Rodale Institute Breaks Ground On Ambitious New Center For Regenerative Organic Innovation, Part Of $139 Million Farmland Transition Campaign

Rodale Institute leans on its foundation of transformational research to advance regenerative organic agriculture with new education center

Hyperlocal Supply Chains Are Emerging As Hospitality’s Next Big Asset

Hyperlocal supply chains are helping hospitality businesses build resilience, protect against climate shocks and reduce price and supplier-related volatility.

EU Changes Carbon Market Rules: 2.4 Billion Tonnes Of CO2 At Stake

The European Commission’s EU ETS proposal slows carbon market cuts. Exclusive analysis: 2.4 billion extra tonnes of CO2 permitted, and green steel investments at risk.

The Digital Dust Bowl: The Brutal Physical Reality Of The AI Boom

AI runs on land, water, and power—not the cloud. Here is the brutal physical footprint of the data center boom, and the hidden cost communities are paying.

Kevin O’Leary says data centres use less water than golf courses. The numbers are more complicated.
Kevin O’Leary says data centres use less water than golf courses. The numbers are more complicated.

Kevin O’Leary is making the golf course argument again. The “Shark Tank” investor, whose 40,000-acre Stratos data centre project in Utah sparked protests and a governor’s executive order, told Business Insider that AI data centres consume far less wate…

The Pentagon froze 155 wind projects in 24 states, claiming drones can hide in wind farms
The Pentagon froze 155 wind projects in 24 states, claiming drones can hide in wind farms

The Pentagon has frozen the permitting process for at least 155 new wind projects in 24 states for nearly a year, citing concerns that drones can hide among wind turbines and evade radar detection. The affected projects have a combined capacity of 44 g…

China will tax lithium and solar batteries for the first time in a decade, but sodium batteries stay exempt
China will tax lithium and solar batteries for the first time in a decade, but sodium batteries stay exempt

China will impose a consumption tax on lithium-ion and solar batteries for the first time in a decade, marking a policy shift as Beijing seeks to rein in overcapacity and destructive price wars in industries it spent years subsidising into global domin…

Could Satellite Data Help Some Communities Monitor Air Pollution?

Data from NASA satellites in space could help communities without ground-based monitors better track air pollution, according to two new studies.

Five startups spearhead coalition to put small air quality sensors at the heart of EU clean air policy

Today sees the launch of Clean Tech for Clean Air (CT4CA), a coalition launched in Brussels to support the role of small sensors in Europe’s clean air framework under the revised EU Air Quality Direct…

French startup Syntetica raised $30M to recycle the nylon fashion throws away
French startup Syntetica raised $30M to recycle the nylon fashion throws away

A French startup has raised $30 million to tackle one of fashion’s hardest waste problems. Syntetica recycles nylon, and it can process two grades at once that the industry has long struggled to pull apart, its founder told TechCrunch. The Ecotechnolog…