The missing link: Data’s role in small business disaster recovery

Businesses and communities need more granular and reliable data to recover in the wake of natural disasters, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Marc DeCourcey and Fiserv’s Vivian Greentree say.

By Marc DeCourcey and Vivian Greentree • April 8, 2025

Dutch investor AIP Management invests $500M in US solar producer

AIP will invest half a billion dollars in Silicon Ranch, a full-service solar company and one of the largest U.S. independent power producers.

By Lamar Johnson • April 7, 2025

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Top 5 stories from ESG Dive

This year has shaped up to be a formative one for ESG, from the U.S. pulling out of major climate agreements to federal agencies recalibrating their approach to sustainability under the new administration.

By ESG Dive staff

Meta signs 10-year forestry-based carbon offtake deal

In “one of the first known contracts” like it, forest investment and management firm EFM will deliver 676,000 nature-based credits as 68,000 acres of forest transition to climate-smart management.

By Lamar Johnson • April 3, 2025

Microsoft, Carbon Direct unveil criteria for marine carbon dioxide removal

The guidance will establish standards for key principles including environmental integrity, monitoring, durability, and social impact, the companies said.

By Zoya Mirza • April 3, 2025

Bill Gates-backed startup launches sustainable butter made from carbon

Savor says the commercial launch of its dairy-and-plant-free alternative can replace animal fats and palm oil. It plans to work with food companies to advance ingredient innovation.

By Sarah Zimmerman • April 1, 2025

White paper points to carbon capture as possible data center solution

Pairing carbon capture with natural gas-fired generation could prove cost-competitive with other baseload options, like nuclear and battery storage, according to a Carbon Direct white paper.

By Emma Penrod • April 1, 2025

Trump repeals Biden-era clean energy manufacturing orders

The move cuts funding for electric heat pump manufacturing, as well as solar production and biomanufacturing research and development.

By Sara Samora • March 31, 2025

GM Energy joins PG&E bidirectional EV charging pilot in California

Certain electric vehicle owners are now eligible for discounts on charging equipment that can be used to power homes during blackouts.

By Kalena Thomhave • March 31, 2025

Lululemon partners with sustainable materials firm to expand bio-based nylon

The deal with ZymoChem is meant to scale production and commercialize its technology.

By Laurel Deppen • March 28, 2025

Google announces four sustainability partnerships aimed at water stewardship, farming

The projects build on Google’s target to restore the volume of freshwater consumed across its offices and data centers, on average, by 120% by 2030.

By Zoya Mirza • March 27, 2025

California Gov. Newsom uses judicial streamlining provision to advance 600 MW of solar, storage

A BayWa r.e. solar and battery farm is the 24th project to benefit from the California Environmental Quality Act’s judicial streamlining provision.

By Diana DiGangi • March 27, 2025

Amazon launches carbon credit service through sustainability hub

The credits will be available to its U.S. supply chain partners, enterprise customers and Climate Pledge signatories with certain emissions reporting, net-zero targets and decarbonization strategies.

By Lamar Johnson • March 25, 2025

CalSTRS, Microsoft anchor $175M funding round for Al Gore-backed Just Climate

Just Climate’s Natural Climate Solutions strategy will focus on avoiding emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use while also delivering “attractive returns.”

By Zoya Mirza • March 25, 2025

Federal judge blocks EPA’s $14B GGRF funding freeze

The EPA “proffered no evidence to support their basis for the sudden terminations, or that they followed the proper procedures,” said U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. 

By Diana DiGangi • March 24, 2025

EPA yanks air quality permit for 1.5-GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project

EPA Region 2 requested the permit remand as part of President Trump’s mandated review of offshore wind projects, the agency said.

By Diana DiGangi • March 21, 2025

30 businesses launch initiative to scale carbon markets, harmonize carbon credit data

The Carbon Data Open Protocol is backed by a group of corporations, nonprofits and public sector organizations and aims to “dramatically scale” the markets.

By Zoya Mirza • March 19, 2025

Amid shifting views on ESG, investors retain climate focus: Berkeley Climate Summit

Anti-ESG backlash, reporting hurdles and regulatory uncertainty have put sustainability at a crossroads, panelists said.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 19, 2025

Amazon to expand its use of in-house AI tools to conserve water, reduce energy use

The tools have helped identify underground water leaks, faulty energy meters and malfunctioning refrigeration equipment at its facilities, the company says.

By Brian Martucci • March 19, 2025

EPA aims to roll back power sector regulations in broad deregulatory push

It would likely take several years — potentially into the next presidency — to revise at least some of the targeted regulations, according to analysts.

By Ethan Howland • March 14, 2025

Amazon, Google, Meta join pledge to help triple global nuclear capacity

“This is not the end; it is just the beginning,” the World Nuclear Association’s director general said of the 14 companies who committed to help expand nuclear capacity by 2050.

By Lamar Johnson • March 13, 2025

EPA revisiting dozens of climate, environment rules in ‘day of deregulation’

The agency said it would roll back a range of rules and programs, including some that are foundational to its efforts to address climate change. A new “waters of the U.S.” definition is expected, as well as rollbacks to an emissions reporting program.

By Jacob Wallace • March 13, 2025

21 House Republicans oppose cutting clean energy credits to pay for tax cuts

“Both our constituencies and the energy industry alike remain concerned about disruptive changes to our nation’s energy tax structure,” the letter led by Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., said.

By Lamar Johnson • March 11, 2025

Microsoft buys 1.5M tonnes of carbon credits from Climate Impact Partners

The tech giant will purchase the credits over a 30-year period, as the carbon credit project developer plants millions of native trees in India.

By Lamar Johnson • March 10, 2025

IRA funding freeze has put ‘many’ clean energy projects on pause

The uncertainty created by the funding freeze has affected projects at “various stages of development,” a clean energy executive said on a recent press call.

By Lamar Johnson • March 7, 2025

‘EPA’s action is illegal,’ says green group attorney about $20B GGRF funding freeze

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says the $20 billion freeze stopped disbursement riddled with “self-dealing [and] conflicts of interest,” while grant recipients say the freeze will not hold up to judicial review.

By Diana DiGangi • March 7, 2025