Hitachi Vantara commits to net-zero emissions across its value chain by 2040
The data infrastructure company's new science-based targets aim to cut emissions even as AI-driven data demand grows.
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Google signs a green steel deal with Stegra to offset its data center emissions
The agreement will help fund the world's first large-scale green steel plant as Google's own emissions climb alongside its AI data center buildout.
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Europe's leather industry wins exemption from EU deforestation rules
Cattle hides are now excluded from the EU Deforestation Regulation even though the beef from the same animals must still comply, a gap critics call a loophole.
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A mining boom is closing in on the world's rarest great ape
A Mongabay investigation finds gold mine expansion, cyclone damage, and rising fire risk squeezing the last stronghold of the Tapanuli orangutan, with no coordinated recovery plan in place.
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Endangered Irrawaddy dolphins show signs of a cautious comeback in the Mekong
Six new calves born this year lifted Cambodia's critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population to 118, a rare bright spot after decades of decline driven mainly by illegal fishing gear.
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India's tiger recovery is now colliding with the people who live beside them
India's tiger population has rebounded to roughly 3,682 animals, but with a third now living outside protected reserves, a wave of attacks in Karnataka is testing how conservationists manage the spread into farmland.
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An Australian utility is letting renters buy into shared rooftop solar for the first time
Ausgrid's new Community Power Network trial will let renters and other customers without solar access share bill savings from surplus power generated at nearby commercial rooftops.
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This year's US state elections are shaping up to be a test of climate policy's staying power
Fewer than 25 state legislative races out of more than 7,000 seats up this cycle could determine whether Democrats gain control of up to five more state governments, reshaping US clean energy policy from the ground up.
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Google signs its largest carbon removal deal, pairing methane cuts with rock weathering
A new partnership with Terradot will use rice-farming techniques and crushed volcanic rock across Brazil to cut methane now and remove carbon for decades.
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Juneau builds an early-warning dashboard for its recurring glacial floods
A public flood-forecasting tool is helping Juneau residents prepare for the glacial outburst floods that have repeatedly damaged homes since 2023.
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Massachusetts deepens winter electricity discounts for heat pump households
Lower transmission rates from two utilities will save more than 65,000 heat pump households in Massachusetts money starting this winter.
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A single Amazon highway could determine the rainforest's future
Brazil is paving a 540-mile road through largely untouched rainforest, and scientists warn it could unlock a wave of deforestation far beyond the road itself.
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