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Meta Signs 20-Year Deal with Constellation to Sustain Illinois Nuclear Plant, Secure Clean Power for AI Growth

Meta Signs 20-Year Deal with Constellation to Sustain Illinois Nuclear Plant, Secure Clean Power for AI Growth

Июнь 3, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: Meta Backs Nuclear to Power Clean AI Future Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free nuclear power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. Starting in June 2027, this agreement replaces public subsidies from Illinois’ Zero Emission

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Microsoft Expands Soil Carbon Credits Purchase from Indigo to 60,000 Units in Largest Issuance Yet

Microsoft Expands Soil Carbon Credits Purchase from Indigo to 60,000 Units in Largest Issuance Yet

Май 30, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: Microsoft Deepens Investment in Soil-Based Carbon Removal Microsoft has committed to purchasing 60,000 soil carbon credits from Indigo Ag’s latest carbon crop—the company’s largest to date—issued by the Climate Action Reserve in April. This builds on Microsoft’s prior purchase of 40,000 credits in June 2023, underscoring the

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Microsoft, Carbon Direct Set Standards for Environmental Certificates in Low-Carbon Concrete and Steel

Microsoft, Carbon Direct Set Standards for Environmental Certificates in Low-Carbon Concrete and Steel

Май 27, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points Carbon Direct, in collaboration with Microsoft, today released a first-of-its-kind guide outlining science-based criteria for high-quality environmental attribute certificates (EACs) in the concrete and steel sectors. The criteria address scope 3 emissions from embodied carbon and seek to shape a credible market for low-carbon building materials. Embodied

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Scientists Recruit Birds as Field Assistants to Map and Protect the Planet

Scientists Recruit Birds as Field Assistants to Map and Protect the Planet

Апрель 15, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: From Tornado Chasing to Satellite Tracking In the late 1990s, ecologist Martin Wikelski spent nights chasing migrating Swainson’s Thrushes across Illinois, outfitting birds with transmitters and tracking them via car. “His shift ended when the migrating thrush touched down, often hundreds of miles from where he’d tagged

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Microsoft and Carbon Direct Launch New Standard for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Microsoft and Carbon Direct Launch New Standard for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Апрель 9, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: Setting Standards for Marine Carbon Removal Carbon Direct and Microsoft announced a joint initiative to develop new guidelines for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). These standards are intended to ensure that ocean-based carbon removal strategies are scientifically robust and effective in significantly reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Urgency

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Occidental's 1PointFive Secures EPA Approval for Major CO2 Storage Project in Texas

Occidental’s 1PointFive Secures EPA Approval for Major CO2 Storage Project in Texas

Апрель 9, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: EPA Greenlights Major DAC Project Occidental Petroleum’s subsidiary, 1PointFive, has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to store carbon dioxide captured from its new direct air capture (DAC) facility, Stratos, in Texas. The permits, issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control

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UN: Climate Intelligence Crucial for Renewable Energy Resilience

UN: Climate Intelligence Crucial for Renewable Energy Resilience

Март 28, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: Climate Volatility Hits Renewable Energy Renewable energy’s rapid expansion faces growing threats from climate variability. Despite record growth in renewable capacity, extreme weather driven by climate change is increasingly disrupting energy generation. Hamid Bastani from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlighted significant impacts: “In Sudan and Namibia,

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UNEP and Zero Waste Foundation Partner to Boost Sustainability Through Geospatial Data Solutions

UNEP and Zero Waste Foundation Partner to Boost Sustainability Through Geospatial Data Solutions

Март 28, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: Driving Sustainability with Data The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Zero Waste Foundation have launched a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing global sustainability through innovative waste management solutions. This collaboration falls under UNEP’s “Early Warning and Global Environmental Monitoring Services” initiative, addressing the triple planetary

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First FireSat Satellite Successfully Launches to Detect Small Wildfires Earlier

First FireSat Satellite Successfully Launches to Detect Small Wildfires Earlier

Март 18, 2025 Комментариев нет

Key Impact Points: Groundbreaking Early Detection The first satellite of the pioneering FireSat constellation successfully made contact with Earth following its launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission. This constellation, which will eventually include more than 50 satellites, aims to revolutionize wildfire detection and tracking by using

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