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The UK government has achieved a significant milestone in its clean energy transition with a successful offshore wind auction that exceeded price expectations and will power 12 million homes. The latest auction secured offshore wind capacity at approximately £91 per…
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will no longer calculate the economic benefits of air pollution regulations, including healthcare savings and lives saved when restricting two of the most dangerous pollutants affecting public health. Under this policy shift, the…
Environmental scientists and conservation organizations now have a powerful new tool to make sense of the massive amounts of data collected from satellites and sensors worldwide. OlmoEarth, launched in November by the nonprofit Allen Institute of AI (Ai2), is an…
A crew of astronauts is making an unscheduled return to Earth following a medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS), with their spacecraft expected to splash down off the California coast in the early morning hours of Thursday local…
A massive seizure of over 5,000 endemic ants in Kenya has exposed a shadowy global wildlife trade that’s threatening ant populations worldwide. Conservationists are now urgently calling for international trade protections under CITES, the global wildlife treaty, as evidence mounts…
The Trump Administration unveiled a controversial new rule this week that would significantly restrict the ability of states and tribal governments to block major energy infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines and artificial intelligence-related facilities. The proposed regulation targets…
A groundbreaking study using underwater acoustic cameras in Washington’s Sequim Bay is providing encouraging evidence that tidal energy turbines can generate clean power without harming marine wildlife. The experimental four-bladed turbine, spinning slowly above the seabed at the bay’s narrow…
A year after Tanzania canceled a controversial World Bank-funded tourism project due to human rights concerns, local communities around Ruaha National Park continue to suffer from violence and intimidation. Despite the project’s termination, park rangers are still using excessive force…
The United Kingdom faces a significant challenge in scaling up its offshore wind infrastructure to meet ambitious clean power targets, according to recent government assessments. Despite securing what officials describe as a record supply of offshore wind projects, current capacity…
Wyoming is set to become a major player in the artificial intelligence industry after Laramie County commissioners unanimously approved construction of what could become America’s largest AI data center campus. The facility, known as Project Jade, will initially operate at…
