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- Aclima sucks in $24M to scale its air quality mapping platform Tue, 26 Jun 18, 8:00pmAclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow the business including by expanding...
- Non-profit uses gunshot detection technology and solar energy to protect the rainforest Fri, 23 Mar 18, 10:56pmSan Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy...
- Chevron admits "there's no debate about climate science" in court hearing Sat, 24 Mar 18, 3:01am"From Chevron's perspective there's no debate about climate science," attorney Theodore Boutrous Jr. said in a courtroom this week. In a case pitting Big Oil companies against the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, which...
- Non-profit uses machine learning and solar energy to protect the rainforest Fri, 23 Mar 18, 10:56pmSan Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy...
- Agtech start-up Plenty plans to grow hydroponic peaches Tue, 20 Mar 18, 3:57amSan Francisco-based start-up Plenty is expanding the possibilities of what can be grown on indoor farms, with its sights set on peaches. Plenty uses a hydroponic growing system, which feeds crops through a steady flow of...
- Federal court orders first hearing on the science of climate change Thu, 8 Mar 18, 11:46pmLawyers will present climate change science in what could be the first-ever court hearing in the United States on the topic, McClatchy Washington Bureau reported...
- Playful guerrilla group unleashes 50 swings across San Francisco Tue, 27 Feb 18, 12:17amA guerrilla group in San Francisco has unleashed a bunch of swings across the city. Swing Bomb SF installed more than 50 sneaky swings in many undisclosed locations, delighting residents and instilling a much-needed sense...
- The Ocean Cleanup launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid Thu, 15 Feb 18, 2:36amThe Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept and the development of new technology to tackle the pollution threat...
- Ocean Cleanup Project launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid Thu, 15 Feb 18, 2:36amThe Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept and the development of new technology to tackle the pollution threat...
- Gigantic murals of local flora sprout on buildings around the world Tue, 13 Feb 18, 10:21pmThese larger-than-life plant murals bring buildings back to nature - and they're popping up all over the world. Muralist Mona Caron creates these intricate artworks by selecting plants native to each city and teaming up with...
- HASSELL and MVRDV tackle climate change in the Bay Area Wed, 31 Jan 18, 10:49pmA HASSELL-led design team that includes MVRDV has unveiled their preliminary proposed design strategy for tackling climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of the yearlong Resilient by Design research challenge...
- Salesforce Tower to include largest blackwater recycling system in a US commercial high-rise Fri, 12 Jan 18, 12:13am7.8 million gallons of drinking water will be saved every year with a blackwater recycling system at the new 1,070-foot tall Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. The skyscraper, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, will...
- Spin's new station-less electric bike travels 50 miles on a single charge Wed, 10 Jan 18, 2:35amSan Francisco-based Spin has added its first electric bike to their bike-share collection — and it doesn't require a station. The company envisions its adoption of electric bikes as an important step towards making urban...
- Green-roofed San Francisco townhouse features an indoor swing Wed, 27 Dec 17, 9:31pmFeldman Architecture completed Fitty Wun, a luxury townhouse in San Francisco that embraces the clients’ “work hard, play hard” approach to life...
- This lawyer wants Big Oil to pay for climate change Tue, 26 Dec 17, 11:15pmSteve Berman is perhaps best known for winning a $206 billion settlement from tobacco companies in the 1990s, although he's also taken on big companies like Enron and Volkswagen...