Sustainability professionals delivering more with less as budgets shrink and board access declines, says ISEP report
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Sustainability professionals are achieving stronger environmental outcomes despite facing reduced resources, shrinking budgets and declining access to senior decision-makers, according to the new State of the Profession Report 2026 from the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP). The report reveals a profession navigating a difficult operating environment, with political uncertainty, economic pressures and growing […]
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Massachusetts utilities test residential EVs as grid resource in vehicle-to-grid pilot
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Image credit: Serge Cornu / Shutterstock. Two of Massachusetts’ largest electricity utilities have launched a pilot programme to test whether residential electric vehicles (EVs) can operate as grid assets, in what seems further progress towards integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology into mainstream electricity networks. Eversource and National Grid have partnered with distributed energy specialists EnergyHub, Sunrun […]
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Comment: Planning beyond the red line: What Teesside’s £2bn energy recovery facility teaches us about infrastructure delivery
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Artist’s impression of the proposed Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility (TVERF), which is planned for the Teesworks regeneration site at Grangetown, Teesside. (image credit: Viridor). Paul Rogers, Technical Director, tor&co reflects on what he believes the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility can teach planners and policymakers about delivering major infrastructure. Britain’s infrastructure debate usually focuses […]
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Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025
Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The findings also reveal that 32 countries spend an estimated $270bn on biodiversity-harming subsidies and other incentives each year. This is the “tip of the iceberg”, one expert notes, with […]
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Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever
More of Germany’s electricity came from wind and solar power than fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2025. Together, wind and solar power generated 225 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity – accounting for 44% of the total in 2025 – with just 217TWh (43%) coming from fossil fuels. Solar and onshore wind have […]
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An Introduction to Loop Engineering
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It’s tempting to treat loop engineering as something invented in a single week in June, but the mechanics behind it are closer to five years old, and knowing the lineage is what separates a real understanding of the idea from just repeating the trend piece.
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Stateful vs. Stateless Agent Design: Tradeoffs for Scalable Agentic Systems
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In this article, you will learn how an agent’s approach to managing state — stateless or stateful — shapes both its implementation and the deployment…
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Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution
This summer has seen Europe suffer through a series of record-breaking heatwaves. Amid widespread media coverage of the number of deaths and the influence of climate change, the UK’s Daily Telegraph reported on new research with the incorrect headline: “Heatwaves caused by fall in pollution.” The article was shared on social media by Richard Tice […]
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Major nurdle clean-up launched after Tyne vessel collision
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Marsden beach near South Shields. Plastic nurdles released into the River Tyne following the Port of Tyne collision have prompted clean-up operations along parts of the North East coastline. A major pollution response is under way on the River Tyne after an estimated 25 tonnes of plastic pellets, or nurdles, entered the water following a […]
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Access to finance ‘strengthens climate resilience’ among sub-Saharan women
Empowering women through greater access to finance could “strengthen” households’ resilience to “climate shocks”, according to a new study. Published in Climate Risk Management, it analyses the impact of financial access on “women-headed households” in sub-Saharan Africa. The study finds that where women had formal financial access – such as through owning a bank account […]
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State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026
As 2026 passes its halfway point, the world is watching one of the most rapidly intensifying El Niño events in the modern record take shape in the tropical Pacific. The developing El Niño is boosting expectations for global temperatures, both this year and next. El Niño is the warm phase of a recurring climate pattern […]
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Controlling emissions in real-time
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The new regenerative thermal oxidiser (RTO) at ProAmpac Advanced Coatings’ Wrexham site commissioned in 2025. A coatings manufacturer in Wales has installed an advanced online gas analysis system to monitor emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) enabling the company to leverage real-time data for measurable environmental, operational and compliance benefits. ProAmpac Advanced Coatings, which has […]
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Staffordshire reservoir becomes largest to be awarded Biodiversity Benchmark accreditation
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Tittesworth Water in the Staffordshire Moorlands, taken from The Roaches, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Severn Trent’s Tittesworth Water, near Leek in Staffordshire, has been awarded The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark accreditation, making it the largest reservoir-based site in the UK to have gained the nationally recognised status. Supplied by the River Churnet and Meer Brook, Tittesworth […]
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Ofwat backs national framework for citizen-led river monitoring
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A national framework that intends to bring citizen-collected environmental data into mainstream catchment management is set to move into its next phase after the Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative (CaSTCo) secured a one-year extension from the Ofwat Innovation Fund. The extension is intended to shift the programme from pilot projects towards wider implementation, with plans to […]
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Government legalises plug-in solar panels for UK homes from August
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The UK government is to legalise plug-in solar panels for household use from 27 August, allowing consumers to generate electricity from small photovoltaic systems connected directly to a standard domestic socket without the need for professional electrical installation, provided products comply with newly introduced safety requirements.1 The move, first reported by Engineering & Technology magazine, […]
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Dirty solar panels may be quietly eroding commercial PV performance, installer warns
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Cleaning solar panels. Commercial building owners could be losing a significant proportion of the electricity generated by their rooftop solar arrays through gradual build-ups of dirt and bird droppings, according to maintenance data released by UK commercial solar specialist Absolar. The company says routine servicing carried out as part of its annual maintenance programme has […]
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Working to automate nuclear plant operations
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For nuclear to be considered as a viable clean energy source, it has to be competitively priced and economical to produce. Lauren Fortier, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), is helping the cause by developing remote operation protocols for autonomous control of nuclear plants. After an undergraduate degree […]
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MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission
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MIT researchers are set to contribute to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, with 15 collaborative projects among those selected for funding under Genesis Phase I, DOE announced Wednesday. The Genesis Mission, a national initiative, intends to build “the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform” by incentivizing cross-sector collaborations that leverage AI, supercomputing, quantum […]