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Google signed its largest carbon-removal agreement to date, backing a project in Brazil designed to cut methane emissions from rice farming and permanently remove carbon through enhanced rock weathering.
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Egypt is pairing a planned 2,000-megawatt wind project with domestic turbine manufacturing, a model experts say could help other African countries build renewable-energy industries instead of relying mainly on imported equipment.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a new heatwave plan and expanded firefighting aircraft fleet after a summer of extreme heat, wildfires and tens of thousands of excess deaths across the EU.
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A new AP-NORC poll found that concern about AI's environmental impact has risen sharply, with many Americans worried about data centers' electricity use, water consumption and effects on utility costs.
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Satellite data shows Greenland and Antarctica have lost about 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979, contributing to sea-level rise and increasing long-term risks for coastal communities.
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Countries able to deliver abundant, affordable and scalable electricity may gain a competitive advantage as AI, electric vehicles, data centers and industrial electrification drive power demand higher.
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European data shows crops including wheat, maize and rapeseed are reaching maturity weeks earlier than they did two decades ago as higher temperatures accelerate growing cycles while heat and drought pressure yields.
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The EPA finalized a rollback of major greenhouse-gas requirements for fossil-fuel power plants and proposed eliminating additional emissions standards, a move the agency says will reduce compliance costs while environmental groups are challenging the policy.
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India has curtailed large amounts of solar generation because transmission and battery-storage capacity have not kept pace with renewable-energy growth, even as electricity demand continues to rise.
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Oxford professor Robert Eccles argues that AI can help companies connect sustainability issues directly to financial performance, potentially making ESG analysis more practical and less politically divisive.
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