Climate

Our climate news coverage consists of the latest startups and investments in solar energy, greentech, renewables, food tech, alternative proteins, as well as circular economy and carbon capture efforts. We also cover research into climate change and how technology can be used to track and mitigate severe weather and climate-related disasters.

Tingit, a startup out of Lithuania, wants to help people restore their used clothing to their former glory with its newly launched repairs marketplace.

Tingit is building a marketplace for ‘zero-effort’ repairs, starting with fashion

The pellets can be stored in piles or silos, moved around using conveyor belts, and transported via rail cars.

Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas

BEVC is the latest life sciences VC to add planetary health to its portfolio, suggesting that the trend is catching hold.

Life sciences investor BEVC raising $25M climate fund

Until recently, saving the world usually didn’t involve turning a profit. But as the world has warmed, a range of startups and investors have emerged that have squared the circle,…

Discover how founders and investors are saving the planet at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Root helps food and beverage companies collect primary data on their agricultural supply chains. 

As CO2 emissions from supply chains come into focus, this startup is aiming at farms

The startup is proposing to use wells stretching thousands of feet as batteries, storing water under pressure to generate electricity later.

Sage Geosystems wants to solve the data center energy crisis by storing pressurized water deep underground

The startup’s core technology is a proprietary material that absorbs moisture from the air, allowing air conditioning to cool buildings more efficiently.

Humidity sucks. Transaera has a new way to deal with it

Cocoon is a new startup built on the belief that greener steel production and the creation of concrete slag doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition.

Cocoon is transforming steel production runoff into a greener cement alternative

Cala Systems’ water heater pairs an advanced heat pump with an AI-powered control system to forecast hot water demand.

AI-powered water heater could banish cold showers and carbon pollution

Investors are assisting startup founders earlier than ever in an effort to help them bridge the first climate tech valley of death.

Why Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and other investors are scouring universities for founders

The startup developed a two-material system that helps homes self-regulate their internal humidity.

Adept Materials’ dehumidifying paint was inspired by trees and semiconductors

Axle Energy is a B2B, back-end infrastructure business focused on connecting flexible assets, such as electric vehicles and home batteries, to energy markets that aren’t otherwise available for consumers to…

Axle Energy’s sprint to decarbonize the grid lights up with $9M seed led by Accel

Farms produce a lot of data. From machines to irrigation systems, farms generate a lot of information that could be helpful to both them and the companies that serve them.…

Leaf helps farms decipher the troves of data they generate

The startup has raised $21.5 million to build more of its machines and deploy them throughout the U.S.

Applied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2

The startup is betting it can bring its fusion technology to market at a breakneck pace by leaning heavily on partners.

Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy lands massive seed extension to commercialize fusion power

The energy transition is a marathon, not a sprint. But opportunities for acceleration are growing. Swedish startup Greenely* has just spotted one. It’s closing an €8 million Series A funding…

Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and support Europe’s energy transition

The startup has developed a way to create copper and aluminum foils that are laced with tiny holes and riddled with undulating peaks and valleys.

GM-backed Addionics aims to make lithium-ion batteries cheaper with wavy foil

Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in…

Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer

After hearing that a U.S. Navy submarine ran into an underwater mountain, Joe Wolfel was surprised to find out just how little both government and…

Terradepth wants to map the rest of the ocean floor

Nathan Rosenberg, the founder of farm automation platform Farmblox, said if there is one thing to know about trying to sell technology to farmers, it’s that you can’t tell them…

Farmblox puts the control into farmers’ hands with its AI-powered sensor-reading platform

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Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America

A wave of automakers and battery makers — foreign and domestic — have pledged to produce North American–made batteries before 2030.

Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America

The IT outage may have an unexpected effect on the climate: clearer skies and maybe lower temperatures this evening

CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

Marathon Fusion emerges from stealth with a plan to help fusion power plants extract tritium, a necessary fuel.

Without this company’s technology, future fusion power plants might never light up

Strong magnets are essential for the type of fusion power being pursued by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and a number of other startups.

WHAM! Nuclear fusion experiment hits new record for magnet strength

Mitti Labs aims to transform rice farming in India and other South Asian markets by reducing methane emissions by 50% and water consumption by 30%.

Mitti Labs aims to make rice farming less harmful to the climate, starting in India

HERO Software has closed a €40 million Series B financing round, and plans to expand across Europe. 

A startup set out to fight climate change — it did it by helping plumbers

Fusion power may still be a few years away, but one startup is laying the groundwork for what it hopes will become a bustling sector of the economy.

Fusion pioneer Commonwealth Fusion Systems is selling core magnet tech to the University of Wisconsin

NovoNutrients has raised a $18 million Series A round from investors to build a pilot-scale facility to prove that its fermentation process works at scale.

NovoNutrients tweaks its bugs to turn CO2 into protein for people and pets

Fast-food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million utility customers in Houston, Texas without power. Hundreds of thousands of those…

Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane

Solo founder Cat Jones took the plunge on setting up a travel business right around the time the pandemic was hitting Europe in March 2020. Fast-forward to summer 2024 and…

Byway is using AI to help travelers slow down and take the scenic route