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IT Sustainability Think Tank: How datacentres can go from power hungry to power smart in 2026

A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation around datacentres changed during 2025

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Gazans Face “Not Just a Humanitarian Catastrophe but an Ecological Collapse”

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every day when Rajaa Musleh wakes up and checks her phone, she fears she will see news that another member of her family has been killed in Gaza. Musleh, a nurse and humanita…

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Can Brazil’s grid keep up with its clean energy boom?

The transmission system’s inability to absorb extra power has forced suspensions of renewables plants at an alarming rate

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EU to Abandon Combustion Engine Ban in Win For Carmakers

The European Union is set to propose softening emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines following months of pressure from the automotive industry.
Bloomberg's Craig Trudell explains how this proposal will affect carmakers and the rollout of electric vehicles in …

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Lords write to environment secretary over “complacent” response to waste crime inquiry

The chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has written to the environment secretary expressing “deep disappointment” at the government’s response to its waste-crime inquiry.
The post Lords write to environment secretary over “complacent” response to waste crime inquiry …

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Australia's climate future: New model goes global

Climate change will shape everything about life in Australia—from the homes we live in and the food we grow to the risks of bushfires, floods, and heat waves. But what will that future look like? We can't know without climate models.

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Sunken Meadow Restoration Gains Traction with $1.5 Million Award

(December 3, 2025) - The National Fish and Wildlife Service announced nearly $12 million in grants from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund (Futures Fund) to organizations and local governments to...

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How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest

Facing pressure to increase timber harvests, the Forest Service is sidestepping rigorous environmental reviews and limiting public participation.

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Why we need to treat freshwaters as a network

The post Why we need to treat freshwaters as a network appeared first on Freshwater Habitats Trust.

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Dry Fall Months Keep Swamp Water Levels Lower than Average

It is dry, but it has been drier. Audubon’s conservation team has been tracking rainfall and water-level data at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary for nearly 70 years and reports that we received slightly...

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A hidden climate shift may have sparked epic Pacific voyages 1,000 years ago

Around 1,000 years ago, a major climate shift reshaped rainfall across the South Pacific, making western islands like Samoa and Tonga drier while eastern islands such as Tahiti became increasingly wet. New evidence from plant waxes preserved in island sediments shows this change coincided with the f…

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‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing

Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banksAs a leader of one of the oldest gnostic religions in the world, Sheikh Nidham Kreidi al-Sabahi must use only water taken from a flowing river, even for drinking.The 68-year-old has a lo…

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Global wildfire management resolution passed by UN environmental conference, led by India

A landmark effort toward fighting wildfires on a global scale took another step forward after a new resolution was passed at the seventh United Nations Environmental Assembly conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The resolution, drafted and led by India, received wide support from participating nations and …

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UK beauty brands invited to join nationwide take-back scheme for hard-to-recycle packaging

Partnership between the British Beauty Council and MYGroup aims to capture cosmetic packaging not handled by kerbside collections.
The post UK beauty brands invited to join nationwide take-back scheme for hard-to-recycle packaging appeared first on Circular Online.

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Guest post: Why cities need more than just air conditioning for extreme heat

Cities around the world are facing more frequent and intense bouts of extreme heat, leading...
The post Guest post: Why cities need more than just air conditioning for extreme heat appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley

The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out • Mia Mottley is the prime minister of BarbadosThe timing is brutal. Just as the world celebrates the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris climate agreement …

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Sea Urchins Are Dying Worldwide and No One Knows Why

The Canary Islands may represent the “missing link” in a global pandemic killing sea urchins. Sea urchins help build and maintain marine habitats in much the same way that large plant-eating animals shape landscapes on land. As they graze and tear apart seaweed and seagrass, they limit algae and can…

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Earth Estimated to Lose 3,000 Glaciers a Year at 'Peak Extinction'

That's not even a worst-case scenario.

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Portable optical scanner reveals hidden ozone damage in plant leaves

Escalating pollution and contamination of water and soil are emerging as serious threats to plant growth and its overall health. Plants are exposed to environmental pollutants for extended periods and exhibit changes in their color, texture, and internal structure in response.

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Morocco’s Safi counts the cost in aftermath of deadly flash floods

Triggered by sudden torrential rains, the flash flood killed at least 37 people in the coastal city of Safi.