As AI and surging demand for power collide with a warming planet, most climate and environmental news can feel a little hopeless — and for good reason. But some scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs are quietly betting that technology can still tip the balance.

Those are the stories we’re telling on Positive Charge, a new podcast launching today, hosted by GeekWire reporter Lisa Stiffler and independent Seattle-based audio producer and journalist Laura Scott. The show goes inside the companies and labs working on environmental solutions, and connects with the people living with the problems they’re trying to solve.

Our thanks to Amazon Sustainability for sponsoring this independent editorial project.

Two episodes are already live: The first explores the “forever chemicals” contaminating water around the world, and the companies that have figured out how to destroy them. The second is about the global race to make fusion energy real, and the startups betting they can deliver nearly limitless clean power. 

Future installments will explore new climate and sustainability breakthroughs every few weeks.

Subscribe to Positive Charge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music, and find every episode at geekwire.com/positivecharge.