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  BlackRock and the politics of ESG

  Axios - Ben Geman

  BlackRock boss Larry Fink's response to Republican criticism about his support for environmental social governance says a lot about the politics of …

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  The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is bigger and more far-reaching than you think

  anthropocenemagazine.org - Sarah DeWeerdt

  Landmark climate legislation passed in the United States in 2022 could nearly halve the U.S. economy’s overall emissions compared to 2005 levels by …

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  Steel sector warned to decarbonise by new organisation SteelWatch

  edie.net - Sarah George

  That is a warning from SteelWatch, a new organisation founded this week in the hopes of providing the pressure, information, inspiration and policy …

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  German startup raises €430M to create ‘virtual power plant’ for your home

  TNW - Siôn Geschwindt

  Hamburg-based 1KOMMA5° is the latest startup to join the expanding club of climate tech unicorns, after bagging €430m in fresh funding. Founded just 23 months ago, the startup’s main product is Heartbeat, an IoT device that acts as the air traffic control of your home’s energy system. The device …

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  VC firms create $60 billion-plus climate tech alliance with backing from the UN

  CNBC - Ryan Browne

  A group of venture capital firms including Tiger Global and Union Square Ventures on Tuesday set up an alliance aimed at making private tech …

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  Biden is offering $8 billion to whoever can figure out how to produce clean hydrogen energy

  Fortune - Jennifer McDermott, John Flesher, The Associated Press

  As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, …