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Detecting algal blooms in real time: Group presents inexpensive method

A real-time, low-cost algal bloom monitoring system has been developed by Korean researchers, employing inexpensive optical sensors and a novel labeling logic. The system...

Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining

Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to...

SEPA announces changes to regulation of waste-to-land activities in Scotland

On 2 June, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) said it was informing businesses in Scotland of important changes to the regulation of the...

Climate Change Added 30 Days of Extreme Heat for More Than 4 Billion People Since Last Year: Study

Human-caused climate change added an extra 30 days of extreme heat for more than four billion people worldwide over the course of a year,...

Trump Officials Open Millions of Acres of Alaska Wildlands to Oil and Gas Drilling

United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced on Monday that the federal government had proposed the reversal of a Biden-era order banning...

Scientists Develop Lower-Carbon Cement Alternative From Recycled Glass and Construction Waste

In a new study, scientists have found a way to turn industrial waste, such as recycled glass and construction waste, into a soil solidifier...

The Supreme Court just blew up a major environmental law

The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA,...

TotalEnergies Acquires 435 MW UK Renewables Portfolio from Low Carbon

Renewable energy company Low Carbon announced that it has completed the sale of a ready-to-build portfolio of eight solar projects with a combined capacity...

Energize Capital Raises $430 Million for Climate Solutions Venture Fund

Climate solutions-focused multi-stage investor Energize Capital announced today that it has raised $430 million in capital commitments at the close of its Ventures Fund III,...

IFC Invests $100 Million in TPG’s Global South-focused Climate Solutions Strategy

The International Finance Corporation announced a $100 million equity commitment to global alternative asset firm TPG’s Global South Initiative (GSI) fund, which aims to...

STOXX, ICE Launch New Suite of Paris Agreement-Aligned Fixed Income Climate Indices

Market index provider STOXX and financial technology and data services provider and exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced today the launch of the STOXX...

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