Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space’s new accelerator program selects first cohort

A new accelerator program for Black, Indigenous and people of color entrepreneurs developing solutions to the climate crisis has selected its first cohort, which includes two startups from Houston.

The program, called Advancing Climatetech and Clean Energy Leaders, or ACCEL, was created by Somerville, Massachusetts-based Greentown Labs, which has its second location in Houston, and Boston-based Browning the Green Space, a nonprofit designed to create pathways to employment in the clean energy space.

ACCEL…