Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MOREMichelle Cruz, research scientist for Banyu Carbon, one of Washington state’s carbon removal ventures. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler)Washington state’s CleanTech Alliance announced it’s receiving a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to launch a hub focused on carbon removal, storage and utilization, as well as support for carbon purchasing.As the globe falls behind in efforts to stop the release of more carbon dioxide and other planet-warming pollutants, there is increasing urgency to devise ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.The new effort is being called the Washington Energy – Carbon Advancement Network (WECAN). It will receive roughly $500,000 per year over five years to pay for staff and programming.The SBA issued 14 of the awards to establish regional innovation clusters, and this was the only one granted in the Pacific Northwest.Some of the carbon-related startups currently operating in Washington include:Twelve, a sustainable aviation fuel manufacturer that uses carbon dioxide as a feedstock and is building a facility in Moses Lake.CarbonQuest, a Spokane company building carbon capturing devices for buildings and industrial sites.Banyu Carbon, a Seattle startup developing technology for extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean, which in turn lowers the levels in the atmosphere.Ebb Carbon, a startup working at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory site on the Olympic Peninsula to remove carbon from the air.Myno Carbon, which is producing biochar to store carbon.There is another carbon consortium already underway in the region.One year ago, the Ankeron Carbon Management Hub landed $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to do a two-year study on the science, feasibility, job creation and community impacts of carbon removal in the Pacific Northwest.The group is investigating the opportunities for capturing carbon and locking away carbon in rocks or turning it into other compounds such a sustainable aviation fuels.The Pacific Northwest region has landed other climate-related federal hub designations, including hydrogen fuel, sustainable mass timber building materials, and lightweight aircraft hubs

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prime Coalition, a nonprofit on a mission to unlock catalytic capital and change the future of climate finance, today announced Trellis Climate (formerly called “Early Climate Infrastructure”), an impact-first catalytic capital program that invests in first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate infrastructure projects. Trellis Climate is focused on projects with significant climate impact potential, a clear path to scale and a high dependence on catalytic capital for success. Many climate solutions that are critical for addressing the climate crisis struggle to reach commercial scale due to financial barriers. Specifically, FOAK and early climate infrastructure projects are often viewed as too risky, too capital intensive, or both by commercial investors. As a result, many of these projects are struggling to find financing, and in some cases, developers are reducing project sizes or pivoting in ways that will dramatically slow the scaling journey. Trellis Climate will contribute to closing this funding gap by leveraging risk-tolerant, catalytic capital to expedite the scaling of climate technologies that are necessary to achieve net-zero targets by 2050

O aquecimento global é um fenômeno climático ligado ao aumento gradual da temperatura média da Terra, principalmente devido às atividades humanas que liberam gases de efeito estufa na atmosfera. Estes gases, como dióxido de carbono (CO2), metano (CH4), óxido nitroso (N2O) e outros, retêm o calor na atmosfera, levando a um aumento nas temperaturas médias globais.As principais causas do aquecimento global são as emissões provenientes da queima de combustíveis fósseis (carvão, petróleo, gás natural) para produção de energia, transporte, indústria e agricultura. O desmatamento e outras práticas que alteram a cobertura vegetal também contribuem para esse problema, já que as árvores desempenham um papel crucial na absorção do CO2 da atmosfera.Acesse aqui e responda ao Censo Investidores 2023! Queremos ouvir você!O cuidado com o meio ambiente já se tornou uma realidade e por isso surgem a cada dia novas startups responsáveis por alertar a população e auxiliar empresas que buscam melhorar sua relação com o meio ambiente por meio de cuidados com ESG.Conheça 5 startups que combatem o aquecimento global:ArboranPara combater o aquecimento global, a Arboran escolheu a arborização de cidades como principal forma de trabalho. A startup conta com uma equipe especializada na elaboração de projetos e execução de serviços com o propósito de transformar as cidades cinzas em áreas verdes, desenvolvendo ferramentas de gestão de áreas verdes urbanas.A startup trabalha com as principais frentes ligadas à arborização nas cidades pelo Brasil, oferecendo projetos de arborização para espaços públicos e privados, além de cuidar da gestão completa de parques e jardins. A Arboran também ajuda na manutenção de árvores já instaladas, oferecendo cuidados com o risco de queda, tratamento fitossanitário para evitar pragas e doenças.EBB CarbonA empresa utiliza tecnologias para tornar o mundo um local equilibrado em relação à emissão de gás carbônico, por meio da água do mar. A Ebb Carbon instala módulos próximos à água do oceano, que puxam a água do mar para passar pelo sistema da empresa, que utiliza processo eletroquímico para remover a acidez