fire. Those living near the affected areas have seen drastic color changes in the skies as well as ash falling on everything
July 1st, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Amazon announced last week that it had created a $2 billion climate pledge fund that it will use to invest in companies that build products, services, and technologies that will decarbonize the economy and protect the planet
June 16th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
As corporates across the globe become more serious about cleantech, they are also recognizing the barriers for getting impactful technology to market — and many are embracing the opportunity and challenge by partnering with outside experts in order to identify the most effective, long-term solutions
March 14th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
When I first read about the $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to fight climate change, my first thought was, "Where will it be spent?"
January 3rd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Burning fossil fuels is a negative sum game. The waste products are slowly killing us all. What to do? Start by controlling your own carbon footprint. Together we can make a difference.
January 8th, 2019 | by Matt Pressman
Elon Musk remains a frequent target in the media. Clickbait journalists clack away at their keyboards and smear the Tesla and SpaceX CEO on a regular basis. Sometimes an outside perspective is needed — especially from someone who really knows science and space. To that end, CNBC recently sat down with renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to get his take on Elon Musk
July 30th, 2018 | by Matt Pressman
Tesla is more than just a car company. According to Miriam Tuerk at Forbes, "The electric-car company is working to decentralize power distribution and offer an alternative to today’s utility... Tesla is demonstrating that if the challenge goes unmet by traditional power utility companies, they’ll have their lunch stolen."
May 11th, 2018 | by Guest Contributor
Amazon is as much a logistics company as it is an online retailer. When you click to order a package, it needs to get from the company's warehouse to your door. Contrary to popular belief, this doesn't happen with magic. Amazon relies on a remarkably complex network of trucks, planes, trains, and boats to get its packages to its customers
April 1st, 2018 | by Guest Contributor
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are two of the most familiar names in the current business world, and the two have much in common. Each of these visionaries has leveraged modern technology to transform an industry, forsaking short-term profits in a quest to change the world. Both have a deep interest in space exploration, both have attracted loyal followings who share their visions, both are great philanthropists, and, of course, both have become rather wealthy
November 13th, 2017 | by Alex Cocan
A few months ago, Amazon (AMZN) bought Whole Foods at a whopping $13.4 billion, with a promise to bring cheap, organic, nutritious, low carbon*, and pesticide-free food to the masses. Soon after the acquisition, Whole Foods cut prices by as much as 43%, bringing prices of organic food at or below non-organic food
October 31st, 2017 | by Matthew Klippenstein
Episode 38 of Cleantech Talk kicks off with a discussion of how, while China may be overperforming with its solar panel buildout, those panels are underperforming due to the low air quality there. Which is a polite way of saying that coal-combustion aerosols are reducing solar panels’ electricity harvest -- by up to a third! (Dark aerosols, like soot, tend to absorb light; other aerosols such as sulfates and nitrates, reflect light. In both cases, the aerosols prevent light from reaching solar panels below.)
October 21st, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
From atop a wind turbine Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched the company's largest wind farm yet, the 253 MW Amazon Wind Farm Texas project, which will provide more than 1 million MWh of clean energy annually
December 13th, 2016 | by Tina Casey
The Breakthrough Energy Coalition just launched its new Ventures fund, which is a direct challenge to Trump's emerging policies for Russia and China
May 13th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Can the coal industry ever become a partner to the renewable energy industry, searching for the higher good concerning this planet’s energy needs? With enough coal to last for over a century, is there even a need to worry about such matters – at least right now? Will King Coal eventually wither into an old maid bride’s maid
