SCOOP: Generate Capital, one of the most prominent investors and operators in climate-tech, is considering an IPO. www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com

How did things get so bad that we started allowing the Bubble Tea Industrial Complex to charge $12 for iced tea?

Sure, there's bar/bat mitzvah, confirmation. But you haven't truly reached Jewish adulthood until your parents start trying to send you home with their extra boxes of matzah.

SCOOP: Type One Energy is preparing to raise an over $200 million Series A to continue developing its stellarator fusion plant. www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com #fusion #fusionenergy #stellarator

EXCLUSIVE: Argent LNG is raising $150M in equity and and meeting with Wall Street banks to close $20B in project financing to open a natural gas export terminal in Louisiana. www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com

NEW: Geothermal developer Fervo Energy is in talks with Wall Street banks about a potential $2 billion to $4 billion IPO in 2026 or 2027. With Ben Geman: www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...

Distributed carbon-capture is gaining momentum: 🏢 CarbonQuest, deploying systems in residential buildings and eying data centers, raised $20m. 🚢 Stax, which captures pollution from ships, raised $70m in equity and debt. We dive in at Climate Deals, only from Axios Pro www.axios.com/pro/climate-...

Realized that the photos in my Google-generated bio are just a progression of me getting balder.

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Can't help but think how Count Orlok would've really shaken up the dynamic in Challengers.

Some contract payments are starting to flow again from the Department of Energy and DOD, per @dgershenson.bsky.social. Some contracts also being canceled, especially those with DEI/environmental justice as an objective.

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

NEW: Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion developer, just raised a $425M Series F. The startup has said it expects to reach net generation—creating more electricity than it consumes—as soon as this year, years ahead of competitors. www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com @helionenergy.bsky.social

In today's Climate Deals: 🛑 Trump's no-wind plan vs. clean energy demand. ⚡ EQT is acquiring Scale. 🚒 Convective's raising $75M for wildfire tech 💰 And Unless raised $90.6M, per an SEC filing. All that and more, with Katie Fehrenbacher, only in Axios Pro: www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com

A reminder that the wildland crews battling the wildfires in LA — and inhaling the smoke from burning insulation, chemicals and god knows what else — are largely doing so with no respiratory protection whatsoever. www.axios.com/2024/09/16/w...

We've seen very few substantive M&A deals in climate-tech amid the investing slowdown. This morning brought us a relative biggie: EQT is planning to buy microgrid and DER developer Scale Microgrids from Warburg Pincus. www.axios.com/pro/climate-...

Consequence for finishing last place in fantasy football should be having to watch "Babygirl" with your parents.