Key Impact Points: Eni and Azimut Launch €100 Million Clean Energy Tech Venture Fund Italian energy giant Eni, through its venture capital arm Eni Next, is teaming up with asset manager Azimut to launch a €100 million clean tech-focused venture capital fund. The initiative aims to scale up startups and
Key Impact Points Google has released its 10th annual Environmental Report, detailing how the company is navigating the energy-intensive rise of AI while scaling real-world environmental solutions. The 2025 report is centered on three core themes: energy, AI, and resilience—each tied to Google’s “climate moonshots” of achieving 24/7 carbon-free energy
Key Impact Points: Enfinity Expands Solar Footprint in Italy U.S.-based Enfinity Global has signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to deliver renewable energy from 420 megawatts of solar PV projects in Italy to an undisclosed U.S. technology company. Supporting Energy Transition “We are pleased to continue supporting our customers across diverse
Key Impact Points: Meta Backs Nuclear to Power Clean AI Future Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free nuclear power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. Starting in June 2027, this agreement replaces public subsidies from Illinois’ Zero Emission
Key Impact Points: Microsoft Deepens Investment in Soil-Based Carbon Removal Microsoft has committed to purchasing 60,000 soil carbon credits from Indigo Ag’s latest carbon crop—the company’s largest to date—issued by the Climate Action Reserve in April. This builds on Microsoft’s prior purchase of 40,000 credits in June 2023, underscoring the
Key Impact Points Carbon Direct, in collaboration with Microsoft, today released a first-of-its-kind guide outlining science-based criteria for high-quality environmental attribute certificates (EACs) in the concrete and steel sectors. The criteria address scope 3 emissions from embodied carbon and seek to shape a credible market for low-carbon building materials. Embodied
Key Impact Points: Microsoft Deepens Commitment to Carbon Removals Microsoft has signed a landmark 10-year deal with Bolivia-based Exomad Green to purchase nearly 1.24 million metric tons of biochar carbon removal credits, marking the largest biochar removals agreement ever by volume, according to a joint statement released on May 21.
Key Impact Points: From Tornado Chasing to Satellite Tracking In the late 1990s, ecologist Martin Wikelski spent nights chasing migrating Swainson’s Thrushes across Illinois, outfitting birds with transmitters and tracking them via car. “His shift ended when the migrating thrush touched down, often hundreds of miles from where he’d tagged
Key Impact Points: Setting Standards for Marine Carbon Removal Carbon Direct and Microsoft announced a joint initiative to develop new guidelines for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). These standards are intended to ensure that ocean-based carbon removal strategies are scientifically robust and effective in significantly reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Urgency
Key Impact Points: EPA Greenlights Major DAC Project Occidental Petroleum’s subsidiary, 1PointFive, has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to store carbon dioxide captured from its new direct air capture (DAC) facility, Stratos, in Texas. The permits, issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control
