Traffic diverts away from a flooded street in Sharjah on April 20, 2024, after the heaviest rainfall on record in the UAE. Ahmed Ramzan | Afp | Getty Images The Dubai flooding last week illustrated how urban engineering is failing a major climate change test. In a world marked by the increasing possibility of extreme … Read more
Palmetto CEO Chris Kemper Palmetto Nearly fifteen years into founding climate tech company Palmetto, Chris Kemper has seen plenty of changes across the clean energy industry, from early solar companies that are now public to Series A startups founded following the Inflation Reduction Act. Ensuring that the company continues to evolve in what Kemper calls … Read more
TOPSHOT – Cars are stranded on a flooded street in Dubai following heavy rains on April 18, 2024. Dubai’s giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on April 18, a day after the heaviest rains on record. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp … Read more
An electric truck at the PT Vale Indonesia mining area. The CXMG type XDR-80-TE truck manufactured in China boasts a hauling capacity of 70 tons. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The next time micromobility company Lime accepts a shipment of e-bikes and e-scooters in California, a new state law means the cargo must … Read more
Vehicles sit parked outside the Tesla Inc. solar panel factory in Buffalo, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla is laying off 285 employees in the state of New York as part of a broader restructuring according to a WARN notice filed in the state. Most … Read more
A view of the street after heavy rainfall as adverse weather conditions affect daily life in Dubai. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The National Center of Meteorology (NCM), a government taskforce responsible for cloud seeding missions in the United Arab Emirates, denied reports that it carried out the weather modification technique in the runup … Read more
Storms and heavy rain have caused flooding in some Gulf states, leading to the Tuesday closure of Dubai’s airport — one of the busiest in the world. The United Arab Emirates, usually known for its hot and sunny weather, reportedly saw over 100 mm of rain in a 24-hour period, marking a 75-year record since … Read more
Conceptual image of green server room. Imaginima | Istock | Getty Images Southeast Asia saw a significant uptick in green investments in 2023, with a boost from green data center projects, though funding remains insufficient, according to a report released Monday. The analysis, conducted by Bain & Company, GenZero, Standard Chartered and Temasek, found that … Read more
Chinese flag on a background of coal. Andrzej Rostek | Istock | Getty Images The world added more coal power capacity last year than any year since 2016, with China driving most growth and future planned capacity, according to new research. A report by Global Energy Monitor released Thursday found that net annual coal capacity … Read more
Customers admire a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle at a Tesla store in Honolulu, Hawaii. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. consumers have been making the move to all-electric vehicles more slowly than many expected — but a growing leader in EV adoption is Hawaii. The tropical island state this … Read more
