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He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.

Kim Booker never thought much about lead during her roughly 27 years living in Trenton, New Jersey. Born and raised in the once-industrial powerhouse,...

Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying

Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration on Indigenous rights, advocates say countries still aren’t living up to their promises...

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Starts Construction on First U.S. Advanced Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear technology company TerraPower announced that it has officially started construction on Kemmerer Unit 1, anticipated by the company to be the first utility-scale...

Live monitoring helps Scottish Water avoid over-pumping at St Andrews station

Real-time monitoring helped Scottish Water manage an unexpected maintenance problem at a strategic sewage pumping station in St Andrews, avoiding the need for temporary...

Pilot facility converts hard-to-recycle waste plastic to aviation fuel

Clean Planet Technologies has opened what it describes as the world’s first pilot facility dedicated to converting hard-to-recycle waste plastics into sustainable aviation fuel. The...

Schneider Electric Launches New Climate Risk Assessment and Management Solution

Schneider Electric announced the launch by its SE Advisory Services consulting practice of Resource Advisor+ for Climate Risk, a new solution aimed at enabling companies to...

Oregon project aims to become world’s first superhot geothermal plant

US geothermal technology startup Quaise Energy says its Project Obsidian in Oregon could deliver 50MW of always-on renewable power from superhot geothermal wells by...

Meta Signs Deal to Power Data Centers at Night with Solar Energy from Space

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp owner Meta and satellite startup Overview Energy announced an agreement to source solar energy from space to power AI infrastructure...

World Bank Launches $120 Million Ecosystem Restoration Bond Backed by Amazon Carbon Removal Deal

The World Bank Group announced that it has raised $120 million through the issuance of a new “Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond,” aimed at financing...

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