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Microsoft Buys Over 600,000 Tons of Green Cement to Help Build Sustainable Materials Market

Microsoft announced that it has signed an agreement with Sublime Systems to buy more than 600,000 tons of low-carbon cement, with the purchase agreement...

Schneider Electric Appoints Julien Picaud to Lead New Agentic AI Sustainability Ecosystem Initiative

Energy and electrification advisory, services, and software solutions provider Schneider Electric announced the launch of a new multi-year initiative aimed at building an AI-powered...

All-electric vehicle lineup targets smarter urban waste management

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Bradshaw Electric Vehicles. Bradshaw Electric Vehicles, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of...

Thames Water receives £122.7m fine in reported sewage spills crackdown

Following investigations by OFWAT, Thames Water has received two penalties totalling £122.7m, in effect “the largest fine ever handed to a water company in...

Veolia publishes industry testing on PFAS waste incineration

Resource recovery firm Veolia has published reportedly comprehensive testing on the incineration of PFAS compounds. The tests appear to demonstrate that high temperature incineration...

Research brings clarity to simulating PM nanoparticle movement

A new method improves efforts to simulate the movement of airborne nanoparticles of particulate matter (PM), according to the group behind it, comprising researchers...

This Portland collective keeps the city clean — and helps unhoused people find stability

On a Thursday morning in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood, two dozen people mill around a warehouse, waiting for the results of a lottery. At...

Mayors are making climate action personal. It’s working.

In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Bibb was living in a tight, one-bedroom apartment in Cleveland, Ohio. He couldn’t open his windows...

Illinois must protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. A toxic mess stands in the way.

Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort to prevent an ecological...

Wild camping still allowed on Dartmoor following Supreme Court decision

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed (on 21 May) against the rule on whether people have the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor...

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, elusive ‘ghost rice’ holds key to climate resilience

An ancient wild rice may hold genetic secrets for climate-resilient farming – if Vietnam can save it from vanishing and neglect. Source: https://www.eco-business.com/news/in-vietnams-mekong-delta-elusive-ghost-rice-holds-key-to-climate-resilience/

Net zero report sets out path to cut carbon and costs for small firms

Small firms are keen to become more energy-efficient, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), but they are being held back by the high...

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