Microsoft keeps expanding ranks of climate leadership, announces new hire from Shell

Elisabeth Brinton, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Sustainability. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft is adding to its climate leadership ranks by hiring Elisabeth Brinton as corporate vice president of…

Here’s why Microsoft’s carbon footprint grew 21% last year, as profits swelled

Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa (left) and President Brad Smith. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress…

More funding for fusion: Seattle startup lands $160M and reveals technology breakthrough

Zap Energy’s co-founders, left to right: Chief Technology Officer Brian A Nelson, President Benj Conway, and Chief Science Officer Uri Shumlak. (Zap Energy Photo) The news: Seattle-area…

BC’s green construction unicorn Nexii raises $35M, opens U.S. manufacturing site

A crane moves a section of a Starbucks cafe being built by Vancouver, B.C.-based Nexii. The climate-tech company constructs energy-efficient buildings made from less carbon-intensive materials than…

Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others

From left: CTO Vedavyas Panneershelvam, CEO Jim Gao, and COO Katherine Hoffman. (Phaidra Photo) Phaidra, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for industrial customers ranging from vaccine…

Online media vets launch The Cool Down, a platform aspiring to be America’s go-to climate site

From left: The Cool Down co-founders Dave Finocchio, CEO, and Chief Content Officer Anna Robertson. (TCD Photos) Dave Finocchio, co-founder and CEO of the popular sports media…