'Tipping points of our times': Commission President warns future EU prosperity to be defined by climate and AI
Ursula von der Leyen announces plans for raft of fresh measures to manage risks and opportunities arising from clean tech and AI revolutions in her annual State of the Union address
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Ember: Converging energy, data, and AI revolutions could slash costs across economies
The transition a to cleaner and more flexible energy systems enabled by digitalisation and AI tools could unlock huge cost savings, new analysis argues
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds
Microplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found.
The EU-funded project, which has so far resulted in 22 peer-reviewed studies, found microplastics in the soil of all 227 agricultural fields it tested across 11 European countries. The researchers said this poses a global threat, with healthy soils essential for life on Earth.
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'Growth, security and resilience': How corporate sustainability became more important than ever
Major new survey reveals how resilience and value creation are at the top of the agenda for senior sustainability executives - and as a result over 80 per cent of companies expect to increase sustainability investment
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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times
The ongoing campaign to build thousands of massive datacenters for AI will create a “tsunami” of discarded electronics, putting the world on a course to triple its annual generation of toxic e-waste in the next 25 years, a new report projects.
The electronic trash AI generates in the next 25 years could fill enough shipping containers to encircle the globe six times, it said. Yet, says the report by the non-profit environmental group Basel Action Network (BAN), there is no plan to deal with that waste – which typically contains toxins like lead, mercury, cadmium and forever chemicals, as well as valuable metals that are challenging to reclaim.
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'Huge vote of confidence': Nissan commits £170m to build new hybrid model in Sunderland
Auto giant to manufacture new Nissan Kicks electric hybrid for customers in UK and Europe at Wearside plant
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters – with especially large gaps in essential management positions – the Trump administration has increased pressure on firefighting forces to rapidly and aggressively contain the flames.
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Survey: Chief sustainability officers see climate adaptation emerging as global priority
Inaugural World Economic Forum survey of CSOs finds corporate sustainability efforts are increasingly focused on enhancing climate resilience
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EZO secures €150m backing to roll out more than 3,000 EV charge points
EV charge point operator to install thousands of charge points across the UK, following major investment
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For UK airports, existing infrastructure will define climate resilience
As climate change intensifies airports urgently need to invest in resilience - but key the question is where to intervene first, and how to do it without taking critical infrastructure offline, writes Amy Dickinson from Egis
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Company behind failed Surrey oilfield project sells site at massive loss
New owners apply for permission to extract oil in Horse Hill despite landmark ruling from supreme court in 2024
After years of trying to dig for oil in Surrey, the company behind the drilling project that was turned down in a landmark supreme court ruling has sold off the site for a fraction of the money it spent on it, and rebranded as a clean energy company.
Meanwhile, the new owners, who picked up the site for £1m, are applying, once again, for permission to dig.
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WICS Invites Public Feedback on Draft Corporate Plan for 2027-33
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Business fears grow over looming energy 'cost peak shock'
Rising network and policy costs linked to clean energy transition are hampering business confidence and competitiveness, study warns
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Majority of global investors say UK outperforms on renewables and clean tech
Latest EY clean tech investor survey finds the UK remains an attractive destination for international investors
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Record heatwaves bring Britain’s second-best butterfly season in 16 years
Volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and moths, with painted ladies up 335% on last year
The recording-breaking heat of 2026 delivered the second-best British butterfly season of the past 16 years, according to the Big Butterfly Count.
The largest insect count in the world, in which more than 100,000 volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and day-flying moths, confirmed what many people experienced – a noticeable profusion of butterflies during the five-heatwave summer.
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