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Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures raises another $1B for investing in climate innovation

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Bill Gates, founder of Breakthrough Energy. Breakthrough Energy Ventures — an initiative to help the planet reach zero carbon emissions through innovation — has raised its second $1 billion round of funding. Breakthrough Energy Ventures is led by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and publicly launched in December 2016.

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Amazon and Microsoft back effort to defeat initiative that would defund Washington state climate efforts

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Amazon bought naming rights to the arena, helping tout its commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. The initiative would eliminate the marketplace and forbid the creation of a similar program in the future. Plants line the living wall at Climate Pledge Arena. Over time, the number of available permits decreases.

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How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs

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megawatts (MW) of solar power this year alone, a more than 10-fold increase over a decade ago, according to an industry nonprofit. Yet photovoltaics are only a blip in Washington’s overall energy picture. of the energy mix last year, according to a report on the state’s utilities. Oregon has three-times more.

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

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Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. This summer, the accelerator accepted 10 early-stage companies in the latest round of the program.

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Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area

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The nonprofit, backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ $2 billion Day One Fund , will open a new school on Oct. Day One” is a reference to Bezos’ mantra at Amazon, that it’s essential to approach every day with the enthusiasm and energy of a new venture because it’s “always Day One.”. 19 in Des Moines, Wash.,

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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I want to fly to Hawaii, but I don’t want to wreck the planet. With carbon offsets, can I do both?

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But carbon offsets and removal are in ever greater demand, and folks are working to develop legitimate programs and technology in the space. I don’t think this should be put on consumers to figure out,” said Noah Deich , president of Carbon180 , a carbon removal, policy-focused nonprofit. ” Max Scher, Salesforce.

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