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How venture capital investment in deep tech can tackle climate change (Zachary Bogue, World Economic Forum)

The world must speed up progress on tackling climate change if it is to meet the Paris Agreement goals. Venture capital investment can...

The energy transition needs metals. But it needs social awareness too (Samah El-Shahat, Musaab Almulla, World Economic Forum)

Decarbonization will be mineral-intensive because clean-energy tech requires more metal. Increased interest in ESG investing means metals extraction must take into account its...

How the petrochemicals industry can reduce its carbon footprint (Robert MacLeod, World Economic Forum)

The chemical building blocks derived from petrochemicals continue to play a crucial role in society. Syngas production contributes significantly to petrochemical CO2 emissions. ...

COP26, fossil fuels and flooding: Everything to know about the environment this week (Joe Myers, World Economic Forum)

This weekly round-up brings you some of the key environment stories from the past seven days. Top stories: Window for action closing -...

South Korea’s 1st homegrown space rocket reaches space but fails to orbit dummy payload (Park Si-soo, Space News)

South Korea’s first domestically built rocket reached its intended altitude in its maiden flight Oct. 21, but its third-stage engine shut down 46 seconds early, releasing its 1,500-kilogram...

Capella to work with U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (Debra Werner, Space News)

Capella Space is working with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC) to satisfy Army demand for Earth observation with rapid...

York to expand manufacturing capacity, once again (Debra Werner, Space News)

York Space Systems is once again expanding manufacturing capacity to meet demand for its standard small satellites. After announcing plans in May to establish a facility in...

Analysis: Space Force endorsement not enough to incentivize debris removal industry (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

U.S. Space Force generals made headlines recently calling for the development of commercial services to clean up orbital debris. These statements convey a sense of urgency...

Nanoracks and Lockheed Martin partner on commercial space station project (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Nanoracks, its majority owner Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, will collaborate on the development of a commercial space station as others in industry warn...

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