The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech
While corporations, including tech giants like Microsoft, are betting big on this technology, there are a few potential problems with BECCS, as my colleague James...
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The Download: Mysteries of the immunome, and how to choose a climate tech pioneer
Made up of 1.8 trillion cells and trillions more proteins, metabolites, mRNA, and other biomolecules, every person’s immunome is different, and it is constantly changing....
3 takeaways about climate tech right now
We knew we wanted this list to reflect China’s emergence as a global energy superpower, and we ended up including two Chinese firms in key...
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch
EditorialSpecial projects editor: Amy NordrumClimate team: Casey Crownhart, James TempleEditing: Rachel Courtland, Casey Crownhart, Niall Firth, Mary Beth Griggs, Mat Honan, Charlotte Jee, Amy Nordrum,...
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: HiNa Battery Technology and its effort to commercialize salt cells
Led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, HiNa’s goal is to commercialize sodium-ion technology in an industry dominated by lithium. To deliver that,...
How we picked promising climate tech companies in an especially unsettling year
We as a publication are focused more on identifying companies developing technologies that can address the escalating threats of climate change, than on businesses positioned...
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Pairwise and its climate-adapted crops
Among its early efforts, the company is developing and field testing shorter, sturdier types of corn, blackberries and other crops that could survive high winds...
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Cemvision and its low-emissions cement
Making Portland cement requires reaching ultra-high temperatures, over 1,450 °C (2,650 °F). Instead, Cemvision makes a material that requires lower temperatures (roughly 1,200 °C, or...
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Traton and its electric trucks
Today, Traton is a company in transition. A subsidiary of Volkswagen, it is made up of a collection of commercial vehicle brands, including Scania, MAN,...
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Cyclic Materials and its rare earth recycling tech
Cyclic Materials is trying to address that challenge. In its two-part recycling process, rare earth–containing devices will first be amassed at “spoke” facilities. The devices...