CleanTechnica
{{short description|Clean technology news website}}
{{Notability|Web|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox website
| name = CleanTechnica
| url = {{URL|cleantechnica.com}}
| location = California, USA
| commercial = Yes
| language = English
| type = News
| registration = Optional
| editor = Zach Shahan{{cite web|url= https://cleantechnica.com/our-team/ |title= Our Team |website= cleantechnica.com |access-date= 2024-08-31}}
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2008|01|07}}{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/cleantechnica.com|title= cleantechnica.co WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools|work=WHOIS|access-date=2020-04-30}}
| current_status = Online
| revenue = Advertisement, optional subscription
}}
CleanTechnica is a US-based online audio and video media company,{{Cite web |title=CleanTechnica |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleantechnica/about/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=LinkedIn}} that operates a website under the same name, dedicated to aggregating news in clean technology, sustainable energy, and electric vehicles, with a focus on Tesla.{{cite news|url= https://cleantechnica.com/ |website= cleantechnica.com |title= Cleantech News — #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla News |access-date=2020-04-30}}{{cite news|url= https://mashable.com/2012/06/10/world-at-work-11/ |title= 5 Startups Improving Society Through Technology |work= Mashable |first= Lauren |last= Hockenson |date= 2012-06-10 |access-date= 2020-04-30}} It is a privately held company founded in 2008.{{Cite web |title=CleanTechnica |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265084-12#overview |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Pitchbook}}
Content
CleanTechnica's stories have been cited by Business Insider (on Lindsey Graham),{{cite news|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-sen-lindsey-graham-defects-to-climate-change-activist-2010-1 |website= businessinsider.com |title= Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Defects To Climate Change Activist! |first= Graham |last= Winfrey |date= 2010-01-08 |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111020041605/https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-sen-lindsey-graham-defects-to-climate-change-activist-2010-1 |archive-date= 2011-10-20 |url-status= live}} Reuters (on nanotech for energy storage),{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS139595831320100929 |website= reuters.com |title= On the GreenBeat: Amyris weathers first day of trading, California to double solar capacity |first= Iris |last= Kuo |date= 2010-09-29 |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101027021918/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS139595831320100929 |archive-date= 2010-10-27 |url-status= live}} ThinkProgress (on wind power in Texas),{{cite news|url= https://archive.thinkprogress.org/wind-reaches-its-highest-generation-level-ever-in-texas-heralding-a-challenge-to-natural-gas-c5b7dee68d9/ |website= thinkprogress.org |title= Wind Reaches Its Highest Generation Level Ever In Texas, Heralding A Challenge To Natural Gas |first= Jeff |last= Spross |date= 2014-03-31 |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200516092739/https://archive.thinkprogress.org/wind-reaches-its-highest-generation-level-ever-in-texas-heralding-a-challenge-to-natural-gas-c5b7dee68d9/ |archive-date= 2020-05-16 |url-status= live}} The Washington Post (on suburban living),{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/24/how-solar-power-and-electric-cars-could-make-suburban-living-awesome-again/ |website= washingtonpost.com |title= How solar power and electric cars could make suburban living awesome again |first= Chris |last= Mooney |date= 2014-12-24 |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160111065127/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/24/how-solar-power-and-electric-cars-could-make-suburban-living-awesome-again/ |archive-date= 2016-01-11 |url-status= live}} and Slate (on medical mask stockpiling during the COVID-19 pandemic).{{cite news|url= https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/tech-companies-donating-millions-of-masks.html |website= slate.com |title= Why Did Tech Companies Stockpile Millions of Medical Masks? |first= Chloe |last= Hadavas |date= 2020-03-25 |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200325200339/https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/tech-companies-donating-millions-of-masks.html |archive-date= 2020-03-25 |url-status= live}} ThinkProgress have also published their stories in full.{{cite news|url= https://thinkprogress.org/michigan-renewable-energy-ballot-initiative-would-double-states-green-jobs-concludes-study-ffc16f5d37d0/ |website= cleantechnica.com |via= thinkprogress.org |title= Michigan Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative Would Double State's Green Jobs, Concludes Study |first= Silvio |last= Marcacci |date= 2012-08-15 |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200516092739/https://archive.thinkprogress.org/wind-reaches-its-highest-generation-level-ever-in-texas-heralding-a-challenge-to-natural-gas-c5b7dee68d9/ |archive-date= 2020-05-16 |url-status= live}}
CleanTechnica has published interviews with people such as the Post Carbon Institute Fellow Richard Heinberg.{{cite news|url= https://www.postcarbon.org/press/heinberg-interview-published-at-cleantechnica/ |website= postcarbon.org |title= Heinberg interview published at CleanTechnica |first= Richard |last= Heinberg |author-link= Richard Heinberg |date= 2017-04-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170925051149/https://www.postcarbon.org/press/heinberg-interview-published-at-cleantechnica/ |archive-date= 2017-09-25 |url-status= live |access-date= 2024-08-31}}
Staff
The Chief Editor, main writer and CEO is Zach Shahan.
Apart from its own staff, CleanTechnica have accepted guest contributions from others, such as California Governor (then mayor of San Francisco) Gavin Newsom.{{cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2009/02/27/27gigaom-will-calis-latest-wave-power-project-sink-or-sail-24696.html |website= nytimes.com |title= Will Cali's Latest Wave Power Project Sink or Sail With Regulators? |date= 2009-02-27 |first= Josie |last= Garthwaite |access-date= 2020-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141226062218/http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2009/02/27/27gigaom-will-calis-latest-wave-power-project-sink-or-sail-24696.html |archive-date= 2014-12-26 |url-status= live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|cleantechnica.com}}
Category:American technology news websites