Technology
AI threatens Big Tech’s clean energy agenda
Electricity emissions surged at Amazon, Google and Microsoft in 2025, signaling new hazards for the corporate clean power movement. Read More
Why Meta is betting on long-duration energy storage and ‘space solar’
Blair Swedeen, global head of net zero and sustainability, says the social media company is prioritizing ways to build on past renewable energy investments. Read More
What would it take to build a sustainable data center? A roomful of rivals tried to find out
A trillion-dollar infrastructure wave is locking in data centers for decades — and a roomful of unlikely allies just agreed on what it would take to build them right. Read More
Google’s AI expansion weighs heavily on climate goals
The tech company reported an 18 percent leap in greenhouse gas emissions in 2025, largely fueled by computing hardware, steel, concrete and other supplies related to data center construction. Read More
Meet the 2026 Trellis Climate Tech Startup of the Year
Why a plastic recycling alternative stood out and where climate tech is headed. Read More
Community opposition to data centers grows, crossing political divides
Businesses must treat community concerns and questions about AI data centers seriously if they want to retain their social license to operate in this moment of spiking energy demand. Read More
How sustainability is being reshaped in 2026
Companies are quietly but meaningfully innovating operations and infrastructure to deliver environmental — and financial – results. Read More
Jet fuel made from captured carbon begins to flow from new plant
Microsoft and Shopify are among the buyers of credits from Alaska Airlines, one of the first carriers to use the new fuel from startup Twelve. Read More
Behind Amazon’s industry-leading water efficiency score
The company’s cloud computing service finally publishes annual water withdrawal information for its data centers. Read More
The hyperscalers’ dilemma
The AI buildout could do more to commercialize enhanced geothermal and re-rated nuclear plants than three decades of climate policy. Read More
