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Taking Off Toward Decarbonized Air Travel 🛫

Spoiler: air travel emits tons of CO2. But what if we already have a solution ready to be scaled? Read about this exciting startup and more in this week’s edition of Pique Behind the Curtain.

Dec 07, 2022

Your Next Salad Could Be Grown Without the Sun

Welcome back to Pique Behind the Curtain. This week, we’re serving up a story on plants grown in the pitch-black, and a company following through on its climate pledges. Read on to learn more!

Nov 30, 2022

A Well-Oiled Climate Plan

Hey there! This week, we’re giving you the full scoop on the startup transforming leaky oil wells into renewable power storage. Dive in to learn more about their work, as well as a climate success story on wheels and a hopeful look at slowing down global CO2 output.

Nov 23, 2022

Make (Environmental) Love, Not War ✌️🕊️

Happy Hump Day, and welcome to your dose of positive climate content. In this week’s edition of Pique Behind the Curtain, you’ll read about environmental peacebuilding, the reforestation of a nation, and take a “Sneak Pique” at the strange ways in which oil infrastructure is being used to support renewable energy. Let’s get to it!

Nov 16, 2022

Feed Seaweed, Eliminate Emissions 🐄

Welcome back to Pique Behind the Curtain, your favorite climate-positive newsletter. This week, we’re sharing a climate solution from the sea that can be harnessed in agriculture, as well as promising measures taken by the EPA, and funding pledges straight from COP27.

Nov 09, 2022

Cows Fighting for Climate 🐮

Welcome back to Pique Behind the Cow-tain - I mean curtain. Sorry, but I just can’t get next week’s featured startup off of my mind. They’re feeding seaweed to cows to significantly reduce their methane emissions. And that’s not all you’ll get. We’re also talking about local elections and university divestment. Let’s begin, shall we?

Nov 02, 2022

How Your Climate Vote Makes a Difference

Hello again, my climate people! Are you ready to ~dive~ into this week’s hydropower startup? We’re talking about new technology that keeps aquatic ecosystems thriving, but that’s not all. Read on to learn about big oil’s slippery slope on hiring and a piece on voting for climate action in the upcoming midterms by the New York Times’ featured writer, Shafaq Zia.

Oct 26, 2022

Fish-Friendly Hydropower?

Ready to take a Pique Behind the Curtain? Today, we’re covering hydropower, incentivizing farmers to cut down on cow emissions, and eliminating organic waste in our communities. Read on!

Oct 18, 2022

1 Year of Pique 🎉🥳🥂

Far from Pique-ing, we’re just getting started.

Oct 12, 2022

What in the World is Perovskite?

Welcome back to Pique Behind the Curtain. Today, you’re getting a look at the effectiveness of e-bikes, a preview of a startup innovating in the solar-tech landscape, and a story exemplifying what you already know about Indigenous knowledge: we should be using it.

Oct 05, 2022

Towers So Cool, They’ll Capture Carbon 😎

This week, a startup breathes new air into carbon capture, farmers in Bangladesh find a unique form of flood protection, and one European country commits to coughing up cash for climate. Let’s get into it.