TerraPower Secures $650 Million to Advance Next-Gen Nuclear Technology with NVIDIA Backing

June 20, 2025June 19, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

TerraPower has closed a $650 million funding round to accelerate the deployment of its Natrium® advanced nuclear reactor technology. The round includes support from NVentures—NVIDIA’s venture arm—alongside existing investors such as Bill Gates and HD Hyundai. The funding will support the continued development of TerraPower’s Natrium® reactor, a next-generation nuclear solution that integrates gigawatt-scale energy […]

ReGenEarth Launches £100M Green Bond to Scale Biochar Carbon Removal

June 20, 2025June 19, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

ReGenEarth, a UK sustainability venture emerging from Stephen Lansdown’s Earth Capital, has launched a £100 million Green Bond Programme to fund the rollout of carbon-negative biochar technology. Partnering with circular economy energy firm RER, the initiative will integrate biochar production into existing anaerobic digestion and biomass sites nationwide. The three-year, asset-backed bonds—issued by RER Capital […]

Volkswagen Bank Raises €1.5 Billion in Debut Green Bond to Fund EV Financing

June 20, 2025June 19, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

Volkswagen Bank GmbH has raised €1.5 billion in its first-ever green bond issuance, aimed at financing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) across Volkswagen Group brands. Issued in two tranches of 3 and 6 years, the bond is structured as “senior preferred,” enhancing investor protections. The offering saw strong demand, with investor orders exceeding €6.6 billion, reflecting […]

Modelling the distribution of plant-associated microbes with species distribution models |

June 19, 2025curtislubbeLeave a Comment

Sarah Ishak, Université du Québec à Montréal, discusses their article: Modelling the distribution of plant-associated microbes with species distribution models The array of bacteria, fungi, protists, viruses, and archaea that live inside or outside of plant tissue, AKA plant-associated microbes, perform functions that vary from beneficial to parasitic to simply neutrally existing with the plant. […]

Ireland: Call for Expressions of Interest: Become a 2025–2026 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champion

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

Issued by: Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment is inviting organisations and community groups across Ireland to submit Expressions of Interest to participate in the 2025–2026 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champions Programme. As we pass the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda, this programme offers a vital […]

Goldman Sachs Launches Emerging Markets Green and Social Bond ETF to Expand Sustainable Investment Access

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched a new actively managed ETF focused on green and social bonds in emerging markets, expanding its global suite of sustainable investment solutions. The Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Green and Social Bond Active UCITS ETF (GEMS) is designed to provide targeted exposure to sustainable fixed income instruments issued by […]

Amnesty International Criticizes Nigeria’s Pardon of Executed Ogoni Activists as Insufficient for Justice

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

Amnesty International has condemned the Nigerian government’s recent pardon of the Ogoni Nine, describing it as falling “far short of real justice.” The human rights organization issued this statement following the government’s decision on Wednesday to exonerate the group. The Ogoni Nine were environmental activists who vocally opposed Shell and the Nigerian government over the […]

JetZero to Build $5 Billion Aircraft Plant in North Carolina, Creating 14,500 Jobs

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

JetZero, a California-based aviation startup, has announced plans to construct a $5 billion manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, to produce its next-generation blended-wing-body aircraft. The plant is expected to create 14,500 jobs and support both direct manufacturing and engineering roles, as well as indirect jobs with suppliers. Blended-Wing-Body Aircraft: A Game-Changer in Aviation JetZero’s […]

Decoding the diversity of root exudate chemistry in plant belowground strategies |

June 18, 2025curtislubbeLeave a Comment

Huajun Yin, Peipei Zhang, and Han Yang, Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discuss their article: Shifts in root exudate composition coordinate with root resource conservation along an elevation gradient Root exudates: Small molecules, big influence Plant ecologists have long been fascinated by the diverse strategies plants use to acquire nutrients […]

EU Requires €241 Billion in Nuclear Investment to Meet 2050 Climate and Energy Security Goals

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

The European Commission has announced that approximately €241 billion in nuclear energy investments will be needed by 2050 for the European Union to meet its long-term decarbonization targets and energy security objectives. The estimate was released in the Commission’s eighth Nuclear Illustrative Programme (PINC), which outlines the role of nuclear power in the EU’s broader […]

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