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Canadian company delivers North America's first direct air capture carbon credits 1/7/2026
Canadian company delivers North America's first direct air capture carbon credits Canada's Deep Sky became the first North American company to deliver verified carbon removal ‌credits from direct air capture technology, announcing on Monday it provided credits to Microsoft and Royal Bank of Canada. ...more
Greece using satellites and AI to detect wildfires earlier than ever 1/7/2026
Greece using satellites and AI to detect wildfires earlier than ever As Greece braces for yet another exceptionally difficult wildfire season a new line of defence is being deployed from above. ...more
Abu Dhabi cultivates more than 302,000 new coral colonies this year 30/6/2026
Abu Dhabi cultivates more than 302,000 new coral colonies this year The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has cultivated more than 302,000 new coral colonies since the start of the year as part of the Abu Dhabi Coral Gardens Project, one of the largest coral reef restoration initiatives in the Middle East. ...more
How simple bottles of water helped map life on 10% of Earth's surface 30/6/2026
How simple bottles of water helped map life on 10% of Earth's surface More than half of global GDP depends on nature – yet wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate. Freshwater species have fared worst of all, with populations down 85 per cent since 1970. ...more
Trump declared war on renewables – but Americans aren’t listening 30/6/2026
Trump declared war on renewables – but Americans aren’t listening Donald Trump’s ruthless war on renewables is being met with heavy resistance, as American interest in homegrown, clean energy continues to surge. ...more
Stanford scientists built an AI that can design healthier, greener burgers 30/6/2026
Stanford scientists built an AI that can design healthier, greener burgers The new system balances nutrition, taste, cost, and environmental impact to create better recipes. ...more
Europe's heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change, scientists say 29/6/2026
Europe's heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change, scientists say The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western Europe would have been "virtually ‌impossible" without human-caused climate change, which has made this week's soaring night-time temperatures 100 times more likely than they would have been just two decades ago, scientists said on Friday. ...more
Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says 29/6/2026
Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says Accumulation on Switzerland’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across Alps. ...more
Paris court rules TotalEnergies must account for indirect emissions and tighten climate policies 29/6/2026
Paris court rules TotalEnergies must account for indirect emissions and tighten climate policies A partial victory, the ruling stopped short of making TotalEnergies directly liable for its customers’ actions. ...more
Eleven EU countries call for methane rules pause amid energy security fears 26/6/2026
Eleven EU countries call for methane rules pause amid energy security fears The eleven EU countries say that the methane rules could jeopardise natural gas supply, especially from foreign suppliers who would face extra costs. ...more
 
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