New York Times: Start-Ups Hoping to Fight Climate Change Struggle as Other Tech Firms Cash In
„With the money he made selling his last start-up to Google, Matt Rogers has been investing in companies that are trying to fight climate change. Mr. Rogers, one of the founders of the digital thermostat company Nest, has put millions of dollars into start-ups whose goal is to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon-removal technology, as it is known, is something that scientists have said will probably be necessary to avert an extreme increase in global temperatures.“