To handle data centers, the electricity system may need new rules. Here is a proposal
3 Sep 2025
Legal scholars suggest revisiting a core tenet of electricity regulations and taking cues from how officials manage scarce resources such as water in the west.
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No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
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‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers.
Super-warming methane gas is being tackled too slowly, UN says ahead of COP30
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Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said Wednesday ahead of the COP30 climate talks next month.
Is greenhushing the new greenwashing? Or something else entirely
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Companies used to be accused of faking sustainability via greenwashing. Now some are hiding actual climate progress.
Wildfires and super pollutants have become a ‘vicious circle’
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The growing evidence base around how wildfires both are being exacerbated by climate change, which is in turn leading to more frequent and severe wildfires, was highlighted by a recent analysis.
Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore
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Nearly a year after the 2024 election, Democrats are still trying to figure out what went wrong. In the midst of this soul-searching, a new piece of advice has appeared: “Don’t say climate change.”
'It was the start of a new movement': The Dutch rewilding project that took a dark turn
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In 2018, thousands of dead animals, emaciated from starvation, lay strewn across a famous Dutch rewilding project. Was it animal cruelty or just nature taking its course?
Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Only 28% of countries have met a UN call to submit new plans on addressing nature loss – a year after the original deadline.
Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms
Thu 23 Oct 2025
The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms to be put before parliament in the next two weeks.
Brazil's Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest
Thu 23 Oct 2025
As pastures and thirsty crops dry up the Amazon, Indigenous people try to adapt traditional farming methods.
US, Australia to invest $2 billion in critical minerals, advance Alcoa gallium project
Thu 23 Oct 2025
The United States and Australia extended financial support to several Australian companies as part of a wide-ranging critical minerals agreement aimed at countering China's hold over the industry.
