Climate Week Edition: This week’s newsletter also looks at using star power to raise funds for nature and whether Amazon can curb its rising carbon footprint.
Both Utah and several of its companies were among 21 projects to receive $99 million in federal geothermal energy development grants.
Cappadocia is implementing a number of regulations to manage rising visitor numbers and increasing cave hotels.
Americans are fighting data centers over power bills. In rural Africa, a Rockefeller-backed project is testing whether computers can pay for electricity.

Google’s $15bn AI datacentre project in Andhra Pradesh has state environmental clearance for 2.51GW of capacity, more than double the 1GW announced, according to clearance papers seen by the Guardian. Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan reported th…
Fiji is helping restore giant clam populations through a blend of captive breeding programs, ocean nurseries and targeted partnerships.
Canada wants to sell carbon removal to the world. Ottawa’s new plan to trade credits under Paris Article 6 could turn its geology and clean power into a major export.

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has combined with Clarity AI, which sells sustainability data and AI analytics. The two firms announced the deal on Thursday. The deal closed on 23 September, and no financial details were disclosed. The combined company will …
Tiya Gordon of it’s electric kept the New York win from bridge investors to protect their Series A markup. Gordon is lining up green bank financing for the hardware.