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Seattle startup with unique approach to carbon reductions lands $2.5M

by Lisa Stiffler on May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 at 3:59 pm

Seattle-based Climate Vault Solutions, a startup working to reduce carbon emissions, has raised $2.5 million in new investments. The business launched last year and takes a somewhat unusual approach to… Read More

Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

by Lisa Stiffler on February 29, 2024April 2, 2024 at 11:23 am

A decade ago, University of Washington oceanographers Julian Sachs and Alex Gagnon were working in a tropical paradise, studying the impacts of climate change on coral reefs surrounding remote islands… Read More

Bill Gates-backed startup can store carbon underground for 1,000 years in plant-based bricks

by Lisa Stiffler on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 at 9:35 am

Graphyte, a startup with backing from Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures, announced Monday that it has developed an affordable, long-term strategy for storing carbon that will keep it out of… Read More

How the Pacific Northwest could become a carbon-capture hub — with help from tech and basalt

by Lisa Stiffler on October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 at 10:24 am

The Pacific Northwest’s lush forests are a pretty obvious place to store carbon dioxide pulled from the atmosphere. But the region has another vast resource for trapping carbon that’s more… Read More

Amazon signs deal for pulling carbon from the air and locking it deep underground in Texas

by Lisa Stiffler on September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 at 10:09 am

Amazon today announced it’s paying 1PointFive for the removal of 250,000 metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere over a decade. The purchase supports 1PointFive’s construction of what aims to… Read More

Microsoft just signed a giant carbon removal deal to sponge up CO2 using limestone

by Lisa Stiffler on September 7, 2023October 26, 2023 at 3:28 pm

Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup Heirloom Carbon, one of the biggest deals of its kind… Read More

Carbon accounting and reduction startup with unusual strategy launches with $9.4M

by Lisa Stiffler on June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 at 11:03 am

The news: Climate Vault Solutions on Tuesday announced its launch and a $9.4 million seed round. The Seattle-based company is the sales and marketing arm of Climate Vault platform, which… Read More

Carbon removal startup Nori raises $6.25M from Toyota and others; names new CEO

by Lisa Stiffler on June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 at 11:29 am

New cash: Carbon removal startup Nori announced $6.25 million in new funding. Current investors M13, Toyota Ventures, Placeholder and Cargill led the round. The Seattle company has raised a total… Read More

Carbon removal startup Nori lays off 10 employees, citing market concerns

by Kurt Schlosser on April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 at 12:58 pm

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, laid off 10 employees last week, co-founder and CEO Paul Gambill confirmed.  The cuts… Read More

Former oilfield engineers launch climate startup that uses ancient carbon-trapping technology

by Lisa Stiffler on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 at 3:11 pm

Myno Carbon‘s leader calls his team “committed climate warriors.” But it wasn’t always that way. “You’ll have to forgive us for this, but we’re ex-oilfield people largely by background,” said… Read More

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