Nicolas Rivero

Washington, D.C., United States

Climate Solutions Reporter at The Washington Post

Climate solutions reporter at the @WashingtonPost | Formerly: @MiamiHerald, @qz, @MiamiNewTimes | Born and raised in the county of Dade 🦩

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Musk-backed XPrize gives $100 million to carbon removal start-ups

1 day ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero

Musk-backed XPrize gives $100 million to carbon removal start-ups (washingtonpost.com) Musk-backed XPrize gives $100 million to carbon removal start-ups By Nicolás Rivero 2025042311000000 The XPRIZE for Carbon Removal, a competition funded by Elon Musk's charitable foundation, announced $100 million in awards on Wednesday for companies exploring promising ways to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
You can make every day Earth Day with these tiny climate actions

2 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero |Allyson Chiu |Hailey Haymond |Nicolas Ortega

You can make every day Earth Day with these tiny climate actions (washingtonpost.com) You can make every day Earth Day with these tiny climate actions By Nicolás Rivero; Allyson Chiu; Hailey Haymond; Nicolás Ortega 2025042209004500 Climate change is a big, global problem — which can make anything you do about it seem incredibly insignificant. But sometimes, doing one tiny thing can help you feel a little less helpless and hopeless.
How the Caribbean could turn a plague of seaweed into fuel and fertilizer

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero

How the Caribbean could turn a plague of seaweed into fuel and fertilizer (washingtonpost.com) How the Caribbean could turn a plague of seaweed into fuel and fertilizer By Nicolás Rivero 2025040910000000 Stinking mats of rotting seaweed are already starting to pile up on beaches across the Caribbean.
How to grow houseplants without ever having to buy one

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Nicolas Rivero

Houseplants have gotten something of a bad rap lately, with climate advocates citing the energy-intensive greenhouses they’re grown in, the harmful emissions produced from shipping them long distances and the environment-depleting peat they are often packed in. But there’s a greener — and cheaper — way to expand your plant collection. Local plant swaps offer a chance to trade plants and get tips for how to care for them.
A Caribbean nation is turning a slimy beach ‘menace’ into an opportunity

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Nicolas Rivero

Beaver found dead after being spotted in the River TamarThe recent joy of the sighting of a beaver beside the River Tamar waterfront has turned to sadness after it was reported the animal had since …
How to grow houseplants without ever having to buy one

3 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Nicolas Rivero

Houseplants have gotten something of a bad rap lately, with climate advocates citing the energy-intensive greenhouses they’re grown in, the harmful emissions produced from shipping them long distances and the environment-depleting peat they are often packed in. But there’s a greener — and cheaper — way to expand your plant collection. Local plant swaps offer a chance to trade plants and get tips for how to care for them.
How to grow houseplants without ever having to buy one

3 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Nicolas Rivero

Houseplants have gotten something of a bad rap lately, with climate advocates citing the energy-intensive greenhouses they’re grown in, the harmful emissions produced from shipping them long distances and the environment-depleting peat they are often packed in. But there’s a greener – and cheaper – way to expand your plant collection. Local plant swaps offer a chance to trade plants and get tips for how to care for them.
How to grow houseplants without ever having to buy one

3 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Nicolas Rivero

By Nicolás RiveroThe Washington PostHouseplants have gotten something of a bad rap lately, with climate advocates citing the energy-intensive greenhouses they’re grown in, the harmful emissions produced from shipping them long distances and the environment-depleting peat they are often packed in. But there’s a greener — and cheaper — way to expand your plant collection. Local plant swaps offer a chance to trade plants and get tips for how to care for them.
The electric-vehicle revolution may be on shakier ground than you think

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Nicolas Rivero

Republican plans to scrap nearly all federal support for electric vehicles could kneecap the nascent industry, auto industry experts say, justwhen more Americans are considering buying an EV and car companies are planning big investments. “Everything that’s happening politically couldn’t have happened at a worse time from the point of view of EV adoption,” Ed Kim, president and chief analyst at the car market research firm AutoPacific, said in an interview.
WaPo: ‘Growing weed takes more energy than mining bitcoin’ - Uses 1% of all American energy, ‘warms the planet about as much as 10 million cars’

4 weeks ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Nicolas Rivero

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/03/23/cannabis-energy-use-climate-change/“Growing weed inside uses about 1 percent of U.S. energy and pollutes more than cryptocurrency mining.