“The worst place on earth is better than the best place on Mars.” - Brad Hartwig, former SpaceX engineer now founder of carbon removal startup arbor.co/
#LATechWeek @Techweek_ @ArcBoats @lowercarbon
Congrats to @schrep on the launch of @gigascale! He’s been a hugely impactful supporter of climate tech startups for years as an adviser, investor, and conduit for top talent. We’re very excited for what he, @victoriabeas, and @EvalineTsai have planned.
cnbc.com/2023/05/02/former-f…
Great article by @nellgallogly on @BrosForDecarb and evangelizing addressing climate change with innovation and abundance!
👉 nytimes.com/2023/04/22/busin…
Renewell, which caps abandoned oil wells that are leaking methane (see youtube.com/watch?v=A5rfDKvS…), is one of the thousands of climate tech startups impacted by the SVB collapse.
📬 I delivered “SVB erased startup’s funds to convert orphan wells into clean energy storage” from Anthony, a constituent in Bakersfield, Calif., to @SenFeinstein, @POTUS, @RepDavidValadao and 1 more #CApolitics #CApol 📝 Write your own: xitter.cf/messages/compose?recip…

ALT The letter subject is: SVB erased startup’s funds to convert orphan wells into clean energy storage and the body is: I lead an early stage hardware start up in the climate space that was completely reliant on Silicon Valley bank. At Renewell our mission is to clean up and convert 1 million orphan and idle oil/gas wells into the world’s most reliable, flexible, low-cost gravity-based energy storage network. Our founding team of Stanford engineers has hired two more engineers in the last 6 months and wanted to hire another two more roles when the bank collapse happened. Please restore the funds we so painstakingly raised to address the millions of idle and orphan wells in the United States.
If you don't know, FrontierClimate.com is a collaboration between @stripe, @Google, @Meta, @Shopify, and @McKinsey to be catalytic purchasers of permanent Carbon Dioxide Removal. Learn more from their recent #ClimateCareerWeek session: youtube.com/watch?v=0gXoqZ6h…
Thanks @ceboudreau for a great story on climate career opportunities for tech workers!
👉 businessinsider.com/climate-…
As Kevin’s story illustrates:
* your work can have meaningful climate impact;
* climate tech is a lucrative career path; and
* all skills are needed!
And we're live! youtube.com/watch?v=V_L4myzi…
Replying to @ClimateDraft
This week of amazing events kicks off Monday, January 23 @ 11am PT with @chranderson of @watershed, @KatieS of @MoxxieVentures, and @Rajil of @ClimacticVC in discussion with @codysimms of @mcjcollective about their transitions from big tech to climate.
lu.ma/ccw-big-tech-to-climat…
Thanks to @pahwa_nitish for including climate tech in this @Slate piece on other industries where tech workers’ skills can help: slate.com/technology/2022/11…
Climate tech has many impactful software product needs, and *every* sector of climate tech will need talent who know how to rapidly scale businesses and operate at scale.
Check out climate career resources for tech workers (incl >200 relevant open roles): ClimateDraft.org/layoffs
120k+ tech layoffs so far in 2022. Climate tech, meanwhile, is booming. There's a great rotation in talent to be unlocked.
Me, for @climate, with thanks to @paragkhanna and @conorsen for chat, @reinpk for posts, @ClimateDraft @Climatebase for resources bloomberg.com/news/articles/…












