Industrial emissions poised to become largest U.S. carbon source The industrial sector is slated to become the largest source of carbon emissions in the United States over the next decade, according to new data from the Rhodium Group shared exclusively with Cipher. Data Dives Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
U.S. cleantech spending benefits marginalized communities Communities hit hardest by climate impacts, unchecked pollution and coal-related job losses have received an outsized share of U.S. cleantech spending under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, according to an updated Clean Investment Monitor analysis shared exclusively with Cipher. Data Dives Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
How to close the ‘missing middle’ There is a financing gap in the economy for getting so-called ‘first of their kind’ projects to scale. A few solutions could help cleantech companies and investors bridge that gap. Voices Heather Zichal & Ramaswamy Variankaval 4 min read
Trade is key to countering China’s clean energy dominance Contrary to today’s protectionist trends, the best antidote to concerns about China’s cleantech dominance is more trade, not less. Voices Jason Bordoff 5 min read
Get to know this secret climate tech star Catch up on Cipher's full profile of MIT professor and serial entrepreneur Yet-Ming Chiang. Latest News Cat Clifford 11 min read
How a secret climate star turns ‘stone soup’ into climate progress Professor and serial entrepreneur Yet-Ming Chiang's superpower is getting the right people around a cutting-edge idea and helping bring out their best Latest News Cat Clifford 6 min read
Meet the MIT professor who is a secret star of climate tech innovation If you’re not deeply enmeshed in climate tech innovation, there’s a good chance you don’t know the name Yet-Ming Chiang. But if you are, you probably do — or you know about the companies he has helped launch. Latest News Cat Clifford 6 min read
Lithium leads critical minerals boom: Cipher tracker North Carolina and Nevada are emerging as centers of mining and processing lithium, a mineral critical for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage. The article examines the progress the United States has made since the enactment of key federal laws in establishing manufacturing facilities to make battery ready lithium. Latest News Amena H. Saiyid 6 min read
Nickel illustrates China conundrum on critical minerals Nicke refining offers a case study of the complex challenges the world faces in ramping up the use of minerals needed to drive the global clean energy transition. Data Dives Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read