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@daveiam
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VC at Ecliptic Capital. 2x startup guy. Author, Speaker, Father, Husband, Gardner and professional Halloween guy. Send me your climate change startup.
SXSW 2025. LFG.
Wait. What? The world's first wooden satellite enters orbit. https://buff.ly/4fHnDrl
World's first wooden satellite launched into space

The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Phys.org
There will be a rush of projects like this before Jan 6th. https://buff.ly/4fK4OnE
Some good news we all need. #climate https://buff.ly/4hHlJZI
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring. That is the lowest level of destruction in nine years. Moreover, deforestation in Brazil´s vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, also decreased by 25.7%, the first decline in five years. The area destroyed reached 8,174 square kilometers (3,156 square miles). The results, announced Wednesday in Brazil´s presidential palace, sharply contrast with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s predecessor, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, who prioritized agribusiness expansion and weakened environmental agencies. Deforestation hit a 15-year high under his term.

AP News
End single use plastics. Go buy @proudsource or @pathwater when you can!
Congrats to the folks over at Waymo. Hitting 150k rides a week. https://buff.ly/3AConiv
Waymo now does 150,000 paid trips per week.

The Verge
Making reliable batteries that work is a lot harder than people think. Great read on this: https://buff.ly/48JJEUk #climatetech
Battery production is genuinely difficult

The Northvolt Saga: A timeline of events and what insiders have to say about it.

Intercalation Station
Breaking Down a Record-Setting Day in ERCOT. #climatetech https://buff.ly/40KpqIb
Breaking Down a Record-Setting Day in ERCOT

Market highlights and explanations from a day of records in ERCOT.

Grid Status Exports
Love this. Can't wait to see plastic slowly replaced all around me. Waiting for the Halloween decoration replacements.....https://buff.ly/4fnzeM4
GOB uses mycelium foam to create a sustainable alternative to 40 billion plastic earplugs

Using Ecovative's AirMycelium foam, GOB’s new single-use, home-compostable earplugs tackle the waste and health issues related to PVC earplugs.

Round and Round and Round we go on clean hydrogen credits. Will it ever end? https://buff.ly/3YGecll
Is 45V guidance killing green hydrogen? | Latitude Media

The industry is split over whether hourly matching and additionality requirements will prevent deals from penciling out.

Latitude Media