San Francisco’s board of supervisors unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on new data centres, extendable to 22 months, halting a Bayview expansion and a 49.5 MW Dogpatch project. Europe paused first and for a different reason, the grid, and now find…
Honda will test wireless charging built into a 300-metre stretch of Japanese motorway from next year, delivering up to 150 kW to vehicles moving at 120 km/h, aimed first at commercial vehicles. France, Germany and Sweden have been running or planning e…
Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency (LVV) has ordered Google’s Finnish subsidiary to stop work at two planned data centre sites, in Muhos and Kajaani. The halt covers work that significantly changes the environment. The agency issued the order o…
Will natural snow reduce the need for snowmaking? I interviewed U.S. ski resorts, mountain hotels, and operators to learn what they expect this season.
As scientific and environmental budgets across the world shrink, citizen science could be a key way to bridge the current gaps in institutional data across ecosystems.
The International Energy Agency projects global data-center electricity consumption could more than double by 2030. STX Group notes that market design is critical.
Climate Week NYC 2026 highlighted a shift in the climate conversation from targets and commitments towards the systems needed to deliver outcomes at scale.
A new report reveals five of the world’s most polluted countries received less than $2 per person annually to tackle air pollution in 2024.
Battery-electric sales in the EU reached 1.64 million in the first eight months of 2026, up 45%, with 16 models under EUR 25,000 due on sale by the end of the year. Transport and Environment says the version of the 2035 target proposed by Parliament’s …
This year’s Climate Week NYC marked a noticeable shift from focusing on climate disasters to storytelling for climate solutions.