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🔬 The science behind carbon sequestration ➡️ While we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, trees do the opposite, taking up carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the air. 🌲 In the process, they store huge amounts of carbon in their wood and roots; approximately 50% of a tree’s dry weight is carbon! 🪵 When forests burn, much of that carbon is released back into the atmosphere. That’s why Mast is restoring forests to be more resilient to wildfires and other disturbances, helping them survive future blazes.

🎉🎉🎉 We’ve been recognized as a 2024 Inc. Magazine #BestInBusiness winner! Congratulations to the irreplicable, 'Sheer Force of Will' it's electric team. (Get yourself a team that.....does this) See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/d-nT4QN

In today's Climate Deals from Axios Pro: 📉  Climate investors once again found few exits from their startups this year; 💰 TotalEnergies is close to buying German clean energy project developer VSB Group for €2 billion; 🌱 And Everest Carbon raises $3m for soil-based carbon removal sensors, Katie Fehrenbacher reports exclusively. Plus: China bans the export of certain rare earths to the U.S., General Motors sells its stake in a Michigan battery plant to LG Energy Solution, a flurry of activity from Loan Programs Office | U.S. Department of Energy, and much more. https://lnkd.in/ecnKrsEe

☕ Catch up on your weekend reading from The Wall Street Journal. With our thanks to Christopher Mims for entering the world of #curbs! (and yes, we agree) https://lnkd.in/e2shwC6W

Exciting news from MATAGORDA CONCRETE, LLC! As the first to integrate Command Alkon Cloud with AICreteOS, they are setting a new standard in quality control. Bruce Krauskopf, Owner of MATAGORDA CONCRETE, shares: “At MATAGORDA CONCRETE, we’re excited to be the first to integrate Command Cloud with AICreteOS. This innovative combination is helping us enhance efficiency in our quality control efforts, which ultimately benefits our customers.”We’re proud to see AICreteOS making a real difference in the industry through cutting-edge integrations like this. #SuperPowersForQualityControl #AICreteOS #ConcreteInnovation #CommandCloud

Big news from Plantible: We’ve closed a $30M Series B funding round! 🚀 This milestone was made possible thanks to the incredible support of our co-leads, Piva Capital and Siddhi Capital, along with Betagro Ventures, Cultivate Next / Chipotle, Nourish Ventures (Griffith Foods), and our existing partners including Astanor Ventures. Plantible was founded with a bold vision: to revolutionize the agri-food supply chain for the health of people and the planet. This funding accelerates our journey, allowing us to expand operations at 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒐, our 100-acre manufacturing facility in West Texas, and continue to fulfill our offtake agreements with some of the world’s largest food companies. We couldn't be more excited to continue our efforts to meet the surging demand for 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧™ — our game-changing product that helps food companies improve the taste, texture, and health of their products while optimizing costs and reducing their environmental footprint. We’re just getting started. This is a step toward a future where health, sustainability, and great food go hand in hand. 🌱 Read more about the round here: https://lnkd.in/gdWiuTEA Read our highlight in Bloomberg: https://lnkd.in/gguHc-S5 Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gcbBJ6m

The world's best hope to beat climate change is vanishing. In just over five years, the world will arrive at its first major checkpoint on climate action: a 2030 deadline to meet a series of green targets aimed at avoiding the most devastating impacts of global warming. These goals, set by governments, Wall Street, Big Tech and major polluting companies, are intended to put the global economy on a path to finally start reducing the amount of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere. Yet, far from being in retreat, carbon dioxide emissions hit a new record last year. That means the world faces a steeper, far costlier and more disruptive journey to reach net zero by 2050. And that was before the re-election of Donald Trump. With a second term in the White House running until 2029, Trump is unlikely to steer the world’s second-biggest polluter to decarbonize faster than the current pace. In fact, Trump has vowed to undo many of the nation’s expansive climate policies and withdraw from global cooperation. The consequences will extend far beyond the US. Even before any new slowdown resulting from last week’s monumental political shift, many targets pegged to 2030 deadlines are already in severe jeopardy. An exclusive analysis by Bloomberg Green finds that dramatic acceleration across many fronts would be required to hit end-of-decade milestones on the path to net zero. There are isolated pockets of progress, though those are rare exceptions. Each year the world falls behind increases the risks of more extreme weather that will put millions of people at risk and threaten global economic growth. One recent assessment forecasts a 1C rise in temperatures would equate to a 12% hit to the world’s gross domestic product. “There are real impacts on people, planet, on industries, on economies, if we miss these goals,” says Sherry Madera, chief executive officer of CDP, a nonprofit that pushes companies and governments to disclose data on their climate impact. Read a reality check on how current progress matches up to crucial 2030 targets and my latest with Hayley Warren, David Stringer, Julia Janicki: https://lnkd.in/gE8bznNm #wallstreet #bigtech #climate #fossilfuels #climategoals #donaldtrump #evs #renewables